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LiveByYourNature -> Yum (9/4/2011 6:43:14 PM)
Just a little light bragging/sharing. Sometimes, being poor can be a blessing, like when you are all out of frozen things (my freezer went kaput, for a time and everything is currently at my sister's, no money for going to store or restaurant, so you have to start looking around through what canned an jarred items you stocked up on and getting creative with your meal making. Tonight, using one skillet, as I couldn't handle the big pot (due to my recently cut finger), I made a wonderful mess of pasta, out of a mix of vegetable broth, artichoke hearts and their juice, a litle olive oil, white kidney beans and their juice, marsala cooking wine, garlic and garlic powder, minced onions, tarragon, basil, rosemary, some canned meat spaghetti sauce, thin spaghetti noodles and a touch of crushed red pepper flakes, sea salt and cinnamon. Actually, before I put the meat sauce in, the whole thing would have been a great base for a sauce made by adding diced chicken, mushrooms, and parmesan cheese, or, perhaps a shrimp dish, or, even using Italian sausage. However, me and cheese are not friends, and, the meat sauce worked nicely, too. If you have anything to share/brag about regarding a recent meal, please do!

anniezz338 -> RE: Yum (9/4/2011 6:55:30 PM)
sigh....i can't cook for chit. Whataburger was good tonight. Bertolli and Smart Ones are as close to cooking as I get. Sounds like a great meal OP :)

BrokenSaint -> RE: Yum (9/4/2011 8:37:26 PM)
I did some caramelized shallots a bit ago, some butter, sugar, red wine vinegar, sea salt, bit o' parsley. Ended up being amazing. I have a feeling it's going to become a staple dish for me.

LanceHughes -> RE: Yum (9/4/2011 8:50:33 PM)
I help sell spices at a framer's market. The booth next to mine has the most amazing meat (beef, pork, chicken) and the most amazing sausages made from those meats. Being an indoor market with access to electricity, they have huge freezers and refrigerators. They also cook up a package of various products for samples. Yesterday, there were a couple of "heavy fat" sausages that had been cooked and were left-over. Well, I think they're too fatty, but when offered them, I took 'em home. Had some potatoes, cut in about 1" cubes, toss with olive oil and the Chef's own recipe for the blend called Herbs de Provence. Roasted for about 20 minutes in a pre-heated 400 degree oven. Nice and soft inside, crispy brown outside with all the 8 different herbs showing different textures and shades of green. Sliced the sauages 1/2 inch - less and put them under the broiler for 3 minutes which drove out most of the fat. Home-made iced tea. As the title says: Yum!

LiveByYourNature -> RE: Yum (9/5/2011 10:58:17 AM)
quote: sigh....i can't cook for chit. It's not that hard, if you want to learn. When I was a kid, I had to learn, because everyone did their "fair" share of the chores and it didn't matter I was 8 years younger than the oldest, 4 years younger than the next youngest to me, and that no one had told me how to do it, I had to do it, so I did. Eventually, I was told two things that were greatly helpful. My sister told me that most meat tends to cook well enough at 350 degrees and my mom told me where her cookbook was, in case I needed to know how much water rice took or anything else, as she had no time to answer questions. A lot can be made that's cheaper, tastier and not much harder than microwaving something. Of course, I know, not everyone wants to. But, you did sigh!

LiveByYourNature -> RE: Yum (9/5/2011 11:03:22 AM)
That does sound good! Very, very good. And, I admire your dexterity, from afar, as cutting potatoes in cubes has never been my strong suit! That's sort of what I do, when I have Italian sausage. Only, I don't cut it up, but, I poke holes in it, and, when I can, use something like the George Foreman grill, so the grease drips out and away. Actually started that when I was younger and not at all concerned with weight matters, because I was horribly tired of having my chin burnt, when I bit into the sausage and the hot grease came shooting out. So, first I started poking them while they were on the plate, and then, when I started cooking them, instead, just started poking them before even cooking them.

