Hello girls Nice recipes, I have to say!!
Cooking is my passion and I would love to be a chef one day... I am 17 now, from Serbia and in my country there is only 1 faculty with gastronomy and even there it is more about being a manager in gastronomy so I am pretty desperate to find sth out of my country. Last couple of weeks I have been searching all over the internet for appropriate scholarship but it is so hard to find anything.
Could you help me to realize my dream and just see if in your country there is a good faculty for gastronomy. (only Europe) Thank you

Who is your favorite baker/chef?

Elliandra wrote:

Does anyone else have to cook gluten/casein free?

YESS!! I try to stick with gluten free most of the time. My body does not process gluten too well and if i eat it in excess i get really sick. I made up this really brilliant gluten free pancake recipe based off my other pancake recipe. How lovely to talk to another gluten free person!

I quite enjoy cooking or baking when I have the time.

I made a stir fry for my lunch today, didn't have much time to do it though so used a pack of vegetables that were pre-cut. Came out pretty well!

I'd say my favourite recipe is a simple bread roll recipe - it's easy to make it into something a bit different by putting different herbs or cheese into it, or you can have it as the basic recipe. My favourite flavour combination I've made so far is sundried tomatoes, basil and cheese.

Another recipe I've made quite a lot is for a chickpea curry. I shall have to find the recipe soon and type it for you

I guess it's like an Indian curry. It has chickpeas, potatoes and some onions in a tomato based sauce. I have a rough idea where I've put the recipe, it's just finding the time to get it out and type it up. Should be here by the weekend

Sorry it's so late, but I didn't get round to posting this until just now.

Chickpea Curry
Ingredients:
~2 tablespoons Sunflower oil
~1 large onion, chopped
~2 tablespoons Curry Powder (I've found mild to be the best, but I guess it comes down to preference)
~400g can of Chopped Tomatoes with garlic in (if you can't get it with the garlic in just add a little of your own)
~350g of boiled potatoes cut into 1cm cubes
~400g can of chickpeas drained
~2 tablespoons of lemon juice
~Rice and naan bread to serve

Method:
1. Heat the oil in a saucepan, add the onion and cook until soft.
2. Add the curry powder and stir over a low heat for 1 minute.
3. Add the canned tomatoes and 50ml of water, cover and allow to simmer for 10 minutes.
4. Add the potatoes, chickpeas and lemon juice and simmer uncovered for a further 10 minutes.

It's as simple as that!

Lola, do you think that would work in a crock pot. I like to use the slow cooker because I feel like it blends the flavors better. I definitely want to make that! I have chickpeas and pretty much everything in the pantry except for the curry powder.

I'll probably get to it this week once I run into Trader Joe's and get the rest of the yums I need. But lazy cook=meeee. The less I have to clean up after, the happier I am.

I couldn't find curry powder so I bought some kind of curry sauce. I might use it with rice to make with a stir fry.

And oh my gosh, I want to make the fairy-tale mushrooms riiiight now. So cute!

sleapyhead wrote:

I couldn't find curry powder so I bought some kind of curry sauce. I might use it with rice to make with a stir fry.

And oh my gosh, I want to make the fairy-tale mushrooms riiiight now. So cute!

I actually don't like curry powder, it makes every dish taste the same! Plus, if you look at real Indian recipes, not a single one will say "curry powder", they use a large variety of spices. I cook lots of Indian/Middle Eastern/ethnic foods, so have pretty much every spice you can imagine except saffron (too expensive ), and a few other obscure ones.

Your food albums are amazing! I wish i cooked like that! so delicious, i really want to eat right now.
Tonight we are going out for my husband's birthday to an excellent cajun place not far from our house. Does anyone have a favorite cajun recipe? i have cooked shrimp étouffée once and it was completely amazing.