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Post by stepper on Dec 2, 2018 21:04:31 GMT -6
I was surprised when I read that - I remember you saying you didn't like bologna and did think much of American cheese since it's a cheese product. Personally, I like fried bologna, and I've always liked American cheese - especially when used as the base for dip with Pace Picante and sausage.
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 2, 2018 22:48:48 GMT -6
I'm not crazy about bologna either, but I ate it a lot growing up, and I too crave it every now and again. I had a bologna sandwich a few months back when my friend visited with me. I got some sliced baked ham at the deli, and had them slice a couple pieces of bologna for her as well. They sliced three and I told her I'd take it all, and so I fried me up a slice. I may do that again sometime, because I wouldn't eat enough to bother getting a whole package.
I've been eating a lot of prepackaged/frozen Asian foods, I should probably just learn how to make it on my own. Would be tons better, and healthier as well. I can't seem to find a good cookbook on Asian cooking, or stir-fries. I would eat tons more vegetables if I could find a book on various stir-fries ... and not just Asian either. Any kind of stir-fry that would get more veggies in my daily diet would be a good thing to know how to do.
I've been taking Black Cohosh for the last three days. Mom's friend dropped it off. It's supposed to stop my hot flashes. So far it hasn't. I figure I should try it for at least a week. I'll let you know if there is any change.
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 2, 2018 22:51:10 GMT -6
Oh. And every dang time I typed out 'bologna' I hear this in my head:
You're welcome.
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Post by Phalon on Dec 3, 2018 9:23:28 GMT -6
You're right - I don't care for either of them, but....
Like Joxie, bologna sandwiches (with American cheese, Miracle Whip, on Wonder Bread) are a childhood thing (I've never had fried bologna that I can remember; Hubs though, used to eat it as a kid), and soooo nostalgic! As I mentioned, I've never caved to the craving, because also like Joxie, I don't know what I'd do with a package of bologna after making just one sandwich (Hubs would take care of the American cheese; he likes it).
I don't even know if they sell Wonder Bread around here; just out of curiosity, if I remember, I should check when I go grocery shopping today. OMG, Wonder Bread as a kid though - you want to talk about nostalgia! My boss and I will sometimes get to talking about the Wonder Bread Factory tour in Detroit - we both grew up on opposite sides in what is now the Detroit Metropolitan area, back then it was the sticks for both of us, about an hour outside of the city, but in different directions. And when she was graduating college, I was in elementary school - the prime age for the Wonder Bread Factory tour. I bet every elementary school in the Southeast part of the state did the factory tour in the 50s, 60s and 70s. I can still remember the loaves bread sliding down these big long, crisscrossing chutes - and best of all, at the end of the tour, every kid got a mini-loaf of Wonder Bread - still warm! The factory isn't there anymore - the building is still standing, but it's a hotel and casino.
HA, Joxie! You didn't get me that time. How to you think I remember how to spell bologna? Or Oscar Mayer for that matter (is it Meyer or Mayer? Just sing the song!) I grew up with that commercial!
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 3, 2018 19:39:57 GMT -6
Can't blame a girl for trying.
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 4, 2018 18:03:58 GMT -6
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Post by Phalon on Dec 12, 2018 8:14:22 GMT -6
Nope, never!
Making your own would definitely be better all around - tastier, healthier, and less expensive. Just pick your favorite vegetables, and go for it. I think they even have packages of unseasoned, pre-cut frozen vegetables mixes for stir-frying in the freezer section of the grocery. Just add a favorite sauce - low-sodium teriyaki sauce is good.
I think we've talked about eating more veggies in the past - I still say veggies can be so easily added to anything that you don't need recipes to get more vegetables in your diet. I don't stir-fry but I saute a ton of vegetables; the basic difference being that stir-frying is done with high heat and constant stirring, and sauteeing is over medium-to-low heat without stirring as often.
I try to stay away from prepackaged and processed foods too, as much as possible. Sometimes though, you just need something fast. Last week I made Mexican rice from a box, but I added frozen corn, frozen-from-the-garden tomatoes and parsley, red bell pepper, onion, black beans, and baby spinach. Turned a basic box of rice into quite a hearty meal - no meat needed - and with enough left-overs for dinner the following night.
