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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 7, 2015 20:40:13 GMT -6
The "song" thread gave me the idea of starting a thread where members tell what they've been eating. So, what did you eat today?
Hey mom, let me 'splain how I spent my weekend!
I don't think so. With the possible exception of Phalon because she'd have some sarcastic reply. Naw...not even then.
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 7, 2015 20:43:58 GMT -6
Maybe if you've had a lot to drink.
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Post by Phalon on Dec 9, 2015 6:26:10 GMT -6
Step, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't think of a come-back. 'Beating your meat' pretty much says it all. I see we're now on our second course, after eating our way through the 1500 posts. Wow, that's a lot of food. And with all that food, there's bound to be some left-overs - what do you do with them all? I had a bunch of left-over pizza this weekend - an entire pizza actually; BP had a friend stay over Saturday night, and Hubs got one pizza too many. Hubs and BP (weirdos in this respect) won't eat left-over pizza, so I looked up on-line left-over pizza recipes. Last night for dinner I made a left-over pizza frittata: www.food.com/recipe/leftover-pizza-frittata-using-leftover-pizza-433837I've tried to make frittatas before, without success; the recipes I used always had me flipping the thing in a pan on the stovetop, which left me with scrambled eggs instead of a pie. The left-over pizza frittata recipe called for throwing the whole thing in the oven though - no flipping required. It was incredibly easy. In addition to the suggested sauteed spinach, I added halved cherry tomatoes, and less-than-a-handful of bacon crumbles I had hanging out in the fridge. Oh-my-gosh, it was good... and Hubs and BP never realized they were eating left-over pizza. Until I told them. It didn't even matter...they both liked it. Good thing, 'cuz I've now got 3/4 of a left-over pizza in the freezer.
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Post by stepper on Dec 9, 2015 21:23:02 GMT -6
It comes pretty close, but I'm sure there are several options which you are too polite to exploit.
Oh for crying out loud. Even I eat reheated pizza. (Until it's destroyed with unnecessary modifications.) I'm glad you were able to fake them out and dispose of the leftover pizza, but just making it hot would have worked for me. I have no problems with repeats - one of the guys at work does but it doesn't bother me. I even look forward to having "left overs" sometimes. For instance, after T-Day, there was twice on Friday, and twice and Saturday, but only once on Sunday, and Monday…
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Post by Phalon on Jan 14, 2016 8:14:15 GMT -6
Hot, cold, doesn't matter to me. Hubs and BP though, it depends on the pizza; they're not all created equal, yanno. Little Caesars, which is what we had (fair pizza at a good price, especially when you're feeding extra people), Hubs doesn't mind hot and fresh, but reheated he says it's rubbery (which it is). BP doesn't care for most pizzas in general, because she says it's too greasy (which it is).
Last night we had another frittata. I made it using the left-over pizza I froze last month, and the left-over ham I froze at Christmas...and the frittata itself, was left-over from the night before.
Not sometimes - here it's most times. It's rare that I make enough food for just one meal. It's easier and more economical to plan for left-overs...and sometimes it's fun to turn one night's meal into something completely different the next night. Last week we had an oh-so-delicious example -
Hubs grilled steaks LX's last night home - I'd gotten four porterhouse when two would have been enough to feed all of us; boiled potatoes with fresh parsley (I was still cutting it from the garden last week!), and roasted asparagus rounded out the meal. We ate all the asparagus that night, but there was still plenty of steak and potatoes left. Was just Hubs and me the following night, and I sliced the steak thin enough to make steak hoagies with provolone cheese, and sauteed mushrooms and onions; I roasted the left-over boiled potatoes in the oven with herbs. Still steak left-over the third night when BP was home; that I again sliced thin, marinated it in low-sodium teriyaki (a whopping 47% less than the regular kind), sauteed some fresh broccoli, threw in the left-over mushrooms and onions from the night before, and served it all over rice. Oh-my-god, I swear it was better than any beef and broccoli I've ever had from a Chinese restaurant!
Though the porterhouse was one sale, I kind of cringed at the little more than $50 price when I bought them. But if I look at it this way, I fed nine people steak at about $5.50 a person. OMG, did I just do a mathematical story problem?!!!! Did I do it right?
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Post by stepper on Jan 14, 2016 21:16:12 GMT -6
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Post by Phalon on Jan 18, 2016 9:14:48 GMT -6
Well, thank you for all the applause, fireworks, and weird little dancing. Before you get too congratulatory though, you should be aware I didn't complete the problem....
The train was traveling east at 85mph in a northwest wind blowing at 33mph, with a 24 minute stop in St. Louis, which should have been a 5 minute stop, but the conductor, born on October 2nd, was 59-years old, and had a bunion on his left big toe which has been there for the past 7 3/4 months. What type of hoagie rolls were used for the sandwiches, what was their expiration date, and in which city and state were they made?