LiveByYourNature -> RE: Yum (9/5/2011 11:06:12 AM)
quote: I did some caramelized shallots a bit ago, some butter, sugar, red wine vinegar, sea salt, bit o' parsley. Ended up being amazing. I have a feeling it's going to become a staple dish for me. Hmm .. I'll need some parsley, and I might give it a try. It sounds delicious. It also sounds, right now, like if we all could have met at the same table, last night, we'd have died fat and happy. I don't know what Bertolli's is, but, it sounds like it has potential!

Kaliko -> RE: Yum (9/5/2011 12:37:41 PM)
Hmm...laying down for a few minutes in between cleaning binges, reading this while laying on my stomach, eating stupid lettuce with stupid jarred bleu cheese dressing and spilling it - twice - on my sheets, wishing I was eating at your house instead.

DeviantlyD -> RE: Yum (9/5/2011 5:07:56 PM)
Wow. I'm amazed that you could cook a meal for yourself in your home in Tucson one night and the next night type in from what must be your new home in Chicago. How did you move so fast? It usually takes me several days to pack up my place and I don't even have that many things! And with you being poor (as you alluded to in your OP), I can't imagine you were able to hire a moving company. Do share your tips. [:D]

NocturnalStalker -> RE: Yum (9/5/2011 5:12:05 PM)
My stove is a great counter.

LanceHughes -> RE: Yum (9/5/2011 8:02:23 PM)
Lunch: 2nd sausage - again, sliced but fried to force out fat. Fat used to sweat onions and three colors of bell peppers. Add back in sausage and left-over potatoes. Heat with cover on. Lime Jello with canned pear for dessert. Yes, yes, I know the sugar is "off the chart," It's a guilty pleasure. Supper: At Sunday market, we also sell private label smoked salmon. My turn to take home the sample. Canned Cheddar cheese soup (you want to talk "off the chart"? Read sodium content on that puppy.) Add canned corn to soup. Add cumin and black pepper. Heat and eat. Do NOT "do" anything to salmon.....

Lockit -> RE: Yum (9/5/2011 8:46:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DeviantlyD Wow. I'm amazed that you could cook a meal for yourself in your home in Tucson one night and the next night type in from what must be your new home in Chicago. How did you move so fast? It usually takes me several days to pack up my place and I don't even have that many things! And with you being poor (as you alluded to in your OP), I can't imagine you were able to hire a moving company. Do share your tips. [:D] LOL Oh come on now, give the broad a break! Remember how she suggested that a domina should hint around that she doesn't have toys to play with him and how that would prompt him to buy the goods. She is just trying to get some food here and promises she knows how to cook it. Why we have to be such hard ass's I don't know. [8\|]

LafayetteLady -> RE: Yum (9/5/2011 10:48:39 PM)
I'm curious how you know that deviant. Frankly, what she made doesn't sound "yummy" at all. Far too many ingrediants and mixing things that shouldn't be mixed (cinnamon flavored tomato sauce? Vomit). I am kind of surprised that her "War & Peace" length profile didn't include more on wanting someone to do all the cooking. Sorry, but I just find it strange when the admittedly poor are looking for financial slaves. Screams lazy to me.

Endivius -> RE: Yum (9/5/2011 11:58:46 PM)
Tonight's recipe : chicken teryiaki with noodles and vegies. One quarter cup generic teryiaki sauce with three table spoons of honey, two thin slices of lemon, and one table spoon of brown sugar two table spoon of rice vinegar added after heating for reduction. One schwann's boneless breast finely cubed and soaked in sauce that has been reduced in a bowl. One can of la choy chicken and vegatables, chicken and broth set aside for another night. veg and chow mein cooked on low heat. lo mein noodels were pulled from a microwavable package off the shelf, unfortunantly on my last trip they were out of the good stuff. Seared the meat in a skillet, then tossed it into a wok with the sauce and twice fried to lock in the flavor. added one tea spoon cornstarch to thicken sauce after removing chicken. Plated the noodles, added vegies with chicken and a respectable helping of sauce. Left over's added to the ice box for later in the week. Delicious.

