The Lazy Gourmet

[Buster's Uncle]

Okay, here's what I have for a BBQ sauce 'recipe' that I worked out for myself one day when we only had about a third as much of the grocery store stuff as we needed, and I had to improvise.  All amounts are not really amounts, but very vague proportions - I improvise a lot in my cooking, and if you don't know what you like, I can't really help you.  Also, meal to meal amounts needed vary according to whatever, including your druthers:

-1/3 cup some Kraft BBQ sauce - whatever you like w/o spending a lot of money.
-1/3 cup Ketchup (I know - trust me, willya?)
-1/3 cup A-1 Steak Sauce (Makes weird BBQ sauce by itself, but generally delicious stuff.  The most key single ingredient.)
-Slop in some Liquid Smoke flavor.  Slop in some Worcestershire Sauce.  (Do those two to taste, but they are not easily overdone.)
-A few drops of Texas Pete/tobasco sauce. (This one is highly dependent on the tastes of who's going to be eating.  A little goes a long way for some of us, but still really adds BBQ personality in the amount right for you.)
-A very light sprinkling of Garlic.  (Garlic can easily overwhelm any dish, so super-YMMV, according to tastes, like the hot sauce.)
-Slop on Sage.  (I have never managed to overdo sage on any meat dish I use it on - the flavor is subtle, but delicious - and sage is also a legal euphoric, BTW.)
-Light sprinkling of Basil.  (I don't taste the difference, but basil makes dishes that smell a little funny, like boiling chicken, smell good.  My mother says too much basil tastes bitter, so careful with it.)

Barbeque tastes better if the meat and the sauce are cooked together, at least a little at the end.  I painted a minimal amount on the ribs I was grilling when they were nearly done, because I didn't want to waste a bunch dripping into the grill, and I didn't want the sugar in the sauce burning much.  When we took the meat in to eat, I put the measuring cup, maybe 3/4 a cup of sauce left, in the microwave for one minute to cook - then we applied to the ribs on our platea and ate.

Mylochka did, indeed, say, quote, "Epic" without any prompting but the flavor in her mouth.  She may be passed out from "the itis" by the time I post this post.

[Buster's Uncle]

(We had maybe a quarter cup of the sauce left over, so Momma applied it to a pan of chicken to marinate overnight in the fridge for grilled BBQ chicken tomorrow, when I'll have to mix another cup of sauce for good measure.  Epicness anticipated.)

[Unorthodox]

Uno's Fajitas:

Dice up ye chicken
Slice up ye bell peppers and onions
add celery salt, olive oil (so it don't stick to pan) and cholula (Or hot sauce of your choosing, prefer cholula for this.  Omit the olive oil if using the grilling basket on the grill)

Optional garnish:  Sliced tomatoes, cover with basil, salt, garlic and onion.  Sautee in olive oil. 

[Unorthodox]

Do you have a crock pot? 

[Unorthodox]

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The sticky rum gets my :b: for lazy good food.  Pour on chicken, broil till done, TADA! 

[Unorthodox]

http://www.advancepierre.com/Brands/Steak-EZE.aspx

Steak sammiches made easy.  Bell peppers, onions, dash of worchestershire (spelling) and soy, optional hot sauce. 

[Unorthodox]

Uno's crock pot lasagna:

****I'm cooking for a family of 5 with 2 teens and make enough to take for lunch a few days on top of that*****

2lbs HOT sausage browned
2 cans Tomato Sauce
large cottage cheese
2 cans diced tomatoes
8 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
2 large onions, diced
Basil and thyme to taste.

Throw that all in the crock pot and turn it on.  Go about your day.  FORGET ABOUT IT.  (minimum 1 hour on high, 2 on low, can wait infinitely long on low)

Stir in noodles 30 minutes before you want to eat.  We use a whole package of the shells, but virtually any noodle will work.  It'll look like I'm nuts when you add them, but the Noodles soak up enough to eat this with a fork

Top with mozzerella or whatever you wish when you eat. 

This 30 minutes to cook noodles in a crock will work for spaghetti, Meat and Macaroni, pretty much any pasta dish.  FYI. 

[Valka]

My laziest recipes:

1. Open can. Put fork/spoon into can. Scoop out food. Eat.

2. Find website of preferred pizza place. Complete online order form. Find debit card. Wait for pizza to arrive. Eat.


Honestly, I'm not much of a cook, and I hate doing dishes. I can do it if I have to, but since it's just the cats and myself, there's really not any point to making a fuss.


I've got a couple of chocolate-themed dessert recipes, though (originals), but they can be a bit time-consuming.

[Geo]

(We had maybe a quarter cup of the sauce left over, so Momma applied it to a pan of chicken to marinate overnight in the fridge for grilled BBQ chicken tomorrow, when I'll have to mix another cup of sauce for good measure.  Epicness anticipated.)

Do I smell a Kentucky comin'?

[Buster's Uncle]

No - although I am pretty sure that sage is one of the 11 herds and spices.

[Rusty Edge]

No - although I am pretty sure that sage is one of the 11 herds and spices.

Didn't you mean 11 herds and mices ?

[Buster's Uncle]

No, but I like your way of putting it better...

[Buster's Uncle]

Update - Mylochka passed out on her couch for about four hours after supper.  The Itis, indeed.

[Rusty Edge]

No, but I like your way of putting it better...

Because I figure that the house mice are the sagest of them all.

[Buster's Uncle]

As Jervis said in the first season of Survivor when they cooked rats, after expressing a lot of reservations but finally having a bite -they were very hungry by then-  "We GOTS to have us some mo' rat!"