Gravy's Cooking Thread
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Tried out that recipe last Sunday and it was probably the most amazing turkey I’ve ever had. New one is stuffed with sausage and apples instead of hash browns and bacon.
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i've used em, i mean theyre just japanese henkles heh, but i know the sg2's stay sharp cuz when i used at friends places, its still sharp enough and they don't do shit with their knives.View attachment 320064View attachment 320065View attachment 320066View attachment 320067View attachment 320068
Tried out that recipe last Sunday and it was probably the most amazing turkey I’ve ever had. New one is stuffed with sausage and apples instead of hash browns and bacon.
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the artisan has that weird hump, idk, the ones i used were the kaizen just the regular round pakkawood handle, i actually prefer a western grip myself.
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Hey, my wife has a minor health thing right now and is recommended to have a mostly liquid diet for a little while. Anyone have really good smoothy recipes? Something that might replace a meal?
Alasliasolonik
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Allergic/medical to anything? A normal brew of things is super easy. The really good things dont taste great
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Burren
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We make smoothies somewhat frequently simply because they're tasty and healthy.
Frozen mixed berries (we get a big bag from Costco), plain Greek yogurt, bit of milk or fruit juice, banana, and a scoop of protein powder (we just get vanilla). The frozen berries give it the perfect texture. Adjusting volumes of things will make it sweeter or more tart.
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LiquidDeath
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I know this is not the thread for it, but I urge you to do some more research about how healthy fruit smoothies actually are for you, particularly in regards to sugar content.
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Yeah I would avoid fruit smoothies if you are looking for meal replacement especially.
My go to is:
Big handful of spinach
1 serving protein powder (I have been using this since it was on sale at Costco last month: https://www.vitalproteins.com/products/collagen-peptides)
1 tablespoon of almond butter (you could omit this, or use any other nut butter if you wanted)
2 cups almond milk
1 tablespoon chia seeds or flax seeds
half an avocado or like a splash of MCT oil/coconut oil
I like mine cold so I put some crushed ice in there as well.
My go to is:
Big handful of spinach
1 serving protein powder (I have been using this since it was on sale at Costco last month: https://www.vitalproteins.com/products/collagen-peptides)
1 tablespoon of almond butter (you could omit this, or use any other nut butter if you wanted)
2 cups almond milk
1 tablespoon chia seeds or flax seeds
half an avocado or like a splash of MCT oil/coconut oil
I like mine cold so I put some crushed ice in there as well.
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I think this is the thread for it! I know there is a lot of natural sugar in fruit smoothies, but it's not unhealthy, is it? There are good things in fruit, too.
So I made something similar to this tonight. A couple of questions: wouldn't it be great if spinach didn't adjust the colour so much? Green/grey is not all that appealing. Also, why does everyone insist almond milk (or variety) is better than normal milk? Does it help the texture? Will I get superhero powers from non cow milk?
How much of an impact do the seeds have on texture?
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Yes, there are good things in some fruits (bananas are delicious but everything they offer can be found with better bioavailability in other, healthier sources) but they are also full of sugar and things like smoothies allow you to eat far more sugar far quicker than you would eating the fruit by itself. Again, I'll leave this to the other thread, but the health benefits of fruit juice/smoothies has been vastly overstated due to where they were placed on the Food Pyramid back in the day.
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Falstaff
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Regular milk probably is fine? My wife always just buys almond milk for smoothies so I use it. Not sure why yours are more gray than green, mine are pretty green usually.
Seeds don't really blend but I don't really notice them, they are small so its not like your sucking up bubble tea sized blobs or tapioca or whatever.
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chia can blow up / release a large amount of gel if you let them soak, so I imagine fresh smoothy vs one made last night is going to have a bit of a texture difference depending on your volume of chia.
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Burren
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I don't eat much other sugar. I know the values and I consume about 1/5th what the regular person does per day/year. Natural sugars from some berries is not even remotely the same as corn syrup or processed sugar.
Agree with you that the food pyramid we all grew up with is bogus. Our diet is about 50% veg, 30% legumes and beans, 10% fruit, 10% fish/eggs/cheese/random bread or pasta and we hit the gym 3/4 times weekly. We do a decent job.
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Falstaff
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Very true, I never let them soak overnight so usually don't have that problem.chia can blow up / release a large amount of gel if you let them soak, so I imagine fresh smoothy vs one made last night is going to have a bit of a texture difference depending on your volume of chia.
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It is pretty unlikely that the earthenware makes a difference when it comes to taste, especially for a more quick ferment recipe like kimchi.
It may help a little with temperature regulation (more mass), and if unglazed some of the microbes might be harbor in the clay to inoculate new batches. But you can always inoculate by putting some of the old ferment in the new one.
I've fermented in glass, glazed ceramic, and plastic and don't think there is any difference from the vessel. However, i am tempted to get a fermenting croc mostly for aesthetic reasons. They look cool and you can keep them out since they block sunlight.