Student cooking

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[John Galt]

speaking of rice and naan.... it's indian food day today. so i will be having.... rice and naan (along with a bunch of other shit, i don't know, i just have them load up the plate with whatever it's all good, generally)

but i love naan. by the end it's getting all that saucy goodness all over it which has a bunch of rice in it and i just eat it all at once STARCH ON STARCH

[John Galt]

i just had nan covered in rice + whatever saucy goodness + whatever meats and veggies were left. but it was a lot of rice on top of that naan and it was so. f**k. good.

[John Galt]

it's 12:18pm here. yes, i just ate lunch

[J.K. Gregg]

Having sweet potato and spinach mac and cheese for dinner tonight.

1 sweet potato
3 cups pasta
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
2 cloves minced garlic
1 1/2 cup milk
3/4 cup mozzarella cheese
3/4 cup asiago cheese
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
2 cups fresh spinach

1. Peel and cube sweet potato. Bring a pot of water to a boil, add sweet potato, and cook until tender, 8-12 minutes. Drain and let cool slightly. Place cooked sweet potato in a food processor with ¼ cup of milk. Pulse until smooth and set aside.
2. Bring a pot of water to a boil again and cook pasta for 5-6 minutes. Pasta should still be al dente (and not overcooked!) Drain and set aside.
3. Mix together cheese and set aside.
4. Preheat oven to 400˚.
5. In a sauce pan, melt butter and add garlic, cooking for 1 minute. Whisk in flour and let cook for another 1-2 minutes to cook out flour taste. Whisk in 1¼ cup of milk and cook until mixture begins to thicken. Whisk in sweet potato puree and continue to cook until hot. Remove from heat and add 1½ cups of cheese mixture.
6. In a large casserole dish, add pasta, spinach, and cheese sauce. Toss until spinach is slightly wilted and cheese is mixture in. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top. Bake for 25-35 minutes- cheese on top should be browning.

[J.K. Gregg]

Maybe there should be a pinned recipe exchange thread?

[OGPhilly]

We actually may be getting to the point where a subforum is in order.

[exploited]

I'd love a subforum. Be warned that I would post frequent threads discussing my favourite foods.

[Darkhorse]

PP had a cooking section and no one ever posted in it.

[OGPhilly]

Well I'm just thinking rather than one massive recipe thread that goes in all sorts of tangents and petty arguments that inevitably occur we could have a culinary thread that incorporates our discussions of foods we love, recipes we know or would like to know, places we like to go out to eat, trends in dining, as well as other culinary related things such as beer and cocktails, etc.