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YouLookFab Forum » Topic: Food pics #6 https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/food-pics-6 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:46:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php JAileen on "Food pics #6" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/food-pics-6#post-1804901 Wed, 03 May 2017 22:57:53 +0000 JAileen 1804901@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I just made this rhubarb cobbler for my husband's birthday. When we first moved into our house years ago, our neighbor gave us a couple of rhubarb plants. I didn't know anything about rhubarb because my mother didn't like it. We all love it now! Diana on "Food pics #6" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/food-pics-6#post-1800467 Thu, 20 Apr 2017 22:22:27 +0000 Diana 1800467@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Anne, I'm so glad you liked it! It's one of our favorites. Sara L. on "Food pics #6" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/food-pics-6#post-1800361 Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:44:39 +0000 Sara L. 1800361@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Oh, I want to make that cabbage salad now.   I made these <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a36064/chicken-ham-stuffed-shells-recipe-wdy1014/">stuffed shells</a>  for Easter and they turned out really good. I didn't take pictures but they looked just like the recipe photos.  I made lots of substitutions to the recipe though based on ingredient availability. I had cooked turkey in the freezer so I used that instead of chicken. I couldn’t find gruyere cheese at my local, tiny grocery store so used swiss instead.  I also couldn’t find panko bread crumbs so used the homemade ones (I put stale bread in the blender) that I always have in the pantry. I made the béchamel sauce using unsweetened soy milk because my oldest son is allergic to dairy. I mixed everything up with no cheese and stuffed 3 shells for DS1 then added the cheese to the mixture and stuffed the rest of the shells. I topped DS1's shells with soy cheese. It made it easier to figure out which ones were his. We had bread and fresh steamed string beans as sides. anne on "Food pics #6" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/food-pics-6#post-1800279 Thu, 20 Apr 2017 14:56:55 +0000 anne 1800279@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I tried Diana's cabbage salad tonight, with a few changes. YUM!! I did half the dressing as per your suggestion and didn't think the fish sauce excessive - it has to cover a lot of cabbage. Mind you I like fish sauce and use it frequently. This morning I made pumpkin scones with the leftover pumpkin puree. Very well received. I've never made them myself, though my mother often put them in my lunchbox as a child. They are rather an Australian thing. Emily K on "Food pics #6" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/food-pics-6#post-1799469 Tue, 18 Apr 2017 19:20:46 +0000 Emily K 1799469@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Thanks, Diana--I'll try the  version you posted, but (maybe) reduce/substitute for the fish sauce.  I've heard that a paste of anchovies and soy sauce is an acceptable substitute for fish sauce so maybe I'll start with that. Diana on "Food pics #6" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/food-pics-6#post-1799277 Tue, 18 Apr 2017 02:24:47 +0000 Diana 1799277@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Emily, there's a vegan version sans fish sauce and chicken.  I've tasted it at the actual restaurant and it's good although not quite the same without fish sauce.  (If you're not actually vegetarian or vegan, I think you might consider doing the vegan dressing and adding a dash or two of the fish sauce for flavor.) <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.npr.org/2012/06/26/155774826/salade-cambodgienne">http://www.npr.org/2012/06/26/.....mbodgienne</a> Emily K on "Food pics #6" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/food-pics-6#post-1799254 Tue, 18 Apr 2017 01:24:39 +0000 Emily K 1799254@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Runcarla--enchiladas...yum!  That is sounding good to me, right now.   