The Great BFO Food, Recipe, & Eating Thread

[Otis Day]

Go dplank. I try to challenge myself when it comes to eating, not eating. This month I am giving up treats (candy, cookies, ice cream, cake brownies), bread (not pizza) and fruit. Someone said it is like a keto thing. I don't follow that stuff so not sure. I go to the gym about 4-5x a week and mix machines with cardio (rowing machine, recumbent and treadmill). We will see what happens after a month.

Do the roast in the over today for the father in law. Threw in the usual carrots and potatoes.

[wab]

Warning - healthy food alert...

I've been utterly addicted to Avocado Toast lately. I get this Nature's Own Keto Bread, 35 cal per slice, toast up 2 slices. Mash up one Hass Avocado and mix in just a touch of Everything Bagel seasoning, and spread a generous layer on top of the toast. Then I switch it up every other day, one day I'll fry two eggs and lay them on top, the next day I'll put a slice of tomato on top instead.

I do this about 10:30/11 AM every day, and it holds me all the way to dinner cause it's high fiber. Between this and 3 HIIT workouts a week, and 3 light jogs a week, I'm feeling tip top!

Dude, I love avocado toast. I eat it almost every morning.

[LacertineForest]

Warning - healthy food alert...

I've been utterly addicted to Avocado Toast lately. I get this Nature's Own Keto Bread, 35 cal per slice, toast up 2 slices. Mash up one Hass Avocado and mix in just a touch of Everything Bagel seasoning, and spread a generous layer on top of the toast. Then I switch it up every other day, one day I'll fry two eggs and lay them on top, the next day I'll put a slice of tomato on top instead.

I do this about 10:30/11 AM every day, and it holds me all the way to dinner cause it's high fiber. Between this and 3 HIIT workouts a week, and 3 light jogs a week, I'm feeling tip top!

Avocado toast/avocado on a WW bagel are staples for me, too. Delicious, a decent amount of protein, high in fiber. Love it! I'm usually too lazy to mash up the avocado - I just slice it (if they're still a bit firm) or spread it if they're more ripe and put some salt and red pepper flakes on them.

[The Marshall Plan]

Warning - healthy food alert...

I've been utterly addicted to Avocado Toast lately. I get this Nature's Own Keto Bread, 35 cal per slice, toast up 2 slices. Mash up one Hass Avocado and mix in just a touch of Everything Bagel seasoning, and spread a generous layer on top of the toast. Then I switch it up every other day, one day I'll fry two eggs and lay them on top, the next day I'll put a slice of tomato on top instead.

I do this about 10:30/11 AM every day, and it holds me all the way to dinner cause it's high fiber. Between this and 3 HIIT workouts a week, and 3 light jogs a week, I'm feeling tip top!

Avocado toast/avocado on a WW bagel are staples for me, too. Delicious, a decent amount of protein, high in fiber. Love it! I'm usually too lazy to mash up the avocado - I just slice it (if they're still a bit firm) or spread it if they're more ripe and put some salt and red pepper flakes on them.

I like avocado slices on turkey sandwiches.

[thunderspirit]

Avocado toast/avocado on a WW bagel are staples for me, too. Delicious, a decent amount of protein, high in fiber. Love it! I'm usually too lazy to mash up the avocado - I just slice it (if they're still a bit firm) or spread it if they're more ripe and put some salt and red pepper flakes on them.

I like avocado slices on turkey sandwiches.

Indeed.

Burgers too.

[The Marshall Plan]

Really excited about this dinner tonight. I'm making beef stew which is something I only make this time of the year.

Stew meat
3 carrots
3 large potatoes
1 whole onion
2 bay leaves
1 cup of red wine (I actually had an old bottle in the house somehow.)
beef broth
freshly chopped garlic
spoonful of black pepper

Bring to a boil then simmer on the stove.

[dplank]

Really excited about this dinner tonight. I'm making beef stew which is something I only make this time of the year.

Stew meat
3 carrots
3 large potatoes
1 whole onion
2 bay leaves
1 cup of red wine (I actually had an old bottle in the house somehow.)
beef broth
freshly chopped garlic
spoonful of black pepper

Bring to a boil then simmer on the stove.

Nice, how'd it turn out?

I'm making a Tourtiere today...very excited...

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/26198 ... -meat-pie/

[The Marshall Plan]

Really excited about this dinner tonight. I'm making beef stew which is something I only make this time of the year.

Stew meat
3 carrots
3 large potatoes
1 whole onion
2 bay leaves
1 cup of red wine (I actually had an old bottle in the house somehow.)
beef broth
freshly chopped garlic
spoonful of black pepper

Bring to a boil then simmer on the stove.

Nice, how'd it turn out?

I'm making a Tourtiere today...very excited...

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/26198 ... -meat-pie/

It turned out really good. The flavor was great, but I should have used a bit less beef broth because it wasn't as thick as I usually make it. I don't like using flour though because it takes away from the flavor sometimes.

That meat pie looks awesome. Let us know how it turns out.

[The Marshall Plan]

I like avocado slices on turkey sandwiches.

Indeed.

Burgers too.

Today's game time lunch was a cheeseburger (cheddar) with sliced avocado, unsweetened ketchup and mustard.

I recently switched from regular ketchup to unsweetened and unsweetened is way better.

[The Marshall Plan]

This is the weirdest thing. I love making tender chuck roasts in the crock pot. I do it every week. I’ve tried all different kinds of variations.

The one I just made was as simple as it gets. Four pound tender chuck roast. Some beef broth that gets up to almost half the depth of the roast. A spoonful of the Beef Base flavor of Better Than Bouillon.

Low for six or seven hours. Thats it.

Best damn roast I’ve made. TBH I don’t think I’ve ever made a bad one even though I’ve tried who knows how many different variations. But the simplest one has been the best one.

New contender for Best Roast just recently.

4 pound tender chuck roast
1 medium white onion chopped up
A lot of garlic. Like 6 or 7 cloves. Shredded.
3 spoonfulls of Worchester sauce
3 large baking potatoes stabbed with a fork
3 tablespoons of butter
1 large spoonful of Better Than Bouillon Roasted Beef Base

Put all that in a plastic storage container and fill it half full with beef broth

Let it soak overnight

Then put all of that, including the beef broth, into a crock pot.

Low for six hours.

The beef just broke apart and the potatoes absorbed the flavor of it all.

@Grizzled I have made a couple with beans after your suggestion. They were outstanding.

[southdakbearfan]

Going to break out the smoker again for the next family get together, at least that’s what the wife told me. Seems everyone loved the pulled pork at the wedding so I need a big batch for Christmas.

This time I will get pictures through the process.

Also, I have never tried “over the top” smoked chili, but that’s going to happen soon as well.

[southdakbearfan]

Smoked “over the top chili” has been started.

2-2.5 hours with some hickory smoke, then crumble the meat into the chili.

[southdakbearfan]

Well, I forgot to take a picture when I was done but holy hell, I have always been told my chili was really good but I will never make chili again without doing this. 3 hours at 275, pulled when the giant burger loaf hit 150. Crumbled the burger into the pot and finished on the stove in about 10 minutes.

I ate 3 bowls and had to stop. Not an overpowering Smokey flavor but a good one. I used hickory chips in one of my electrics, smoke was on for about 2.5 hours.

I think you could just smoke the meat over a catch tray, then crumble and combine both into the chili and come out pretty close to the same.

If you want to try something different I highly recommend it. Just google over the top chili, they are all pretty close as far as cooking instructions.