We are having a comfort meal tonight - roast beef, mashed potatoes and spinach salad.
We haven’t had red meat in a while (I have a two pack of flank steak in my freezer and no other red meat). I haven’t been able to find the cuts we like the last few trips to the store. I had a Sam’s pickup order today and all of the red meat I had added to my cart was canceled… When I went for the pickup order, you have to go inside to get it (stupid, they could easily implement curbside pickup). Since I had to go in, I went over to the meat department and got the roast, baby back ribs and pork chops (I was hoping for NY strip, skirt steak and pork tenderloin).
It’s not really “roast” weather as it’s warm today, but don’t want to have to freeze and defrost another time.
I bought a 10 pound bag of not frozen chicken breasts for $17.99. I knew it was a steal. Brought it home and cut it up into smaller strips (I hate big chunks of meat) like tenderloins and bagged up at least a dozen bags for meals.
Going to start preparing the turkey. We’ve decided to just cook it tonight. Then it’ll go I. The fridge. I’ll make the rest of the fixings tomorrow and have Thanksgiving tomorrow night.
We did a turkey breast tonight with potato salad made with potatoes before they go bad and roasted carrots and kalettes before they go bad. Planning menus with an eye on aging produce.
We are also trying to use up what’s on hand. To add to our tandoori chicken and basmati rice tonight, we used up some pappadum and chutney we already had ( for an appetizer). Made some cucumber raita with the plain yogurt, cucumber, lemon, as well as some mint from back deck, etc. we had that I added to make it. Very refreshing.
Actually, we also already had the tandoori paste and basmati rice in the pantry. Had the yogurt, lemon, cucumber in the refrigerator too. Had some chicken in the freezer. So, used up lots of stuff! Hurricane season starts June 1. Time to use up some stuff before then ( and restocking less for a few months).
Burgers (no bun for me) and along the same lines as others using up produce starting to be a little past its prime, some pan fried potatoes and onions and oven roasted broccoli.
I have LOTS of broccoli. With this online ordering, I often wind up with more or less of produce items than I wanted. I guess I’m not good at judging and ordering by weight. My husband loves broccoli so he’s happy.
I saw this referenced as a thread that defines CC as a “high end” crowd on the COVID thread.
Does enjoying cooking and taking the time to try new recipes only apply to high end homes? While some recipes are more complicated or have some wonderful ingredients I think that we have represented also the grilled cheese/tomato soup or the meatloaf and mashed potato crowd!!
Well, we had tomato soup and grilled cheeses for lunch. Smoked Gouda but still…
Does anyone know good seasonings for grilled zucchini and squash. We had it this weekend and it was so bland. I salt, peppered, garlic powdered with a little basil. Blah, no taste.
Husband and I are certainly not high end , and definitely not wealthy! Last night was Hebrew National Hot dogs on the grill and Bush’s Country Style Baked beans! Like most here, I’ve also posted about other stuff , can’t remember exactly what. But meatloaf and mashed potatoes have been great! Tuna salad too. We also eat lots of leftovers, easier to have those with no kids in the house anymore. This week will break out some other stuff on hand-Smoked beef sausage and Boar’s Head sauerkraut( on sale usually), Mrs. T’s pierogies one night (shout out to my Pittsburgh roots, even though we are not Eastern European), a rib eye in the freezer we can split, etc. We are fairly frugal, always have been . Restaurant once a week tops, even before all this, and that usually involves sitting at the bar and ordering the special!
What can I say, I like anchovies. And a couple of my fondest food memories/stories involve anchovies!
I prefer to sauté those squashes - with onions, peppers, maybe some herbs - then you get more flavor. For me everything is better with red pepper flakes!
