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.
Oh yes, there is definitely a “pumpkin” overload everywhere!
I am going to let your grits comment roll off my back! LOL 😝
Needs, apple and pumpkin is the fav for everyone around my area.
But I'm not into all the pumpkin flavored things, they do around here, pumpkin coffee, ice cream you name it, it's really over done!
Went to Alabama last year to visit an old army friend of my husband's , had grits for the first time. I'll say it wasn't horrible 😆.
Yum! I wouldn’t care about the crust either. Can’t go wrong with chocolate!
Years and years of this and they finally told me to skip the pie crust . They don’t care about having crust . So now they only get the pudding and cream on top. I bought ceramic pie plates that are to make small personal pies and fill them .
I love the Dutch apple because I adore the crumb topping! It’s a mix between a delicious apple crisp and a pie. So good!
I like baking berry or apple crisp because it’s so easy!
My husband has a sweet tooth!
Now you’re speaking my language. Grits are a staple in my neck of the woods!
I love cobblers. I make them.
I love berry cobblers and apple too, but my favorite has always been a peach cobbler.
I do a phenomenal bread pudding too. Everyone here makes bread pudding.
What pie do you prefer at thanksgiving? Pumpkin? Pecan? Apple?
And chicken and waffles is now up here too.
I made a batch of home made Mac and cheese today .
I'm putting blackberry Cobbler on my list of things I want to make sometime soon,
People really don't make cobbler in the North East. Honestly it's not something that I ever see on a menu, same as grits
They don’t want to freeze or they live in a small apartment without a big enough freezer to keep additional food stored.
They don’t want to buy a larger quantity of food and risk it going bad before they can eat it. They may not want leftovers for a few days. They prefer variety in their meals.
Personally, I love to cook once and eat twice! 😝
Love blackberry anything.
TN - that's a lovely story!!!
R says he's coming back here with some stuff today. Thinking I'll make him French toast.
People always said to us, “Your child is so blessed to have been adopted by you.” My response to them was always, ‘We are so very blessed to be her parents.’
We adopted our oldest daughter when she was a month old. Seven years later I had a biological child. I consider both of our daughters to be miracles.
I didn’t have a lot of extra money when I was younger to eat out often. Very often I would be really tired after work, so taking something out of the freezer was a great solution.
If I could I'd make y'all something good, as a huge thank you!!
Lasagna, Italian meatballs , Swedish meatballs , Teriyaki chicken , pot roast , macaroni and cheese , chicken noodle or vegetable beef soup , pulled bbq pork or chicken , mashed potatoes , Garden chicken.
DH is a pill about liking his food fresh. He’s not a leftover lover . However I am pushing to do more cooking ahead and freezing because DH’s appetite is unpredictable from day to day and meal to meal on Trulicity , even though it’s been almost 6 months . It’s caused too much waste of good food .
But I don't freeze it. I delivery them to friends. I give a friend down the road some, then I'm sure this sounds strange, but my x husband stops in , my youngest adult boy lives with him too. My mom of course gets some. It's just what I like to do
During the pandemic though, I took up baking , cheese cake, carrot cake, my favorite was a chocolate bunt cake , with chocolate ganash. Scones muffins.
Problem was when we all started to get out again, everyone I was delivering food too , gained a bit of weight.
I have been cooking less but did just make some good chicken Parm. For all of my peeps
Best thing we did in pandemic times was get a small freezer. It's on the back porch and I love that thing. Gone are the days I have to stand in T-Joe's wondering if I have room for one of two frozen tilapias.
So I cook big batches. Spaghetti and spicy meatballs, chili, lasagna and tuna casserole, my mom's favorite cheese casserole. And since cooking seldom registers high on my to-do list, when the spirit hits I can make huge things of baked beans and bratwurst.
Some things don't freeze, like my Thai Basil Chicken or my Buffalo hot chicken wing pasta sauce. But most do.
Who else does big batches, and of what?
I am not usually an impulsive shopper.
I am careful about not buying more than we need, but I bought five avocados in a bag because the price was great! They were cheaper than buying two of them individually.
Avocados have gone up in price a lot, and I was excited to get Hass avocados at a good price.