MissImmortalPain -> RE: Yum (9/6/2011 1:15:08 AM)
I taught my pet to make real native american fry bread so this winter he can make it for the familys. Thin with butter and real maple syrup(get over that sugar thing it's worth it) It's not something everyone knows how to do. My mother wouldn't take teaching it to me seriously until I was almost thirty. But he seems to have a good hand for it. I am hoping it will impress mother when he makes it for her. It is (in my opinion) the best thing for waking up kids and men on a cold winter day. [:)]

Iamsemisweet -> RE: Yum (9/6/2011 8:59:54 AM)
I spent the day yesterday with a couple of friends cooking and freezing meals. Made chili, chicken, bean empanadas and stuffed peppers, focusing primarily on using produce from my garden and chickens I raised. A garden really is a great way to save money and eat healthy, especially as produce gets more and more expensive at the store.

LafayetteLady -> RE: Yum (9/6/2011 1:04:06 PM)
Gardens are great, yes, but if one lives in an apartment, not always an option. Or, if like me, you don't have a green thumb (my silk plants died. Really), then it is better to count on friends who can grow stuff, lol. Wanna send me some stuffed peppers? [:D]

Iamsemisweet -> RE: Yum (9/6/2011 4:22:24 PM)
LOL. Interested in any zucchini? quote: ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady Gardens are great, yes, but if one lives in an apartment, not always an option. Or, if like me, you don't have a green thumb (my silk plants died. Really), then it is better to count on friends who can grow stuff, lol. Wanna send me some stuffed peppers? [:D]

TreasureKY -> RE: Yum (9/6/2011 6:39:30 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady (my silk plants died. Really) Ooooohhhh.... I have that problem, too! [:)] quote: ORIGINAL: LiveByYourNature Just a little light bragging/sharing. Sometimes, being poor can be a blessing... If you have anything to share/brag about regarding a recent meal, please do! Well, far be it from me to not share/brag. [&:] Sometimes, not being poor can be a blessing, too. [;)] Firm and I made a lovely dinner last night of grilled, 2 inch thick filet-mignon with Caesar salad. Firm grilled the steaks to medium-rare perfection, while I prepared the salad with crisp Romaine lettuce, freshly shredded Parmesan cheese, and home-made Ceasar dressing. Tonight was Taco Bell. [8D]

Aylee -> RE: Yum (9/6/2011 6:57:49 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: TreasureKY quote: ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady (my silk plants died. Really) Ooooohhhh.... I have that problem, too! [:)] This is the first year ever that I have kept a plant alive. I have been so proud of myself. Of course, it may be because I have been out of town so much. quote: quote: ORIGINAL: LiveByYourNature Just a little light bragging/sharing. Sometimes, being poor can be a blessing... If you have anything to share/brag about regarding a recent meal, please do! Well, far be it from me to not share/brag. [&:] Sometimes, not being poor can be a blessing, too. [;)] Firm and I made a lovely dinner last night of grilled, 2 inch thick filet-mignon with Caesar salad. Firm grilled the steaks to medium-rare perfection, while I prepared the salad with crisp Romaine lettuce, freshly shredded Parmesan cheese, and home-made Ceasar dressing. Tonight was Taco Bell. [8D] I am one of those strange people that does not like steak. Except for chicken fried steak. Any other kind is disgusting. I know how to cook many different cuts of it, but I cannot bring myself to eat it. BLECH! I will not eat prime rib either. Tonight I had BBQ from a restaurant, because I am once more out of town for work. The other half cooked the pot roast I had made up for him and put in the fridge. Butterhead likely had cheese pizza as she dislikes meat as much if not more than her mother. Treasure, whatever did you do to Firm that he made you eat Taco Bell?

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