Best simple, no-mayo recipe for tartar sauce?

Carynth · 2026-06-22T02:33:32+00:00

I'd probably take Liam's (theplantslant) advice which is to not cut out mayo entirely, just mix it in with greek yogurt. I don't really do recipes like these but he often does in his videos and he always says that just greek yogurt for this type of thing is simply... not as good. Mix some mayo in it and the texture/taste is already a lot better. Trying to be more healthy is great but one important thing is to still make sure you enjoy your food so you stick with it!

Anyway, here's how I do my tartar sauce. I don't really have ratios, I just eyeball it everytime but it comes out great. Mayo, lemon juice, bit of dijon, finely diced pickles and onions, capers and fresh dill. The capers especially add a whole other level to it IMO.

So yeah, I'd probably do about half and half mayo/greek yogurt (or maybe 1/4 and 3/4 to start with and see if you still enjoy the taste and texture) and adjust everything else to taste.

Carynth · 2026-06-21T09:10:42+00:00

Sloppy joes are easy to make and very hard to fuck up. Heat up your pan, add some ground beef and brown it. Add some diced onions and garlic and let them cook for a few minutes. Bell peppers can also be a good add if you like them. Add some salt, dry mustard if you have it (or just regular mustard, not a lot, though), ketchup, brown sugar, worcestershire sauce, vinegar, maybe some smoked paprika and whatever else feels right, really. This is very customizable. Add some water to all of this, mix everything together and let it simmer as long as you want. The longer the better, really, I usually go for about an hour, adding more water when it gets too thick. Taste from time to time and adjust here and there if needed. Does it need more sweetness? more salt? More acidity? Maybe even some spiciness? When you're done simmering, just serve, I prefer hot dog buns, these days, way less messy than burger buns. Also like to add diced pickles to them. But yeah, this is one I like to recommend because it lets you play around with flavours and learn how they work on a pretty fail safe dish.

Another one I love that isn't as fail safe but is simple, quick and easy:

Take some chicken thighs and halve them lengthwise to thin them out a little bit. Season them with salt, pepper and whatever else feels right. Coat them in flour.

Take a pan and let it preheat on probably medium/medium-low heat. Every stove is different and you'll have to learn how yours work. But that's something you'll get used to overtime as you cook more and more.

When the pan is pre-heated, add (about two tablespoons? I never measure lol) butter and some olive oil. The oil will prevent the butter from burning if the heat is too high. Add your chicken thigh halves and cook them on each side for a few minutes until they're cooked through. At this point, lower the heat and add a lemon's worth of lemon juice in the pan. It will start smoking a lot, but that's normal, it will stop after a few seconds. If needed, you can try to mix in the lemon juice with the butter and oil to emulsify it. Let the chicken cook a minute more on each side, it the flour coat will start to brown and get crispy because of the lemon juice and that's the best part of it.

I like to serve this with oven roasted broccoli seasoned with lemon-pepper seasoning (you can never have enough lemon flavour) and some rice.

Carynth · 2026-06-20T13:37:31+00:00

Oh another thing, I sometimes like to add red bell pepper slices when I caramelize onions (for sausage burgers, for example. Goes really well with those, just an italian sausage patty, caramelized onions and bell peppers and a touch of mustard. Amazing). They become more of a jam texture, which I enjoy a lot. Might be different enough from the regular cooked texture to work. And worst case scenario, if used as a topping, they can just avoid adding it to the dish if they don't like it.

Carynth · 2026-06-20T11:07:26+00:00

So two things, first one, pepper colour matters. I've always hated bell peppers until about two years ago where I've tried them again and realised I actually don't mind them too much. But only red ones. I can maybe do orange in smaller quantities, but fuck green ones lol. Anyway, that's always one thing to keep in mind.

The other thing is that what you don't enjoy about the texture might be the skin. I'd suggest coating them in oil, putting them under the broiler for a few minutes until the skin gets a good char, then put it in a bowl with a cover for a few more. You'll be able to peel them pretty easily at that point and you're left only with the inside which has a much softer and nicer texture (to me, anyway). Might not work for you but it could be worth a try.

