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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2016 9:30:32 GMT -5
Last night was beef stew and buns. About $9 for the beef, another $3 for the veggies, $1 for buns. We should get 3 meals for 2 our of it so ~$2.20 per serving.
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Post by chiver78 on Jan 12, 2016 10:35:34 GMT -5
dinner last night was cornflake-coated fried chicken, done in the air fryer. it came out pretty tasty. had garlic mashed and green beans for sides, too. $7 - whole cut-up chicken, we cooked half last night and froze the rest $4 - 10lbs russet potatoes, we used 5 small ones $1 - green beans everything else was already on hand. tonight, the roommate's going to figure out the art of making French fries in the air fryer. I think he's going to pair a burger with it. I'll have either a grilled pork chop or a baked stuffed one (depending on what's there when he gets to the neighborhood market to pick it up for me today) with a salad. strawberry shortcakes for dessert  |
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 12, 2016 11:52:22 GMT -5
Ate most of the leftovers last night, and thinking maybe pizza tonight. The kind I make at home.
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Post by Opti on Jan 12, 2016 13:08:12 GMT -5
What is an air fryer?
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Post by chiver78 on Jan 12, 2016 13:23:25 GMT -5
Big Boss Oil-Free Fryerbasically, it uses a halogen lamp and air circulation with heat to cook your food. it uses little to no oil, and you come out with the same texture as if whatever you cooked had been deep-fried.
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Post by Opti on Jan 12, 2016 13:43:07 GMT -5
Interesting. There was something like that years ago I always wanted to try.  |
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Post by Iggy aka IG on Jan 12, 2016 14:13:22 GMT -5
Checking in with the rest of the week's plans. Going grocery shopping tonight. Tonight: Pepperoni "pizzas". Maybe. If the store has lc tortillas in stock finally.  Total approx $4.40 for 2 servings. Pizza sauce leftover in the fridge. Tomorrow night: Fish w/ a veggie. Catfish is on sale. $7.99 for 2 servings. Thursday: Crock Pot boneless ribs (sale $2.49/lb) w/ a veggie. BBQ sauce leftover in the fridge. Approx $6 for 2 servings. Friday: Take out from? Saturday: Dinner with the fam if niece2 ever decides what she wants to do for her 14th birthday... Sunday: Smoked ribs. Not sure of the cost yet. |
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 12, 2016 15:00:40 GMT -5
I'm rethinking the pizza, I want more veggies than what I put on the pizza. Now I'm stuck. Also, I'm grocery shopping tonight so it needs to be easy. Hmmm.....
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Post by chiver78 on Jan 12, 2016 15:17:36 GMT -5
I'm rethinking the pizza, I want more veggies than what I put on the pizza. Now I'm stuck. Also, I'm grocery shopping tonight so it needs to be easy. Hmmm..... make a salad to go alongside? or, if you have enough dough, make it a stuffed pizza or calzone. stuff that sucker up! |
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 12, 2016 15:26:07 GMT -5
I'm rethinking the pizza, I want more veggies than what I put on the pizza. Now I'm stuck. Also, I'm grocery shopping tonight so it needs to be easy. Hmmm..... make a salad to go alongside? or, if you have enough dough, make it a stuffed pizza or calzone. stuff that sucker up! The addition of too many veggies will keep all those nuts I have to feed from eating it. Salad from a bag is possible but that's about as much effort as I'd put in after grocery shopping after work. I know how I am. This is why I'm stuck for an idea, lack of interest in "real" cooking after shopping. The irony..... |
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Post by imawino on Jan 12, 2016 15:30:54 GMT -5
Big Boss Oil-Free Fryerbasically, it uses a halogen lamp and air circulation with heat to cook your food. it uses little to no oil, and you come out with the same texture as if whatever you cooked had been deep-fried. What? That sounds amazing! |
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Post by chiver78 on Jan 12, 2016 15:37:49 GMT -5
make a salad to go alongside? or, if you have enough dough, make it a stuffed pizza or calzone. stuff that sucker up! The addition of too many veggies will keep all those nuts I have to feed from eating it. Salad from a bag is possible but that's about as much effort as I'd put in after grocery shopping after work. I know how I am. This is why I'm stuck for an idea, lack of interest in "real" cooking after shopping. The irony..... I hear ya. I went shopping yesterday after flying home from FL and dealing with the typical travelling idiot. between all of that an the idiots in the store, and then the ones trying to fix the self-check register that froze on me in the middle of trying to charge my card (the woman looked at me sideways when I asked her if she could suspend my $100+ order and bring it to another terminal so I could cash out. um....what?) so yah, by the time I got home, the last thing I wanted to deal with was actually cooking dinner.  |
