"Cooking with Robin!" or "Things I do in my kitchen."

RobinStarwing · 07-08-2015, 05:23 PM

The biggest advantage I found is now that I have my own space...I can cook for myself and if I want...others. This is rather useful as one of the things I absolute enjoy is working in the kitchen and cooking/creating food. So I figured I would start a thread sharing the projects I do.

We will start with tonight's/tomorrow's project..."Robby's Old Bay Ranch Pasta Salad"

Stage 1

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1-2 days in advance, cut up your favorite veggies diced. I am going with Carrots, Celery, and Red Radishes. 1/2 cup of Carrots and Celery and Radishes are 1/3-1/2 cup depending on size of the radishes. Now add in a half cup/1 4oz can of finely chopped black olives, a 1/3 cup of green olives sliced (with the pimentos), and 1/3 cup of julliened sun-dried tomatoes.

Put this all in a container with 1 Tablespoon of Old Bay Seasoning (3 teaspoons) and 1 teaspoon of the brine from the green olives. Shake violently and than put in the fridge and let sit 20-24 hours. Take it out before you go to bed and when you get up to shake it again to make sure nothing has a chance to settle.

Stage 2

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Cook/add in your meat of choice the next day. I prefer Shrimp steamed in Old Bay or Chicken with various toppings. What I am going with here is a 12 Pepper Blend and Dried Garlic + Sea Salt in a grinder on 3 boneless + skinless chicken breasts. Cook according to directions and let sit in the fridge till cool. Proceed to stage 3.

Stage 3

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Use 12oz of Bowtie Pasta and cook according to directions. Rinse in Cold Water till noodles are cool. Throw noodles, meat, and veggie blend into a huge bowl with one bottle of Ranch Dressing of your choice. Rinse the bottle out with 1/4 cup of skim or 1% milk. Stir till thoroughly blended. Cover/Put into container(s) and either enjoy later or refrigerate overnight to enjoy on a hot and humid day.

phil_ · 07-08-2015, 07:15 PM

What I like about this recipe is that an 8oz boneless, skinless chicken breast is 240 calories. You've got three, so that's 720 calories from chicken.

A whole bottle of ranch dressing, according to the bottle in my fridge, is 1,920 calories (and is also a nutritional wasteland).

Please find someone to share this with, don't eat it all yourself.

BB · 07-08-2015, 07:32 PM

Delicious calories.

RobinStarwing · 07-08-2015, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by phil_

What I like about this recipe is that an 8oz boneless, skinless chicken breast is 240 calories. You've got three, so that's 720 calories from chicken.

A whole bottle of ranch dressing, according to the bottle in my fridge, is 1,920 calories (and is also a nutritional wasteland).

Please find someone to share this with, don't eat it all yourself.

I typical do share some of it but I mainly keep the rest around to eat over the course of a few days.

Also, Dressing of any kind helps bring out the nutritional advantage of fresh veggies.

EDIT: Also, one whole 12oz box of bowtie pasta.

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Originally Posted by BB

Delicious calories.

Yes. Yes indeed.

Flarecobra · 07-08-2015, 09:29 PM

So essentially you're fast-pickling the veggies.

RobinStarwing · 07-08-2015, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Flarecobra

So essentially you're fast-pickling the veggies.

Pretty much.

07-08-2015, 07:15 PM	#2
phil_ Just sleeping Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At home, probably in bed. Posts: 6,482	I cannot comprehend the form of Robby's attack (not knowing how much pasta). What I like about this recipe is that an 8oz boneless, skinless chicken breast is 240 calories. You've got three, so that's 720 calories from chicken. A whole bottle of ranch dressing, according to the bottle in my fridge, is 1,920 calories (and is also a nutritional wasteland). Please find someone to share this with, don't eat it all yourself. __________________ Be T-Rexcellent to each other, tako.

07-08-2015, 07:32 PM	#3
BB >-❥ Love Arrow, Shoot! ~💖 Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 677	Not really, I don't like ranch, it's very much an american thing Delicious calories. __________________ Twit - Tumbl - T...Steam

07-08-2015, 09:29 PM	#5
Flarecobra Burn. Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Classified Posts: 11,017	So essentially you're fast-pickling the veggies. __________________ "Only the fool wishes to go into battle to beat someone for the satisfaction of beating someone." -A Thousand Sons Rules. Read them, know them, love them.