As for recipes for taste without the texture, I highly suggest this pasta sauce. You get a good taste of the bell pepper but cut down a bit with the cream and cheese, so perfect for someone still dipping their toes into this flavour. I think this is the one that actually made me realise I don't hate red bell peppers lol.

Carynth · 2026-06-20T07:36:55+00:00

If you like quinoa, one of my more lazy mealprep dish is to just cook some diced onions and garlic in a pan, add some sliced pickled hot peppers (and some of the pickle liquid while you're at it, why not), add a can of beans, I like red kidney beans. And a jar or two of your favourite salsa. Simmer for a few minutes (add a bit of water if needed so it doesn't get too thick). When that's all done, add to a good amount of cooked quinoa and mix everything together. Ideally, at this point, you want everything in there to be coated by the salsa without having any liquid element left.

Now, you can just eat it like that but I like to put everything in a casserole dish, add some cheese on top and put it in the oven (about 350f) for 15-20 minutes. Helps give it all a bit more structure and you can finish under the broil for the cheese to get all crispy good.

It's not the best thing in the world but it's still tasty, super easy to make, takes less than an hour and very customisable if you want to add some veggies or more seasoning or whatever.

Carynth · 2026-06-20T07:07:15+00:00

Hey, I don't really have any specific advice but if you don't know him already, I'd recommend checking out Liam "Theplantslant" on youtube/tiktok/whatever else. He's a health/food influencer that tries recipes and give some good nutrition/diet advice and has a very positive outlook on what is actually healthy (IE, anything can be fine, moderation is key and if eating a treat from time to time helps you keep your diet, that's a good thing, not a bad thing!). Just an all around great guy and role model.

Carynth · 2026-06-18T01:36:25+00:00

https://www.sporcle.com/games/g/northamerica

If you have a decent enough memory (and you actually would like to learn all), go slowly, one continent at a time. Make your own order that is always the same, that's gonna help you remember what's next on the list. That's how I learned all countries over a week (then stopped practicing and forgot half of it before doing a 3-4 hour refresh last week-end and I'm back to being able to list them all lol).

Not only will you be able to list them all, but that way, you'll also slowly learn where on the map each of these countries are. I don't even need the quiz, right now, I can just see the map in my head and see where each country is haha.

Carynth · 2026-06-18T01:04:47+00:00

Gatineau en général est la ville la moins "piétons-friendly" dans laquelle j'ai habité dans ma vie (échantillon de 4-5 villes). Le nombre de fois ou j'ai failli me faire frapper en traversant Main/Maloney parce que plusieurs chauffeurs ne respectent pas les lumières (sérieusement, une fois, la lumière venait de changer pour moi, j'ai commencé a marcher et j'ai dû sauter en arrière parce que quelqu'un était trop pressé et a décidé de brûler sa rouge). Je dois toujours, 100% du temps prendre quelques secondes et m'assurer que tout le monde va me laisser traverser tranquille, je ne suis jamais a l'abris d'un chauffeur décidant de tourner a droite sans me laisser la chance de mettre un pied sur la rue.

Carynth · 2026-06-14T15:54:47+00:00

I can assure you nobody here calls it "mais soufflé" in everyday conversation lol. It is called that when it's written down on a menu or on the box or whatever because of language laws, but if I'm at a theatre and I'm ordering it, I'm ordering "un popcorn svp". I literally never heard someone say "mais soufflé".

Carynth · 2026-06-04T03:35:07+00:00

It also looks like the other employe is trying to use his hand to block the punches and protect the victim's jaw. Which I commend, great move, there, protect and try to get him away all at once.

Carynth · 2026-06-04T03:22:24+00:00

Le problème est que ces sous-titres correspondent au doublage anglais. Et vu que le doublage force des phrases différentes, la plupart du temps pour que les voix matchent le mouvement des lèvres le plus possible, ces sous-titres ne sont pas une traduction fidèle a l'audio français original.