I wish I'd taken a photo of my dinner-I put a lamb burger (made from the doner kabob recipe in Well Fed 2) inside a low carb tortilla with yogurt, cucumbers, onions, and tomato--It was almost like a gyro and really hit the spot. Diana--I want to try that salad recipe so much, but I need to work up my courage--that's a lot of fish sauce! (And I think I experience fish sauce differently...just as some people taste cilantro differently.) JAileen on "Food pics #6" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/food-pics-6#post-1799217 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 22:20:16 +0000 JAileen 1799217@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I roasted a turkey yesterday. It was small, only 10 pounds. We had fresh asparagus with it. So there was a weird incongruity. Asparagus is one of the harbingers of spring, and turkey seems so fall/wintery. It all tasted good, though. ETA: I made quinoa and seasoned it like Thanksgiving dressing, with onions, celery and thyme (also mushrooms). Carla on "Food pics #6" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/food-pics-6#post-1799194 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 21:14:58 +0000 Carla 1799194@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ OMG! Anne and Diana, I want an invite to eat at your homes! Anne, I LOVE things like creme caramel, creme brûlée, blanc mange, etc. The quiche looks as good as it sounds. I've made pumpkin pie from scratch, using pumpkins I've grown myself. The pumpkins were small, and dense with flesh inside (not like jack-o-lanterns.). I cut them in half, scooped out the seeds, and inverted them in a pan with 1/2 inch hot water. I baked them in the oven at 350deg. For 45 minutes, then just scooped the flesh out. It almost fell out of the skin. I bet your roasting of the pumpkin will give it an extra depth of flavour. Diana, you are the salad queen! I'm making a 'crunchy' salad to go with the turkey I'm making today! Thanks for the recipe. Diana on "Food pics #6" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/food-pics-6#post-1799046 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 14:05:29 +0000 Diana 1799046@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I'm glad it's spring and salad season again! This Cambodian chicken/cabbage salad is one of my favorites. Recipe here: <a href="http://archive.boston.com/ae/food/articles/2006/08/02/salade_cambodgienne/" rel="nofollow">http://archive.boston.com/ae/f.....bodgienne/</a> A couple of notes if you try it though : this makes way too much dressing. 1/2 recipe of dressing is more than enough. Also I never cook the dressing for 30 mins because who has time for that?!? I literally just heat the sugar/water/shallots/garlic in the microwave for a minute or so and it comes out great. You can sub whatever crunchy veggies you want or shrimp or firm/pressed tofu for the chicken. anne on "Food pics #6" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/food-pics-6#post-1798926 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 02:35:07 +0000 anne 1798926@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I admire your vegie prep Carla, and am also keen to eat the minute I walk though the door at night! #1 I made my first creme caramel. It worked very well, but probably I'll not make it again, as DD13 and DD9 couldn't finish theirs and I ate it for them!! #2 Feta, chicken, bacon and spinach quiche with a parmesan quinoa base. Everyone liked this one! #3 This is me making a homemade substitute for canned pumpkin, which isn't available easily in Australia. This recipe says to roast the pumpkin in big chunks, then puree, then roast the puree. I'm making pumpkin icecream tomorrow, to make use of the egg yolks from a pavlova DH is making today. #4 Chocolate quinoa breakfast cookies (I didn't know breakfast cookies were a thing, and we haven't actually eaten them at breakfast). #5&6 from a Venezuelan restaurant we went to to celebrate my birthday. Pic 6 from DD13 social media! Carla on "Food pics #6" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/food-pics-6#post-1798898 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 01:12:58 +0000 Carla 1798898@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I think it has been 3 weeks (sorry folks). A lot of same-old-same old in our household. Seems the menu rotation is 2 weeks! Due to travel, I've missed DS#1's curry twice! I would love to photograph it, let alone enjoy it for dinner! He has promised me risotto when DH (who is not a fan) is away on his golf vacation! Easter we sacrificed a (leg of) lamb, accompanied by mashed potatoes, carmelized carrots, and edible pea pods. The Mongol hoard got to the Easter baskets, and my artistic eggs before I could snap a pic! Tomorrow I am doing a small turkey in my crock pot. I found a recipe for doing a bird in a crock pot, and it comes out just like rotisserie chicken! I did 2 chickens in my 'ginormous pot, and they came out delicious. I am doing a small turkey, mainly so there are left-overs for DS#1 to make his famous turkey and sweet leek pie. Can you see a trend developing? DS#1 has the knack. DH and DS#2 are hopeless, except for BBQ stuff. #1 enchiladas #2 mid way through prep for an apple and pear crumble (I love the pale pistachio green of the fruits) #3 Sunday night I prep a Tupperware box full of veg for the folks who have to make the dinners during the week. (My train is so late, I want my dinner on the table when I walk through the door!) So what have you been making and eating? Post pics of things you've made, or enjoyed - but were prepared by others.