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Stay at Home cooking- I have run out of ideas.
Posted on 5/31/20 at 4:25 pm
Posted on 5/31/20 at 4:25 pm
usually we cook the usuals and eat out many times a week.
It has been 2 months and I am tired of the usual...but we are working at home and doing projects so I still need fairly simple things.
What are your favorites?
It has been 2 months and I am tired of the usual...but we are working at home and doing projects so I still need fairly simple things.
What are your favorites?
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Posted on 5/31/20 at 4:32 pm to madamsquirrel
Do a Mississippi roast in the slow cooker, adding carrots and potatoes.
With the leftovers, dice two cups of roast, and about 3 cups of the vegetables (adding some green peas), mixing with the leftover gravy. Ladle mixture into deep dish pie crust, and top with a second pie crust. Cut slits into top for steam and bake for 30 - 35 mins at 425.
(It doesn't have to be a Mississippi roast. Any method that you make a pot roast will work.)
With the leftovers, dice two cups of roast, and about 3 cups of the vegetables (adding some green peas), mixing with the leftover gravy. Ladle mixture into deep dish pie crust, and top with a second pie crust. Cut slits into top for steam and bake for 30 - 35 mins at 425.
(It doesn't have to be a Mississippi roast. Any method that you make a pot roast will work.)
Posted on 5/31/20 at 4:33 pm to madamsquirrel
Simple basics-
Get creative with burgers , change your combinations
Sauces are infinite , try using different sauces with your usual chicken or seafood
Change up your sides - add onions when you didn’t before , or bacon or jalapeños. adding meat to vegetables works too. Ground meat in bbq beans works. Shrimp added to white beans is a game changer.
Do you broil, bake, grill, fry, sauté, smother, braise?
What are your “usuals”?
Get creative with burgers , change your combinations
Sauces are infinite , try using different sauces with your usual chicken or seafood
Change up your sides - add onions when you didn’t before , or bacon or jalapeños. adding meat to vegetables works too. Ground meat in bbq beans works. Shrimp added to white beans is a game changer.
Do you broil, bake, grill, fry, sauté, smother, braise?
What are your “usuals”?
This post was edited on 5/31/20 at 4:34 pm
Posted on 5/31/20 at 4:33 pm to madamsquirrel
We seem to punt to tacos. So easy to keep the ingredients and vary the protein
Posted on 5/31/20 at 4:33 pm to madamsquirrel
As the weather heats up, I shift into summer mode of things that can be served cold or wi5 minimal cooking. I start eating plenty of entree salads garnished with a protein, or chopped salads with plenty of cheese as the protein element.
Chicken salad (Boil or poach the chicken, takes 20 mins)
Egg salad
Tuna salad
Any of the above, stuffed into a halved tomato or avocado
Devilled eggs served alongside a salad
Black bean salad with corn and diced avocado, etc
Charcuterie plate: cold meats and cheeses and fresh fruit, with crusty bread or crackers.
Gazpacho
Shrimp remoulade or shrimp salad
Hummus and veggies to dip in lieu of bread
Regular ol deli meat white bread sandwiches can be made more interesting by pressing and serving hot (don’t need a fancy press, just put them in a skillet to toast with a weight on top: I use a cast iron skillet as a press.
Chicken salad (Boil or poach the chicken, takes 20 mins)
Egg salad
Tuna salad
Any of the above, stuffed into a halved tomato or avocado
Devilled eggs served alongside a salad
Black bean salad with corn and diced avocado, etc
Charcuterie plate: cold meats and cheeses and fresh fruit, with crusty bread or crackers.
Gazpacho
Shrimp remoulade or shrimp salad
Hummus and veggies to dip in lieu of bread
Regular ol deli meat white bread sandwiches can be made more interesting by pressing and serving hot (don’t need a fancy press, just put them in a skillet to toast with a weight on top: I use a cast iron skillet as a press.
This post was edited on 5/31/20 at 4:41 pm
Posted on 5/31/20 at 4:36 pm to Darla Hood
Another idea with leftover roast is quesadillas. Saute some diced onions and red bell pepper, crisping up some of the diced leftover roast before using as filling for quesadillas. Or leftover rotisserie chicken quesadillas.
