What are you cooking today? (2025)

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Good morning.

Today's breakfast: Chunky Soy Milk Bread Porridge with tuna and vegetables.

Fast, easy and filling one dish meal.

 

 

Ingredients:

2 pieces of white bread(chopped into small dice), soy milk, canned tuna, Chinese cabbage, okra, onion, pumpkin, spinach, and water.

All vegetables are pre-cooked with microwave.

 

Bread can be any kinds.

Soy milk can be substituted with milk.

 

Seasonings:

Chicken stock, soy, oyster, and fish sauce, grated ginger.

 

Cooking time:4 minutes at 500w(if all the vegetables are pre-cooked).

 

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A bit of Home Cooking hack.

If you prepare your meal at home on regular basis, good to stock certain amount  of

pre-cooked meat and vegetables you often use, in your fridge.

This way, you can save your cooking time.

This method particularly suits one-person household.

 

Do you have any empty jars of used up jam or mayonnaise at home?

They serve well for this purpose.

 

Put the food stuff and cook in a microwave(with a non-metal cover on its top).

Time duration depends on its contents and amount.

These Thai jars are made  very tough(thick), and never damaged while heated up  in a microwave (in my experience).

 

Wait for it cool down, and into fridge.

No contact with water while it is still hot; will crack.

 

Hope this info helps to make your daily cooking more enjoyable and time efficient.

 

[black tabby12345]

Some Cooking Hack again.

When you want some soup noodle, but no stock at home.

   

 

And you don't feel like going out for another shopping, or no food vendors in your neighborhood at that time...

In such a case, a few slices of bread can help.

 

Texture of bread changes dramatically when cooked in hot boiling liquid for a few minutes; turns out like rice noodle.

 

So shred your bread thinly, and put it into your favorite soup, and cook as usual.

This way, you can create some noodle soup look alike.

 

And soup-soaked bread is also a lot more filling than eaten dry; you won't be hungry again too fast...

 

 

 

[black tabby12345]

Good morning.

Today's breakfast: Chunky Bread Curry Stew.

 

 

Ingredients:

White bread(chopped into dice), carrot, eggplant, onion, potato, chicken thighs, snake beans (chopped up), tofu(bean curd), and water.

 

I put in all of the pre-cooked stuff, to clear inside my fridge, for the planned defrosting.

 

*Bread can be any kinds.

 

Seasonings:

Chicken stock, curry powder, soy, oyster, BBQ sauce, and ketchup.

 

[black tabby12345]

Good morning.

This morning, around 4am, I woke up  to the sound of unseasonal rain(quite unlikely at this time of the year in northern Thailand).   Later, it also started to thunder.

 

Today's pre-dawn breakfast: Soymilk Soup Noodle with poached egg.

 

Ingredients: Yellow noodle, Chinese cabbage, pumpkin, onion, okra, soymilk, garlic shoots(chopped up to inch), egg, water.

 

Seasonings: Chicken stock, soy, oyster, and fish sauce, grated ginger.

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Today's Cooking Hack: How to make a Poached Egg without burst(in a microwave oven).

 

1-Pour a little water into bowl(larger one is better; contents won't spill out easily while cooking).

 

2-Crack an egg into it(water controls the temperature rise).

 

3-Make a few small holes on  yolk(serves gas escape while heated).

 

 

4-Set the microwave to low(minimum) power(100-200w; depending on your machine).

 

5-Put a gentle cover on its top.

 

5-Cook it for 3-4 minutes(time duration depends of your machine's minimum output).

Advisable to try a couple of times, and find out the most suitable setting.

 

Good luck...

[KhunLA]

A small roast & some hockey pucks, Q'd up for latter on ...

 

 

Along with roasin' my nuts  ...  

 

[black tabby12345]

Good afternoon.

Today's breakfast: Tuna Vegetables Stew Bowl and Bonito Stock Soup.

 

 

 

 

Ingredients of the Tuna Vegetable Stew Bowl:

Warm cooked rice(underneath),  (canned) tuna, carrot, onion, and snake beans(chopped to 1/2 inch), water.

 

Seasonings:

Bonito stock, soy, oyster, and fish sauce, salad oil.

 

*In case of tuna with soybean oil, no need to add any oil in cooking.　This time, the canned tuna was in brine.

