Cooking is awesome. I'm intimidated by the process just like any other skill when I'm out of practice - cooking well takes time to learn. Managing expiration dates is difficult. The fridge feels like a ticking time bomb. Avocados mold in two weeks. When you're comfortable with your tools, cooking food is one of the best things you can do.

I think it's important for what I eat and make to be minimal. If I buy minimally processed ingredients myself, the end result will be simple and healthy for me; the more processed an ingredient is, the more likely the food is to have health consequences. Stick to whole, unprocessed foods when possible, and make things with few ingredients.

# Resources

- [Cooking with minimalism](https://www.becomingminimalist.com/yum-yum/)
- [Minimalist baking](https://minimalistbaker.com/recipe-index/). These aren't **actually** minimalist, but they all look like good recipes!
- [seasoning a cast iron with chemistry ](http://sherylcanter.com/wordpress/2010/01/a-science-based-technique-for-seasoning-cast-iron/)
- [good bowls](https://s2.washingtonpost.com/1d27abc/5edfc39ffe1ff654c2f5ec7f/5e93d247ae7e8a0ab11998e8/14/39/c9204a21cfdf9036fb2167dfd3cc58a2)

# Ideas

- [example bowl](https://tasty.co/recipe/protein-packed-buddha-bowl) mom
  tips:
  - start with base; quinoa, brown rice, pasta
  - add toppings: roasted veggies, raw chopped veggies, cheese, beans
  - crunch: seeds, chips, chickpeas, croutons
  - sauce, dressing, salsa, sour cream, yogurt
  - chopped chicken or browned meat alternative on top of that
- [good reference for meatless pasta recipe suggestions](https://www.allrecipes.com/gallery/meatless-pasta-recipes/?slide=f433b3a1-d96b-4b1e-8aab-051f9e07734d#f433b3a1-d96b-4b1e-8aab-051f9e07734d)
- [Vegetarian stuffed peppers](https://cookieandkate.com/vegetarian-stuffed-peppers-recipe) yummm

# Food tech
- [meanrecipe: find the mean recipe for a given item](https://github.com/schollz/meanrecipe)
- [GitHub - openfarmcc/OpenFarm: A free and open database for farming and garden…](https://github.com/openfarmcc/OpenFarm)

## Scraping projects
- [Grocy: scraping Online food Recipes \#210](https://github.com/grocy/grocy/issues/210)
- [Scraping recipe websites: Ben Awad](https://www.benawad.com/scraping-recipe-websites)
- [ingredients: extract ingredients from a recipe online](https://github.com/schollz/ingredients)

# Recipes

Love recipes, but I can do a far better job organizing these than in
org-mode files! Need to make my own syntax for expressing them so that I
can generate a cool, interactive cooking instruction website (inspired
by ICA's website: the best cooking website that I've ever seen, I
think).

## Recipe websites
- [excellent homemade, vegetarian recipes](https://grimgrains.com/site/home.html#recipes)

# Individual recipes
- [Äppelkladdkaka med kanelfrosting \| Recept ICA.se](https://www.ica.se/recept/appelkladdkaka-med-kanelfrosting-725976/) 
- [What Is Water Kefir? Benefits, Uses and Recipe](https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/water-kefir) 
- [Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe \| Bon Appetit](https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/bas-best-chocolate-chip-cookies)
- [Focaccia Bread](https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/17918/focaccia-bread)
- [Awesome tofu with two eggs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&feature=youtu.be&v=uxi7BP9ppoQ>)
- [Watch this guy for recipes!](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/apr/29/nats-what-i-reckon-the-sweary-ranty-youtuber-whos-become-an-isolation-cooking-sensation)
- [Quarantine bagels from a hacker](https://blog.azuki.vip/quarantine-bagels)
- [Apple dumplings](https://www.jocooks.com/baking/pastries/apple-dumplings)
- [Baguettes](https://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/2011/07/14/baguettes-do-try-this-at-home)
- [Panini bread](https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/panini-bread-recipe)
- [Pie crust](https://www.jocooks.com/recipes/pie-crust-recipe)
- [Apple cinnamon oatmeal](https://www.thereciperebel.com/apple-cinnamon-oatmeal/#wprm-recipe-container-12520)
- [Homemade Soft Pretzels Recipe \| Alton Brown \| Food Network](https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/homemade-soft-pretzels-recipe-1948242)
- [Baked Salmon](https://www.fifteenspatulas.com/baked-salmon)
- [Chicken Fajitas](https://damndelicious.net/2019/07/24/sheet-pan-chicken-fajitas).
  Success!! Use extra lime and other spices and top with cilantro. Use more chicken than usual as well, the recipe is a bit light - 2 lbs is good.
- [Cookie and Kate](https://cookieandkate.com): good source for vegetarian recipes.
- [Swedish saffron buns](https://www.ica.se/recept/lussebullar-1047)
- [Quick vegetarian dishes](https://cooking.nytimes.com/68861692-nyt-cooking/2274598-50-vegetarian-dishes-you-can-cook-in-30-minutes-or-fewer)
- [Spicy braised tofu](https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/dubu-jorim). A classic.
- [Mexican brown rice](https://www.yummly.com/recipe/Mexican-Brown-Rice-2711312?prm-v1)
- [Stovetop popcorn](https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/perfect_popcorn/)