The verdict? My doctor mentioned Black Cohosh in the past for treating hot flashes, but I've never tried it. I was at the health food store the other day, getting some loose tea for BP. She likes herbal teas, and I got her an infuser for Christmas, thinking it'd be fun for her to make her own blends. The health food store has rows of shelves full of loose herbs for teas in big containers. You just tell the proprietor what you want, she weighs it out, and bags it for you - kind of like penny candy in a general store! I had no idea which ones to choose, so her suggestions were hibiscus and calendula; she likes to mix them together. She told me the benefits of both herbs - one of benefits of calendula is it relieves hot flashes. I don't know if I'll try it - I generally don't like tea, and for the most part I only have hot flashes at night now.
The other day I got stuff to make beef and vegetable soup for this weekend. Yum!
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 12, 2018 17:35:19 GMT -6
Living alone, I throw out a lot of unused, forgotten vegetables, so I should probably make up my own frozen mix. I don't know if I should freeze them raw or cooked. Or both ways.
I tend to think and talk about doing something before finally just jumping in and doing it. So, I've probably mentioned many times over the years that I need to make changes in my cooking habits, and including vegetable. I'm finally getting around to adding oats into my 'daily' diet ... and hopefully I won't get distracted and go back to just talking about it.
I don't think I cook my vegetables on a very high heat. I tend not to stir constantly. I walk away from it to do other things. Maybe I do a mixture of stir-fry and sauteing. I watched a video the other day, Phyllis Stokes floured and fried a pork chop, and then made fried rice with it. It gave me the idea of using fried smoked pork chops. One of the fried rice frozen meals I get has green peas, carrots, onions, and whole kernel corn in their fried rice ... so I got some carrots, since I think I have everything else. And I should probably cut up and freeze the whole bag of carrots for future meals. I'll cut them in large chunks, and I can chop them up smaller depending on what I'm putting them in. I may do the same thing with the onions. I can always get fresh veggies if I need larger cuts for something I'm making right away, or if I'm using them raw.
My hot flashes haven't been too bad during the day of late. It is mostly at night they bothered me. It took the Black Cohosh about a week for me to notice anything. The hot flashes seemed to be less and less severe over time. Then after about a week, I kept forgetting to take it. I skipped a few days, took it a day, then skipped another couple of days ... so I'm back at square one. I think it worked better than when I took vitamins C & E. I don't think one week is really a good enough length of time to do a good review though. I'm gonna have to try and keep up with it better. I haven't taken vitamin D in a while either, and I should.
The days will start gaining time soon. It will still be light at 5pm in a few weeks. Can't wait. That thought brightens my day. The holidays will soon be over.
Next time you make it. Take about 4 cups of the soup out and put into its own pot. Don't add rosemary, thyme, etc., just have the vegetables, juice, salt, pepper ... the basics. Bake or fry up some cornbread and try it with both soups to see what you think. To me, there's nothing better than homemade beef vegetable soup and cornbread, whether the cornbread is baked or fried. The soup tastes nothing like the can stuff, because it doesn't have all those herbs and spices in it. I do like the spiced up kind in the cans, but I've tried cornbread with it, and it just isn't the same. That kind has to have crackers. And it just doesn't hit the spot when I'm hankering for homemade beef veggy soup.
I don't add a whole lot of spices and such to my meats ... roast, chicken, meatloaf, ham, etc. I just do salt, pepper, Worcestershire Sauce (beef). That's just the way I had it growing up, so it's my preference. Which is not to say I haven't liked the other ways when out, it's just not something I'm going to cook for just me at home. And, if you do happen to like the cornbread and non-spiced soup just as much as the regular way you cook it, you'll have a second option to go with if you get a hankering for it.
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 12, 2018 17:38:19 GMT -6
And I would have lost all of that had I not opted to save my drafts. I got that dreaded 'file attachment' page yet again.