Canned tuna tastes a lot better  with oil, than without it.

 

Ingredients of the soup:

Chinese cabbage, okra, spinach.

 

Seasonings:

Bonito stock, soybean paste.

[black tabby12345]

Good afternoon.

Today's lunch: Marinated Pork Vegetable Bowl, and Potato Pumpkin Salad.

 

 

 

 

 

Ingredients of the main dish:

Warm rice, shredded lean pork, bean sprouts, carrots, and cucumber.

Meat and vegetables(other than cucumber) are pre-cooked before mixing.

 

Seasonings:

Soy & oyster sauce, vinegar, sugar, grated garlic, and (tiny amount) of chili powder.

 

Ingredients of salad:

Coleslaw, onion, potato, pumpkin, and tomato.

Onion, potato, pumpkin are pre-cooked.

 

Seasonings:

Mayonnaise, soy & oyster sauce, pepper.

 

[sometime]

Not me but the other half, spicy pumpkin soup, ingredients to go in the big pan, forgot to put the onion in the pic

[black tabby12345]

Good morning.

Today's breakfast: Egg-Dropped Milk Bread Porridge.

 

 

 

Ingredients:

Milk, white bread(2 pieces), chicken mince, onion, okra, potato, pumpkin, garlic shoots, beaten egg(1-2), and water.

 

*Chicken, onion, potato, pumpkin are pre-cooked.

  Bread can be any kind. Or can be substituted with rice/noodle(readily eatable)  as well.

 

First, put meat and vegetables. Next, seasonings. Then, milk, water, and diced bread. Mix them well.

Finally, pour beaten egg all over on them.

Will be tastier if you add some stock to the egg, too.

 

Seasonings: Chicken stock, soy, oyster, and fish sauce, grated ginger.

 

Cooking duration: 500-600w for 3-5 minutes(depending on your device).

 

If you place your bowl in a Microwave-Safe container(big enough for your bowl) when you cook it,

you can cover the possible spill out (might happen) during the cooking.

 

 

[black tabby12345]

Good afternoon.

 

Todays' lunch: Creamy Fish Stew on rice.

 

 

Ingredients for stew:

Warm rice, (canned) mackerel, carrot, onion, snake beans, potato, tomato paste,

and water.

 

 

Seasonings:

Pork stock, ketchup, BBQ sauce, soy and oyster sauce, plum sauce and grated garlic, tiny amount of chili powder.

 

[black tabby12345]

Today's lunch: Curry Flavored Fish Vegetable Bowl, and Tomato Soup.

 

 

 

 

Ingredients of the main dish:

(Canned) sardine (in vegetable oil), carrot, onion, and snake beans, water.

 

Seasonings: Curry powder, bonito stock, soy, oyster, & fish sauce.

 

Ingredients of the soup:

Tomato paste, (pre-cooked) okra, Chinese cabbage, and potato.

 

Seasonings:

Chicken stock, ketchup, soy, oyster, plum sauce, and sugar.

[black tabby12345]

Hello, folks,

Today's late lunch: Chunky Pan Fried Yellow Noodle.

 

 

Ingredients:

Yellow noodle, chicken  thights,  bean sprouts, cabbage, carrot, onion, garlic shoots.

 

Seasonings: Chicken stock, soy, oyster, and fish sauce, grated ginger, and salad oil.

 

[black tabby12345]

Good afternoon.

Today's lunch: Pan-fried Pork Vegetable Bowl.

 

Ingredients:

Warm rice, lean pork, capsicum(chopped), onion, shredded garlic shoots, cherry tomatoes, and water.

 

Seasonings:

Pepper, grated garlic, pork stock, soy, oyster, fish sauce.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[black tabby12345]

Today's lunch: Mild Creamy Pork Curry Rice, and Pan-fried vegetables.

 

 

Ingredients:

Curry:

Warm rice, pork, carrot, onion, and potato, tomato paste, flour, cocoa powder, and water.

 

Pan-fry:

Bean sprouts, Pak choy, and snake beans(chopped).

＊Non-oil cooking

 

Seasonings:

Curry:

Curry powder, BBQ sauce, ketchup, soy & oyster sauce, grated garlic, tiny amount of chili powder.