Went out the other night with Crazy Cheryl, and had calamari with aioli sauce. Oh-my-god-good. Something I'd probably never attempt to make at home though. Like math story problems, some recipes are better left to the experts.
But this weekend! I was experimenting in the kitchen and the results were...well, Hubs said he was going to call Bobby Flay (a chef from the Food Network), sell the recipe, and we'd be rich. Know you're going to turn up your nose at this, Step, but I made soup - it was not only the best soup I ever made, it was the best soup I've ever eaten. Don't know what I'd call it exactly - kind of a cross between Italian Wedding soup and Tomato Florentine. Spicy Italian chicken sausage, frozen stock from the last chicken I roasted, frozen kale from the garden, a container of yellow tomatoes from the garden I'd pureed and froze last fall, mini bow-tie pasta, a little salt, more pepper, just a tiny pinch of sugar (because the tomato variety is very acidic), and a nice amount of Italian herb seasoning. Oh, and a bunch of dashes of hot sauce. And a can of drained and rinsed white beans, and enough canned chicken broth to make up whatever liquid the bit of chicken stock I had didn't account for. Maybe other stuff too; I can't remember.
Hubs said I have to make it again soon. And repeat it exactly how I made it this weekend.
Uhm...yeah, right.
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Post by stepper on Jan 18, 2016 17:05:22 GMT -6
The answer is obvious. Based on an elliptical curve it’s North by Northwest with Professor Plum in the first stanza of History.
Crazy Cheryl and eating squid - somehow that actually seems to go together.
What? I like soup! Chicken noodle soup - especially with extra noodles, and extra chicken. Why would you think I'd turn my back on old frozen chicken, frozen "K" word, and old frozen pureed out of season yellow tomatoes. Sounds just lovely. I wouldn't turn my nose up at that at all - but I might turn it towards the frozen ice covered streets in hopes of a snow blower with a left handed smoke shifter and a hot dog warmer.
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Post by Phalon on Jan 20, 2016 8:19:30 GMT -6
There is no hope for you; I'm sure you know that, don't you? Not even a smidgen of a sense of adventure to try new things? You don't get bored eating the same old stuff with little variation? Not even once in a while?
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Post by stepper on Jan 20, 2016 21:40:13 GMT -6
I've been told this before, and not just about my limited palate. It's probably true too, but I do not appreciate venturing into iffy foods when I can easily stay with things I know I like. I'm old - I don't have time to waste eating cr@ppy stuff just because once in a while something sort-a good might show up.
For instance, I'm not happy with Chick-fil-A right now. They eliminated coleslaw and added "K" word salad instead. Why disappoint us happy people so they can experiment? I suspect I'm not going there any more. (Somebody has to take a stand.)
Sure! And when that happens I switch from steak to ham, or grilled cheese, or egg salad, or fish sticks, or shrimp, or Rice-a-Roni; I've even been known to have a box of Stove Top Stuffing (chicken only). I have options Phalon, just not yours.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 21, 2016 9:02:13 GMT -6
Same. I'd never willingly choose to eat Chick-fil-A or fish sticks, for example.
We had a fun dinner last night. For Christmas, I had received a couple of gift certificates for the coffee shop in town - the other coffee shop, not the one I frequent. I've only been to this other one a few times, because although I like strong coffee and espresso, their coffee is so strong that even after one cup of house-blend, I've left there with the jitters and my heart racing. So what to do with $50 worth of gift certificates? I've heard they have very good soup, sandwiches, and baked goods.
I ordered three sandwiches - an Italian chicken with pesto, a turkey club, and a BLT with pepper cured bacon. They were out of their soups of the day, so I went with three different side salads - spicy marinated carrots and cauliflower, cole slaw, and a 7-grain salad. Oh, and three cookies too - oatmeal raisin, chocolate chip, and cranberry nut. I had just enough gift certificate money left for a small cup of coffee while I waited for my order (I couldn't help myself) Then we had a mix-and-match dinner at home, each of us having some of everything. It was all very good - much better than their coffee.
Actually, it turned out to be a sandwich kind of week. Earlier at BP's request, I made meatball subs - ground turkey and kale meatballs with spaghetti sauce and mozzarella on crusty Italian rolls. They were really good, and left-overs even better. One of the things I like about having winters off, is that I have more time to cook. It's not that meatballs are difficult to make, but they're just more time-consuming than making a meat-sauce to serve over pasta.
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Post by stepper on Feb 21, 2016 12:50:32 GMT -6
I haven't eaten anything from Chick-fil-A since January, and even though I haven't had fish sticks or beer battered fish ( or what ever ) recently, I like both of those.
What about Long John Silvers? Are they off the list too? I go there about once every couple months - they are close enough to get to, but they are also out of the way. The food is not superior - to me it's just okay but Steppet is especially fond of their chocolate cream pie.
