[OregonYeti]

Originally Posted by DC Sunshine

We had roast chicken with mixed veg casserole last night - potato, carrot, kumara, onion, peas & beans, tomatoes.

Made a mountain of veg, so its getting pureed and strained tonight for soup with greek yoghurt and crusty bread with butter, then either fish or scotch fillet steak with simple tossed salad.

That soup--what a great use for leftover veges! How can people throw out leftover veges? I had to look up kumara--pretty much a sweet potato, huh?

[DC Sunshine]

Yep - its not actually the same but very similar - just got too lazy to type sweet potato - too many letters I used sweet potato.

So many uses for left over veg - soup, sauces, rice, toss with pasta, noodles or rice, nice tasty fritatta. You just gotta use your imagination, tweek it with a bit of spice, or cream, tomato paste...the list goes on. Mash it up and put in a cheese toasted sandwich..(heat up the veg first tho or you get a cold layer of veg

As my dad always says - Waste not want not. More people should use that mantra - they could cut their grocery bills drastically.

[MikeLM]

Sunshine-

You would have fitted in quite well in New England, where the old Yankees' mantra was

"Use it up... wear it out... make it do."

Not much of a foundation for a consumer society!

Mike

[teamfat]

Dinner tonight was simple and tasty, I'm surprised no one on the planet has ever thought of it before (tee hee). I cooked up some fettucini and while it was in the pot I browned some diced bacon with a bit of minced shallot. Took a RealEgg [1] and beat it slightly.

Drained the pasta, plated it. Poured the raw egg over it, mixed it up a bit. Dumped the hot bacon and shallot mix on top, another quick stir, sprinkled on some freshly grated parm. It was good, very good!

mjb.

[1] A friend brought by some fresh eggs from her hens. Eggs from happy, healthy chickens are *so* much better than the factory forced facsimiles one gets at the megamart.

[DC Sunshine]

Originally Posted by MikeLM

Sunshine-

You would have fitted in quite well in New England, where the old Yankees' mantra was

"Use it up... wear it out... make it do."

Not much of a foundation for a consumer society!

Mike

Sounds like me Coming from a big family and being number 5 of 7 - hand me-downs were the dress of the day, we grew much of our own fruit and veg, leftovers would last as long as possible, outings were rare, but when they happened - memorable, even if it was just a walk on the beach.

Every plate was (quite often, literally) licked clean, shoes had history in them, and we re-built old bikes we'd find at the dump to get ourselves around. Makes for an interesting childhood but sure makes one resourceful.

Oh, and everything was turned off at the power socket when not in use to save $$$. The pressure cooker was in constant use, also to make savings.

But hey, I've gone waaaay off topic....

Last night's dinner was what I said before

Tonight... got half a chook left, so it'll be pasta with chicken in a sauce, maybe a chicken cacciatore. Shall see what develops. MMmmmm then banana and peach smoothies. (Economics again...some bananas are going black, so peel, chop into chunks, toss in lemon juice, open freeze. Blitz with tinned peaches and greek yoghurt).

[LuvPie]

dinner wasn't too special last night.
I forgot to lower the temp on the refried beans.
the rice was out of a box and played with to resemble spanish but it didn't work and was gummy. my tomatoes are all but gone so I couldn't make salsa from them so used on our tacos lots of packets from TB.

I need ideas for dinner tonight. I'll read what others are making or go into other food web sites and see what's posted there.

Oh, I did go to Sally Annes yesterday just to pop in before my drive home from the car dealership. Found a Le Creuset in white, good condition but not very inexpensive, it says it's 18 whatever that means. I bought it for the perfect sized vessel for my NYT's bread that will provide a perfect fit. I'll make some New York Times bread for dinner, at least I know that............

[ChefBoyarG]

lunch (@5pm) - family meal at work
dinner (@130am) -- fried peanut butter sandwich and a fried egg sandwich with Franks Red Hot Sauce and Tandoori paste

[LuvPie]

I'm leaning toward a crock pot sticky sweet and sour chicken that I can put over white rice. Pineapple/green pepper, onions etc.

[MaryB]

With temps headed into the low 90's its steak, sweet corn on the grill, and a salad for supper. Lunch is going to be whatever I can scrounge to put between 2 slices of bread

[LuvPie]

or I do have a great invented recipe for chix and sausage using bean with bacon soup.
but you know that's too heavy for today as it's promising to be a blisteringly hot day, so, nevermind

[DC Sunshine]

Hot weather cooking is always hard - tends toward salad and that can get same old same old.

Sear off a steak/tuna/chicken piece, let it rest few minutes, slice on diagonal across the grain. Make a tossed salad - anything goes here, vary it to what you've got, but mixed baby greens/shredded iceburg, sliced red onion or scallions, cherry tomatoes, celery, cucumber, dill gherkins. Toss 'em with a dash of evoo and balsamic, sliced meat on top, S&P, even some garlic croutons. Its a great chuck it on a plate, sit and veg out meal.

[chefhow]

Tonight is roasted garlic and shiitake mushroom sausage, grilled corn, and sweet potato and sage gnocci (I was bored last night) and a light chicken based broth.

[marleymae]

breakfast: we got your american classic right here... 2 eggs over medium, one piece of wheat toast lightly buttered and shredded hasbrowns seasoned to perfection.

with milk and coffee on the side

^^ my comfort & weekend food.

[Xebikr]

Got a new fondue pot so last night was steak chunks cooked in a tomato ginger beef broth, with corn on the cob, cantalope w/lime juice, and tomato ginger rice. Turned out very tastey. Not too bad for an impromtu meal.

[LuvPie]

Xeb................
I love fonduing, don't think much can beat it.
love all the sauces, and I do as many as I can come up with.
we use oil to do ours though.
chicken shrimp and steak chuncks