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 12, 2016 15:40:33 GMT -5
I'm harassing the rest of the family for ideas as I type.  |
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Jan 12, 2016 16:52:09 GMT -5
I'm harassing the rest of the family for ideas as I type. I'm doing the same. We're in a menu rut and no one will offer ideas. I have ground sirloin and BSCB and tons of produce in the fridge, tons of other stuff in the pantry and freezers, and yet I have no freaking idea what to make for dinner. We typically eat chicken 4/5 nights per week. We had chicken the past two nights. I'd do burgers on the grill if it wasn't supposed to start snowing any minute. I made pasta with spicy meat sauce last week, too soon to repeat. I could do loaded quinoa but that appears too frequently in our rotation. I had a crazy morning and might end up running around this evening, so I need to start cooking pronto. Oy. If only the rest of the family would agree that cold cereal and milk and fruit IS a real meal.  |
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 12, 2016 17:00:04 GMT -5
Last night, after they all had a respectable amount of the leftover pot pie, ALL 3 of my children had ramen noodles. I figure I better cook something worth eating tonight. I may do the turmeric chicken since I like that. And they'll all eat it. My youngest informed me that I know he doesn't like pot pie. I knew nothing of the sort, he's always eaten it before. <<sigh>> |
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Post by chiver78 on Jan 12, 2016 17:07:40 GMT -5
I'm harassing the rest of the family for ideas as I type. I'm doing the same. We're in a menu rut and no one will offer ideas. I have ground sirloin and BSCB and tons of produce in the fridge, tons of other stuff in the pantry and freezers, and yet I have no freaking idea what to make for dinner. We typically eat chicken 4/5 nights per week. We had chicken the past two nights. I'd do burgers on the grill if it wasn't supposed to start snowing any minute. I made pasta with spicy meat sauce last week, too soon to repeat. I could do loaded quinoa but that appears too frequently in our rotation. I had a crazy morning and might end up running around this evening, so I need to start cooking pronto. Oy. If only the rest of the family would agree that cold cereal and milk and fruit IS a real meal. tacos! there's always room in the menu for tacos, because there are so many options. |
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Jan 12, 2016 17:08:29 GMT -5
Last night, after they all had a respectable amount of the leftover pot pie, ALL 3 of my children had ramen noodles. I figure I better cook something worth eating tonight. I may do the turmeric chicken since I like that. And they'll all eat it. My youngest informed me that I know he doesn't like pot pie. I knew nothing of the sort, he's always eaten it before. <<sigh>>  We had pot pie last night, too. Except for YDS, who still hates pot pie. He had beef tacos.* DH and ODS followed their complete, unlimited dinner with bowls of cereal. But, apparently, bowls of cereal without the pot pie beforehand is a no-go.  (*I don't run a short-order kitchen, but there are certain foods YDS just won't eat, so I will indulge him for pot pie and chili, only. There is no reason the rest of us can't eat those dishes just because YDS won't.) |
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Jan 12, 2016 17:09:19 GMT -5
I'm doing the same. We're in a menu rut and no one will offer ideas. I have ground sirloin and BSCB and tons of produce in the fridge, tons of other stuff in the pantry and freezers, and yet I have no freaking idea what to make for dinner. We typically eat chicken 4/5 nights per week. We had chicken the past two nights. I'd do burgers on the grill if it wasn't supposed to start snowing any minute. I made pasta with spicy meat sauce last week, too soon to repeat. I could do loaded quinoa but that appears too frequently in our rotation. I had a crazy morning and might end up running around this evening, so I need to start cooking pronto. Oy. If only the rest of the family would agree that cold cereal and milk and fruit IS a real meal. tacos! there's always room in the menu for tacos, because there are so many options. YDS had tacos last night while the rest of us had pot pie. See, we're too predictable -- even you know our meal rotation, LOL, LOL!!! |
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Post by chiver78 on Jan 12, 2016 17:10:36 GMT -5
tacos! there's always room in the menu for tacos, because there are so many options. YDS had tacos last night while the rest of us had pot pie. See, we're too predictable -- even you know our meal rotation, LOL, LOL!!! okay, so tell us what you have in your fridge/pantry for main ingredients. we'll come up with something for ya. |
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 12, 2016 17:11:50 GMT -5