Sounds like a fun evening for everyone and a great way to use the certificates.
I saw bacon thawing – looks like we’re having BLTs for dinner. And since between us I'm the one with the patience to cook the bacon, it looks like I'm the chef too.
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Post by Phalon on May 9, 2016 5:37:45 GMT -6
Food we actually cooked! With all the work in the kitchen this past week, we've either gone out to dinner, or did carry-out. The crew doesn't work during the weekend though, so we had time to really clean the 100 year-old dust that fell when they ripped out the ceiling, and use the kitchen. They've been extremely good about cleaning up the mess each day, but still there is a thin layer of dust covering everything.
Saturday, Hubs grilled steaks and LX (home for the week) made a broccoli and carrot saute. Yesterday was grilled hamburgers, roasted asparagus, and hash-brown potatoes.
Enough of both meals leftover to last a couple more nights. Good thing, because the construction starts again today.
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Post by stepper on May 9, 2016 16:46:29 GMT -6
All of those are great! See? It's not that hard coming up with things that I'd scarf up! And you say I'm difficult. Phutt!!
Over the weekend time was limited because of a problem at work. We had shrimp (steamed at the grocers), and later chicken fried steak with country gravy. Sunday I cooked up a package of bacon for BLTs but Steppet decided she liked the chicken fried steak enough she wanted that again. Since it was Mom's Day - BTW I hope you had a good one - the bacon ended up stowed away and she got what she wanted. Today it was thick ham steaks, mashed taters, with corn (mine) and cooked peas (not mine because of the word 'cooked'.)
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Post by Phalon on May 11, 2016 5:59:19 GMT -6
That's something I never cared for; Hubs and LX love it though (LX without gravy).
My children would flog you for that, with something other than a wet noodle, because a wet noodle would add another starch. Sometimes I think, I taught them too well - meals have to be well-rounded, and thusly cannot include two (or more!) starches.
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Post by stepper on May 11, 2016 20:04:24 GMT -6
Some of the gravies are better than others - as you might imagine the amount of pepper matters, and some people prefer a thick chicken gravy instead of country gravy. It's one of the things I look for when at strange restaurants - right after cheeseburger and fries it's a go-to luncheon meal.
So the fact that I included garlic bread would be a real no-no? (I like garlic bread more than a little bit.) Excluding creamed corn, I habitually mix corn and mashed taters together so it's only one starch.
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Post by Phalon on Jun 16, 2016 20:51:39 GMT -6
Hhmmm...haven't posted in here in a while though it's one of my favorite topics.
Somehow bread seems to be exempt; my family loves bread. Speaking of garlic bread, did I mention BP works at an Italian? OMG, some of the stuff she brings home, garlic bread included - by summer's end, it'll be amazing if I don't weigh 10 pounds more than I do now.
Somewhat Italian tonight, although not from the restaurant, and I made it up as I went - spaghetti with ground turkey, zucchini, and red bell peppers. And psst...we had garlic bread too!
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Post by stepper on Jun 17, 2016 18:42:37 GMT -6
That's where it starts. Then you find yourself happily scarfing just the garlic bread. I tell ya, the stuff is addicting.
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Post by stepper on Aug 25, 2016 18:26:59 GMT -6
Thai lumpia. Don’t ask me what’s in it because I don’t know. There’s a lady in the General’s Admin office who is from Thailand and she makes them from scratch.
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Post by Mini Mia on Aug 25, 2016 23:04:42 GMT -6
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Post by stepper on Aug 26, 2016 17:11:06 GMT -6
I like choices too. Golden Phoenix, Golden Corral, Subway, Red Lobster, Tower of the America's...
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Post by Phalon on Sept 4, 2016 6:57:02 GMT -6
Last weekend when I was picking up BP and her friend up from LX's, we took LX out for her birthday dinner to a cool little local restaurant up there. I had a "Tuscan crust" pizza that came without sauce, and had on it spinach, portabella mushrooms, chicken, and goat cheese. I can't to my recollection remember ever having goat cheese - it was very good.
Other than that, and the vat of spaghetti sauce I made with garden tomatoes (30 of them!), we've had very few hot meals in the last month. It's mostly just been Hubs and me here for dinner; BP's been working 5 or 6 days, and doesn't get off until 8:30-9pm. Lots of salads, cold pasta dishes, and sandwiches. It was just too humid to want to eat something hot, much less stand over the stove, heat up the kitchen with the oven, and even worse, standing at the grill outside.
Since the humidity broke though, Hubs has declared this a "Grilling Weekend"; he grilled hamburgers last night, is doing ribs tonight, and has chicken lined up for tomorrow. That's a whole lot of food - it might be a "Grilling Weekend", but it's definitely going to be a "Leftover Week".
