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Changing up the weekday dinner routine
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:35 am
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:35 am
Feels like we get into a rut of eating a lot of the same things week in and week out...what changes it up for you?
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Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:37 am to mpar98
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what changes it up for you?
My waistline
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:37 am to mpar98
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The price of rice in China
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The price of rice in China
This post was edited on 8/19/14 at 11:38 am
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:40 am to arseinclarse
What's at the farmer's market
What's on sale at the store
What's on sale at the store
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:50 am to mpar98
I often think "What would I like to eat if I went out tonight?" Then I cook it. Made a shrimp curry the other night. I had never thought of making that before.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:58 am to arseinclarse
Rice is cheap man
Posted on 8/19/14 at 12:02 pm to Artie Rome
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I often think "What would I like to eat if I went out tonight?" Then I cook it. Made a shrimp curry the other night. I had never thought of making that before.
Me too. I am poor right now, and it's been hard because I am just not the type who can buy a bunch of cheap stuff at the store a week in advance and cook "home-y meals".
Posted on 8/19/14 at 12:09 pm to hungryone
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What's at the farmer's market
What's on sale at the store
These two things help me keep my dinners different. Buy fruits and veggies that are in season, and then buy meat that is on sale. Build your dinners around that.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 12:33 pm to LouisianaLady
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I am just not the type who can buy a bunch of cheap stuff at the store a week in advance and cook
You might be poor but you are young. You don't need the discipline to plan a week's worth of meals. But yes, stopping at Calandro's everyday on the way home adds up.
But for the most part we eat a simple and to some a boring menu. It's Taco Tuesday!
Posted on 8/19/14 at 12:43 pm to mpar98
I'm part of a CSA called Eating with the Seasons and that is what we try to do. Right now I'm big on beefsteak tomatoes, summer squash, and corn, but soon that switches to butternut squash and kale. We always mix in salad for lunch 3-5 nights a week and usually eat some type of Cajun dish once every week or two.
I also watch the sales at the supermarket and buy whats on sale to supplement our CSA.
I also watch the sales at the supermarket and buy whats on sale to supplement our CSA.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 12:47 pm to Artie Rome
We really need to change the way we do things weekly. My wife and I both eat leftovers so we try to cook something big on Sunday or Monday and eat on it throughout the week.
Typically around Wednesday or Thursday one of use gets to the point of F this and we go get steak or something quick after a baseball or softball game.
It adds up so fast.
Typically around Wednesday or Thursday one of use gets to the point of F this and we go get steak or something quick after a baseball or softball game.
It adds up so fast.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 1:14 pm to BoogaBear
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We really need to change the way we do things weekly. My wife and I both eat leftovers so we try to cook something big on Sunday or Monday and eat on it throughout the week.
The trick with "cooking big" once a week is to make something that can be recycled/upcycled...no one wants to eat the same damn thing all week.
Ex: roast a chicken & potatoes/other veg on Sunday, eat some of it fresh. Monday--slice it up, toss w/salsa for soft tacos. Mon lunch can be sliced chicken over a tossed salad, using some of the cold leftover roasted veg. Tues: make chicken salad, eat either for lunch or dinner. Tues evening, turn remaining roasted veg into a roasted veggie bisque. Etc.
Legumes accomodate this sort of treatment as well: cook a big pot of lentils to just tender. Make a warm french-style lentil salad w/vinagrette on the first day, lentil patties on the second day, pureed them into lentil soup or curry on the third day.
Another trick is to cook big-batch dishes that are freezer friendly; put 'em up in small batches. Then you can nuke your way to homemade food while sorting through the mail or watering the plants.
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