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Post by Phalon on Dec 13, 2018 23:24:30 GMT -6
Yeah, I get that sometimes vegetables go bad before they get used. Sigh. Another reason why I miss the grocery store - they sold most of their produce loose, so you didn't have to buy a whole package of something. Same thing, of course, at the farmer's market, though that's seasonal. In the big box-store, many of the fruits and vegetables are sold in packages. I can't now for example, buy a head of broccoli that's not shrink-wrapped; it bugs me. I'd check on the recommendations for each vegetable you're thinking about freezing. Some you can freeze raw - onions, for example, and I freeze my tomatoes (with added parsley) raw after running them through the food processor. Some vegetable though, should be blanched first. Yanno, I've never really warmed up to cornbread - I don't dislike it, but I can either take it or leave it. Hubs though, would definitely agree with you on the soup and cornbread! He just mentioned the other day that he was craving bean soup and cornbread - it's been forever since he's made cornbread from scratch because, he said, his cast-iron pan is seasoned unevenly. I sometimes buy the boxed mix just so he can get his cornbread fix - it's sort of sweet though, and he says it's more like cake than cornbread. I use herbs and spices - not just on meat, but in any thing I cook. Salt, pepper, Italian seasoning (a mix of basil, thyme, sage, rosemary, marjoram, savory, and oregano), garlic powder, and paprika are the basics (depending on the dish). I use lots of parsley - because I grow lots of parsley! (Hint for using fresh or dried parsley - it should always be added during the last few minutes of cooking, or it looses it's flavor and nutrients). I also grow winter savory, thyme, and basil. Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, and low-sodium teriyaki are also staples in the fridge. BP though, has quite an arsenal seasonings she uses when she cooks her vegetarian meals, and uses on a regular basis things I've never used except on rare occasion - tumeric, ground mustard, ginger, and cumin. She likes spicy foods, and turned me on to Tajin Classic Seasoning - kind of citrusy, kind of spicy, it's become a favorite of mine. It adds a nice zest, and I especially like to use it when I made fried potatoes. www.thespruceeats.com/what-is-tajin-seasoning-3111655
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Post by Phalon on Jan 8, 2019 11:26:34 GMT -6
I didn't quite know where was the best place to put this....since we've recently discussed overnight oatmeal in nearly every active thread! (I don't think I'd survive on a social media platform of any kind that required sticking to a particular topic!) Rather than digging up those oatmeal conversations and finding that one that fits best, I'll stick this in (go figure) the food thread.
I tried making overnight oatmeal yesterday morning - with steel-cut oats, figuring I'd have it for an evening snack because I've long-heard that oatmeal helps a person sleep. I measured out left-over coffee, dark chocolate almond milk, and steel-cut oats to the appropriate amounts for a single serving. By evening, about 10 hours later, I was surprised to find it was still nearly all liquid - the same amount that I started with; I had assumed the oats would fluff up and absorb the liquid. I liked the actual taste, and even texture of the oatmeal, but it couldn't be considered anything other than a drink with chewy granules (the oats) in it.
I stuck it back in the fridge to have as breakfast this morning. I ate it, but really, there wasn't any difference from the night before, so I drilled a bit about using steel-cut oats for overnight oatmeal (which I didn't bother to do before I started yesterday). Lots of different ways to do prepare them, it seems, but based on the photos of the finished dish, it is definitely nothing like the consistency of oatmeal - which is perfect to me, because the reason I don't like oatmeal is that mushy texture. Overnight steel-cut oats can stay in the refrigerator for up to five days, getting softer, of course, with time. I heated it up this morning in the microwave - it tasted like hot chocolate with a hint of coffee (which is how I like my hot chocolate anyway), but I liked the oat part of it better cold.
Trying to describe the texture to you, Joxie, because in one of those threads you mentioned trying steel-cut oats. They are chewy and taste kind of nutty - the only comparison in texture I can think of is they're kind of like slightly under-cooked couscous, but I remember you saying you've never had couscous, so I suppose that's no help. Have you ever had chia seeds? Kind of like that also.
Got another batch brewing now though, for lunch tomorrow - kind of like a power-drink, more than bowl of oatmeal. Or perhaps more like a few nutty, chewy spoonfuls of oatmeal, washed down with a cup of chocolate milk with a hint of coffee.
