Magic Shell… but homemade and healthier. Recipe here.
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Dani jokingly called this “salad quiche pizza” and she’s not wrong.
I don’t have the recipe nailed yet, but it’s basically a cabbage and egg crust with pizza toppings. I used turkey pepperoni and piled it on thick. Let me try this one more time, then I’ll post the recipe.
It was pretty damn tasty, BTW, but the crust was a little wet. Had to eat it with a fork an A-hole. Also needed to be finished in the oven to crisp up the pepperoni. I’ll get it right next time around.
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Okay, we can’t call this pizza. More like a pizza casserole. Still, it’s darn good. This time I went with grilled chicken.
Here’s the general idea:
- Cut half a cabbage into smaller pieces.
- Move to bowl, cover cabbage with boiling water, and let it sit for 10 minutes.
- In another bowl, add 4 eggs, 1 tablespoon of heavy cream or sour cream, salt, and pepper. Whisk it all together, then add it to the drained cabbage.
- Melt some butter in a pan. Add cabbage and egg mixture. Cover and cook for 5 minutes.
- Add shredded cheese, cover, and cook another 5 minutes.
- Flip it using a plate.
- Spread a little pizza sauce, Ragu, or straight tomato paste over the top. Then add whatever pizza topping you like, more cheese, and some herbs (I used an Italian dry blend).
- Cover and cook for about 10 more minutes and finish it in the oven for a couple minutes.
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I like how, by making this a deep dish pizza casserole with boiled cabbage and chicken, this dish upsets the Italians, The Irish, and people from Chicago. Throw on some pineapple and it will bring everyone together in their hatred!
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Add New Yorkers, because you darn sure can’t fold it and eat it walking down the street while praising socialism.
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Something interesting to do with ChatGPT: Tell it what ingredients you have on hand and ask it what you can make with them.
I realized I was short an ingredient for my protein oatmeal cookies, so I worked this recipe out with GPT. Sort of a spin on blondies. I just increased the protein powder (Metabolic Drive) to two scoops and added dark chocolate. Probably could’ve added another scoop of protein. Damn good though. I just cut it into squares.
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Baked Pickles
Sounds weird. Might be. Delicious though.
Ingredients:
Stackers-style sliced pickles
Any cheese you want, shredded
Any seasoning you want (spicy stuff is good)
Directions:
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Preheat oven to around 385 F.
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Add some parchment paper to a sheet pan.
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Drop a small pile of cheese on pan. One for each pickle.
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Pat pickles dry with paper towel. Place on top of cheese.
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Add another layer of cheese on top and any spices you’re using.
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Bake until golden and crispy. Maybe 15-20 minutes. Keep an eye on them.
Served mine with leftover cold panko chicken and boiled baby potatoes. (No idea what my wife puts in there, but it’s my new favorite way to refresh leftovers.)
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Jed loves cheese and he loves pickles. He might like it!
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A variation of what I call Cheater’s Chili: Add the healthiest can of chili you can find to a pound of ground meat, then spice it up however you want. Top with baked baby potatoes. Fast and easy.
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Add the healthiest can of chili you can find to a pound of ground meat,
I own the Dungeons and Dragons cookbook “Hereo’s Feast” and in the Dwarf section it discusses how the key to dwarf cuisine is to take any other recipe and double the meat in it.
I feel like “add a pound of meat to the recipe” follows a similar pattern.
Which is to say: EVERY recipe can be improved by adding 1 pound of meat to it, and I approve of this approach to your Cheater’s Chili.
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This is the single best sentence I’ve read all year. 
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It couldn’t be a more perfect convergence of nerdery between cooking and DnD. And from a lifting perspective, it offers a great plan: Cut by eating like and elf, bulk by eating like a dwarf.
But it also contains the best cookie recipe ever: Halfling Oatmeal Sweet Nibblers. My wife hates how much she loves them since they come from such a nerdy book, haha.
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Ha! I never knew that book existed, but I had all the hardcover Dungeon Master’s Guides and Monster Manuals as a teen. Weirdly, I didn’t play much. I think I just liked the art and fancy dice. And sadly, when my mother had an auction a few years ago, they all got snapped up before I could save them. I’ve seen them go for $100+ on eBay these days.
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A little more labor intensive but worth it: Cinnamon Crunch Banana Bread.
And a quick and easy taco bowl: Spice up some fat-free refried beans, top with ground beef and seasonings. Add fresh sweet peppers and cilantro… unless you have a genetic variation of the olfactory receptor gene OR6A2. That makes you highly sensitive to aldehydes, i.e. cilantro tastes like soap to you.
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I took this recipe for no-bake cheesecake, skipped the chocolate ingredients, and blended in some dark frozen cherries. Excellent.
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