Had roasted spaghetti squash with homemade ground turkey sloppy joe filling. Not sure what's tonight. I've still got a miserable cold (2 weeks now!) and really don't feel like cooking.
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Had roasted spaghetti squash with homemade ground turkey sloppy joe filling. Not sure what's tonight. I've still got a miserable cold (2 weeks now!) and really don't feel like cooking.
Rogar: The polenta with red sauce sounds good; we should try it.
Kay: Sorry you feel lousy and hope you are better soon.
Not sure for tonight either. Seems to be plenty of leftovers in the fridge, so maybe that.
Kay, sounds like a comfort-food soup night. Hope you feel better soon.
Black eyed peas and collards, of course!
We had split pea soup (crock pot). Feeling better today. Have been able to string together a couple nights of good sleep. Makes a ton of difference. Thanks!
My son flew up from NJ a few days ago and we've all been together for 3 nights now, so today I made two stews--one beef and one vegetarian.
We had smoked salmon bagels, and we also go a nice Mediterranean olive antipasto assortment from the grocery store that was very good. We had the olives in this, which I pictured full of olives the whole time I was making it and just picked up from the studio yesterday.
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Perfect olive dish, rr! Beautiful!
We did snacking - mozzarella and tomatoes, leftover roasted veggies, etc.
Leftover ham, new cabbage, black eyed peas and a buttered baked potato. Last night we had our traditional grilled out side steak (in MD- no snow but 38 degrees. He has grilled it in the snow before. We've only missed once in the last 20 years.) and home made french fries!!!
I'd been planning a special New Year's meal for a while. Ciopinno with focaccia.
Popping a bunch of leftovers into the cp to make Everything Soup.
This probably also belongs in the "Raves" thread, but we were debating what to have for dinner last night, and a friend stopped over and gave us 3 large, live lobsters he had picked up from a local lobsterman's shop. Question answered, boiled lobster last night, and lobster salad tonight!
(He's a little bit nutty, but a very sweet friend of 50+ years. I do his taxes and other personal business type stuff, and we had given him Mom's car when she stopped driving).
Going to put bean soup (non-chili chili-like) in the cp. Have to go in to work, so it will be nice to come home to a hot meal.
That sounds good. I’m stuck home with a case of Covid like bad flu. I’ve had mostly chicken noodle soup, bagels and cream cheese, and I did egg noodles with green peas.Quote:
Originally Posted by happystuff
Have you tried Pacific brand soups? I was addicted to their roasted red pepper and tomatoe soup in a box, and tried some of their other soups.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tradd
decent they are.
i won’t touch Campbell’s soups, or “salt slop” as I think of them.
I eat mainly Progresso soup. I can buy it by the case from Amazon a lot cheaper than than store. This is good stuff. I might have some Campbell’s Chunky Soups, but the only condensed soup I’ll get these days is tomato.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
I love Progresso Italian Wedding Soup! It's a treat whenever I actually buy some. Hope you are feeling better, Tradd.
SO is out of town for work so I'm making a vegetarian chili. (he hates beans so I sometimes make stuff with beans for myself when he won't be home for dinner.)
Last night was tacos. Tonight is Parmesan Pork Chops, green beans, and applesauce.
DH made a Thai style shrimp-coconut soup. Citrus and avocado salad to offset the spicy soup.
Last night was homemade pizza. Tonight will be some of the roasted veggies and squash, maybe over some rice.
I got an air fryer last week but never opened it due to being occupied with having Covid. Just opened it tonight and used it to reheat leftover pizza. It was fast and good.
I finally figured out that dried beans cook best in a crockpot at this high altitude. So I have a crockpot full of pinto beans to go with green chile chicken stacked enchiladas and cilantro rice later. Citrus and avocado salad - one more time.
That sounds great! We had chicken with basmati rice the other night and I repurposed the extra rice and had rice and black beans (with cilantro) for lunch yesterday!Quote:
Originally Posted by pinkytoe
Tonight is tacos.
Last night we had baked spaghetti squash with olive oil, tomatoes, olives and feta cheese. It was so good!
Just popped brown rice and lentil casserole into the oven. Rest of the family should only have to reheat.
Trying a new recipe tonight - a rice, chicken, broccoli, cream of chicken soup casserole thing. Not one for canned cream-based soups, but I tend to make new recipes according to the recipe the first time though. If it turns out okay, I'll figure out some alternatives to the canned soup. LOL
A rice and bean burrito from the freezer. And packaged pesto flavored riced cauliflower. The cauliflower a trial and edible, but will not repeat
Chicken fried rice and some mini egg rolls from a local Thai place.
So, how salty was this?Quote:
Originally Posted by happystuff
I find myself complaining a lot lately about the saltiness of restaurant food. We had some last night from a restaurant… Salty. We had a board meeting at an Italian restaurant in the city last week and it was… Too salty.
Taste-wise, it didn't taste salty to me at all. Actual salt would have come from the cream of chicken soup and the seasonings I added. It actually turned out quite well! I'm hoping to find a way around the canned soup. I have a couple of from-scratch substitution recipes that might work instead. But, overall, it was easy and enjoyed by all.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Happy stuff I've made a white sauce and added Better than bouillon Chicken flavor that worked well in place of cream of chicken soup. Also used Cream of Chicken herb flavored (campbells) that was better than the regualr.
Meatless Monday so...cornbread and bean casserole.
I'm the same way. Since being diagnosed with HBP years ago I basically stopped adding salt to anything I cooked and got very cautious about how much sodium is in any packaged food. As a result a lot of stuff in restaurants tastes like the chef was cooking dinner for the National Association To Rally and Incite Use of soiuM.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
I try to eat fish once a week, but it's a challenge. I don't like salmon and refuse to eat tilapia, so it's usually cod. So tonight it will be baked cod, baked potato, and steamed broccoli. I'm always on the lookout for a more appealing fish selection. Tuna salad or tuna casserole are the most common alternative.
I don't add salt to anything at home, so when I get canned or prepared foods sometimes the salt is overpowering. I remember my family dinners as a kid where salt and pepper got passed around before every dinner and liberal amounts could be use for many things. It's not something I miss.
Thanks nswef. That white sauce with bouillon is exactly what I was going to try next time!Quote:
Originally Posted by nswef
It's been a food-prep kind of day. Made tortillas, cookies for the mechanics (my car is going into the shop), pizza for dinner tomorrow, baked tofu and couscous with a veggie for dinner tonight. Still have some chicken to cut up and prep for some easy meals this week and then make a salad for my work meals.
Brie and crackers and tuna salad (eaten with the crackers). I wanted easy.
I made split pea and okra soup.