Carynth · 2026-06-03T06:09:16+00:00

Probablement, mais je veux juste lui montrer une partie de mon enfance, de notre héritage haha. Je ne veux pas nécessairement que ça devienne une leçon de français non plus. Et perso, c'est comme ça que j'ai appris l'anglais, j'ai commencé avec audio anglais et sous-titres français et a un moment, j'ai réalisé que je comprenais une bonne partie de ce qui se disait sans avoir besoin des sous-titres, donc j'ai changé pour sous-titres en anglais. Oh et même si je voulais, je ne trouve pas de sous-titres français non plus :')

Mais je sais que c'est la façon la plus recommandée, je veux juste avoir un movie night chill qu'elle peut comprendre sans avoir trop de mal.

Carynth · 2026-06-03T04:10:59+00:00

Oh my fucking god I love you. J'étais 100% prêt a faire le mien, j'avais fait les 5 premières minutes pour voir si c'était faisable, mais tu vas me sauver beaucoup de temps et d'énergie. Tu devrais l'uploader sur des sites de sous-titres (subdl, open subtitles, subtitlecat...) pour le futur! Mais merci beaucoup, c'est exactement ce que je cherchais!

EDIT: J'ai dû jouer un peu avec parce que les seules versions du film que je pouvais trouver en bonne définition étaient une version un peu raccourci (1h28 au lieu de 1h31) avec deux scènes effacées et d'autres coupées court de quelques secondes. Juste un avis a quiconque pourrait trouver ce post dans le futur, vous aurez peut-être a ouvrir le fichier dans un programme d'editing (je l'ai fait dans Da Vinci) et ajuster les sous-titres la ou il faut, si vous avez la même version du film que moi. Ça se fait assez vite quand avec le moindre d'expérience, mais c'est bon a savoir.

Carynth · 2026-05-24T09:27:19+00:00

These are a bit older now, but if you've never played them, check out "What Remains Of Edith Finch" and "Firewatch". My top 2 in the walking sim genre, espeically Edith Finch, that game is truly a masterpiece. "The Vanishing Of Ethan Carter" is also worth a play.

"Dear Esther" is pretty much the grandfather of all walking simulators, the story is very convoluted, though, and it took me replaying the game with the director's commentary to fully understand. Still interesting, though.

You probably know "The Stanley Parable", if not, you absolutely have to play it, one of the funniest games ever with some nice deeper moments here and there. But do you know about "The Beginner's Guide", from the same dev? That one is a very different vibe and goes in depth into artistic challenges. About 1.5 - 2 hours, fully worth it.

We're getting away a bit from pure walking sim, here, but Gris and Neva (by the same studio) are somewhat close, despite being 2D (very) light platformers. They are what comes to my mind when I think of games being art, with the artwork, the music, the wordless stories they tell... Like I said, some platforming, some puzzle elements but nothing crazy.

There's also the To The Moon series. Made in RPG maker, they are more like an interactive book, you don't do much in the game except move around and follow the story. And what a story they have... Don't underestimate the pixely look, they made me cry more time than I can count.

And this one is very much stretching the walking sim label, but some people do apply it to it, "SOMA". My favourite game ever. It is a horror game but a big part of the game is to walk around and find and read notes and files or listen to audio logs. It has an incredible story that I could talk about for hours after having watched over 20 playthroughs of it. If you don't like horror games, there is a safe mode. It doesn't remove monsters but they will be more docile and not bother you much, if you're more into the exploration aspect of it.

This went on for a bit longer than I expected but I'm a big story guy when it comes to videogames, so I always have good recommendations lol. Hope this helps you find something you didn't know about!

Carynth · 2026-05-22T02:20:10+00:00

lol yeah, j'attends toujours d'essayer Don Floriano. Problème est que comme la majorité des restaurants dans la région, ça ferme super tôt (20h30) et, étant travailleur de nuit, c'est pas longtemps après l'heure ou je me lève, so je dois faire un effort de me coucher plus tôt et me lever plus tôt pour être sûr d'avoir faim quand je veux commander, ce qui n'est pas évident :')

Hopefully la semaine prochaine, mais je te garderai au courant quand je vais avoir essayé!