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Post by Mini Mia on Jan 9, 2019 1:42:02 GMT -6
Nopers. I've had Grape-Nuts though. I've left them in overnight oats ... not sure if it would be the same though. I totally forgot to get steel-cut oats when my sister and I took my car to get its oil change the other day. Thankfully I did get two flappers for my toilets. I've had to turn the water on and off to the guest toilet because the flapper was letting way too much water leak out. Not fun having to turn the water on and off every time I flushed it.
I do like eating the oats like a cereal. But I've been putting a lot of sugar in it ... and I've been eating it before I go to bed. I think my weight gain is because of my late night snacking. It never occurred to me that snacking was the culprit. D'oh! So, trying not to eat too much in the evenings.
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Post by stepper on Jan 9, 2019 21:05:02 GMT -6
Mini Mia Not that you'll ever need this, but should you have a similar problem at some point, the trick is Vaseline. Lift the flap and coat the under side edge with Vaseline. Then just let it flop down normally. It's not a "fix" as that requires new flappers, but you can temporarily stop the leak - usually for several days. And yes, you can get away with it more than once. If you have some of the latex gloves (left over from taking care of mom?) I suggest you use them since the flapper can get messy as it disintegrates. If not, they aren't expensive and I'd get a box of them next time you have the opportunity.
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Post by Mini Mia on Jan 10, 2019 18:15:10 GMT -6
IIRC, the last flappers were guaranteed to last 10 years. The two I just bought are to last five years. I probably won't remember this trick, but thanks for sharing, a lurker will find the info helpful.
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Post by Phalon on Jan 11, 2019 7:52:08 GMT -6
I mentioned before that BP uses chia seeds in her smoothies; there's a big canister of them kept on the counter. If I remember, I'll sometimes throw a tablespoon in my yoghurt or sprinkle them on a salad. To me they are kinda like poppy seeds - same kind of texture and there's a taste, but not so noticeable that it changes the taste of whatever you put them in. She uses them mainly for protein since she eats a mostly vegetarian diet, but they have a ton of other health benefits as well - everything from lowering blood pressure and blood sugar to helping reduce the urge for snacking (because they're high in fiber and protein). www.healthline.com/nutrition/11-proven-health-benefits-of-chia-seeds#section5They also have this kind of strange gelatinous coating when they're soaked....which got me to thinking after I mentioned them here, since they're sometimes used as a thickener for that reason, why not add them to the overnight steel-cut oats I had going in the fridge. I had already switched up how I made the second batch by doing a more half-and-half mix of coffee and chocolate almond milk, reducing the amount of liquid by a quarter cup. I threw a scoopful of chia seeds in, and the next day the overnight oats were more of the consistency of what I imagined they should be, but still with that non-mushy oatmeal texture that I don't like. The change was perfect to my liking, but I don't know if it was because of the chia seeds or because I used piping hot coffee fresh from the pot instead of cold left-over coffee. Probably both. I also starting thinking why does oatmeal always seem to have sweet stuff added to it? How about a savory dish (much more to my liking at lunch than something on the sweet side). I drilled and there are plenty of savory oatmeal dishes, though barely any for savory overnight oatmeal. <shrugs> What the heck, why not try it anyway? I used low-sodium beef broth (heated in the microwave) and chia seeds with the steel-cut oats...I'm imagining it'll taste something like beef barley soup. I'll add pepper, some shredded kale, and maybe some shredded carrots when I heat it for lunch today, and see how it goes. Thanks, Joxie, for bringing up the overnight oatmeal idea so recently! It put it in my head - my yearly exam is coming up in about a month, and I know she'll want me to get my cholesterol checked (which I haven't done in the last couple of years). That one year my cholesterol levels (which have always been high) were within the normal range is when I was eating that Oatmeal Squares cereal for snack every day - since then though, probably because I cut out most sugary treats from my regular diet, they seem waaay too sweet, and I don't like them anymore. Snacking at night has always been an issue for me. It seems right around 10 o'clock I get a snacking urge. A lot of times, a cup of hot chocolate or a glass of dark chocolate almond milk is enough for me. I really don't know, but it seems to me like that's a better option than the typical snacks I usually go for.
