What are you guys cooking?

RedSunBlue · 2013-11-08T08:41:00+00:00

I am not culinarily challenged, but I hate doing dishes so most of my weekday meals are things that can be prepared with only a frying pan and cutting board.

Breakfast:

Cup of coffee^*
3 slices of shoulder bacon, pan fried
3 egg cheese omelette
1/2 avocado

* Single origin beans from a specialty roaster, ground as needed and prepared with an aeropress. Coffee, like whiskey, wine, and beer, is infinitely better (both in taste and psychoactivity) when you buy it from people who care about what they're producing.

Lunch:

~200g chicken breast, sliced and pan fried in butter, sriracha/salt & pepper/lemon for flavor
Assorted steamed vegetables drizzled with olive oil

Snack:

Handful of almonds

Post-Workout, if any:

1 scoop whey protein and coconut or soy milk
1 banana

Dinner:

~200g chicken or steak, pan fried in butter
Assorted steamed vegetables
1 cup of rice, steamed

On weekends: Whatever the fuck I want.

The amounts are not set in stone, I pretty much eat until I'm full enough. My body is lean and beautiful even though on weekends I am known to devour a sleeve of donuts from 7-11 with a side of vanilla ice cream. I try to avoid carb-heavy meals during the day as they make me sleepy and dull my mental edge.

redpillschool · 2013-11-08T14:21:27+00:00

Breakfasts:

Coffee + Cream. Heavy on cream.

Lunch:

Varies due to work, but always high fat low carb. Quick go-tos if I'm busy: Delivery from pizza place: steak+cheese sub with peppers and onions, skip the bun, put it in a container. Or Wings. Grilled or rotisserie chicken with skin if I'm near a market.

Dinner:

Not always hungry after a high fat lunch.

Cheeseburgers on low carb wraps/buns.
Butter fried Steak
Stir fry (oil and butter, chicken, beef or pork)
Bacon, sunny-side up egg, cheese dinner wrap (low carb) with mayo. Fucking awesome
Wings and whiskey
Steamed artichoke and seafood (steamed clams, steamed shrimp, steamed crab - anything steamed.)

And obviously salad and veggies to keep things moving nicely.

RedSunBlue · 2013-11-08T09:46:04+00:00

I've been eating:

Good single origin coffee (I make mine in a Hario Dripper)
Breakfast burrito with eggs, chorizo, home made guac etc
Pulled pork sandwiches, home made slaw.
Tandoori fish, bombay potatoes, cauliflower curry, rice and other good things.

All home made, all delicious. I'm not one for supplements or protein shakes, just lots of great food.

Edit: I didn't include personal stats. I'll add only one. I am a beast.

TRPsubmitter · 2013-11-08T09:00:24+00:00

Meal 1: 2 egg & ham sandwiches 700cals
Meal 2: 200g lean chicken, veggies, nuts 4-500cals
Meal 3: 200g lean chicken, veggies, nuts 4-500cals
Meal 4: 200g lean chicken, veggies, nuts 4-500cals
Meal 5: 1 liter of whole milk 650cals
Meal 6: 200g lean chicken, veggies, nuts 4-500cals
Meal 7: 10 eggs, scrambled, with some cheese 800cals

I should really work on variety...

puaSenator · 2013-11-08T09:52:40+00:00

I eat whatever the fuck I want to eat. My key to success is my laziness:

I made a rule with myself, cook every meal. The only time I can negotiate with that is when I'm eating out and I have to think relatively healthy based on how many nights I'm eating out. For the most part, if I want nachos, I can make myself nachos. But the truth is, when making that meal for yourself, it requires a lot of work. I got to grill the onions, make the guac, grill the meat, and so on. So I have to weigh in, how bad do I want nachos vs, just cooking a steak and grilled onions which is easy? Typically, I'll make the easier meal unless I'm REALLY craving the other meal, in which case I deserve it because my body is honestly craving it enough for a reason.

Zebleblic · 2013-11-08T08:39:16+00:00

Yesterday I cooked an 8lb pork shoulder. So good. Meat, potatoes, and white bread are the food of the gods.

RG68 · 2013-11-08T09:39:56+00:00

I tried cooking liver for the first time yesterday, I bought 1lb of it because it's dirt cheap, high in protein and packed with nutrients. It turned out...okay. The flavour was nice, if a little bland, but the textrure was really weird. I think I'm going to make pate out of the rest of it.

I'm not too sure on macros, but the rest of my diet is pretty close to keto/paleo. At the moment I'm just focusing on cleaning up my diet, once I'm well into the routine of eating well I'll start focusing on the numbers. Given up eating pasta, bread, rice etc, now I just eat lean meat, veggies, eggs and cheese. I used to drink a lot of diet sodas, but I've also cut those out recently. Now its just water, coffee, tea, or occasionally milk. Haven't been to the gym in a while as I'm strapped for cash, but even without doing any excercise I've lost 4 inches off my weight.

semigod__ · 2013-11-08T10:09:39+00:00

breakfast:

oatmeal + milk. fuck paleo, oatmeal is the breakfast of the gods

lunch in cafeteria, usually meat+some vegetables.

dinner is usually chicken/lamb/beef/duck with some frozen vegetables in a pan.

takes about 1 min to prepare, and 15-20 mins to cook.

in total i need less than 3 mins each day to prepare my food.

