PunkMistress said:

Marlboro Man Sandwiches from www.thepioneerwoman.com

Ingredients

* 1 whole Large (or 2 Small) Onions
* 2 sticks Butter (lots And Lots Of Butter)
* 2 pounds (to 3 Pounds) Cube Steak (tenderized Round Steak That's Been Extra Tenderized)
* Lawry's Seasoned Salt (or Similar Seasoned Salt)
* ½ cups (approximately) Worcestershire Sauce
* Tabasco Sauce, To Taste
* 4 whole French/deli Rolls (earthgrains Are Best!)

Preparation Instructions

Slice onions and cook in 1/4 stick butter until soft and light brown. Remove and set aside.

Slice cube steak against the grain. Season with Lawry’s.

Heat 2 tablespoons butter over high heat (in same skillet) until melted and beginning to brown. Add meat in single layer. Cook one side until brown, then flip and cook until brown, about a minute on both sides.

Add 1/2 cup (at least) Worcestershire sauce, 5 to 6 shakes Tabasco, and 2 tablespoons butter. Add cooked onions. Stir to combine.

Butter halved French rolls and brown in skillet.

To assemble, lay bottom half of French roll on plate. Place meat mixture, followed by a spoonful of juice from the pan. Top with other half of roll, cut in half, and devour!

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I missed this picture the first time through. That thing looks delicious.

This weekend I intend to do smoe grocery shopping and stock up on all this easy to make type of stuff. With any luck, I will wake up on time next week and get home in time to cook.

Thanks to you all once again.

retina said:

I think the main problem when you live and eat alone is that even when you feel up for cooking something slightly more advanced, all the ingredients come in packs that are too big for just one person and then you end up with a bunch of barely opened jars and bottles etc, many of which expire before the next time you need them.

100% correct

Has any food been burned yet?

FauxReal said:

retina said:

I think the main problem when you live and eat alone is that even when you feel up for cooking something slightly more advanced, all the ingredients come in packs that are too big for just one person and then you end up with a bunch of barely opened jars and bottles etc, many of which expire before the next time you need them.

100% correct

There's only one solution; all bachelors have to move in with each other.

BklynBabe said:

Ever since I discovered dollar menus it's been a wrap! And I have a foreman grill....and a crockpot. Also the microwaveable stuff is much better than it was. However my baked goods are still the shit!!!! Iz can cook!

Most jarred sauces last quite a while in the fridge. Fresh vegetables are very inexpensive when purchased for one person. Rice and pasta can both be purchased fairly easily in bulk bins, which also allows you to control how much you purchase. Not recipes, just tips.

KidaDynamite said:

Has any food been burned yet?

Not yet. We'll see this weekend.

FauxReal said:

PunkMistress said:

Marlboro Man Sandwiches from www.thepioneerwoman.com

Ingredients

* 1 whole Large (or 2 Small) Onions
* 2 sticks Butter (lots And Lots Of Butter)
* 2 pounds (to 3 Pounds) Cube Steak (tenderized Round Steak That's Been Extra Tenderized)
* Lawry's Seasoned Salt (or Similar Seasoned Salt)
* ½ cups (approximately) Worcestershire Sauce
* Tabasco Sauce, To Taste
* 4 whole French/deli Rolls (earthgrains Are Best!)

Preparation Instructions

Slice onions and cook in 1/4 stick butter until soft and light brown. Remove and set aside.

Slice cube steak against the grain. Season with Lawry’s.

Heat 2 tablespoons butter over high heat (in same skillet) until melted and beginning to brown. Add meat in single layer. Cook one side until brown, then flip and cook until brown, about a minute on both sides.

Add 1/2 cup (at least) Worcestershire sauce, 5 to 6 shakes Tabasco, and 2 tablespoons butter. Add cooked onions. Stir to combine.

Butter halved French rolls and brown in skillet.

To assemble, lay bottom half of French roll on plate. Place meat mixture, followed by a spoonful of juice from the pan. Top with other half of roll, cut in half, and devour!

[Edited 10/6/10 20:04pm]

I missed this picture the first time through. That thing looks delicious.

This weekend I intend to do smoe grocery shopping and stock up on all this easy to make type of stuff. With any luck, I will wake up on time next week and get home in time to cook.

Thanks to you all once again.

I didn't include it at first, hence the edit. Then I remembered how it's so much more than the sum of its parts, and a photo was needed to convey the man-pleasing deliciosity of it.

I've never tasted one (don't eat beef) but my husband, brother and stepson all drop to their knees, groaning in ecstasy whenever I make them.

