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#208079 - 09/30/10 06:49 PM
Re: New menu ideas...?
[Re: jabber]
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I'm very fortunate to have a hubby who a) loves to cook, and b) loves it when I experiment with casseroles. We eat a good variety of foods for supper. Within the week, we'll normally have chicken, fish, beef with the potatoes or rice and veggies. Then we'll alternate with other interesting stuff, like tacos, homemade pizza (hubby loves my pizza), or casseroles. I made a salmon casserole last night chock full of fresh veggies (carrots, celery, onion, red pepper, spinach, corn and mushrooms) and pasta. It's good for 2-3 meals, and I often will do something different with it the 2nd night - like tonight I'll top it with grated cheese and wheat germ (gives a lovely healthy crunch with the cheese!!)
We also keep on hand a few "fast supper" items in the freezer...like frozen chicken pies, cabbage rolls and lasagnas - to pop in the oven or microwave when we don't feel like cooking. Quite often when we cook one supper, we'll make enough for two, then freeze the other portions for another night next week.
We also often make good use of our slow-cooker. Spaghetti sauces, beef stews, chili, honey-garlic chicken wings...stuff like that. We make enough to share with our elderly neighbours and to put a container away in the freezer for another night.
One thing we don't eat anymore is pork. Neither of us digests it well, and it makes hubby snore too much.
Edited by Eagle Heart (09/30/10 06:50 PM)
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#208081 - 09/30/10 08:07 PM
Re: New menu ideas...?
[Re: Eagle Heart]
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Registered: 01/21/07
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Healthy, different and not expensive. Couscous is cheaper from bulk bins, not in a box. http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/couscous_with_mushrooms_sun_dried_tomatoes.html One thing we don't eat anymore is pork. Neither of us digests it well, and it makes hubby snore too much. That's abit funny, Eagle. Your hubby is like my partner: he likes to cook as well. He makes up recipes in his head. Usually a creation had a base recipe, but he's changed it in multiple ways. Jabber, I'm making stir-fried mussels with tomatoes, red pepper slices, onions, garlic, ginger root, fresh basil and fresh coriander. With fine pasta on side. I just sort of make up recipes, alot of the time. I've been sneaking in slices of baked sliced red beets..which are cold. they taste good too. Roasted red beets are no-brainer. Just peel beets, prick them with forks, wrap them in foil loosely and bake in oven at 420 degrees F for 1 hr. You can eat the beet greens too. Sautee chopped with onions, garlic and ginger. Small jot of soy sauce while cooking.
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#208104 - 10/02/10 03:51 PM
Re: New menu ideas...?
[Re: jabber]
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Hubby and I each have things that we really like that the other doesn't. We get around that by having "solo" dinners once in awhile, especially if we only have enough leftovers for one serving. Whichever one of us most wants the leftovers gets them, and the other gets to cook up whatever he/she wants. It works for us. I suppose I got the idea from my parents. Every so often, Mom would make spaghetti for us kids and Dad would cook up liver for himself. I always thought it was neat that they would do that for each other, allow the other to have their special meal without having to sacrifice their own likes and tastebuds. It works really well for us now too.
I don't mind in the least cooking up something for myself while he has something else, especially when it comes to veggies.
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