Blend it, mix it, shake it, spin it, juice it! Use a an old school cement mixer, a hand blender or a bowl, a spoon and some elbow grease... its your call, but for this challenge at least one component of your dish must involve the taking of ingredients and fusing them together via applied pressure, spinning, twirling, grinding or twisting. Shake it up baby!
We will have till a week from today, Monday, January 26th to prepare a dish that is shaken, or stirred.
In order to have a shot at the crown, the title, the grubski trophy, I would highly suggest the following:
1. Take photos of the process and DEFINITELY of the final product
2. Make the blended portion of your dish a main focal point
3. Think cocktails/beverages too...
HAVE FUN... COOKING RULES!+
Shoutouts of past participants and observers:
kleinbl00, veen, Complexity,_refugee_, flagamuffin, zebra2, rjw, wasoxygen, humanodon, ghostoffuffle, rezzeJ, thenewgreen, b_b, flagamuffin, insomniasexx, Meriadoc, OftenBen, ButterflyEffect, elizabeth mk and forwardslash
I don't think this can count because there are no pictures of the process but I have one (not very good) pic of the final product that I made today. It's called faseek. You blend onions, green and red peppers, tomatoes, peanut butter, and anchovies together. Then you pour olive oil on top. Hot sauce not necessary but almost always requested. Scoop with bread. Enjoy. Brush teeth afterwards. 
Nice, that sounds tasty 8bit. Is this something that you've been making for a long time? A family recipe?
Ok since we haven't had a new one, I'm gonna add what I made last night (although it's just to share, don't count it in the voting). This is fish tacos with guacamole, cabbage slaw and spicy pickled beets. Everything (including the tortillas) is 100% from scratch, except the dressing on the slaw, which contains both store bought mayonnaise and hot sauce. It kinda fits the theme, because the guac, but really I just wanted to share. Never made tortillas before, but goddam are they easy and delicious. 
I made a delicious sweet and sour sauce for chicken. Sadly, the pictures are lacking. First, I had to skin and puree tomatoes, which I then ran through a food mill and baked them on a cookie sheet to turn the puree into home made tomato paste: Next, I sauteed some green onion and garlic, added various spices and seasoning: Then I added the juice of blood oranges and lemons, cider vinegar, honey, turbinado, water and the tomato paste: After boiling to reduce by about half, it was delicious: I enjoyed it with some pan fried chicken pieces, home made potato chips, and roasted brussels sprouts.
Dude, that sounds awesome and you used some processes that I've never tried. I wish you had a photo of it plated. Homemade sweet and sour sauce, what an awesome idea. For some reason, it's one of those dishes I would never think to make at home, but I have enjoyed so many times at a restaurant. It would be akin to making General Tso at home. -A dish I would love to try and make myself. I should.
Just to add a bit. 1) it was my first attempt at sweet and sour. It was incredibly good. It won't be my last. 2) I've been only using homemade tomato paste for the past few months. I highly recommend it. I wouldn't go back to canned after making it myself. It's so much sweeter and more flavorful.
Was there broccoli involved? Did you eat way too much of it and later regret it? If not, it wasn't the General.
eightbitsamurai, kleinbl00, veen, Complexity,_refugee_, flagamuffin, zebra2, rjw, wasoxygen, humanodon, ghostoffuffle, rezzeJ, thenewgreen, b_b, flagamuffin, insomniasexx, Meriadoc, OftenBen, ButterflyEffect, elizabeth mk and forwardslash Alright you slackers, right now the crown would go to 8bit, because he's the only one of you that has the good form to pony up a dish. Today is the deadline, it's Monday January 26th. If you would like more time, then let me know and I'll gladly oblige, otherwise I will call it at midnight. P.S. You are all breaking my heart. (except 8bit, he keeps me going...)
Shit, i did make some burritos yesterday but failed to take pictures. My co-cook tooke some I think, I'll see if i can salvage enough pictures to make a post! It was a pulled burrito with guacamole and salsa so definitely used a mixer :) Fkin delicious. Look at the pork ready to be pulled:
Mmmmm.... Pork. Yeah, post the photo if you have it. Also the process, I make tacos and burritos almost weekly and I need a good recipe.
Dat pork... I added some cheese, beans from a can, rice, and guacamole/salsa. Guacamole was super easy: avocato, diced tomatoes, chopped onion, lime salt and hot sauce. Mixed it all up with my hands, i like it a bit chunky. But I bet it tasted good on a blender too. Salsa was made with grilled tomatoes and jalapenos added with a bit of chicken broth and blended. I'll take a picture of the final product tonight.
