Hey Grandpa, What's for Supper? Part 2

[cknmom]

Last night we had salmon chowder

Kida were home and so was DH yesterday. I had to shovel my way out to let the dog out and take care of outside animals.

Today everyone is where they are supposed to be.

Tonight will be either chicken and dumplings or stuffed pork chops, depending on weather. Right now it is 22*, with windchill- 17*!! If it doesn't warm up, it'll be chicken.

Boy I LOVE having a stocked kitchen!!

Zoo-Take care of you and your family.

Welcome joshplus10!! I'll have to try your tamales!

Monica

 

[thechickenchick]

Meat loaf (deer burger), Steamed cabbage and homemade wheat bread. Last night was a new burger recipe. It was ok but needs some altering.

 

[Aneesa's Muse]

Yey!! ..for fully stocked kitchens, cknmom!

Zoo.. I'm so glad to hear you didn't fall again ..and that your broken tooth is not from a fall. What an insult to injury that would be. Try to stay right side up, lady...

You and yours are in my prayers..

Oh.. do you think Pepsi will work with that recipe? Coke is icky.

skand.. I visualized Speedy Gonzales behind the wheel of that school bus ..tearing a new trail and slingin' gravel ..as s/he pulls out of your drive

I'm off strike, sort of ...there will be food again, tonight ..as there was food last night ...sort of.

 

[Zookeeper9000]

Aneesa I don't think you would have a problem with using Pepsi instead.

I will let ya know how it is, I have it in the oven now.

 

[skand]

lol Try that Jolt cola... It's twice the caffiene! lol THink the roast will have enough energy to get up and out of the oven?

Aneesa.. I know huh! You wanna what?!
And the day keeps getting worse. At least there's a glimmer of sun today, just no warmth.

 

[happyhen]

Irish lamb stew and soda bread.

 

[Backyard Buddies]

Sorry to hear that you all are freezing your tushies. Sounds like you're all coming up with nice warm dinners to warm your insides at least.

I made everyone take leftovers in their lunches today, so there's now room for the spaghetti that I have going right now. Like pretty much everything else I make, I'm making extras so that I can reinvent it into additional EASY meals later in the week.

So, tonight will be:
Spaghetti
Salad
Leftover garlic breadsticks.

 

[menageriemama]

BB that is such a smart way to cook!! Its depressing how much food is thrown out each day in our country. At least people like you, and I think most of us here on BYC, are trying to minimize waste at home

I grabbed sushi in town for dinner tonight- yummy yum yum.

 

[Backyard Buddies]

Quote:
I agree. It really bothers me how much food is wasted in this country, especially since so many go hungry.

Although I don't have the gumption to do such a thing, I was thoroughly fascinated with something I read and watched on the Net, a group of young adults (Freegans) who get nearly all of their daily food from dumpsters - not rotten and molded stuff, but really good food thrown away, often still in packaging.

The articles:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/15/AR2006081501248_pf.html

http://www.sojo.org/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0605&article=060524

And the video:

if you don't read the articles, at least watch the video)

So, while I'm pretty certain I wouldn't do what they're doing, I can do my part by trying to eat all that I buy. I try to mix it up and make it interesting. Leftover meat becomes a soup or a casserole. Leftover spaghetti sauce becomes lasagna, pizza, or meatball sandwiches. And, if we get bored with whatever it is, I'll stick it in the freezer and it'll reappear in a couple or few weeks when they've forgotten all about the trend from the weeks before.

 

[Aneesa's Muse]

I have my own ideas about food waste...

I was raised to "not waste anything" and I'm glad that I was. I learned some very helpful concepts from my great-grandmother ...in making huge meals and freezing or canning the excess ...and sharing "scraps" with other hungry mouths on our farm ..and so on. I still do these things.

I don't know if it's an all out sin to waste ...but there sure are blessings in sharing, instead

I made DH some Chicken Vegie Noodle soup cuz he was feeling poorly ..so hopefully, all the fresh vegies and garlic and seasonings I put in there will kill the bug that's lurking.

I also made some Chicken Stirfry ..with red bells, mushrooms, broccoli and so on ..with steamed basmati rice. He'll take that to work with him.

If my stomach settles down ..migraine has me feeling squishy.. I'll eat something, myself