 

Pan-fry:

Pepper, soy, oyster, and fish sauce, pork stock.

 

[KhunLA]

A nice Cream of Broccoli, and some roasted Red Peppers.   

 

Got some pork tenderloins, and going to try my luck making a Capocollo ish ham 🙄  Just pressed with cayenne & pepper, and not going to try to hang & dry it.

 

 

 

 

[black tabby12345]

Cool lunch for the hot afternoon: Chicken Salad Bowl and Milk Vegetable Soup.

 

 

 

Ingredients of the bowl:

Warm rice, coleslaw, (pre-cooked) shredded chicken breast, carrot, onion, and garden-fresh basil.

 

Seasonings:

Mayonnaise, ketchup, soy & oyster sauce, pepper.

 

 

Ingredients of the soup:

Milk, (pre-cooked) eggplant, okra, pumpkin, spinach, and water.

 

Seasonings:

Chicken stock, soy, oyster and fish sauce.

 

[marin]

Old timer dish. Prawns in a basket. Home made tartar sauce and a slice of garlic bread.

[Mutt Daeng]

13 hours ago, marin said:

Old timer dish. Prawns in a basket. Home made tartar sauce and a slice of garlic bread.

That looks good to me!

[KhunLA]

1 hour ago, Mutt Daeng said:

That looks good to me!

Yep ... use to be a staple dish when a youngin.   If stuck for what to order, then that was an easy choice and always satisfied.

 

More a shrimp cocktail guy myself, but when done right, fried are like chips, can't stop with just one.

[KhunLA]

 

[black tabby12345]

Today's lunch: 

Stir-fried Chicken Vegetable and Rice.

 

Ingredients:

Warm rice, chicken mince, basil, bell pepper, carrot, garlic shoots, onion, and water.

 

Seasonings:

Chicken stock, pepper, grated ginger, soy, oyster, fish sauce.

 

 

 

 

 

[black tabby12345]

Today's breakfast: Hamburger Sandwiches.

 

 

Ingredients:

Chicken mince, onion, flour, lettuce, tomato, and white bread.

 

Seasonings:

Pepper, salt, chicken stock, ketchup, BBQ sauce.

[black tabby12345]

On 3/5/2025 at 10:02 AM, KhunLA said:

 

 

Hello, is this your homemade ham?

[KhunLA]

15 minutes ago, black tabby12345 said:

 

Hello, is this your homemade ham?

Yes

Use this as a guide to make.  2 things different, use lean pork tenderloin (trimmed), and mince it down to paste like, in food processor.  Find it binds together better than chunks, when slicing.  Really simple to make.  Want to try to make bologna next.

 

I don't use any chems, just pork, salt,  cure salt, brown sugar & milk powder.  These ratios:

 

 

 Got the tube on LAZ, and not really needed, as you can simply use a loaf pan, with another on top with some weight, and bring up to temp in oven, instead of a pot of water.

 

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/i4584412256-s18729281636.html?urlFlag=true&mp=1&tradePath=omItm&tradeOrderId=914302070069891&tradeOrderLineId=914302070169891&spm=spm%3Da2o42.order_details.item_title.1

[black tabby12345]

2 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Yes

Use this as a guide to make.  2 things different, use lean pork tenderloin (trimmed), and mince it down to paste like, in food processor.  Find it binds together better than chunks, when slicing.  Really simple to make.  Want to try to make bologna next.

 

I don't use any chems, just pork, salt,  cure salt, brown sugar & milk powder.  These ratios:

 

 

 

 

Hello, thank you for your extremely speedy reply.

Is this gentleman in the video yourself?

[KhunLA]

Just now, black tabby12345 said:

 

Hello, thank you for your extremely speedy reply.

Is this gentleman in the video yourself?

No, did an edit to above, where to get tube.

[KhunLA]

@black tabby12345

Another vid, simply using loaf pans.

 

 

 

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Today's late lunch: Curry Stuffed Pancake.

 

 

Ingredients:

Self-raising flower, beaten egg, milk, chicken mince, onion, carrot, bell pepper, tomato paste, and water.

 

Seasonings: Curry powder, ketchup, BBQ sauce, soy & oyster sauce, grated garlic.