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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Aug 21, 2020 16:51:13 GMT -5
Thank you for all the replies. I think I’m shelving the idea of a meal delivery service for now. I have a recipe box that’s actually overflowing with recipes I’ve collected over the years. Most of them I’ve never tried even though I assume they looked interesting enough at one point that I took the time to add them to my box. I’m really burned out on most of the stuff I know how to cook. Today at work, I couldn’t think of a single thing I could cook for dinner that I actually want, and there’s no shortage of food in my kitchen.I could have written this myself. I ask TD what he wants for dinner, NOT to cater to him, but for some suggestions of something different to cook. His response is ‘whatever you want to cook is good’. ARGH! I’m looking for ideas!
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Post by nidena on Aug 21, 2020 17:34:01 GMT -5
Thank you for all the replies. I think I’m shelving the idea of a meal delivery service for now. I have a recipe box that’s actually overflowing with recipes I’ve collected over the years. Most of them I’ve never tried even though I assume they looked interesting enough at one point that I took the time to add them to my box. I’m really burned out on most of the stuff I know how to cook. Today at work, I couldn’t think of a single thing I could cook for dinner that I actually want, and there’s no shortage of food in my kitchen. I googled "make a meal from what I have" and a bunch of websites popped up. Maybe one will be helpful for you.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2020 18:15:24 GMT -5
Thank you for all the replies. I think I’m shelving the idea of a meal delivery service for now. I have a recipe box that’s actually overflowing with recipes I’ve collected over the years. Most of them I’ve never tried even though I assume they looked interesting enough at one point that I took the time to add them to my box. I’m really burned out on most of the stuff I know how to cook. Today at work, I couldn’t think of a single thing I could cook for dinner that I actually want, and there’s no shortage of food in my kitchen.I could have written this myself. I ask TD what he wants for dinner, NOT to cater to him, but for some suggestions of something different to cook. His response is ‘whatever you want to cook is good’. ARGH! I’m looking for ideas! LOL! Last night I was still mad at BF (I’m not ready to add the D back yet), and he put some frozen French fries in the oven. As far as I know, that’s all he ate last night. I had a left over BBQ sandwich that I warmed up. But even on a good night, his response is usually similar to TD’s. But in my case, he’s probably just happy that I’m even thinking about cooking and he doesn’t want to scare me by requesting something I might not want to do.
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Post by oped on Aug 21, 2020 18:20:14 GMT -5
Thank you for all the replies. I think I’m shelving the idea of a meal delivery service for now. I have a recipe box that’s actually overflowing with recipes I’ve collected over the years. Most of them I’ve never tried even though I assume they looked interesting enough at one point that I took the time to add them to my box. I’m really burned out on most of the stuff I know how to cook. Today at work, I couldn’t think of a single thing I could cook for dinner that I actually want, and there’s no shortage of food in my kitchen.I could have written this myself. I ask TD what he wants for dinner, NOT to cater to him, but for some suggestions of something different to cook. His response is ‘whatever you want to cook is good’. ARGH! I’m looking for ideas! Mr. generally answers what would you like for dinner? with ‘food’ Thanks for reminding me...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2020 19:00:54 GMT -5
Long ago, in leaner times, I stopped shopping for dinner and started stocking a pantry. Instead of thinking about what we want for dinner of any possible option, instead, I open the freezer, cabinet, fridge, etc... and then decide what we have the stuff to make. I often start in the refrigerator and try to use up things before they go bad when making a plan. This method seems to make things easier and prevents having to run to the store for missing ingredients, which is currently really helpful. When I use something, it goes on the list to be replaced. It's said that most families only use something like 15 recipes each month and keep eating versions of the same thing over and over. I'm not that bad, but I also don't make a ton of exotic dishes from random recipes. That's what eating take-out is for. I do cook/stock different foods depending on the season and that helps keep the boredom at bay.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Aug 21, 2020 20:42:47 GMT -5
I could have written this myself. I ask TD what he wants for dinner, NOT to cater to him, but for some suggestions of something different to cook. His response is ‘whatever you want to cook is good’. ARGH! I’m looking for ideas! Mr. generally answers what would you like for dinner? with ‘food’ Thanks for reminding me... I used to tell my stepmother the same thing, food. Her answer was that we had dog food.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Aug 21, 2020 21:20:06 GMT -5
I’m trying a new recipe tonight, a feta pasta bake. It sounded good, I had the ingredients, so am trying it out. If we like it, I’ll put it in the rotation, if not.....we can always call out for pizza.
