What are you cooking/eating right now?

[Jackalope]

The aforementioned braised beef is now a beef stew and is gettin in mah belleh.

[c172]

Attempting a chicken tikka masala with mixed veggies in my crockpot, as per this recipe.

Many things different, though. I accidentally bought crushed tomatoes rather than tomato puree (I think this might actually work better, though). 

I don't tolerate heavy cream so well, so I used almond milk. I also didn't use cornstartch. Seemed too artificial. It's thick enough as it is, thankfully.

I ran out of cinnamon, apparently. 

I used onion flakes and garlic powder, for convenience. 

Not into bay leaves. 

Added a frozen veggie medley with carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and maybe some other things. 

All in all, not fixing to be a disaster.

[Astreja]

Made a Moroccan lamb stew in my Dutch oven:

• On the stovetop, browned 2 shoulder chops in olive oil.  Poured in about half a litre of vegetable broth and simmered in the oven at 250°F for about 1:15.
  
• With the chops softened up from cooking, I was able to remove the bones and break the meat into smaller pieces.
  
• Added dried apricots (pre-soaked a bit in warm water, then cut into smaller pieces with kitchen scissors), chopped onion and garlic, and 2 peeled and sliced sweet potatoes, along with a spice mix (Cumin, fennel, cinnamon, cloves, fresh grated ginger, black pepper, paprika, sumac, a bit of curry powder, and kosher salt).  Tossed it around a bit and put back in the oven at 300° for another hour and a half.
  

[Ravenshire]

Just finished a slice of chocolate frosted key lime cake.

[c172]

Macerating dates in lime juice and rum for some sort of cake, TBA.

[Mystical]

Attempting a chicken tikka masala with mixed veggies in my crockpot, as per this recipe.

Many things different, though. I accidentally bought crushed tomatoes rather than tomato puree (I think this might actually work better, though). 

I don't tolerate heavy cream so well, so I used almond milk. I also didn't use cornstartch. Seemed too artificial. It's thick enough as it is, thankfully.

I ran out of cinnamon, apparently. 

I used onion flakes and garlic powder, for convenience. 

Not into bay leaves. 

Added a frozen veggie medley with carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and maybe some other things. 

All in all, not fixing to be a disaster.

Hey I have a question for you.. I have almond milk and I have lactose free milk. I've used the latter and it seems to have the same cooking properties as regular milk (like thickening into sauce and whatnot). I've been too afraid to try Almond milk, though! How does that cook up? Does it "thicken"?

Ps your food sounds delicious! My family cooked up a honey ham glazed in cherry something, with deviled eggs (hAlf egg yolk, half avocado) and some ranch style beans. ^_^

[c172]

I really want to crockpot a ham, and I was thinking cherry soda would be part of the mix. Cherry something, indeed.

It seems like it kind of thickened, but it was pretty subtle. And that's the way I needed it to be. If I had thrown in any cornstarch (which I think is more suited to Chinese), it wouldn't have been too good. 

I served this with brown rice.

[c172]

I went off of an "Easy Indian Butter Chicken" recipe tonight, again for the crockpot (which this doesn't call for). I added frozen mixed veggies (as for a pot pie), and fresh carrots and spinach. I didn't use butter or any substitute. I also replaced heavy cream with almond milk. Ended up using 2 cups of almond milk vs. the three called for, and almost twice the amount of tomato product (in my case, crushed). Eyeballed all the seasonings. Used a LOT of garam masala. 

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/141169/easy...servings=6

[Thumpalumpacus]

Dinner tonight: a couple of flatbread sandwiches. I smoked chicken, made a spread of sour cream, basil, olive oil, and pepper, put on a mix of spinach and kale for greenery, sliced some tomato and bell pepper. Gouda cheese as well. Good for improv food.

[Mystical]

I went off of an "Easy Indian Butter Chicken" recipe tonight, again for the crockpot (which this doesn't call for). I added frozen mixed veggies (as for a pot pie), and fresh carrots and spinach. I didn't use butter or any substitute. I also replaced heavy cream with almond milk. Ended up using 2 cups of almond milk vs. the three called for, and almost twice the amount of tomato product (in my case, crushed). Eyeballed all the seasonings. Used a LOT of garam masala. 

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/141169/easy...servings=6

How was it?? U really should post pics like Thumpalumpa over here.. It should be mandatory if you're going to describe fabulous food-age without providing the supporting food por--I mean documents. ?