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In the first segment of Nasty or Not?, I will look at this creation by dan from foodproof.
I'm not sure why anyone would want to eat a couple pounds of bacon and cheese, but the creation process is pretty ingenious. One bacon slice is about 50 calories and one cup of chedder is 532 calories (there seems to be a little more than one cup in there). Even being conservative, that's 1082 calories. The average daily calorie intake is 1940 calories per day for women and 2550 for men.
Do you think it's nasty? Would you ever try it? I know I would try a TINY TINY piece. Then throw up.
Udon is a thick Japanese noodle that is usually served hot with soup or stir-fried. There's even instant udon, but I prefer packaged ones that I can make myself. The broth for udon can be made many different ways, but the traditional broth is made from dashi, soy sauce, and mirin. Dashi subsitute and mirin can be bought at asian grocery stores, although I usually skip the mirin. Simply follow the instructions to make the dashi broth and put your prefered amount of soy sauce. If I don't have dashi I would even use chicken broth and a touch of seseme oil.
The best thing about udon is that so many things compliment it. The simplest of which is green onions, tofu (fried or not), or vegetables. Others include tempura, eggs (raw or hard boiled), seafood, or basically any type of meat (usually sliced). The possibilies are endless!
I was hungry, tired, and in a hurry one day so I made a pasta sauce with random ingredients in the kitchen. I probably broke a lot of "chef" rules making this, but it was easy and it tasted pretty good.
Ingredients:
- 2x Chicken thighs (chicken breasts are preferred, but I didn't have any at the time)
- Tomatoes
- Onion
- Garlic
- 1 can of cream of mushroom soup
- Salt and Pepper
- Olive oil
Directions:
The chicken thighs were already marinated in the freezer, so I thawed it in the microwave and put it in the oven (375 degrees) for about 20 minutes (check if it's cooked through!). Then cut the meat into bite size pieces. Heat up the olive oil then put onion and garlic in the pan for 10 minutes then mix in the tomatoes and the can of soup. Put the chicken in and let it simmer for 10 minutes or so. Cook any pasta of your choice (I actually used macaroni... weird, I know) and serve. Done!
This is my first attempt at meatballs, using the expiring ground beef as an attempt to make the best of it. Meatballs are easier to make than I thought.
Ingredients- 1 small (6-ounce) onion, grated
- 1/2 cup chopped parsley
- 2/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/3 cup bread crumbs
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 16 ounces ground beef
- Mozzarella cheese, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
Directions
Preheat the oven to 400 F. Take the onions, parsley, Parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, egg, ketchup, garlic, salt, pepper, and beef and mix them in a large bowl. Mix it gently so it it won't come out too hard. It should look like this.
Next, roll them into 1 1/2 inch balls and put the cheese into the center of each. There's supposed to be 12, but I ended up with 11 (I think I made mine too big).
Cook in the oven for 15 minutes until cooked through. Most people also brown the outside with a skilet before putting them in the oven, it's up to you. You can eat it on its own or make spaghetti and meatballs.
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