It is VERY tasty! Thank you @abasket and daughter!
Pulled pork sandwiches tonight, then use leftovers to make arepas…
I recently learned that you can freeze a bag full of quiche mixture and it will defrost overnight in the fridge and cook up quite nicely. So if you have some eggs that are about to expire, combine them with your favorite quiche ingredients and put them in the freezer for later. I have been eating crustless 5-egg, 1-C. milk quiches for a while now (season as you wish, add any other ingredients such as cheese, herbs, veggies, cooked bacon etc.). Pour into a greased Pyrex pie plate and bake at 350 for 60 minutes or so; let sit 5 min. before cutting. I don’t really even miss the crust.
Returning to the topic of a couple days ago, I always find that dried beans are crying out for a little pork. So if you’re not vegetarian/vegan, when you put the dried beans in the Instant Pot, toss in some bacon, some ham, some pork butt, some sausage, any kind of porky goodness.
Split peas with ham
Baked beans with salt pork
Lentil soup served with sausage
Black beans with bacon
I have an elaborate Dutch split pea soup that calls for split peas, cabbage, carrots, onions, smoked pork AND fresh pork. It’s absolutely fantastic.
I’m making Mac & Cheese as its easy for H to reheat if/when he comes home. Ill make a big batch so they’ll be plenty of leftovers. I’ll throw together a salad, too.
Pulled pork sandwiches tonight, then use leftovers to make arepas…
With some fresh groceries in the house, tonight was spaghetti with bay scallops, bacon and peas with a lemon/white wine sauce and sauteed zucchini and onions.
Sounds delicious. I made spaghetti tonight too, but not as fancy- some Italian sausage and a jar of Bertolli sauce. Salad, roll . I do make spaghetti with anchovies, olive oil, etc. sometimes. Lots of people in the stores buying pasta these days!
Still no pasta at all in our stores as of yesterday. I just happened to have plenty of that in the pantry as a few weeks ago the store had a sale on Di Cecco. I’d make my own pasta if I was short but no flour in the stores either.
Tonight:
- sous vide then grilled bone in ribeye
- smashed new potatoes
- Calabacitas (a Mexican dish: zucchini, corn, tomatoes, green chili, and melted cheese)
Just a small ribeye for the four of us. The leftover veg for lunch tomorrow.
I imagine this might be tougher for people that don’t regularly cook at home. Even before this, we only went out to eat about once a week. Lots of cooking and eating at home. I don’t miss going out to restaurants yet but I do miss seeing people, going to a good brewery . 
Made black bean soup today. We’re not vegetarian formally, but i avoid pork. Flavor came from home-made veg stock, some Indian seasoning a friend had brought back from trip home, some other spices, onions, celery, carrots, potatoes. Really good and plenty for tomorrow.
Took a night off from cooking last night and “went out” for our regular Friday night with carry out from our favorite small restaurant. We want them to stay in business too.
I have bought a couple of things that give you great leftovers.
Will cook a brisket in the oven today. Whatever we have left after dinner tonight, I will shred and/or slice and freeze in portions. Got the last pork butt at the butcher yesterday and threw it in my freezer, but will pull that out for the smoker at some point. Also yesterday threw 5 chicken breasts in the crock pot with some chicken broth and shredded and froze those in portions too.
With my college son now home and husband not traveling for work anymore, lots more dinners to put on the table!
We did takeout pizza from a local place last night to support them. Tonight H is doing steaks on the grill and I’ll make a nice fresh salad. I’m baking H an apple pie this week. On the menu for next week are lasagna and Thai curry.
I hope this thread can give us ideas so we DON’T have to go shopping every week. Can you make it one month without going out?
Surprising shelf lives include milk with dates 2 months out, Costco hard boiled eggs, Costco canned roast beef and chicken (tastes good, too), some block cheeses, onions, sweet potatoes, squash, citrus, and apples.
I’m not sure we’d make it one month, but we could go for a few weeks, especially if DH is willing to make some substitutions in his usual routine (that’s a big if, though). It’ll be hard to keep him out of the stores for much longer than a week - that’s part of his routine too.
We’ve got some freezer items to help stretch out our meals - ravioli, pierogi, vegs. We’ve got pasta, beans, canned tuna & salmon. We’ll survive.
I was just saying to my neighbor (from a distance!) that stores are limiting purchases to one per shopper where I live. However, part of the issue with some of the limitation is that it means you can’t purchase enough to prevent from continuing to go to the grocery store. Even with the limitations, our stores are low on everything. I’m feeding five, including two teenage boys. It doesn’t help that they are also boredom eating. I’m getting to the point that I’m going to need to ration their food.
Very neat!
Maybe I’m too optimistic, but I think stores will be restocked shortly.
So much of this is HABIT. We need to change our habits, at least in the near term. My mother was going to make a casserole, but noticed she didn’t have celery, so celery goes on the shopping list. Just make the ^&*@#$ casserole without celery. Our meals don’t have to be gourmet. This is about doing the best you can with the ingredients you have.