Cooking With New Ingredients

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I want to branch out my cooking using new ingredients and flavors. Want to spice things up a bit and get some variety. I would like to hear any new ingredients you have tried and recipes and how they turned out. I see Bobby Flay cooks a lot with Coconut milk. I have never made anything with that before so now i am going to search for some recipes and give it a try this week.

[saveinla]

tastykitchen.com/blog/2010/05/a-tasty-recipe-red-curry-coconut-noodles/

I tried this and substituted tofu for chicken and halved the amount of noodles. It was really delicious.

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Thanks! I live in a rural area so ingredients aren't all that easy to come by. Though, stores seem to be branching out as well now that people have more interest in cooking.

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Have you read through the recipes in this section? There's some pretty interesting ones you might want to read through and check out the ingredients.

There's also millions of recipes online. Just type in a main ingredient (chicken, beef, pork, pasta, sauces, whatever). You might come across something that's easy to try out with ingredients you already have on hand, and also give you an idea of what spices and other ingredients to stock up on for future use.

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I am making a yummy pot of vegetable beef noodle soup. I am using V8 today per the recipe. Never made soup with that before.

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Yum! Good soup with some homemade bread!

[chiver78]

I'm going to be trying out shirataki noodles later this week in a pork hot pot soup recipe that my sister gave me. I've never used them before, but I've heard good stuff. I'm going to have some regular noodles on hand in case I don't like 'em though!

anyone here ever try shirataki noodles before?

[BeenThere...DoneThat...]

...I was feeling adventurous, too, so I bought a chicken parmesan frozen pizza the other day... pretty tasty...






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[kittensaver]

Jan 8, 2013 15:06:45 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

I'm going to be trying out shirataki noodles later this week in a pork hot pot soup recipe that my sister gave me. I've never used them before, but I've heard good stuff. I'm going to have some regular noodles on hand in case I don't like 'em though!

anyone here ever try shirataki noodles before?

Yes! Dieters eat them because they are ridiculously low in calories. They make it easy to feel full without a lot of calories - and they allow serious dieters to put "pasta" back into their diets. Depending on your tolerance level for new and "strange" foods, they might take a little getting used to? To me, a newly-opened package smells a little "fishy," but once I rinse them very generously under running water and smother them with sauce, they're fine (at least to me). YMMV.

[chiver78]

Jan 8, 2013 15:19:15 GMT -5 kittensaver said:

Jan 8, 2013 15:06:45 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

I'm going to be trying out shirataki noodles later this week in a pork hot pot soup recipe that my sister gave me. I've never used them before, but I've heard good stuff. I'm going to have some regular noodles on hand in case I don't like 'em though!

anyone here ever try shirataki noodles before?

Yes! Dieters eat them because they are ridiculously low in calories. They make it easy to feel full without a lot of calories - and they allow serious dieters to put "pasta" back into their diets. Depending on your tolerance level for new and "strange" foods, they might take a little getting used to? To me, a newly-opened package smells a little "fishy," but once I rinse them very generously under running water and smother them with sauce, they're fine (at least to me). YMMV.

well, I threw a full package in my soup tonight and they are pretty tasty. I did notice the fishy smell when I opened the package, and I'm actually somewhat concerned about the tingly feeling in my ears and back of my throat now that I'm halfway through a bowl of soup. that's usually how an allergic reaction starts. looks like my next google adventure is to figure out how this stuff is made/packaged. I thought that noodles made out of something in the yam family wouldn't be anything I'd have to worry about.

[Apple]

Newest ingredient I've used recently is chia seeds (yes, like the chia pet chia seeds). I know I've posted this link a few places, but I really love these smoothies (I'm not a fan of yogurt heavy smoothies and have "texture issues", but don't have either issue with these) www.theyummylife.com/Oatmeal_Smoothies

In the last year I've added eggplant and zucchini to our meals, never cooked either one at home before then. Mostly I just roast those in the oven with potatoes, a little oil, and seasoning.

Oh! I did buy Old Bay seasoning for the first time not long ago--it's good, but I'll need to find some recipes for it.

[Apple]

Oh... Now I think of a couple more...

I've also added walnut oil, coconut oil and grapeseed oil to our diets in the last year, "just because". I like the different flavors they give things. Amazon.com can be a good place to look for some good deals.

[chiver78]

Jan 10, 2013 21:31:47 GMT -5 Apple said:

Newest ingredient I've used recently is chia seeds (yes, like the chia pet chia seeds). I know I've posted this link a few places, but I really love these smoothies (I'm not a fan of yogurt heavy smoothies and have "texture issues", but don't have either issue with these) www.theyummylife.com/Oatmeal_Smoothies

In the last year I've added eggplant and zucchini to our meals, never cooked either one at home before then. Mostly I just roast those in the oven with potatoes, a little oil, and seasoning.

Oh! I did buy Old Bay seasoning for the first time not long ago--it's good, but I'll need to find some recipes for it.

eggplant and zucchini are both very good grilled, too. just brush with olive oil and add dry seasonings to your taste. I've been known to melt a slice of mozzarella on a big eggplant round and call it a burger

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

I like to cook new things but I have a heck of a time with my husband. He's pretty much told me he likes what he likes and has no interest in trying anything new. Since I cook if I make he'll eat it but he'll bitch about it the entire time.

The list of new veggies I've tried has to be as long as my arm and he doesn't like a single one. Peas, carrots, corn and potatoes that is what he grew up with and that is all he will eat. He even gets whiny if I don't use the "right" kind of potatoes!

At least I am expanding Gwen's pallete, that's something. I know she won't grow up to be like her daddy.

I'm still trying new things, if he doesn't like it I've told him he can cook or he can eat a can of soup, I'm not going to limit myself just because he has a pallete that is less sophisticated than our two year olds.

[Shooby]

Yum, yum, yum.  I just made a new chili recipe that calls for cocoa and cola.  Right now i am having a cup of that with some warm cornbread!  Delish!

[chiver78]

cola? interesting.... I've had chili made with cocoa, and while I don't like it on its own, it does add an interesting depth of flavor to something as complicated as chili can be.

[Shooby]

  So far, the family seems to be enjoying it.  I cooked some bacon and then browned hamburger and ground sweet italian sausage in the bacon grease, then drained.  I also cooked up some sweet italian links and cut that up for the meat.  I added garlic and some diced red pepper and the usual tomato sauce, paste and assorted spices.