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Post by Phalon on Jan 11, 2019 11:46:11 GMT -6
OMG!!! Why do none of the gobs and gobs of recipes for overnight oats mention this?! (Maybe I just didn't drill far enough.)
Just ate lunch...steel-cut overnight oats and broth are the sh!t!!! So good! Not being much of a breakfast food person anyway, I'll probably never mess with any overnight oats except for savory steel-cut oatmeal again!
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Post by Mini Mia on Jan 11, 2019 17:59:12 GMT -6
You are most welcome.
I had found you can substitute juice for the water/milk. I might try apple juice and chopped apples. I'm okay with the rolled oats, but I think I'll like the steel-cut oats much better. I'm not a breakfast person, so I've been eating the oats at night as a cereal ... but I discovered that oats have a lot of calories, and then I add more on top of it, so the weight gain will stop me from doing this from now on. I'm trying to figure out how to work it into my day, but haven't just yet. Plus, I don't seem to like the oats as something sweet either. Perhaps I should check into savory?
When I bought a box of tea bags last year, there was one lone Chia teabag. I wasn't too keen on the taste. If I come across a small container of them I might get it to try out.
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Post by Phalon on Jan 12, 2019 12:29:29 GMT -6
Hhmmm...I've never thought of oatmeal as having a lot of calories. (goes to check cupboard and fridge, and read labels)
I just ate lunch; this is how the calories added up. A quarter cup of steel-cut oats, which is one serving, has 150 calories. One cup of low sodium beef broth, (which is one serving and the amount of liquid needed to make 1/4 cup steel-cut oats), is 15 calories. A tablespoon of chia seeds is 60 calories. The baby spinach leaves I added when I heated it up - calories ? - the spinach doesn't even have a dietary listing label on the container, but how many calories could 10 or so baby spinach leaves have; not many, I'm guessing. Same with black pepper. I'm not counting the Tajin spice I added either, because it has 2 calories per 1/4 teaspoon, and I didn't use nearly that amount. So what...(does math in head without even counting fingers)...that's 225 calories for lunch. Not to mention all the health benefits (I wonder if Stepper eats oatmeal; I read it helps people with diabetes). Personally, I don't think that's many calories for a meal (I just drilled for comparison - a typical peanut butter and jelly sandwich has over 400 calories, which sounds kind of on the high scale of an estimate to me). Oatmeal before bed though - yeah, it's probably not the best idea.
I read some of those overnight oat recipes, and I thought the same thing - the stuff that's mixed in, or put on top of it, probably adds up pretty quickly to a bunch of calories that makes eating the oatmeal not as healthy as it would otherwise be considered. Not that it's healthy, but it kind of reminds me of coffee - a cup of black coffee has 2 calories, but you go to Starbucks or one of those kinds of places, and get all that extra stuff in it, and your 2 calorie cup of coffee turns into something like 250 calories.
Have to say I'm really digging the broth and oatmeal lunch (I don't know how it'd be with rolled oats). I don't normally eat breakfast though; on the days that I did, I'd probably forgo the oatmeal for lunch, because it is very filling.
I can't imagine how Chia tea would taste. HA! Or maybe I can - it'd taste like dirt, which is generally how I think all tea tastes.
Although BP made me a cup of calendula tea with honey and lemon the other day, and I have to say, it was quite good.
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Post by Mini Mia on Jan 12, 2019 19:44:07 GMT -6
I've mainly been eating my old fashioned rolled oats dry, as a cereal:
www.google.com/search?q=Raw+Old+Fashioned+Rolled+Oats+Calories
Oh ... I get it. 1/2 cup of dry oats makes 1 cup of cooked oats. So, 1 cup of cooked oats is 1/2 cup of dry oats. I tried 1 cup of dry oats in milk, and it was too much, so I switched to 1/2 cup of dry oats. So, I'm not getting the 307 calories. I'm getting half that, plus the milk and sugar calories. I use 3t of sugar ... and any amount of calories before going to bed isn't a smart idea, really. I got some Stevia, but I haven't tried it yet. That would help keep the calorie count down. I have Sweet-n-Low if I don't like the Stevia. I'll give it some thought.
