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Holiday weekend. - 3/28/2013 9:43:54 PM   
LafayetteLady


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Status: offline 		I keep checking the recipe section, and I'm not seeing a whole lot of new posts. I wasn't sure where exactly to post this in that section, so I figured I would post it here and hope that people would post recipes there.

Easter is right around the corner. So what is everyone making?

Tomorrow, we are supposed to dye eggs with my granddaughter, it will be her first time doing it at two. Thankfully, they just moved out of my place into their own new apartment last week, so the mess will be at their house, lol.

We were going to make ham and lasagna, but after looking at our finances and since money isn't deposited until after Easter, I think we pared it down to just lasagna, with possibly some chicken parm since then all we need is more sauce and the cheeses. For dessert, there is a choice of boxed brownies, or boxed carrot cake. Not much of a baker, lol.

Once I can think of all the ingredients I put into my homemade sauce, I will post it down in recipes. I don't cook from a recipe, so there is quite a bit of thought to trying to give instructions.

Anyone also making very budget friendly meals? Get to posting!
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RE: Holiday weekend. - 3/28/2013 10:28:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		In the past we've made up baskets and left them at the doors of all the people who live near us in Yuma.  We had to move closer to Phoenix this year so Gary can be nearer his doctors so we won't be doing baskets. 

I'll probably thaw out one of the hams I have.  They come from an organic pig that was fed a lot of goat milk so the flavor is excellent.  His sister raises the pigs.  Then I think I'll do a pork roast and sauerkraut in the electric pressure cooker.  The ham will be great for sandwiches at lunch.  The pork roast will be for dinner along with potatoes and salad. 

I guess you could say we're going to "pig out" for Easter. 

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RE: Holiday weekend. - 3/28/2013 10:42:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		Not budget friendly - the man wants lamb. Not budget friendly at all lol.

Either a rack of lamb or lamb shanks, he hasn't decided (I'm hoping for a rack). Either way, though, it's gonna be delicious. And we'll open up a nice bottle of wine.

He always goes vegetarian for the lent season, so Easter is his "welcome back to meat" day, and we make something extra yummy :)

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RE: Holiday weekend. - 3/29/2013 12:25:33 AM   
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Status: offline 		That sounds delicious. Although even if I could afford lamb, I don't know how to cook it, so it's not worth spending the money on, just to ruin it.

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RE: Holiday weekend. - 3/29/2013 12:30:27 AM   
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Status: offline 		We had planned on doing a ham, but it's just too expensive. Perhaps after the beginning of the month, I will pick one up. My son and I both love ham, and as you said, the leftovers are so great.

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RE: Holiday weekend. - 3/29/2013 12:43:45 AM   
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Status: offline 		I am so lucky.   I get so much stuff from Gary's sister.  While we are in Montana Gary's sister gives me all the eggs and goat milk we can drink.  For some reason or other food costs more there than in AZ where we winter.  I'm a city girl and never drank goat milk before I moved to Montana.  I had heard that it tastes funny.  Well, I can't tell goat milk from cow's milk.  No funny taste and as long as I drink a glass a day I never get heart burn.  Of course her chickens are free range chickens that get to walk all over the barn yard finding bugs to eat. 

Gary's sons-in-law and all his grandkids hunt.  So when we're in Montana we also get elk, venison, and pronghorn so I don't have to buy meat at the stores.  It's all a blessing as we are both on fixed incomes. 

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RE: Holiday weekend. - 3/29/2013 2:45:25 AM   
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That sounds delicious. Although even if I could afford lamb, I don't know how to cook it, so it's not worth spending the money on, just to ruin it.

lamb is pretty easy to cook. The rack and/or chops are best medium rare so you just aim for 120F when you cook them. Leg is usually better at medium so hit 130.

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RE: Holiday weekend. - 3/29/2013 3:53:21 AM   
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That sounds delicious. Although even if I could afford lamb, I don't know how to cook it, so it's not worth spending the money on, just to ruin it.



go to sam's club and get a New zealand lamb. stab holes in it evenly all around. poke in fresh rosemary sprigs and slivers of garlic. either put it in a baking bag or leave it naked. preheat to about 220C for 20 min, then turn down to 180C for an hour and a half or so (depends on ovens), i have gas and it cooks faster than electric. i like mine slightly pink, others like there's less pink. we traditionally have roast potatoes, pumpkin and carrots.

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/12496/rosemary+garlic+roast+lamb

roast lamb aussie or nz is soooooo delish - it's younger than american lamb and not fed on corn.

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RE: Holiday weekend. - 3/29/2013 4:00:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		We usually do ham, mashed potatoes, vegetables, and then snacks like cheese n crackers, pickles, snack mix. This year nobody wanted ham so we decided to go with my late grandfather's version of hungarian stuffed cabbage. The family has been feeling nostalgic this year.

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RE: Holiday weekend. - 3/29/2013 4:38:46 AM   
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Status: offline 		Nothing planned because we are at the last $40 in our bank accounts. Might get the plastic eggs from my niece and put candy in them. I won't see my money until the 2nd of the month...alas, the disadvantage of being disabled. I am NOT touching the money in the savings account because that is for emergency use only (and future dental problems).

