I want to cook more interesting meals for my wife and child. 

 

Tonight I cooked a red bean soup. Last night soaked the kidney beans in water for 24 hours. Tonight I found a simple recipe: Chop onions and garlic. Cook in a pan. Add tin tomatoes. vege stock. pepper, diced potatoes (white and red), carrots and cerely. Simmer for 1 hour.  I could have added a meat protein but decided to go vege only tonight

 

My wife and child didnt like it. Ordered grab. 

 

If you have 1 dish that you cook whilst living here in the LOS please list it here or give a link. Particularly interested in eating less meat. 

 

thanks

Salmon and steamed vegetables is a common meal for us and I can cook it no problem.

Chicken or pork adobo 

Philippines  equivalent  of pad grapow in as much as it is very popular and easy to make.

My wife really likes it.

 

Plenty of recipes on YouTube.

 

One important tip. Ignore the tutorials and add the vinegar last a little at a time. Taste after each teaspoon full. Too much and the whole dish is ruined. Apart from that...very easy. Oh, and Thai vinegar is OK. Does not need to be English vinegar.

 

Adding cubed potatoes also good.

Tacos (also burritos, quesadillas and nachos, but you said one)

Also "BBQ" ribs 

Other than cereal and yogurt in the morning, nothing.

 

I eat out every meal despite having a well equipped kitchen.

6 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Tacos (also burritos, quesadillas and nachos, but you said one)

 Are you able to find quality corn tortillas? Never seen any here in cm, only fake pseudo corn tortillas.

I cook crab curry, it’s hard to go wrong here in Thailand because the curry at the markets is so good. Grab some coconut milk. Some potato’s and the red curry turns into like a gravy. Onions etc. the blue crabs are delicious if you’ve got the patience for it. But they make the broth exquisite 

9 minutes ago, Robert Paulson said:

I cook crab curry, it’s hard to go wrong here in Thailand because the curry at the markets is so good. Grab some coconut milk. Some potato’s and the red curry turns into like a gravy. Onions etc. the blue crabs are delicious if you’ve got the patience for it. But they make the broth exquisite 

I like the sound of this. Can you please give me the exact steps of how to do it

6 minutes ago, novacova said:

 Are you able to find quality corn tortillas? Never seen any here in cm, only fake pseudo corn tortillas.

I assume you mean the Mission, Danitas or El Charro ? They're not that bad.  

16 minutes ago, ubonr1971 said:

I like the sound of this. Can you please give me the exact steps of how to do it

Oh wow. I’m not sure I should be giving cooking advice but here goes. I’d look up an online recipe if you want some extra seasons and bits but this is what I do.

 

i simple throw the full crabs in a pot with cut up potatoes. Don’t cut them too small because they will disintegrate. I add coconut milk, which you can buy fresh at markets or in little boxes at the grocery store. I add a bunch of onion. Don’t slice too small. I put in some finer, why not. Maybe a little oregano. Ground pepper. And red curry. You’ll only need a handful of it. And some garlic. I usually add some water and then I just cook it all for about an hour. After it boils I set it on the lowest heat. It’s really all about the potatoes… which I take out and add salt pepper and green onions and then use the red curry as “gravy”. And the crabs you break the legs and it’s small bits but it’s the most delicious meat ever. 
 

I hope it goes well if you give it a try. It’s hard to mess up I’ve found because thai curry and coconut milk are very nice quality. And plus with the crab adding flavor to your curry it adds so much. I don’t clean the crabs at all btw, I simply wash them off and throw them in. I think all the stuff in there adds to the curry flavor, 

 

Edited June 26, 20242 yr by Robert Paulson

Spaghetti Carbonara (just had it tonight)

Paella (with heaps of chilli to make it acceptable to the locals - Thai-ella)

Coq au Vin - Coq currently marinating in my fridge ready to cook tomorrow.

1 minute ago, Upnotover said:

Spaghetti Carbonara (just had it tonight)

Paella (with heaps of chilli to make it acceptable to the locals - Thai-ella)

Coq au Vin - Coq currently marinating in my fridge ready to cook tomorrow.

Like your style as I cook similar and use the slow cooker for the Coq au vin,. Haven't cooked a paella in a while so will get on to that, and a bolognese sauce is easy with not too much meat, but with a few finely chopped carrots thrown in. Also make a Chinese Mabo Tofu dish with a little minced chicken or pork, with a smidgeon of sweet and sour sauce added.