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Post by Mini Mia on Jan 12, 2019 19:50:17 GMT -6
Oh. I can't recall if I mentioned this, but I tried the apple pie recipe from the video I posted, somewhere. I used 1/2c water and 1/2c milk. I added the chopped up apples, and oats. I made the mistake of covering the pot though, so the mixture got mushy. The apple pieces were still crunchy, which I loved ... the downside is that I used a Granny Smith apple, and not a sweet apple. I really liked it, but I'm not sure it would be something I'd eat all the time. I'm not much of a sweet apple lover. The kind Mom always got were the really red ones. I got a different kind at the store the other day, and I liked them a lot. They had a tangy bite to the sweetness. I haven't used them to yet. I have two more, but they're getting mushy, so maybe I'll get some more and use them later on.
Still, gathering a number of both sweet and savory recipes might be the trick to eating them every day.
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Post by Phalon on Jan 17, 2019 12:39:59 GMT -6
That would definitely raise the calorie count!!! I can't imagine how thick it was also!
I'm not a fan personally, but apple sauce? Oooo, apple pancakes! Apple smoothie? Chopped up and added to your Grape Nuts? Lots of stuff to try if you want to get creative instead of throwing away mushy apples.
I got a bit creative the other day, instead of throwing something away. We almost had a MAJOR dinner catastrophe a couple of days ago when Hubs realized he was down to one lone pickle (he's already gone through his first Pickle of the Month box, which included three huge jars of different types of pickles). I looked in the fridge...hhhhmm. I had a mix of shredded cabbage, kale, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts, as well as some shoestring cut carrots. I just did a quick pickle of those, reusing the brine from the jar with the lone pickle; I boiled the brine and poured in on top of the raw veggies. You would have thought I was serving him a 5-star gourmet meal - he loved it!
Trying to do a lot more of this type of stuff due to the government shutdown. Let's call it creative spending, rather than budgeting, because I've always budgeted. This is more of a spend-only-what-you-absolutely-need-to-spend-at-the-moment-you-need-it; if something can wait until next week, don't buy it this week even if we're running low on a regularly used item (for example, my car has had less than a quarter tank of gas left for about a week now; Hubs' car had a full tank - we're driving his only until it runs low). Since Hubs is not getting a paycheck during the shutdown, if I can put paying for something off as long as possible, hopefully we can stretch out how long we can live off our savings until the shutdown ends (I put off paying the water and electric - a whopping $376 for last month, quite a jump from fall weather bills - until the day it was due yesterday, and walked to city hall to drop off the payment in person; I kept hoping they'd reopen the government before it was due). We'll be okay for quite a while - I know there are thousands of people much worse off than us; some of them in dire straights right now - but who knows how long this is going to last.
All this is leading to a pretty resourceful use of what we've got on hand in the pantry and fridge, along with just a few additions from the grocery store; I went grocery shopping yesterday. Last night it was just Hubs and I for dinner (BP's boyfriend's grandma invited her to stay for dinner), and we had grilled cheese and ham sandwiches, (with a side of pickled slaw!) The only part of dinner I had purchased this week was the ham lunch meat.
It'll be interesting to me to see how this affects how I shop when the shutdown is over.
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Post by Mini Mia on Jan 17, 2019 19:37:32 GMT -6
I ate the last two, shriveled, apples last night. They were still pretty crisp. Only a few of the apples were mushy on the top part of the apple, but not the middle and bottom. I'm not big on apple sauce either.
My Instant Pot was dropped off yesterday ... now how long will it stay in the box? And how long before I actually use it?
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Post by Phalon on Jan 19, 2019 7:56:37 GMT -6
Oh, no, no, no, Missy. You've been talking about getting one of those things for the last couple of years. I expect you to get it out of that box, start experimenting, and post all these wonderful things you've cooked in it.
Or at least set the box in the middle of your kitchen floor, so you have to trip over it every time you walk through the room!