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RE: Holiday weekend. - 3/29/2013 6:44:04 AM   
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That sounds delicious. Although even if I could afford lamb, I don't know how to cook it, so it's not worth spending the money on, just to ruin it.



go to sam's club and get a New zealand lamb. stab holes in it evenly all around. poke in fresh rosemary sprigs and slivers of garlic. either put it in a baking bag or leave it naked. preheat to about 220C for 20 min, then turn down to 180C for an hour and a half or so (depends on ovens), i have gas and it cooks faster than electric. i like mine slightly pink, others like there's less pink. we traditionally have roast potatoes, pumpkin and carrots.

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/12496/rosemary+garlic+roast+lamb

roast lamb aussie or nz is soooooo delish - it's younger than american lamb and not fed on corn.

Yum.

I don't poke holes but rack or chops are seasoned with rosemary and garlic, and served with roasted potatoes.

Shanks are served in a wine reduction sauce with roasted tomatoes, garlic, mushrooms, onions, and served over rice.

I've found shanks to be pretty fatty, though. Actually lamb itself is rather fatty, but the shanks seem worse, plus the way I cook them keeps them in their own fat, which makes it flavorful but not great for the diet.

I love a good ham, but he's not a great fan of it.

We're running errands all day Saturday and going to a concert Saturday night, so Sunday will be our lazy, stay-at-home day, with a nice hearty meal.

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RE: Holiday weekend. - 3/29/2013 6:44:38 AM   
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Not being strictly 'christians', we don't celebrate easter at all - it's not on our calendar.

So this weekend is no different to any other weekend for us.
Just a typical English roast dinner -
Roast beef, yorkies, roast spuds, 3 or 4 veg, probably a fruit cobbler & custard for pudding.
The kids liked the garlic & pepper & mushroom stuffing I made the other week so we might do stuffed chicken breasts wrapped in bacon with a leek and mushroom sauce instead of the roast beef.
Might even have a soup of some sort for starters or garlic mushrooms with home-made garlic/pepper/cucumber dip.

Either way.... it's a normal sunday for us - 'easter' is just a word.

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RE: Holiday weekend. - 3/29/2013 6:50:12 AM   
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Jeeeez.... this thread is making me HUNGRY!

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RE: Holiday weekend. - 3/29/2013 7:16:41 AM   
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Status: offline 		If you want to feed a crowd on a budget, check out my rotisserie pork loin recipe down under pork.
You can usually get a whole loin for about 1.98 to 2.50/pound and a whole one will feed a dozen or more people easily.

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RE: Holiday weekend. - 3/29/2013 7:33:42 AM   
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If you want to feed a crowd on a budget, check out my rotisserie pork loin recipe down under pork.
You can usually get a whole loin for about 1.98 to 2.50/pound and a whole one will feed a dozen or more people easily.


You think a loin will feed a dozen or more.... easilly??

Sheesh! You must have very small portions.

A pork loin only does one meal for us (4 people: 2 adults & 2 teen kids) and we'd be lucky if there was enough for a few sarnies afterwards.


ETA: And pork loin isn't really a cheap cut of meat - certainly not in the UK it isn't.
A decent half-loin joint will set you back about £12-£15 ($18-$25) and for just one meal (a scant meal at that), that doesn't make it a budget meat to choose.


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RE: Holiday weekend. - 3/29/2013 7:39:33 AM   
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If you want to feed a crowd on a budget, check out my rotisserie pork loin recipe down under pork.
You can usually get a whole loin for about 1.98 to 2.50/pound and a whole one will feed a dozen or more people easily.


You think a loin will feed a dozen or more.... easilly??

Sheesh! You must have very small portions.

A pork loin only does one meal for us (4 people: 2 adults & 2 teen kids) and we'd be lucky if there was enough for a few sarnies afterwards.


Not the little tenderloin, the whole loin. Typically, they weigh 10-12#

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RE: Holiday weekend. - 3/29/2013 7:41:52 AM   
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Status: offline 		I have a ham that my mom gave me a Christmas to freeze. We'll have that with new potatoes, sauteed asparagus (my favorite side), mac and cheese, and yeast rolls.

I have to say I am relieved to hear I am not the only one who has to stretch things at the end of the month....thank God payday is today.

My kids are no longer into coloring eggs, but they still like having an Easter basket at the foot of their beds on Sunday morning. We'll do the church thing too.

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RE: Holiday weekend. - 3/29/2013 7:44:06 AM   
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Not the little tenderloin, the whole loin. Typically, they weigh 10-12#

That's what I'm talking about.

Sainsbury is £9.75/Kg.
So for a 12lb joint, that would cost you something in the region of £53 ($85).

You must have bigger pockets than I do!!
I couldn't afford that sort of money on just the meat for a meal - even if I eaked it out to 2 meals!


ETA: When we are feeling a little flush with money, we buy about 3Kg of meat, sometimes more, and I have trouble making that stretch into just one meal for us. Quite often, there's nothing left for sarnies afterwards.


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RE: Holiday weekend. - 3/29/2013 8:08:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		this year is the first year in 8 that my daughter will not be with me for Easter. i'm a little blue about that. so i am treating myself to a sushi dinner and will probably eat so many cadbury mini eggs that i go into sugar shock.

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RE: Holiday weekend. - 3/29/2013 8:10:32 AM   
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My kids are no longer into coloring eggs, but they still like having an Easter basket at the foot of their beds on Sunday morning. We'll do the church thing too.


that is sad. i will cry the year my daughter doesn't want to color eggs. it is a HUGE deal in my family. i don't think i have missed coloring eggs for 33 years now. we always have a party to do it the day before Easter. it usually takes about 4 hours to get them all done

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