Last night, after they all had a respectable amount of the leftover pot pie, ALL 3 of my children had ramen noodles. I figure I better cook something worth eating tonight. I may do the turmeric chicken since I like that. And they'll all eat it. My youngest informed me that I know he doesn't like pot pie. I knew nothing of the sort, he's always eaten it before. <<sigh>> We had pot pie last night, too. Except for YDS, who still hates pot pie. He had beef tacos.* DH and ODS followed their complete, unlimited dinner with bowls of cereal. But, apparently, bowls of cereal without the pot pie beforehand is a no-go. (*I don't run a short-order kitchen, but there are certain foods YDS just won't eat, so I will indulge him for pot pie and chili, only. There is no reason the rest of us can't eat those dishes just because YDS won't.) My fear is, there's not enough cereal or milk even if I get it at the grocery store when I go, to fill up all three kids. And the amount my DH eats..... He uses a plastic storage bowl, the regular bowls just don't hold half a box of cereal well.  I'm with you on not being a short order cook, but I will try to cook stuff they don't like or are sick of when they're not home. The oldest two get that concession more often since the younger one doesn't leave much. Up until now, that's been fine. Now he wants to get picky. |
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 12, 2016 17:14:30 GMT -5
I had chili 2 nights ago. We don't combine chili and pasta down here.  |
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Post by chiver78 on Jan 12, 2016 17:20:01 GMT -5
that sounds awesome! I would probably add some ground turkey to it, replacing the pinto beans (and likely the kidney as well). thanks for the recipe, I'm totally printing that one out right now |
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Jan 12, 2016 17:22:16 GMT -5
A bit of advice: don't go to AllRecipes when you are hungry. Tonight's dinner menu now appears to be Outrageous Chocolate Chip Cookies, Banana Bread, and Buttermilk Biscuits. I wish. Nope. Going to push the limit -- chicken again!! This time as baked garlic parmesan BSCB. Sides will be herbed roasted potatoes, steamed green beans, salad, and garlic bread. Tomorrow night I am eating beef, I don't care what the weather is!!!!!!  |
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Post by Iggy aka IG on Jan 12, 2016 17:22:46 GMT -5
Suddenly my picky DH doesn't seem quite as bad....  (referencing the finicky children of all ages on the prior page) Let's see, ideas for GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl.... Chicken tenders, chicken Alfredo, chicken noodle soup... Ground sirloin.... Meatloaf, homemade Sloppy Joe's (none of that canned crap), Shepherd's pie....  |
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 12, 2016 17:27:21 GMT -5
A bit of advice: don't go to AllRecipes when you are hungry. Tonight's dinner menu now appears to be Outrageous Chocolate Chip Cookies, Banana Bread, and Buttermilk Biscuits. I wish. Nope. Going to push the limit -- chicken again!! This time as baked garlic parmesan BSCB. Sides will be herbed roasted potatoes, steamed green beans, salad, and garlic bread. Tomorrow night I am eating beef, I don't care what the weather is!!!!!! I want the first dinner! Shoot even the 2nd one sounds awesome, but you forgot the cookies! |
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Post by chiver78 on Jan 12, 2016 17:27:32 GMT -5
I'm totally poring over recipes on budgetbytes right now. I've already printed a handful out |
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 12, 2016 17:29:05 GMT -5
I'm totally poring over recipes on budgetbytes right now. I've already printed a handful out The only thing I haven't loved was the crock pot Italian chicken. It was ok, but not one anyone said I should repeat. I got so so reviews on polenta, but that's because it's "imitation" cheese grits to them. lol (also, I didn't fry it like she did) |
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Post by chiver78 on Jan 12, 2016 17:53:41 GMT -5
I'm totally poring over recipes on budgetbytes right now. I've already printed a handful out The only thing I haven't loved was the crock pot Italian chicken. It was ok, but not one anyone said I should repeat. I got so so reviews on polenta, but that's because it's "imitation" cheese grits to them. lol (also, I didn't fry it like she did) haha, polenta is entirely different from grits. I probably wouldn't do an Italian crockpot chicken either, but that's b/c I am an Italian cook and just have this need to do it all from scratch for Italian foods.  so I am on page 7 or 8 now, and I saw this one - mushroom spinach and Swiss french bread pizzas - and want to know where the hell she stole MY recipe from?!  |
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jan 12, 2016 17:58:04 GMT -5
The only thing I haven't loved was the crock pot Italian chicken. It was ok, but not one anyone said I should repeat. I got so so reviews on polenta, but that's because it's "imitation" cheese grits to them. lol (also, I didn't fry it like she did) haha, polenta is entirely different from grits. I probably wouldn't do an Italian crockpot chicken either, but that's b/c I am an Italian cook and just have this need to do it all from scratch for Italian foods. so I am on page 7 or 8 now, and I saw this one - mushroom spinach and Swiss french bread pizzas - and want to know where the hell she stole MY recipe from?! She's got a pulled chicken pretty much like yours. I made yours except my chicken breasts happened to be fresh. |
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