Here's another man-pleasin' beef recipe from The Pioneer Woman, my favoritest girl on the whole wide Internets: http://thepioneerwoman.co...und-steak/

PunkMistress said:

Here's another man-pleasin' beef recipe from The Pioneer Woman, my favoritest girl on the whole wide Internets: http://thepioneerwoman.co...und-steak/

Bookmarked it. I'll be checking out this and more of her recipes.

So I tried to make the sandwich PunkMistress posted, but immediately ran into a problem. The grocery store had no cube steak. First time I've ever noticed a supermarket out of cube steak. Seems it's always in stock but anyhow, I ended up having to go with some really thin bottom round steaks, as it seemed to be the next closest thing. I cooked the onions nice and brown in a bunch of butter as directed, cut the bottom rounds lengthwise into narrow strips and seasoned and cooked according to the recipe, and toasted the rolls with butter on my electric griddle. I ate three of these things and will likely succumb to a meat coma in a moment here. They were delicious though. Definitely beats the hell out of peanut butter and jelly.

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YAY!

I'm so fuckin' psyched that you made these and liked them.

FauxReal said:

So I tried to make the sandwich PunkMistress posted, but immediately ran into a problem. The grocery store had no cube steak. First time I've ever noticed a supermarket out of cube steak. Seems it's always in stock but anyhow, I ended up having to go with some really thin bottom round steaks, as it seemed to be the next closest thing. I cooked the onions nice and brown in a bunch of butter as directed, cut the bottom rounds lengthwise into narrow strips and seasoned and cooked according to the recipe, and toasted the rolls with butter on my electric griddle. I ate three of these things and will likely succumb to a meat coma in a moment here. They were delicious though. Definitely beats the hell out of peanut butter and jelly.

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Always when people post pictures like these I can't help but notice and analyze everything in them. "Hmm, he has his blinds down, I wonder if he's a very private person or maybe he just has curious neighbours... And aha, he has a glass table. I don't like those, the tabletop always comes sliding off the base eventually... And then there's that plate - it's nice in an old-fashioned way and it's quite small. Maybe it's part of a set his grandma gave him?"

retina said:

FauxReal said:

So I tried to make the sandwich PunkMistress posted, but immediately ran into a problem. The grocery store had no cube steak. First time I've ever noticed a supermarket out of cube steak. Seems it's always in stock but anyhow, I ended up having to go with some really thin bottom round steaks, as it seemed to be the next closest thing. I cooked the onions nice and brown in a bunch of butter as directed, cut the bottom rounds lengthwise into narrow strips and seasoned and cooked according to the recipe, and toasted the rolls with butter on my electric griddle. I ate three of these things and will likely succumb to a meat coma in a moment here. They were delicious though. Definitely beats the hell out of peanut butter and jelly.

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Always when people post pictures like these I can't help but notice and analyze everything in them. "Hmm, he has his blinds down, I wonder if he's a very private person or maybe he just has curious neighbours... And aha, he has a glass table. I don't like those, the tabletop always comes sliding off the base eventually... And then there's that plate - it's nice in an old-fashioned way and it's quite small. Maybe it's part of a set his grandma gave him?"

I live on the bottom floor so I always have my blinds down. I am a private person though. The set matched what I wanted to do with my kitchen. It's hard to make out the colors and pattern in this picture. I got a glass table because I am working with limited space so I got a tall table that didn't have a bulky base or surface, which many wooden tables do. I rarely eat at the table, so I'm not too worried about it coming off the base. I live alone, so nobody else will break it for me.

Boil pasta

Chop green olives in half

Chop beef tomatoes

Throw olives and tomatoes in bowl of pasta

Stir through green pesto

Grate cheese over if available

FauxReal said:

retina said:

Always when people post pictures like these I can't help but notice and analyze everything in them. "Hmm, he has his blinds down, I wonder if he's a very private person or maybe he just has curious neighbours... And aha, he has a glass table. I don't like those, the tabletop always comes sliding off the base eventually... And then there's that plate - it's nice in an old-fashioned way and it's quite small. Maybe it's part of a set his grandma gave him?"

I live on the bottom floor so I always have my blinds down. I am a private person though. The set matched what I wanted to do with my kitchen. It's hard to make out the colors and pattern in this picture. I got a glass table because I am working with limited space so I got a tall table that didn't have a bulky base or surface, which many wooden tables do. I rarely eat at the table, so I'm not too worried about it coming off the base. I live alone, so nobody else will break it for me.

It's ok, you don't have to explain yourself. I was just making my usual random observations.