 

 

Sausage casserole with Yorkshire puddings and colcannon and/or cauliflower cheese.

 

Crumbles. Apple, pear, rhubarb (when available), strawberry, raspberry, blackberry (frozen berries are ok) or combinations of these fruits.

 

 

4 hours ago, ubonr1971 said:

I want to cook more interesting meals for my wife and child. 

 

Tonight I cooked a red bean soup. Last night soaked the kidney beans in water for 24 hours. Tonight I found a simple recipe: Chop onions and garlic. Cook in a pan. Add tin tomatoes. vege stock. pepper, diced potatoes (white and red), carrots and cerely. Simmer for 1 hour.  I could have added a meat protein but decided to go vege only tonight

 

My wife and child didnt like it. Ordered grab. 

 

If you have 1 dish that you cook whilst living here in the LOS please list it here or give a link. Particularly interested in eating less meat. 

 

thanks

 

Almost sounds like American Chili except for the hamburger or ground beef. I will make Chili once in awhile with corn bread.

 

11 hours ago, ubonr1971 said:

I want to cook more interesting meals for my wife and child. 

 

Tonight I cooked a red bean soup. Last night soaked the kidney beans in water for 24 hours. Tonight I found a simple recipe: Chop onions and garlic. Cook in a pan. Add tin tomatoes. vege stock. pepper, diced potatoes (white and red), carrots and cerely. Simmer for 1 hour.  I could have added a meat protein but decided to go vege only tonight

 

My wife and child didnt like it. Ordered grab. 

 

If you have 1 dish that you cook whilst living here in the LOS please list it here or give a link. Particularly interested in eating less meat. 

 

thanks

i make  a small portion of pork  spiced with taco mix  half packet 

then make pasta /tiarella  with some pilgrim Italian sauce    most Thai like some spicy food 

other thing you can make is potato with cheese and chilly paste  from local market .

or buy market food try all u will like

 

My wife makes banana bread.  All our friends love it.

Thai's love french fries.

 

 

Neither of them are that good for you.

Made too many things to list.   Take a peek at this thread, as will interest you.

Fish papillote dead easy and people are always impressed 

Cornflakes or toast and vegimite.  I have a serious alergy to kitchens, food preparation, and any form of washing up.  If I am ever forced into a kitchen, like at gun point, I suddenly lose all control, break or drop everything I touch and leave an even bigger mess so never asked again.

 

Men are not meant for kitchens, thats why women have small feet, to get closer to the sink.

11 hours ago, ubonr1971 said:

cerely

Are  you sure you aren't Thai?

Pasta with mushroom cream sauce.

Just use the basics: pasta, cream, mushrooms, salt, pepper, parmesan cheese.

My Thai gf also likes it.

 

 

I can boil an egg ! 555

Bruschetta, a great snack with a few large glasses of red wine.

I make porridge almost every day for breakfast. It is a pretty good carb for diabetics. Mostly oats, but I change it up with barley and yellow corn grits. Also a few add ins like crushed nuts, raisins, cinnamon, etc.

This morning added a nuked scrambled egg because Narak is always on me about protein.🥰

Already missing part of my great toe from a cat bite infection, so taking the dietary considerations seriously if a bit after the fact.

Just now, Kwaibill said:

I make porridge almost every day for breakfast. It is a pretty good carb for diabetics. Mostly oats, but I change it up with barley and yellow corn grits. Also a few add ins like crushed nuts, raisins, cinnamon, etc.

This morning added a nuked scrambled egg because Narak is always on me about protein.🥰

Already missing part of my great toe from a cat bite infection, so taking the dietary considerations seriously if a bit after the fact.

Maybe you should eat something decent so that you are able to fight that cat. 

Check out Marion's Kitchen or Palin's Kitchen on YouTube. Lots of great receipes, Thai and foreign.

I boil up vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower until al dente. Buy some sai ua, northern Thai herbal sausage. Put it in a blender with some tasty cheese.

 

It makes a thick soup, similar to Dutch curry soup or mulligatawny. Low carbohydrate.

An English-style roast chicken dinner with Paxo stuffing and Yorkshire pudding.  My wife loves rhubarb - so apple and rhubarb pie and rhubarb crumble.