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Post by Malarky on Aug 22, 2020 12:21:25 GMT -5
The other night I had chicken and spinach that I wanted to use up. I googled chicken and spinach recipes and ended up with a spinach and artichoke stuffed chicken breast. I had all the ingredients on hand. DH loved it and it only took about 20 minutes to throw together and 25 in the oven.
With the random veggies I get in my veggie box I do a lot of googling to find recipes. This week I'm looking for something new to do with leeks.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Aug 22, 2020 12:58:41 GMT -5
The other night I had chicken and spinach that I wanted to use up. I googled chicken and spinach recipes and ended up with a spinach and artichoke stuffed chicken breast. I had all the ingredients on hand. DH loved it and it only took about 20 minutes to throw together and 25 in the oven. With the random veggies I get in my veggie box I do a lot of googling to find recipes. This week I'm looking for something new to do with leeks. I love leek and potato soup, and have a pretty good recipe if you are interested. Unfortunately, not soup weather.
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Post by stillmovingforward on Aug 22, 2020 14:59:00 GMT -5
I made a leek and butter side dish the other night. Also leeks and kale mixed with mashed potatoes. Sounds strange but it's really good. Green though.
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Post by oped on Aug 22, 2020 19:10:46 GMT -5
OMG... going to add leeks to my bacon/cabbage/onion/garlic mess that I put over mashed potatoes. hmmm... I might make that tomorrow.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2020 19:29:16 GMT -5
The other night I had chicken and spinach that I wanted to use up. I googled chicken and spinach recipes and ended up with a spinach and artichoke stuffed chicken breast. I had all the ingredients on hand. DH loved it and it only took about 20 minutes to throw together and 25 in the oven. With the random veggies I get in my veggie box I do a lot of googling to find recipes. This week I'm looking for something new to do with leeks. See, that is a big part of my problem. I only know about southern cooking, or “soul food”. I only started eating kale after I had it in Jamaica about 10 years ago, started eating spinach sometime after that, and I still wouldn’t know a leek from an artichoke, let alone how to cook it or cook with it, or what either tastes like. That is probably the biggest reason I get overwhelmed browsing recipes. I want to try foods that are different from what I’m used to, but a lot of the vegetables and ingredients I’m not at all familiar with. I feel like I sound very ignorant admitting that, but it’s the truth, soooo...... shrug.
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Post by oped on Aug 22, 2020 20:58:14 GMT -5
Do you have a CSA near you?
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Post by Malarky on Aug 22, 2020 21:06:43 GMT -5
The other night I had chicken and spinach that I wanted to use up. I googled chicken and spinach recipes and ended up with a spinach and artichoke stuffed chicken breast. I had all the ingredients on hand. DH loved it and it only took about 20 minutes to throw together and 25 in the oven. With the random veggies I get in my veggie box I do a lot of googling to find recipes. This week I'm looking for something new to do with leeks. See, that is a big part of my problem. I only know about southern cooking, or “soul food”. I only started eating kale after I had it in Jamaica about 10 years ago, started eating spinach sometime after that, and I still wouldn’t know a leek from an artichoke, let alone how to cook it or cook with it, or what either tastes like. That is probably the biggest reason I get overwhelmed browsing recipes. I want to try foods that are different from what I’m used to, but a lot of the vegetables and ingredients I’m not at all familiar with. I feel like I sound very ignorant admitting that, but it’s the truth, soooo...... shrug. So I don't know a lot about southern cooking. I had collard greens once...yecchhh! insert vomiting emoji here.. But I know a lot of people who like them and apparently if they are cooked well they are delicious. This has not been by experience, but I've learned enough to know that I just need the right person to teach me or to find the right recipe. I don't know what I don't know. I mentioned before that I'm getting the mystery veggie box every week. I've had more kale than a human is able to eat in the past few weeks! A friend mentioned that you can freeze it an add it in smoothies Turns out that when you freeze it it crumbles into little pieces and now I sneak it into eggs and smoothies and casseroles and stir fry 's and DH hasn't even noticed how much kale he's eating. I'm really good at cooking all the New England comfort foods. Thay are what DH and I grew up on. But I've been making dinner for 40 years-even pre DH. I'm always in the market for something new...unless it's spicy...I'm in the "food isn't supposed to hurt" camp. Flavorful does not equal spicy!