2013-11-08T12:04:55+00:00

I can cook rather well but I'm lazy and lead the kind of lifestyle where i often just dont get the time.

Also in reality I'm struggling to force myself to eat at all at the moment beyond little tiny snacks. Couple of sweets here and there and 1 large meal a day.

Really shit idea, but last night i did cook a tremendous paprika marinated chicken which seemed to go down very well.

2013-11-08T13:26:09+00:00

I have a ketogenic diet. I eat around 2000 calories per day, some of those coming from 150g protein, less than 30g carbs, and the rest coming from fat.

2013-11-08T13:29:19+00:00

Almost everything. The important thing to me is, that i eat a lot of vegetables to get full. Shakes/Toasties/Porridge or something in the morning. Lunch and dinner it could be eveything... i make pizza, goulash, salads, burgers, pasta, chicken breasts with rice...

But i have to admit, i'm in a boxclub (2-3 times a week), go run and do bodyweight workouts. Now, with a tendovaginitis, i have to eat a little less, or to be precise i raise the ratio in favour of vegetables.

2013-11-08T13:42:56+00:00

Although I'm not a competitive bodybuilder, I enjoy the Tupperware method for meals during the week.

It's a really good habit to get into, especially if you are running around or out of the house for most of your weekly routine.

Every Sunday I buy 6-7 lbs of chicken, a bag of both jasmine and brown rice, and a bunch of fresh vegetables. I get other stuff too; frozen pizzas, burgers, sandwich meat etc. that I'll eat on weekends or occasionally for dinner.

Sunday night I spice up the chicken and grill all the chicken and vegetables and boil the rice. I then ration all the food into 15 Tupperware containers and stack those bitches in the fridge.

I'll usually eat a fresh breakfast (oatmeal, coffee, eggs) then I chong the Tupperware for early lunch, late lunch, and post workout. I'm in college and have a pretty tight class schedule so it's great to have healthy meals after just 90 seconds in the microwave.

Also great for dem lean gainz.

Archwinger · 2013-11-08T15:05:49+00:00

This is a hugely important topic for guys into fitness. Nutrition and diet are more than 50% of the game -- working out is important, but less so than the fuel you're using to build your body. I've never been a big fan of fake workout food (shakes, powders, bars, etc.) I'll eat a protein bar as a snack between meals, but real food is just plain better for you, and a lot more satisfying to eat. A few tips I try to throw into my diet:

People never eat enough vegetables. Vitamins and fiber are awesome for you. You should have vegetables at every meal, and you should have twice as much vegetables on your plate as anything else. That means you have to find ways to get them in. Never make an omelette without some spinach or arugula, and put a LOT of that stuff in there (it wilts down and becomes a lot smaller as you cook it, so you can cram a lot of leafy greens into breakfast). Fresh green beans pair awesomely with most nuts, and with garlic, and they practically cook themselves in a little bit of butter and olive oil if you cover the pan, allowing you to work on other parts of the meal. If you find yourself not having enough time to chop a bunch of stuff to make salads, most grocery stores sell those salad kits that have things already chopped in them -- not cost effective, but a good time saver. Costco sells this kale superfood salad kit that I like a lot. And if you work long days, crock pots are your friend. You can put a crapton of vegetables in there with your meat and seasonings, and come home, whip up some rice, pasta, or quinoa, and you're ready to eat.
Boneless skinless chicken breasts are healthy as hell, but need some serious love to actually taste like something worth eating. Marinade is your friend. RINSE YOUR CHICKEN IN WATER BEFORE USING IT -- that gunky liquid they've been sitting in the package in for weeks is disgusting. Quarter cup of olive oil, two tablespoons of balsamic vinegar (or you could use rice vinegar and some soy sauce, and maybe a little sesame oil for an asian flavor), a teaspoon each of just about everything green from your spice rack, black pepper, kosher salt, and about two tablespoons of mustard (the good, grainy, seedy stuff) or some other flavored thing you like. Pour over 3-4 breasts in a gallon-sized ziploc freezer bag, squeeze the air out, squeeze them around to mix everything, put it in a second bag so you don't leak chicken crap all over your fridge, and leave it overnight. The next day, just put them in a covered baking dish - 350 for about 30 minutes in most ovens, right out of the fridge. Less if you bring them to room temperature first.
Rice and quinoa taste a lot better if you cook them in a can of chicken broth rather than in water. When I make shrimp & rice, I actually make shrimp stock from the shells the night before, and use that to cook the rice. Just put all the shells and tails (heads if you have them, too) in a pan with some olive oil and heat them until they just start to turn pink. Add an onion, garlic, butter, I like a little basil, black pepper, kosher salt, touch of chili powder, and if you have them around, carrot, celery, maybe even some potato. Maybe four cups of water per pound and a half of shrimp. Just let that go until it reduces, then strain the shrimp shells out of everything. Tedious as hell, but it makes some awesome rice, and has vegetables built in.

