Taken a nice photo of your creation? We highly encourage sharing with our friends over at !foodporn@lemmy.world.
Posts in this community must be food/cooking related. Recipes for dishes you've made and post picture of are encouraged but are not a requirement. Posts of food you are enjoyed or just think like food are welcomed as well.
Posts can optionally be tagged. We would like the use and number of tags to grow organically. Feel free to use a tag that isn't listed if you think it makes sense to do so. We encourage using tags to help organize and make browsing easier, but you don't have to use them if you don't want to.
[QUESTION] What are your favorite spices to use in soups?
!bbq@lemmy.world - Lemmy.world's home for BBQ.
!foodporn@lemmy.world - Showcasing your best culinary creations.
!sousvide@lemmy.world - All things sous vide precision cooking.
!koreanfood@lemmy.world - Celebrating Korean cuisine!
While posting and commenting in this community, you must abide by the Lemmy.World Terms of Service: https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/
Failure to follow these guidelines will result in your post/comment being removed and/or more severe actions. All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users. We ask that the users report any comment or post that violates the rules, and to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting.
I let my wife pick dinner again. I offered her oven fries but she opted for instant mashed potatoes with instant chicken gravy. She regrets that decision. But it was tasty.
Beef was free. Cost per person: $1.30 Cost if you have to buy the beef: $3.55
Bonus pic. Worst miss en place ever is in the comments.
I need to stop asking what they want. Roast me in the comments.
Looks amazing! I love simple burgers and fries but we have been eating those instant mashed potatoes lately and they are really good.
Get the baby red Idaho version if you like baby red potatoes. So good and cheap at $1.50.
I normally make my mashed potatoes from scratch. It was my first job in the kitchen. And then one day at a gay club in San Diego I discovered Idahoan made an acceptable quick option that was sometimes cheaper than the real deal. I am not known for my brand loyalty. I will normally buy the generic if it's the same basic thing. But for over 20 years I have been exclusively Idahoan until last night when I made this with Great Value brand.
The basic butter option worked. They don't have the red potato option so I will still have to occasionally get the Idahoan.
I will give those a shot. We are always on a time crunch to make dinner, so quick and tasty is usually our go to. Thanks!
It's not homemade. There is no confusion on that. But it's definitely a step up from KFC mashed potatoes.
Smash and mash
You get +2 internet points
Wot wot... no toasting of the buns?!
Heresy!
Btw, one way to level up your burger game is to drop the cheese in to a pan and let it melt a good bit, then place the bun on top and twirl until all the cheese gets transferred. Then combine with everything else. It's simply the bee's knees.
Another trick I picked up from Bobby Flay was to coat both sides of the burger with black pepper before grilling. It greatly helps to lock in moisture and add a slight spiciness, if that's your thing. No idea if that works in a pan, though...
I put the buns in the microwave for 30 seconds
you don't get maillard reactions in the microwave
This meal couldn't cope with that much flavor.
im always looking for cheap ways to inject flavor in my meals from my ramen and pb&j days. the oils used to grill are also extra filling easy calories and i like to use some of the leftover grease from frying the meat to grill the buns, it would just get wasted otherwise.
Justified. But if I add too much flavor on a wife designed meal she says I ruined it. She likes her comfort food bland.
Oh, I get this.
My wife quite likes pasta with just some basil pesto stirred through it. Pasta from a packet and pesto from a jar. I once hand-made some pasta and made pesto from scratch. Her reaction: "It's ok, but I prefer the normal version." She generally prefers meals from her childhood to be the simple nostalgia version rather than my "zhuzhed up" version. Which makes sense, I suppose.
Brother
well we wouldn't want your wife's socks getting knocked off now would we
You haven't felt an icy shoulder until you have ruined your spouse's comfort foods by trying to make them better.
I remember when I knew this would be an ongoing issue. She sat there with a scratch made pierogi on a fork. Just looking at it. "What's wrong?" "I'm going to taste this and then I'll never be able to enjoy freezer pierogi again." "Sure you will." "No. Those have been great my whole life. But I'm going to taste this and every pierogi I've ever had will suddenly suck. And if I eat another freezer pierogi I'll think about this one and wish I had it."
I never made them from scratch again.
my wife actually tends to like when i make food better.
Which is completely normal.
the things we do for love...
face in palm.....
Beer was part of prep and not dinner ingredients or cost but it was 55¢
Beast!
Best selling OTC pain killer.
Ooo love me some instant mashed potatoes! Such a comfort for me!
Looks like a meal where the burgers wish the potatoes were fries and the potatoes wish the burgers were chicken sandwiches. Regardless, still looks tasty!
I like this idea, not the instant stuff, but the concept in general. I'll have to do this myself. Thank your wife for declining the fries.
Seems like a great value!
I was gonna eat a burrito, but godamn it now I kinda want a burger
I like burritos.
Amazing :D