PapaBear
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I generally just tell people I'm lactose intolerant, unless I'm ordering pizza or planning to have the apple pie with ice cream for dessert
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Harry Klippton
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What is it
PapaBear
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Similar to Sheppard's pie
Harry Klippton
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The internet tells me a shepherd's pie is with lamb and a cottage pie is with beef
peccary
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Delicious.
It's carrots, celery, onion, garlic, peas, fake meat crumbles, dried spices. Cook it up and make a bit of a gravy in it with some red wine, flour, water and tomato paste. Then put a bunch of buttery mashed potatoes on top with a coat of parmesan and bake for about an hour.
PapaBear
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You lost me a fake meat crumbles, but I'm down with most of the rest, not into parmesan, I try not to eat anything that smells worse than my socks!
peccary
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The fake meat isn't the greatest. There is some good stuff out there, but this time it was Morning Star, which isn't really my favorite texture-wise. But we had it in the freezer and some potatoes that were about on their way out so I figured I'd throw it together. My wife is vegetarian which is why I used them.
And stinky cheese is the spice of life. Stinky foot cheese with some mustard is my jam.
Mentaltossflycoon
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That looks awesome. My wife is also veg and when I recently made shepherd's pie I used green lentils rather than crumbles. Wasn't lamb/beef delicious but it was still really good. Only Morningstar product we like are the chorizo style.
peccary
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Lentils are a good idea, garbanzos would probably be good as well. I might have to give that a shot one of these days.
Mentaltossflycoon
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It was my daughter's 5th birthday today. Made Italian beef with hot giardinera to show love to our Midwest fam. Here I am baptizing my 2nd sandwich. This one definitely induced the meat sweats.
PapaBear
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Being opposite of the vegetarian types, I'm trying my hand at some Keto rolls this morning, doing the low carb thing to knock my weight down and then hope to transition to just smarter eating in general, since going back to sales and being more sedentary, I've ballooned up a bit
peccary
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Last night I roasted a chicken and some veggies for my lunches for the week. I don't get the chance to cook larger meals with meat since my wife is vegetarian, so I have been trying to make it a habit that I do something like this on Sunday afternoons.
The veggies are better than the chicken, by the way.
The veggies are better than the chicken, by the way.
peccary
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Braised greens are one of my favorite things to eat, especially with fried eggs over top. Last night I decided to make smashed potatoes for the first time ever and I'm not sure what I was waiting for because they were amazing.
Not the greatest plating but it gives me a reason to resurrect this thread!
Not the greatest plating but it gives me a reason to resurrect this thread!
Mentaltossflycoon
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I totally hit my local barbecue joint for the greens. Hell yes brisket, fuck yes greens. I would murder that plate.
SYLV9ST9R
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Looks delish!
Smashed potatoes are great, I like to add a bit of garlic, lemon zest and capers, + just a touch of sour cream/greek yogourt
peccary
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That sounds amazing! I'll have to give something like that a shot.
I've got a lot of ideas of how I want to make these down the line already, but these were just nice and simple: butter, olive oil, salt, and pepper.
Mentaltossflycoon
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Crispy Smashed Potatoes
And on top? A condiment made up of walnuts, anchovies, garlic, and red pepper flakes that’s the ultimate umami bomb.
This one's pretty solid. I've subbed almonds and another time pistachios as I don't usually keep walnuts on hand. Also vegan Worcestershire is a good sub for anchovies if you don't get down with those.
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SYLV9ST9R
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Second this, those are quite tasty!Crispy Smashed Potatoes
And on top? A condiment made up of walnuts, anchovies, garlic, and red pepper flakes that’s the ultimate umami bomb.www.bonappetit.com
This one's pretty solid. I've subbed almonds and another time pistachios as I don't usually keep walnuts on hand. Also vegan Worcester is a good sub for anchovies if you don't get down with those.