I hear ya about living on the bottom floor though. I lived on the bottom floor for over 10 years before moving about a year ago. Back then it felt like living in a cave sometimes because I really hated it when my neighbours and passers-by were staring at me (and stare they did! - almost as if I was a friggin TV) so my curtains were almost always closed (plus I had a stupid streetlight right outside my window). Now I live on the 11th floor and have a great view. I feel like I've earned that. lol

BklynBabe said:

3 sammiches?!? Damn son. Where you packing all dat meat?

I mean, I weigh 230 pounds, believe it or not. I don't eat often, but when I do, I make it count.

Have you got a blender?

So easy and versatile. You can make a litre and a half of delicious food in about a minute and what could be simpler than 'throw in blender and blend'. You just have to remember to rinse and clean your blender straight away or else it'll be harder to clean.

Banana, Medjool dates and peanut butter with milk or soy is completely It's like liquid snickers.

While it's not really a main meal device, you can make soup and dessert in there as well. Love love love my blender.

FauxReal said:

BklynBabe said:

3 sammiches?!? Damn son. Where you packing all dat meat?

I mean, I weigh 230 pounds, believe it or not. I don't eat often, but when I do, I make it count.

You must be tall.

KidaDynamite said:

FauxReal said:

I mean, I weigh 230 pounds, believe it or not. I don't eat often, but when I do, I make it count.

You must be tall.

6'5"

PunkMistress said:

Chicken and noodles with FUCKING DELICIOUS peanut sauce:

Boil some spaghetti.

Take a boneless, skinless chicken breast and slice it into bite-size pieces. Saute in oil til cooked through. Add whatever veggies you like: onions, peppers, green beans, canned or frozen works fine.

Mix a can of coconut milk with a cup of creamy peanut butter, some garlic powder, a few splashes of soy sauce and some crushed red pepper if you have it.

Mix the drained spaghetti with the sauce and chicken and veggies.

DIE FROM DELICIOSITY.

sounds good!

I don't understand why you're getting all those complicated recipes & crap.

All you need is;

mixed with;

...and add a pinch of;

And you will be eating like a KING.

You can do endless things with pasta with different meats and sauces. Just use your imagination, experiment, and come up with combinations that you like.

Since my ass is dieting, I like to boil some pasta. Put two cans of Cambell's cream of mushroom soup in it. Instead of using water, I like to water it down with two cans of extra hot Rotel diced tomatoes. Put two cans of tuna in it. A can of mushrooms or even fresh mushrooms if I feel like cooking them that night. Some olives. Then I season the hell out of it with garlic powder, italian seasoning, oregano, cayenne pepper, etc.

There's just a ton of combinations you can use with pasta. I've made it with strips of chicken, olives, taco seasoning mix, etc. You can do the same with rice instead of pasta. I've also done it with chicken and an Indian sauce. Since the Indian sauces have so much fat calories though, lately I just buy some type of fat free cream of mushroom or cream of chicken soup, water it down with Rotel, and season it with lots of curry powder.

You can use ground beef, chicken, shrimp, immitation crab meat, etc. The combinations are endless. Then, just try to come up with some sort of sauce you want to either buy to put in it, or in my case, try to "create" one that isn't fattening.

FauxReal said:

KidaDynamite said:

You must be tall.

6'5"

We must be the same person. I only eat once a day, weigh not much more than you, and was previously 6'5". The last time I went to the doctor though, my 43 year old ass had shrunk down a little to 6'3". That's fine with me though. It'll make it so much easier to buy pants with a 34 length rather than the extremely hard to find 36 length.

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vainandy said:

FauxReal said:

6'5"

We must be the same person. I only eat once a day, weigh not much more than you, and was previously 6'5". The last time I went to the doctor though, my 43 year old ass had shrunk down a little to 6'3". That's fine with me though. It'll make it so much easier to buy pants with a 34 length rather than the extremely hard to find 36 length.

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Tell me about it. I can find waist sizes going up to damn near 50. But a length of 36? Nope. It's ridiculous.

And yeah those sandwiches were they only thing I ate that day.

FauxReal said:

KidaDynamite said:

You must be tall.

6'5"

Those sandwiches are looking kind of good though, I should try it myself.

Here are 2 sites that are friendly.

http://brokeassgourmet.com/

Now this site if from Marie Clare. I was looking for reciepes for cooking for 1. I've made everything here but the smoothies. It also gives you a grocery list.

http://www.marieclaire.co...onerecipes

Have fun.

LadyFunkSoldier said:

Here are 2 sites that are friendly.

http://brokeassgourmet.com/

Now this site if from Marie Clare. I was looking for reciepes for cooking for 1. I've made everything here but the smoothies. It also gives you a grocery list.

http://www.marieclaire.co...onerecipes

Have fun.

Hey gurrrrrrrl