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Post by Mini Mia on Jan 20, 2019 0:33:42 GMT -6
I bought my rectangular crockpot back when Mom was in the nursing home recovering, 2015 I think, and it stayed in the box until a few months ago when I finally used it to make lasagna. Three years. Hopefully, the Instant Pot won't stay in its box that long.
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Post by Phalon on Mar 1, 2019 6:37:00 GMT -6
How do you like your eggs: scrambled, sunny-side up, over easy, over hard, poached...or basted?
Eggs are so versatile, it really doesn't matter to me how they're cooked...except ooooo. A couple of weeks ago, I made hash with potatoes, ground turkey, veggies and lots of seasonings (because ground turkey is bland without a lot of seasoning); an over easy egg on top with its yolk running through the hash was oh-so-good. Hubs though, would never eat an egg with the yolk not fully cooked.
I've never heard of basted eggs though, until the other day when I was having breakfast with some friends, and one of the guys ordered his eggs "basted." Apparently it's a sunny-side up egg that's been basted with hot liquid, so that it's like over easy but not flipped.
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Post by Mini Mia on Mar 9, 2019 5:06:33 GMT -6
I prefer an egg with a runny yellow, and a solid white. I hate when the white hasn't completely cooked. I do eat scrambled sometimes. I have learned a trick to help the white cook faster. I put a lid on the skillet for a bit, and then I flip the egg over. I sometimes will make a toad in a hole. Eggs are easier to flip over with a slice of bread.
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Post by Phalon on Jul 19, 2019 22:15:21 GMT -6
Making banana bread - chocolate banana bread. I started over an hour and a half ago, and just now stuck it in the oven! Oops! I forgot I nearly was out of flour, and had to run next door to the neighbor's to borrow a cup. We got to talking and sampling (she was making chocolate chip cookies), and dang, an hour later, I left with my cup of flour. Now here I am, waiting until 1am for the banana bread to bake. This is the easiest banana bread recipe I ever tried: www.allrecipes.com/recipe/241707/joys-easy-banana-bread/The chocolate is my own addition; I had some Starbuck's Double Chocolate hot chocolate mix that was too sweet for my tastes, so it's been sitting in my cupboard for a few months. Figured I use some of it up, by just adding a packet in place of some of the sugar called for in the recipe (combining the hot chocolate mix and sugar until I had a cup, which is what the recipe requires}. LX and The Boyfriend are having a pot luck gathering at their apartment tomorrow evening, and since I have to work all day, I needed something I could make in advance to bring. I did a trial run last weekend. BP and her boyfriend were here, and the chocolate banana bread passed with flying colors.
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Post by Phalon on Aug 1, 2019 5:14:25 GMT -6
Just made my lunch for today - a sandwich using the dinner leftovers of "Q's It's the Sh!t Chicken Salad"!
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Post by Phalon on Nov 24, 2019 9:10:06 GMT -6
Pumpkin pie!!!
Went to a gathering at the friend's house last night. Everyone brought some kind of munchie. I had stopped at the farmer's market that has a bakery, and got the most wonderful garlic, herb, and cheese dip, and cut up a loaf of their sunflower seed honey bread into bite-sized pieces to spread the dip on - delicious! There was nothing left on the plate to bring home, which is a good thing, because I would have polished it off in one sitting!
One lady made pumpkin pie. I'm normally not a fan of pumpkin pie - maybe one tiny piece if it's around Thanksgiving is more than enough to me last the entire year, until next Thanksgiving. This pie that lady made was so good though, I actually would have had another piece....if there had been any left!
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 29, 2019 22:02:21 GMT -6
I made lasagna again yesterday - on special request (I also have to make meatloaf sometime this week). The kids are moving out this coming weekend, and the Boyfriend asked if we could have lasagna before they leave. LX's request is meatloaf. I wonder if using cottage cheese in lasagna is a Southern thing? When Hubs and I were first married, my very Southern mother-in-law gave me a recipe for lasagna that called for cottage cheese - I don't think I ever made it; I've always used ricotta instead. I don't use a whole container either, and with the left-over ricotta, I usually make stuffed pasta shells the following week. Sorry to hear Stepper is having so many problems. Hope things get easier for him soon. This may answer your question about the cottage cheese:
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