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Post by weltschmerz on Aug 22, 2020 21:29:45 GMT -5
The other night I had chicken and spinach that I wanted to use up. I googled chicken and spinach recipes and ended up with a spinach and artichoke stuffed chicken breast. I had all the ingredients on hand. DH loved it and it only took about 20 minutes to throw together and 25 in the oven. With the random veggies I get in my veggie box I do a lot of googling to find recipes. This week I'm looking for something new to do with leeks. See, that is a big part of my problem. I only know about southern cooking, or “soul food”. I only started eating kale after I had it in Jamaica about 10 years ago, started eating spinach sometime after that, and I still wouldn’t know a leek from an artichoke, let alone how to cook it or cook with it, or what either tastes like. That is probably the biggest reason I get overwhelmed browsing recipes. I want to try foods that are different from what I’m used to, but a lot of the vegetables and ingredients I’m not at all familiar with. I feel like I sound very ignorant admitting that, but it’s the truth, soooo...... shrug. I wouldn't know a chicken-fried steak from steak-fried chicken.
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Post by laterbloomer on Aug 22, 2020 21:42:06 GMT -5
Thank you for all the replies. I think I’m shelving the idea of a meal delivery service for now. I have a recipe box that’s actually overflowing with recipes I’ve collected over the years. Most of them I’ve never tried even though I assume they looked interesting enough at one point that I took the time to add them to my box. I’m really burned out on most of the stuff I know how to cook. Today at work, I couldn’t think of a single thing I could cook for dinner that I actually want, and there’s no shortage of food in my kitchen. I googled "make a meal from what I have" and a bunch of websites popped up. Maybe one will be helpful for you. I used to have a go to site for that. It really helped at the time.ISO does a lot of the cooking now so it's not such a bug deal for me
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2020 21:56:39 GMT -5
Do you have a CSA near you? Ugh! What is that?
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Aug 22, 2020 22:02:16 GMT -5
The other night I had chicken and spinach that I wanted to use up. I googled chicken and spinach recipes and ended up with a spinach and artichoke stuffed chicken breast. I had all the ingredients on hand. DH loved it and it only took about 20 minutes to throw together and 25 in the oven. With the random veggies I get in my veggie box I do a lot of googling to find recipes. This week I'm looking for something new to do with leeks. See, that is a big part of my problem. I only know about southern cooking, or “soul food”. I only started eating kale after I had it in Jamaica about 10 years ago, started eating spinach sometime after that, and I still wouldn’t know a leek from an artichoke, let alone how to cook it or cook with it, or what either tastes like. That is probably the biggest reason I get overwhelmed browsing recipes. I want to try foods that are different from what I’m used to, but a lot of the vegetables and ingredients I’m not at all familiar with. I feel like I sound very ignorant admitting that, but it’s the truth, soooo...... shrug. I've found just about anything vegetable wise can be turned into a taco or enchilada. Stir fries and chowders are other good first tries. I cannot stand sweet potatoes roasted, fried or mashed but I LOOOOOOOVE the sweet potato curry corn chowder recipe I got off Food Network. Kale I cannot stand in any form. I've read it take up to ten tries and I've tried it more than that. I accept that I just plain don't like it. That's totally fine I eat other green foods that make up for not including kale. I learned to cook with Rachel Ray. I know people on the old YM gave me A LOT of shit about that (because apparently they all came out of the womb cooking like Gordon Ramesy?) but she was really easy to follow and even for a novice her recipes did take only 30 minutes from start to finish. All her recipes use familiar and easy to find ingredients. Is it authentic? Hell no but it was a place to start. Eventually I moved on to other cookbooks, recipes and blogs. Her cookbook is what I built my base on. Some things I leave to take out and that is fine with me. I am not willing and/or able to become an expert on every cuisine I like. I have my bastardized versions if I want to cook it for dinner People are free to turn their noses up and not eat at my house if it bothers them.
