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the lunch thread

Asian Noodle Salad! This is a very good recipe....



Spaghetti (cooked according to instructions).
****Rinse thoroughly with cold water to stop the pasta to continue cooking after it's taken from the heat - this is important.
Cold pasta. That's the secret to keeping your pasta from soaking up all the dressing. Set aside.

Prepare all the veggies (and meat), you'd want to put into it. Cucumbers, carrots, celery, peppers etc...,


here's the killer-dressing:


2 cups 7-up (not diet)
3/4 cup vinegar
Brown sugar (amount depends how sweet you want it to be)
Garlic, chopped finely (and pounded if you can) I put lots of it because I just love garlic.
Soya sauce
salt
hot pepper flakes
ground black pepper
Sesame oil


Boil the dressing ingredients in a pot for a few minutes. Taste and adjust it to your liking.
Thicken with 2 tbsps corn starch. Remove from heat. Add sesame oil and set aside to cool.

When it's cool, add it to the spaghetti and veggies. If you made a lot, mix it by hand. Mix thoroughly. Keep in the fridge.
After a couple of hours, mix it again. Ready to serve in an hour. It keeps longer due to the dressing.
Toss it before serving, as there's dressing at the bottom.
 
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Since it was after a midday weights workout...... two apples, two bananas, two tomatoes, and a 60g protein shake (hydrolyzed collagen, whey protein, high-fiber hemp protein).
 
grilled Swiss cheese on 12 grain
salad with ranch and Wonton strips
 
June 25, 2018
  • First lunch
    • Brazilian seafood stew
    • Fresh fruit
    • Water
  • Second lunch
    • PB&J
    • Protein shake
    • Water
  • Third lunch
    • Trail mix
    • Two bananas
    • Water
  • Forth lunch
    • Grilled crab cake sandwich with sauteed baby spinach, tomato, and leftover seafood stew broth for dipping
    • Raw squash
    • Water
 
1/2 grilled cheese
1/2 Caesar
baguette
 
An apple and garlic flavored corn nuts.
 
June 29, 2018
  • "Gucci burgers" (my housekeeper calls them that LOL) -- Ostrich burgers (Stilton centers; ground meat mix: coarsely chopped sauteed onion, Lea & Perrins Worcestershire, egg, cream-soaked bread crumbs) dressed w/mustard, Spanish ham, Vacherin cheese, tomato, and wilted endive and fennel slaw
  • Apple (raw)
  • Water
 
A different high-protein post-workout feast: mixed whole wheat pasta and edameme pasta (the latter is basically just protein and fiber), mixed w/ shredded cheddar, my nuclear ground beef & veggies, with some extra thai chilis thrown in. Enough to fill a big mixing bowl (10" or 12" w/ mostly flat bottom) about 2" up.

Oooof am I stuffed, but that was the point.
 
Leftovers from various meals during the week.
 
Salad with sesame Asian dressing
Spinach and garlic pizza
 
Morning Star corn dog
mac and cheese
 
Chicken wrap: grilled chicken breast, beans, garden herbs, chopped onion, tons of hot pepper powders.
 
broccoli / carrots / cauliflower / cheese casserole
hash browns w/ cheese
mac and cheese
2 small chocolate chip cookies.
 
Steak and shake grilled cheese
Small fries
 
Finishing up leftovers and "doggie bags" from the weekend...
  • Shrimp cocktail that I sort of turned into an impromptu sauteed "tomato scampi-ish" tasting dish. (Cocktail sauce meets butter and minced garlic in a skillet, which when hot, gets the shrimp (I butterflied it so it'd heat quickly without turning to rubber) tossed in, lightly salted, left to sit for 45 seconds, flipped over to let the other side go for 30 seconds and onto the plate.
  • Cold leftover lamb rib from tandoori rack of lamb
  • Potato salad
  • Baked beans
  • Green beans w/sweet and tangy (balsamic) macerated cranberries, and spicy hot homemade bell pepper relish.
  • Water


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That relish is the bee's knees! You can just grab a spoon and eat it. I have yet to find something it's not good on: meat, any veggies, fish, beef, pork, poultry, eggs, dry bread, etc. I'm serious. I think the sweet version (rather than the spicy version I used today) would even be good with some deserts....I'm going to have to try the sweet one with pound cake, cookies, ice cream, lemon sorbet, peanut brittle, pralines, and carrot cake.

I'd even wager a splash of the juice would be awesome in vodka or gin on the rocks, or in a martini, spicy in vodka and sweet in the gin....Did I just invent a new dirty martini?​
 
A sort of garlic-shrimp pasta (whole wheat, black bean, and edamame), except also with some thai chilis and cheese mixed in.
 
A sort of garlic-shrimp pasta (whole wheat, black bean, and edamame), except also with some thai chilis and cheese mixed in.

That sounds good. It's the kind of thing I'd want to snack on midday, except maybe the cheese. (I like to eat the "stuff I'm supposed to avoid" at dinner more so than for lunch.)
 
Instant soba noodles and whole wheat crackers.
 
Leftover ham put into wrap form (2x, one at 12:00.....another right about now). (Mayo, lettuce, onion, cheese, ghost chilis)
 
nachos w/ rice / refried beans / queso / bit of guacamole
 
grilled cheese with garden tomato on whole grain
corn on the cob from the garden.

easiest corn on the cob prep ever :

cut the ends off
remove the husk
rinse
get two paper towels
soak the paper towels until they are dripping wet
wrap corn in soaking wet paper towels
put on plate and microwave on high for two minutes
flip the corn, and microwave for one minute

result : perfect corn on the cob.

i can't take full credit. i got the idea from the net and then tweaked the cooking time.
 
Two fake hot dogs with mustard
Late July lime tortilla chips with salsa
 
a couple of Margaritas made with Cuervo Gold/Grand Marnier/fresh lime & an Arturo Fuente Anejo #49



now, that is what I call lunch :mrgreen:
 
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grilled cheese with garden tomato on whole grain
corn on the cob from the garden.

easiest corn on the cob prep ever :

cut the ends off
remove the husk
rinse
get two paper towels
soak the paper towels until they are dripping wet
wrap corn in soaking wet paper towels
put on plate and microwave on high for two minutes
flip the corn, and microwave for one minute

result : perfect corn on the cob.

i can't take full credit. i got the idea from the net and then tweaked the cooking time.

Believe it or not, cooking corn in the husk facilitates removing the husk and silk after it's been cooked. Give it a shot. There's really nothing to do. Put the ear in the m-wave, turn on the m-wave for a minute or two, take the ear out and peel the husk back. One can season and eat the corn that way or one can cut the cooked corn off the cob and eat it with a utensil.
 
Believe it or not, cooking corn in the husk facilitates removing the husk and silk after it's been cooked. Give it a shot. There's really nothing to do. Put the ear in the m-wave, turn on the m-wave for a minute or two, take the ear out and peel the husk back. One can season and eat the corn that way or one can cut the cooked corn off the cob and eat it with a utensil.

i have done it that way on the grill, but i don't think i've tried it in the microwave. thanks.
 
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