I love the soundtrack in the background. The "laugh" track was so inappropriate that it felt appropriate. That pork really does look tasty, but I guess 5 hours in an oven will do that. -Actually, strike that... 5 hours in an oven for most people would make it really tough. What's the secret?
Alright alright alright. Will try to incorporate this into my cooking tonight. Can't promise anything pretty, though.
Hmm, I probably could have submitted something I made recently if I had thought of it: GR's broccoli soup. I've been pretty lax on Hubskiing lately though. Would recommend that recipe though.
That soup looks great, you definitely should have posted it. He is so right that too many chefs season at the end of the meal. You have to cook with the seasoning. Also, I've noticed you've not been on a few much of late… The amount of postcards I received is dwindling....
What, your friends don't have stoves? Good luck with the move!
Hope you and the kid feel better. I just returned from taking my daughter for her 4 year old shots. She had three of them today. Holy Christ was that difficult. She was less than graceful about it. Kicking, screaming and lots of "NOOOOOO"'s . Last night the baby woke up at 2am with a crazy fever. The doc thinks it's probably a sinus infection. I feel ya. Good luck palfried eggs and rice.
Hell, take a photo and you just might win this thing.
I made Lentil and Pumpkin Soup I took this recipe and riffed on it. Here are the ingredients I used: Ingredients
Photo time So much of the good food I make starts off looking like this: After you follow the instructions above, you should end up with some lentils that look like this: Isn't that pretty? Then, you mix that all up and take THIS: and add it to THIS: Throw it in a bowl, garnish it up, bust out a nice pinot gris, a crusty baguette and you end up with THIS: My wife loved it. I may mix up some cocktails tomorrow night and add it to this page too.
3 teaspoons olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
4 buttons of minced garlic
3 1/2 cups organic vegetable broth
1 cup dried small red lentils
2 teaspoon ground cumin
teaspoon salt
teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper
1 cup water
3/4 cup canned pumpkin
A lot of grated peeled fresh ginger
4 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
plain low-fat yogurt $
Fresh sage to garnish and dried sage for cooking
Paprika
Jalapeño 1. Heat a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add onion and garlic to pan; sauté 4 minutes. Stir in 3 cups broth, lentils, and more ingredients; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes or until lentils are tender. Place the lentil mixture in a blender or use a hand blender or a cement mixer. Return lentil mixture to pan over medium heat. Add remaining 1/2 cup broth, 1 cup water, and pumpkin to pan; cook 3 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Stir in ginger and lemon juice. Put in a serving bowl, top each serving with about 2 teaspoons yogurt, some diced tomato and 1 tablespoon fresh chopped sage. Squeeze some fresh lemon juice on top.
It's not difficult if you're willing to put the strain on your arm. Take an egg yolk, and beat some salt, sugar and (if desired) spices into it with a whisk. In a separate bowl, mix a couple tablespoons each of lemon juice and white wine vinegar. Beat half of that into the egg. Then whisk the egg mixture vigorously while adding a few drops of oil (I like olive, but it gives the mayo a very pungent taste; use safflower for a milder, more classic taste) until it gets thick (this will signify you are getting an emulsion). Then slowly add half a cup of oil while whisking. Whisk in the remainder of the vinegar mixture. Whisk in another half cup of oil. Done. Delicious, but doesn't keep that long You can probably do this with a whisk attachment on a power mixer, but I like the old fashioned way.
Just to add to what I said last night, now that I have a bit more time, and am not on my phone: It's waaaay simpler than ketchup, but a bit more complex than pesto, to give some context. I've never tried making my favorite condiment, mustard, but that's mainly because I don't think that I could make better mustard than some of the stuff I can get at the store. I don't like store bought ketchup or mayonnaise even slightly (and I wouldn't buy salad dressing at a store if they paid me). Once you've had the homemade version, you'll never go back to the dark ages. I think for this challenge I'll make some kind of crazy awesome sauce, then put it on something really simple like eggs benedict.
Behold breakfast, most days of the week. I often don't have an appetite in the morning, and this meets the nutrient macros I like for breakfast. If I'm going to the gym that day it's protein powder instead of almond/peanut butter. The recipe is as follows About half that bag of kale 1/3 cup OJ 1/3 cup Greek Yogurt 5-6 frozen strawberries 1/3 cup frozen mango chunks 1 banana 2 tablespoons of chia seeds 3 tablespoons of almond butter 2 tablespoons of coconut oil Blend the kale with OJ and yogurt to a fine puree, then add everything else.
I just got back from the grocery store, I'll be making a red lentil and pumpkin soup. You should post your soup here, it sounds just right for this challenge.
Both! I look forward to seeing what you come up with. I literally have no idea what I'll be making yet.
Okay, I think I'll do this. Maybe a root-vegtable pancake? I've been meaning to make that one for a while.