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Post by stepper on Sept 4, 2016 21:28:36 GMT -6
I could live with leftover burgers, ribs, or chicken. I used to put my chicken on a spit that had an electric rotor, and I used a butter and garlic combination to flavor it. Leftovers happened sometimes, but good leftovers – like turkey – are more of a well preplanned next meal than what the word ‘leftover’ implies. Congrats on the grill food though. With any luck you’ll be eating well for days.
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Post by Phalon on Nov 6, 2016 22:51:38 GMT -6
The season for "summer food" is over; a few weeks ago, we polished off the few remaining fresh tomatoes from the garden in BLTs, and though Hubs will occasionally grill during the winter, grilled steak dinners are typically a summer thing - we had those last weekend. We probably won't have just cold salads for dinner until next summer either.
On to the comfort food of autumn and winter! Friday, I made a big pot of chicken chili with tomatoes from the garden that I had run through the food processor with a few Hungarian hot wax peppers (also from the garden), and then froze. I also threw in a chopped orange bell pepper, chopped zucchini, lots of spice (but not too much), black beans, and served it topped with grated cheese and sauteed leeks. One of those oh-so-good, eat-it-all-weekend vats of food I like to cook this time of year.
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Post by stepper on Nov 7, 2016 22:10:20 GMT -6
Will the carpenter 'thank you' be an exception or did that plan fall through?
I've been hungry for chicken pot pies recently...and trash stew.
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Post by Phalon on Dec 23, 2016 8:55:12 GMT -6
The quintessential cold weather comfort food: grilled cheese sandwiches. Last night I made them with seeded and salted sour dough, dilled Havarti, roasted asparagus, and deli ham, with slight variations - Hubs and I had everything; no ham for BP, and no asparagus for LX (because, of course, it's one of those "tastes like nature" vegetables).
Havarti, Joxie - if you're looking for a cheese other than American that melts really well for grilled cheese sandwiches, give it a try. It was a big hit with the family.
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 23, 2016 21:45:38 GMT -6
I will try to remember it. Thanks. I might just grab small packages of various kinds to play around with.
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Post by Phalon on Jan 2, 2017 8:38:18 GMT -6
The Grilled Cheese Experience: Book II We received a gift certificate for a nice restaurant in town - it's fairly new, and I'd only been there a couple of times, so I was looking forward to trying something different on the menu. All these fancy dishes, and I ended up ordering a grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup.... I blame this article, which I read in the morning; I had grilled cheese on the brain: www.cheatsheet.com/culture/insanely-creative-grilled-cheese-recipes.html/I wasn't disappointed with my menu choice - it was "The Ultimate Grilled Cheese" and a cup of "Fresh Made Tomato Bisque". OMG! The bisque was the best I can remember eating in a long time, and the sandwich had four kinds of cheeses, bacon, and spinach on some kind of bread I can't remember the name of but it was oh-so-good thick and crusty, and was grilled to perfection.
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Post by Mini Mia on Jan 2, 2017 17:07:15 GMT -6
Okay. I just ate and you've made me hungry again. Or ... you've got my tongue wanting to eat more, but my stomach is balking at the idea of receiving more food.
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Post by Phalon on Jan 3, 2017 22:46:17 GMT -6
I hate when that happens, because all too often I end up ignoring my full stomach!
We had a big salad for dinner tonight...mainly because I was playing around with Hubs' food dehydrator and made croutons. Along with the croutons, I threw in ham, chopped hard boiled eggs, cheddar, sweet red pepper, cherry tomatoes, sweet peas with baby spinach and shredded kale, broccoli greens, cabbage, and brussel sprouts. The shredded kale, broccoli, cabbage, and brussel sprouts is a bagged mix I like because I can use it fresh or cooked. The same for the baby spinach, and we go through a lot of it - BP, since she does most of her own cooking now that she's eating vegetarian, puts spinach in almost everything hot or cold.
I should say mostly vegetarian. I took her to the doctor last week, just to talk - I wanted to make sure she was getting enough protein and iron, which is especially important for teenaged girls. Doc asked her if eating vegetarian was mainly a health or an ethics decision - for BP it's ethics and the environment (the environment and ethics, btw, is why our doctor was a vegetarian). Is it worse for the environment to ship vegetables halfway across the world, or to eat meat locally raised from farmer's who treat their animals humanely. BP's decided she will add Crazy Cheryl's chicken to her diet; I've got one thawing in the fridge now.
Turns out it wasn't her I should have been worried about getting enough iron. LX also went to the doctor's for routine blood tests for her Sjogren's Syndrome; found out she's anemic. Sigh. She doesn't eat much meat either - because she says she can't afford it. Her diet is lacking in iron, and she eats like cr@p - like most college kids she pretty much lives off Ramen noodles, cold cereal, and Rice-a-Roni.
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