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8,269 2,449 March 23, 2020 at 01:17 PM
Thought we could share what we're eating and exchange ideas. This was my menu for the week:

Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches with chips or fruit
Chicken tarragon, red potatoes, green beans
Garlic lemon shrimp pasta with broccoli, bread
Soup, bread
Eggs, pancakes
Black olive, mushroom, onion homemade pizza, salad
Turkey sandwich, chips
Soft tacos, tater tots
Spaghetti, green beans, garlic bread
Key lime pie, yogurt with fresh fruit, or pumpkin bread

I try to keep basic ingredients around and choose meals to make from a specific list each week.
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Bnnyslippers
03-30-2020 at 04:46 AM.
03-30-2020 at 04:46 AM.
Quote from fsyowad :
I make my own pizzas. Probably have 2 cases of pizza sauce, and individual packages of pizza dough mix, plenty of olive oil, and mozzarella. I use a cast iron griddle, then under the broiler for 7 minutes. Change the toppings up also. Then I have plenty of Chicken, eggs, and frozen veggies. I had a whole giant bag of coconut i was going to use in some trail mix i have most days, but didn't really like it so i googled how to make macaroons...wow, then things are good. I like to have a kale pineapple, banana , yougert smoothie, but I will have to reup on those ingredients every 3-4 weeks if i wanna keep having those. Milk will be a problem if things get crazy.
Quote from fsyowad :
Well its not gourmet but I like it , I just use the singles dry pizza dough mix.They were like .58 cents at Walmart. I use olive oil in the recipe if the directions call for oil. After I add the hot/warm water and knead the dough I let it rest in the bowl 5/10 minutes still a little sticky. Then I generously oil a cast iron griddle I have, and add a some melted butter also.
I spread the dough on the pan , heat the pan maybe a minute just to warm it up, and let it sit for at least a half hr. It rises enough in that time. Then i add sauce, , cheese , then toppings, heat on maybe medium heat on the stovetop maybe 6 or 7 minutes, until the crust has browned, then pop it under a super hot broiler 6-8 minutes. With any luck my crust is a lot like Pizza Hut's pan pizza.

I learned a bit from this guy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u...rx4&t=509s
Well what you do sounds delicious! I gotta work with what I have though, and I'm obviously doing something wrong, lol. Now there USED to be a frozen dough I'd buy and it was 4 loaves to a package. That stuff I could just take a loaf thingy out, thaw, knead, let it acclimate to the room temp for a little bit so it was more pliable, then roll it out into two separate good size pizza's and plop that directly onto a hot grill. THAT worked great but haven't found those loaves in a long time. Additionally it's only "just" beginning to be warm out where I live so that grilling might become an option again soon. Thanks though, for replying back!Smilie
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Ms.arteest
03-30-2020 at 04:58 AM.
03-30-2020 at 04:58 AM.
Quote from gergev :
I've got eight garden beds and made casseroles from the veggies last fall. They are in foodsaver bags in two freezers along with gallons of frozen juice made when fresh fruit was in season. I made way too many casseroles this last year. The food bank where I work does not give out frozen food. Wondering how to donate.
You might consider donating to the fire stations. Those guys cook when they're on shift and would appreciate it. You might also find out if the hospital staff would enjoy a homecooked casserole. I'm sure they aren't getting much good food.

Quote from Zoe Moon :
There's a guy on YouTube who shows you how to make all sorts of foods and as he's showing you how to make the dish he suggests alternative ingredients which will work just as well if you don't have all the items the recipe called for. His channel is Food Wishes.
Love food wishes! I watch him make apple fritters last night.

Quote from LC2 :
So... safe to say you aren't a vegetarian like me. laugh out loud Love the variety though!
No, we eats meats Big Grin We eat lots of veggies, nuts, and cheese too. We try to stay away from beef as much, but a steak or a hamburger just sometimes calls our name.

Quote from CleverShoe300 :
We've got SO many beans - dried and canned. But now what? Been looking at this but a bit overwhelmed: https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe...an-recipes What's an easy bean recipe? Family of four - two vegetarians, two committed meat eaters Smilie
Quote from CleverShoe300 :
Gonna tackle that bean soup this weekend - thanks for that link! You get stuck in a rut going to the same recipe sites all the time. We've got chicken we can shred into the meat eaters version. My daughter did black bean burritos with flour tortilla for lunch today - we're def on the same page Smilie
We keep lots of beans and rice on hand for hurricane season. We didn't haver power for 6 weeks after Rita and we cooked on a campstove or a fire. I started mixing 2 or 3 kinds together if I didn't feel like making soup (which is really good, BTW), definitely something I still do.
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Jokester713713
03-30-2020 at 09:29 AM.
03-30-2020 at 09:29 AM.
People are still over buying at grocery stores.
Leave one or two on the shelf for person behind you!!!!!!!
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CleverShoe300
03-30-2020 at 01:35 PM.
03-30-2020 at 01:35 PM.
Quote from LC2 :
What about 2 separate meals sharing the same base ingredients - one for the meat eaters and one for the veggie eaters?

Three bean or Mediterranean soup would work great. The later one just has rotini noodles added. You could have vegetarian soup and using the same base have a version with chicken in it. Chili is great too - vegetarian chili with tofu and a version with beef. I eat a lot of black bean burritos in flour tortillas because it's so quick and simple.