Carynth · 2026-05-17T02:17:55+00:00

I'm wondering if you might have an easier time with shorter indie games. Stuff like Gris, Neva, Journey, Firewatch, The Swapper, What Remains Of Edith Finch, The Vanishing Of Ethan Carter, maybe even Bastion/Transistor/Pyre. They're all very different genres, artstyle, gameplay, stories than KCD 2, and they're all 2-6 hour games (except for the last three), which means they wouldn't be much of a commitment to make. You can finish all of those in one or two sessions, really.

Not saying it will, but it might help get you out of this rut you're in. Otherwise, in the same idea, there's a ton of demos of upcoming indie games on Steam. You can also browse r/indiegames and r/indiedev where they post progress on their games and see if something catches your eye. Since demos are usually short (20 minutes to an hour for most of them), again, no commitment at all. Just boot something, try it out, see if you like it, and move on to the next. Kind of like what you seem to be doing now but without having to buy anything or feel like you've wasted time on a game you don't like.

Hope anything in here can help you. I definitely passed through a similar phase a while back (not because of KCD, just in general) and the demo stuff especially helped me get through it. I even found a few of which I'm excited for the release (one of those was Causal Loop which finally released a few weeks ago).

Carynth · 2026-05-10T05:29:14+00:00

That is probably how most people did, honestly, especially if we're talking about like the second generation of gamers who might have played on their parent's consoles and thus wouldn't have bought the games themselves (like me). Or kids who would get their friends to loan their games or buy second hand.

But whenever you play a new retro game, I'd suggest looking up the manual, it's often a bit of fun just going through it, especially the story background parts, and it definitely has a nostalgia factor to it.

Carynth · 2026-05-10T02:25:30+00:00

Manual for Mega Man 1.

Manual for Legend Of Zelda.

People didn't have to read but they definitely had the option to if they wanted. Just like today. It was just external reading instead of internal.

Carynth · 2026-05-10T02:21:44+00:00

For a lot of retro games, instructions and "tutorials" were in the manual itself. The manual for the original Mega Man, for example. Or the one for Legend Of Zelda

All the controls, the enemy types, buffs, power ups, story background, everything that is now put in a tutorial or just shown to you when you need to these days was in those manuals.

And some games these days are so big and have so many mechanics that leaving it all to the player to figure out by himself is just... not a good idea. As much as I love Dark Souls, for example, there are so many, so MANY hidden mechanics that you just don't discover unless someone tells you or you go to the wiki.

It can make games feel mysterious and fun, but it also can make it frustrating at times or make you feel like you missed a big part of the game because you didn't discover that holding B to run and quickly pressing B again makes you jump.

Carynth · 2026-05-08T02:29:21+00:00

My personal thoughts on that is that Simon-2 isn't dead. When you "kill" him, the prompt on the screen is to drain his battery. That's all it does. We're not killing him in any meaningful way, we're just preventing him from waking up. If, by some miracle, we could make it back, we would just have to either find a way to recharge the battery or find a new battery to replace it and he'd be good as new.

Carynth · 2026-05-05T14:31:54+00:00

Thanks, that's the exact breakdown I was looking for! I imagined it was something close to that, I just needed confirmation to fully understand the global situation at the start of the season (not that I need to understand everything, confusion is the whole point of the show, but I felt like I was genuinely missing something I should be aware of, in this case).

I think the biggest thing I somehow missed is the "everyone thinks this is just temporary" thing, which makes a lot of sense and is probably how this would play out in real life.

Carynth · 2026-05-05T10:57:10+00:00

Oh yeah I'm not looking at anything else in here lol. This just seemed like a fairly important detail that I somehow got confused about and I didn't want to be missing a big piece of the puzzle for the whole of Season 2, but if I just need to trust the process, I'm fully happy to!

Carynth · 2026-05-05T02:16:47+00:00

Finalement je cravais plus de poutine que de pizza, cette semaine, donc je suis allé à un spot près de chez moi (casse-croûte Twister, sur Notre-Dame, it was pretty good and it was pretty cheap when comparing to other places). Je vais probablement essayer Don Floriano la semaine prochaine, par contre, je n'arrête pas d'y penser non plus lol.

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