Posted on 5/31/20 at 4:38 pm to madamsquirrel
Beans and rice
This post was edited on 5/31/20 at 4:38 pm
Posted on 5/31/20 at 4:41 pm to madamsquirrel
Leftover pork, chicken, or beef can be used to make a Thai curry. Keep some coconut milk and prepared red or green curry paste on hand and you're almost there, just need a few veggies, like maybe mushrooms, zucchini or squash.
Posted on 5/31/20 at 4:41 pm to madamsquirrel
A simple way I challenge myself is to only buy what's on sale at the grocery. Forces me to buy different things.
Posted on 5/31/20 at 5:16 pm to BottomlandBrew
Yall are awesome for answering me! Thanks everyone.
A lot of these I already do though so maybe I have too many usuals
I don't fry normally but I was thinking I may try it this week and my husband quits grilling at 90 degrees with 80% humidity.
Part of the problem is I am a huge veggie eater and he is not (this is not an issue when we eat out) but I am cooking too many things at home so we are both getting what we want.
A lot of these I already do though so maybe I have too many usuals
I don't fry normally but I was thinking I may try it this week and my husband quits grilling at 90 degrees with 80% humidity.
Part of the problem is I am a huge veggie eater and he is not (this is not an issue when we eat out) but I am cooking too many things at home so we are both getting what we want.
Posted on 5/31/20 at 5:16 pm to BottomlandBrew
Cook fish, shrimp, shellfish, and such. I feel like a lot of people are intimidated or simply forget to cook or grab it at the grocery and opt for what they are more comfortable with - poultry, beef, and pork.
Also, you can consider some wild game for protein - deer, duck, rabbit, and so on.
Also, you can consider some wild game for protein - deer, duck, rabbit, and so on.
Posted on 5/31/20 at 5:19 pm to GentleJackJones
I am grateful for the beef pie recipe Darla. I saw your pic of it a while back and was curious because I usually only do chicken pot pie.
Hubs also eats no seafood so I think I discovered the problem. I am probably bored of the overload of meats and carbs.
We do eat duck, deer, and lamb. I haven't had rabbit since I was a kid.
Hubs also eats no seafood so I think I discovered the problem. I am probably bored of the overload of meats and carbs.
We do eat duck, deer, and lamb. I haven't had rabbit since I was a kid.
Posted on 5/31/20 at 5:23 pm to madamsquirrel
Braised beef short ribs
Posted on 5/31/20 at 5:39 pm to madamsquirrel
Risottos pair well with a lean proteins such as baked or grilled chicken and pork loin.
You can also make them with fresh grown herbs and mushrooms.
Frittatas can be put together quickly with leftover veggies.
A charcuterie board of sausages, cheeses, olives, and thin sliced meats is a nice treat.
You can also make them with fresh grown herbs and mushrooms.
Frittatas can be put together quickly with leftover veggies.
A charcuterie board of sausages, cheeses, olives, and thin sliced meats is a nice treat.
Posted on 5/31/20 at 5:43 pm to Darla Hood
quote:
Another idea with leftover roast is quesadillas. Saute some diced onions and red bell pepper, crisping up some of the diced leftover roast before using as filling for quesadillas.
we do this with chicken as well
Posted on 5/31/20 at 6:05 pm to BottomlandBrew
quote:
A simple way I challenge myself is to only buy what's on sale at the grocery. Forces me to buy different things.
I like this, as it plays to my frugal side, as well as my inner Chopped contestant
Posted on 5/31/20 at 6:12 pm to Rouge
quote:one of my favorites!
Braised beef short ribs
I have beef tips (but no guiness). I wonder if I could just braise them the same way?
I am at the mercy of what the local farmer sells me currently.
Posted on 5/31/20 at 8:02 pm to madamsquirrel
Try making beef burgandy. It's pretty easy and amazingly delicious.
Posted on 5/31/20 at 8:28 pm to madamsquirrel
I like putting a whole chicken on the pit. Can cut and feed the family with a couple sides. Depending on how much is left, I throw the leftovers in homemade taco seasoning and make chicken quesadillas.
A pork tenderloin is easy to throw in the oven.
Salmon and asparagus is a good meal as well
Burgers, tacos, spaghetti.
This is our normal rotation
A pork tenderloin is easy to throw in the oven.
Salmon and asparagus is a good meal as well
Burgers, tacos, spaghetti.
This is our normal rotation
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