a few recipes that have worked succesfully

well - since i am spending so little on rent, movies are very cheap and i have little time to go out anyway, i've got quite a bit left over to spend on food - which goes even further cause i am spending it to cook and not go out to eat - so here are some recipes that have worked particularly well so far:

1. Ceviche (the grand poo bah) - get some fresh tuna (have to fork over some cash for this - the freeze-dried stuff won't cut it) you'll need juice from about 9 or 10 limes which you can substitute with lemon or even orange juice, a jalapeno pepper, some bell pepper, some red onion, A LOT of cilantro, and then optional mango or zuchinni (the mango is really good)
1. chop the tuna into half inch cubes
2. dice the mango red onion jalapeno and bell pepper and chop up the cilantro
3. put it all in a ziploc bag with the lime juice o lemon juice.
4. feel free to add coconut milk or honey to sweeten it a bit.
5. leave it in the fridge for approx. 45 - 1:15.
What happens is the citrus "cooks" the tuna. You can err on the side of underdone because fresh tuna ought to be safe to eat raw - eh ace? serve chilled with some crackers or bread or chips. (leftovers are hard to do because it will keep cooking as long as you leave the fish in the lime juice)

2. Pork Lausanne (a bit different than normal)
Basically these are breaded pork chops with an onion bell pepper and mushroom sauce.
bread the pork chops - floor then eggs (put some salt, pepper, garlic ,rosemary etc in the floor)
then fry the suckers up. Take the chops out and keep them warm while you make the sauce.
Next step = most important - leave the pork juice/fat run offs in the pan and deglaze it with red wine (deglazing is the fancy term for soaking up all the good tasting left over bits into the sauce by pooring a liguid into the still hot pan.) Sherry or red vermouth work well for this recipe. Add worcester sauce, cream, and some sort of ground spicy pepper - regular chipotle seasoning worked well for me and cook the chopped up vegetables in that. If you need to thicken the sauce up add corn starch. (my dad always disolves the cornstarch in a half cup of cold water because he is a cautious wimp who is afraid of lumps in the gravy. What nonsense i say! - just dump the fucker in there and stir like mad. Serve it with green beans and bread.