This looks delicious! https://www.themediterraneandish....ato-pesto/ [themediterraneandish.com]

The benefit to reading the recipe comments is the modifications others make. It helps you work with the ingredients you have and can easily get.
THANK YOU for this - so good. Made it over the weekend and snuck in quinoa - just because we had it. Topped with sour cream and some corn chips. It was easy and delish, Def gonna make it again.
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CleverShoe300
03-30-2020 at 01:48 PM.
03-30-2020 at 01:48 PM.
OK - what are you all making this week? We are going to do the following - but that's only really 4 nights...Then I am running out of ideas. We have a lot of potatoes so looking at the ingredients site for ideas: https://fridgetotable.com/fridge-...axCookTime
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LRossFitz
03-30-2020 at 01:56 PM.
03-30-2020 at 01:56 PM.
Quote from Jokester713713 :
People are still over buying at grocery stores.
Leave one or two on the shelf for person behind you!!!!!!!
I think some stores have started to institute a policy on that, the Trader Joe's near me only lets you buy two of any item at most.
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Zoe Moon
03-30-2020 at 09:27 PM.
03-30-2020 at 09:27 PM.
Quote from CleverShoe300 :
OK - what are you all making this week? We are going to do the following - but that's only really 4 nights...Then I am running out of ideas. We have a lot of potatoes so looking at the ingredients site for ideas: https://fridgetotable.com/fridge-...axCookTime
Try a Champ recipe for the potatoes. Champ elevates potatoes to a whole new level. You add real butter, (not margarine) cream and green onions to a pan and cook them until the green onions are soft then add the mixture to some mashed potatoes and make a well in the top and put more butter for dipping, in case someone want more butter on their Champ. You can also add in some chopped ham but be sure it's not too salty.
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w3kn
03-31-2020 at 08:14 AM.
03-31-2020 at 08:14 AM.
I'm probably one of the few here that will eat lima beans, so I have a freezer full of them. When I went to the grocery store last week, they were picked pretty clean of frozen vegetables, but had plenty of lima beans. laugh out loud
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CleverShoe300
03-31-2020 at 12:14 PM.
03-31-2020 at 12:14 PM.
Quote from LRossFitz :
I think some stores have started to institute a policy on that, the Trader Joe's near me only lets you buy two of any item at most.
Same here - the ralphs near us limits dairy, meat and cleaning supplies - one of each per household!
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CleverShoe300
03-31-2020 at 12:16 PM.
03-31-2020 at 12:16 PM.
Quote from Zoe Moon :
Try a Champ recipe for the potatoes. Champ elevates potatoes to a whole new level. You add real butter, (not margarine) cream and green onions to a pan and cook them until the green onions are soft then add the mixture to some mashed potatoes and make a well in the top and put more butter for dipping, in case someone want more butter on their Champ. You can also add in some chopped ham but be sure it's not too salty.
Very cool. Sounds delish and will try it out this week. Def real butter - we have a ton I've got hidden away in the back of the freezer ...
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03-31-2020 at 12:17 PM.
03-31-2020 at 12:17 PM.
Quote from w3kn :
I'm probably one of the few here that will eat lima beans, so I have a freezer full of them. When I went to the grocery store last week, they were picked pretty clean of frozen vegetables, but had plenty of lima beans.
Ha - lima beans and cherry preserves. Why don't people like cherry preserves? And how do u cook the beans? Any tips?
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w3kn
03-31-2020 at 12:25 PM.
03-31-2020 at 12:25 PM.
Quote from CleverShoe300 :
Ha - lima beans and cherry preserves. Why don't people like cherry preserves? And how do u cook the beans? Any tips?
I normally am lazy and just steam them on the stove. Set it and forget it while I'm making something to go with them.
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Iaaaiws
03-31-2020 at 01:01 PM.
03-31-2020 at 01:01 PM.
For today and probably the next couple of days while I am night shift: Red Onions, baby bella mushrooms, and diced jalapeno peppers sauteed in coconut oil and seasoned with Slap Ya Mama Cajun seasoning. Then cooked about a pound of chicken livers in Kerrygold butter. Mixed everything together and simmered until everything was nicely carmelized. Also broke up four or five strips of bacon left from breakfast yesterday and threw that in.

I also had more rutabagas than I realized and I wasn't sure how much longer they were going to last, so I boiled and mashed those and now I have about 3.5 pounds of mashed rutabaga which I will probably be eating for about a week.

I will be off Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and I am thinking about making another huge pot of soup and then pressure canning most of that. I'm not sure if I have enough empty jars left though so I have to check that out first.
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SnakePlisken
03-31-2020 at 01:05 PM.
03-31-2020 at 01:05 PM.
Quote from w3kn :
I normally am lazy and just steam them on the stove. Set it and forget it while I'm making something to go with them.
Do you wear an apron when cooking? Does the missus make you do the moppin & toilet scrubbin too?
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fsyowad
03-31-2020 at 02:31 PM.
03-31-2020 at 02:31 PM.
Sloppy Joes, Baked lays, fresh cole slaw, and stir fried Green Beans
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