Monday Night Raw - What's something you've cooked recently that you're proud of?

I hope no followers of Shining Path will wander in this thread.

My wife and I have been sort-of doing stardew valley in real life. We have chickens, we have planted a 30ft by 40ft garden and have been eating from that garden a lot. And my wife has leaned into it 200% and has made homemade pickles, various canned vegetables, we've both been baking with the eggs we have, and it's been a lot of fun. In addition to that, we both have been feeling better mentally and physically, and we have lost enough weight that we've gone down a couple of clothes sizes.

After months (years maybe?) of hemming and hawing, I finally found a recipe, bought the ingredients, and made a szechuan chili oil this weekend. It is so delicious! I've been putting it on everything (eggs, popcorn, beans and rice, etc.) and it's a party in my mouth.

I made a pretty solid raengmyon last night, one of my favourite things to eat in the summer (I know it is technically a winter dish, but I like it in the summer)

Over the weekend I made macarons, I love to bake but I actually hate eating sweets. My girlfriend, fortunately, enjoys them.

I made my own hot sauce by collecting vinegar from jars of jalapenos and then blending it with finely powdered nooch, onion, garlic, more chilis, and MSG. Then I boil it together and pour it into the empty jars, and as the mixture cools it also reseals the jar so it's shelf stable.

This evening I cooked some chicken with some veggies and rice. I tried making it taste close to chinese/asian and after tasting I think I achieved that. Using seasoning that I had at hand and letting them fry in watered down japanese kikkoman soysace with a teaspoon of sugar added did the trick. I've also made some New York style oven cheesecake a few times now.

I'm getting pretty good at cooking steak. My partner prefers mine to what we get at fancy restaurants.

My technique is pretty simple. Just let them warm to room temperature out of any packaging, then rub plenty of olive oil and some salt/pepper/garlic into the meat. Fry for about one minute each side over extremely high heat to sear (cast iron strongly recommended, as it's oven safe and holds heat well). Then move the frying pan to the oven until steaks are just under target temperature (about 2 minutes). Rest for 10 minutes, then enjoy.

Last weekend I attempted to vegan-ify my long-standing family favorite potato soup recipe and it wasn't horrible. Not nearly as good as my chili recipe. It still needs to tuning so that gives me an excuse to make it more often.

I've been leaning on the crockpot a lot recently, now that it's so expensive to cool the house.

I'm pretty proud of the pot roast I've been turning out recently - the initial sear, some wine to deglaze, and lots of extra time help!

I made Japanese curry (store bought mix) and just cooked it with chicken, potatoes and carrots! Shoutout to people who make that stuff from scratch :')

bacon and eggs 💀 at least I didn't burn any of it.