Archwinger · 2013-11-08T15:23:11+00:00

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skinisblackmetallic · 2013-11-08T15:58:11+00:00

Fixing my diet is my primary goal right now. Unfortunately, it's a bit of a struggle for me. I tried cooking red beans & rice a couple days ago and it was edible but nothing like what I was hoping for.

Bier_here · 2013-11-08T15:58:40+00:00

Here's what I usually do:

Breakfast:

3 egg omelette 1 cup unsweetened yogurt or these pancakes (awesome by the way) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKKOGzfErDc

Lunch #1 - 6 to 8 oz of lean meat + veggies

Lunch #2 (postworkout) - 18-20 oz of crockpot meat slop from one of this guy's recipies: http://www.youtube.com/user/dhftns?feature=watch

Postworkout shake - 2x scoops whey protein, 2 tablespoons of Flax seed

Dinner- 8 oz lean meat and green veggies

If I missed a meal I will throw in a nighttime protein shake with a couple scoops of peanutbutter

This will vary slightly whether I'm going out that night, but this is my typical day

If anyone needs ideas for healthy meals definitely check out the link above - everything that I have tried from there has been awesome!

dre_day4 · 2013-11-08T16:18:50+00:00

Buddy at work is hooking me up with deer and elk cuts he hunted, cant wait to try them!

GayLubeOil · 2013-11-08T17:20:22+00:00

quinoa chopped almonds feta cheese is a good side that goes with lamb or fish.

LasherDeviance · 2013-11-08T17:20:59+00:00

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MockingDead · 2013-11-08T17:44:55+00:00

This is a typical day. Probably a little high in caloreis but it was a heavy cardio day (Propulsion Walk, Run) and I lifted.

http://imgur.com/cKLG8xM&EKL1Xxe&4ZlmaWW

I am doing Ketogains, so fat deosn't matter as much.

2013-11-08T20:50:05+00:00

I don't plug anything lightly...so r/keto. I work in NYC finance. With all the the hours I put in the office, I should look like a white whale with a tie. Instead I stay very lean. Keto is the only way I could do it consistently. Plus you don't have to be a bitch in front of clients and can eat a nice steak instead of a salad or whatever.

LasherDeviance · 2013-11-09T20:01:33+00:00

I usually make my dinners in a slow cooker since I hate coming home to cook after a long commute. Most times it tends to be a stew or solid chunk of meat of some type (pork shoulder, PorterHouse steak, chuck roast, Oxtail stew, Leg of lamb, Goat shank)

Weekday Breakfast: A shot of apple cider vinegar, big cup of Black Cherry Juice, assorted vitamins, an apple or grapefruit, 57oz bottle of Water that I walk out the door with.

Snack around ten: Small stick of cheese, cup of Earl Grey.

Lunch: Olive Garden soup and salad special (1 bowl of Chicken Gnocchi and three bowls of salad).

Afternoon snack: 16oz can of Pop

Dinner after Run: Whatever I put in the crockpot that morning with a side of steamed vegetables.

Weekends: Breakfast: 3 eggs and corned beef hash

Lunch: Depends on where I am and what/who I'm doing

Dinner: (Saturday) BBQ or a restaurant (Sunday) Mom's Soul Food at parents house.

Afterdinner: Copious amounts of alcohol.

2013-11-11T10:44:07+00:00

Are earthenware or clay pots or trays with lids available where you live? The kind where there is no coating so its surface is kind of porous? The idea is that you soak both the inside and the outside in water, this porous earthenware or clay soaks up the water. And then you basically pour a small glass of water or wine in it, put a whole chicken in it with some spices rubbed on and in it (say, salt, pepper and thyme) and set the oven to 160C or 320F and forget about it for 2-3 hours. The fat melting out from the chicken and the water steam from the porous clay or earthenware will make sure the chicken will not burn and will be thoroughly cooked both the inside and the outside. (Steam is usually the No. 1 trick for thorough cooking and the water soaked in the clay's pores assures it.) Then after 2 hours check and decide. Usually it will by done by then.

Same thing with a whole duck, just 3 hours and put an apple inside it to remove smells.

Large amount of lean meat acquired without added fat and without additional stirring or generally watching needed, you don't even need to look at it in the first 2 hours. With a bit of practice you find the kinds of chicken you buy take say 2:20, and then all you need to do to acquire a large amount of healthy meat is to soak, put in chicken, spice, put in over, set timer, forget. What can be better than that?

This kind of porous earthenware steam cooking was invented independently all over the world, so it is not sure how these kinds of pots are called where you live. They can come in many shapes. For example mine looks like this.

I just throw vegs or potatoes in with the meat, and they cook together, or eat it with salad.

Title	What are you guys cooking?
Author	RedSunBlue
Upvotes	27
Comments	72
Date	November 8, 2013 8:25 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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