Sorry to say, but this site has been so depressing for a few days. I thought I'd ask an average, everyday question....to make us all feel a little more normal today.
I made Eggplant Lasagna, and my BIL and SIL are coming for dinner. They leave for Cali tomorrow to see their beautiful grand daughter.
Sorry, sometimes we just need some REGULAR conversation.......or at least THIS caregiver does.
Made my usual Chili early this morning. It usually turns out great, but for some reason it came out too juicy and is too thin. Any thoughts?
Turkey burger, fresh mashed butternut squash, Spanish brown rice.
However, when I order pantry items presumably for my emergency food supply, things I rarely if ever eat anymore but are shelf stable, I open them up out of curiosity.
I am still holding the line on Spam, will not buy that. So, instead, ordered canned corned beef. Opened a can of new potatoes, added the corned beef, fried it up in a pan, added fresh green onions, italian squash cut up, cilantro and parsley, all fresh. Comfort food.
Will reorder that for emergency kit, but now need canned potatoes too.
Have applesauce cups in good supply. We are ready, just need to organize.
Grilled cheese sandwich
Hot dogs
Corbread
Rice
I love peach cobbler, also.
Peach cobbler is my favorite. I like cherry, blackberry or blueberry too, but for some reason I like peaches the best for cobbler.
For biscuits I like any flavor or a drizzle of honey instead of preserves.
Salad? Or are you not in the mood for a salad. I find that I eat a lot of salad when I am not sure what to fix as an accompaniment.
Oh my gosh. I wasn’t so lucky. I never did get any of my hubby’s grandmother’s recipes. I got his mom’s. She shared. His grandmother never even told her daughter her secrets! Hahaha
I learned how to cook hubby’s favorite meals but I had to figure it out on my own.
My mom, aunt and grandma were wonderful cooks so I did learn from them too.
I like to do the same as you. It’s fun to experiment with seasonings and herbs.
I’m not a big gadget person but every now and then I hear about a certain product that I would like to try.
Like adding cumin to salsa, game changer.
Or sesame oil to fried rice, yup just to good.
Also, fresh herbs make anything better. I am always trying ways to increase the nutritional value and that has been an adventure in taste.
My husband's grandmother did the same type of thing. Then she would ask me for my recipes of items that he enjoyed that I made for him. He told her that she couldn't have them because he only wanted me to make it for him. She never forgave me. 🤔
I got lucky when she moved out of our house and left her cookbook behind, she had hid it so I could not get her recipes. I was able to go through it and xerox the recipes that my husband wanted. She was none the wiser.
I have made all of her meals with my own spin and now he wants mine, not grannies. But we never said a word, she would have had kittens if she knew I got her family recipes.
I think it is great that you are doing a family recipe cookbook for your daughters, that is a lovely gift to them.
Too bad there is a pandemic going on. You could run a culinary school.
My kids want me to write down our family recipes. I started on it.
You know what is sad? If these recipes or cooking techniques aren’t told to future generations they are lost.
Sometimes our relatives have forgotten certain recipes.
Occasionally, I would ask mom how she made something and she’d say, “Oh honey, it’s been so long I don’t remember how I made it.”
At least that was better than I got from my husband’s grandmother.
I wanted to learn some of the recipes that his grandma made, especially the ones that my husband loved since childhood.
She would purposely leave out ingredients so mine never turned out. I stopped asking for her recipes.
It’s interesting how we used to buy cookbooks, look in magazines or the newspaper for recipes and asked our moms and grandmothers for instructions. Now we look on Pinterest, blogs or websites for new ideas!
This site has been fun to hear what others cook and eat.
Or add a single star anise while boiling the water and find a new twist.
Iceberg lettuce adds a nice crunch and flavor, as does cabbage.
Spring onions and/or thin sliced white onions is a good addition.
And, any fresh herb is wonderful, cilantro, basil, curly parsley and mint are our faves.
Oh yeah, any meat adds a nice protein. We enjoy spicy Basque chorizo but, any leftovers work.
And to finish it all off and increase the nutrition don't forget that squeeze of fresh lime.
Let us know what you make!
Buckwheat wild blueberry pancakes (mini) with pure maple syrup, pumpkin coffee with light cream.
So I bought a 25 cent package of dried ramen. Thought I would try spicing it up, and do something fun with it.
Well, daughter got home from work today, saw the ramen, looked on TicTok for a recipe.
I went to bed early today. She go home around 9pm. I woke up to the aroma of garlic and spice. Went tokitchen, didn't see what she made. Of course, she ate it all, and tells me it was really good, simple, and she would make it again. I hope so. Going to get more ramen and hopefully, I can try something to that caliber. :)
Now I need some!
I am hooked on the sizzling rice soup lately and that's all I want when we get it.
Curious what you enjoy.