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Post by Malarky on Aug 22, 2020 22:06:59 GMT -5
Do you have a CSA near you? Ugh! What is that? Community share. From a local farm or such. I'm currently enjoying the bounty from a neighbor who subscribes but given that we both have kids move out, it's too many veggies for one empty nester, but enough for two.
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Post by oped on Aug 22, 2020 22:14:19 GMT -5
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. People buy a share (or work of their share on the farm) and receive a box of produce every week from late spring to fall. It’s a good way to try new veggies. Usually.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2020 22:19:44 GMT -5
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. People buy a share (or work of their share on the farm) and receive a box of produce every week from late spring to fall. It’s a good way to try new veggies. Usually. I live near a fairly large city, so it’s possible that there’s something like that in the area somewhere, but I don’t know for sure.
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Post by nidena on Aug 23, 2020 10:20:48 GMT -5
See, that is a big part of my problem. I only know about southern cooking, or “soul food”. I only started eating kale after I had it in Jamaica about 10 years ago, started eating spinach sometime after that, and I still wouldn’t know a leek from an artichoke, let alone how to cook it or cook with it, or what either tastes like. That is probably the biggest reason I get overwhelmed browsing recipes. I want to try foods that are different from what I’m used to, but a lot of the vegetables and ingredients I’m not at all familiar with. I feel like I sound very ignorant admitting that, but it’s the truth, soooo...... shrug. So I don't know a lot about southern cooking. I had collard greens once...yecchhh! insert vomiting emoji here.. But I know a lot of people who like them and apparently if they are cooked well they are delicious. This has not been by experience, but I've learned enough to know that I just need the right person to teach me or to find the right recipe. I don't know what I don't know. I mentioned before that I'm getting the mystery veggie box every week. I've had more kale than a human is able to eat in the past few weeks! A friend mentioned that you can freeze it an add it in smoothies Turns out that when you freeze it it crumbles into little pieces and now I sneak it into eggs and smoothies and casseroles and stir fry 's and DH hasn't even noticed how much kale he's eating. I'm really good at cooking all the New England comfort foods. Thay are what DH and I grew up on. But I've been making dinner for 40 years-even pre DH. I'm always in the market for something new...unless it's spicy...I'm in the "food isn't supposed to hurt" camp. Flavorful does not equal spicy! I'm gonna have to freeze my next bunch of kale. I'd love an easier way to put it in my scrambled eggs.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2020 10:35:09 GMT -5
Have you tried watching something from the Food Network? I used to watch shows there to get ideas on new things I could make.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Aug 23, 2020 12:24:32 GMT -5
Have you tried watching something from the Food Network? I used to watch shows there to get ideas on new things I could make. I have done this too. I have gotten a lot of recipes from old shows of Rachael Ray, Giada, Barefoot Contessa or Tyler Florence. A lot of people have gotten recipes from Pioneer Woman, but her show kind of irks me so I never watched a lot of shows. Another thing that I have done is ordered something when going out to eat....then attempted to recreate it at home. I have a crab cake recipe, served on fried green tomatoes with a spicy marmalade I got from a steakhouse in KY, and a smoked Gouda barley risotto from a local place.
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Post by laterbloomer on Aug 23, 2020 17:55:23 GMT -5
I forgot to mention Costco's premade meals. I love them and I find there is a pretty good variety.
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