Sorry to say, but this site has been so depressing for a few days. I thought I'd ask an average, everyday question....to make us all feel a little more normal today.
I made Eggplant Lasagna, and my BIL and SIL are coming for dinner. They leave for Cali tomorrow to see their beautiful grand daughter.
Sorry, sometimes we just need some REGULAR conversation.......or at least THIS caregiver does.
Avs lost 7-3 last night. Don't know about them at all!
But we still aren't going to make the playoffs this year. Boo!
Colorado going to do it again this year you think Glad?
Thinking about the frozen bread it must last me a good couple of months. I only eat about 2-3 slices a week.
Love sourdough bread and found a gluten free/dairy free version recently.
I remember the days with 3 boys in the house, and their friends sometimes. 2 family packs of pork chops vanished in one meal as if no one had eaten in a week.
I don't eat bread but I would buy a couple of loaves and keep them in the freezer.
I also don't drink milk but she liked milk and nesquik. So, I would get the shelf stable milk.
The grocery in my small town is known to get near date expire products be out in from big city stores.
But I will start freezing all the bread when it comes, taking out just what we need daily.
Thanks for that suggestion!
My favorite lately has been sourdough.
At least stores are trying to ease the inflation hit a bit. But us singles just do not know what to do with the huge amounts that make sense for a family of four or more, they just don't work for singles.
Here ya go
Pre-heat oven 350
Open a jar of marinara sauce (or a tomato sauce you like)
Find that bag of frozen raviolis that's been camping out in the freezer
Get an oven proof baking dish out-I used a 8"x10" dish
Pour some of the sauce into the bottom of the dish-enough to cover nicely
Place frozen raviolis on the sauce, in a single layer. Enough to cover the bottom
If you have some ricotta, a few spoonfuls placed amoung the raviolis is nice
If you have some mozzarella, a few thick slices can be added
Pour remaining sauce on top of this (if using a small baking dish-use enough sauce to cover the ravioli nicely, freeze the rest for the next time)
If you like, a dash of oregano, black pepper, powdered toasted garlic to boost the flavors
If there's some mozzarella left-few more slices on top
Sprinkle on some grated cheese
Cover with foil, place on a cookie sheet to catch drips
Bake 45-50 minutes Let rest 10 minutes
I'm having the left overs for lunch-this reheats really well. Husband likes it. Easy to put together.
Roasted chicken with vegetables and a cucumber/tomato salad.
KC, I will take a beer, please! 🍺
We used to have the choice of 900ish g or 500ish g (the size had already crept incrementally smaller over time) but suddenly there is only one size available - so I've lost a third of the amount I normally buy and they're asking more for 600something grams than I was paying for the larger size 6 months ago.
My favorite Greek yogurt went up in price. I buy Siggi’s. I love it in smoothies and I use it as a base for parfaits with fruit and cereal.
It wasn’t smoked. I will look at that recipe. That’s pretty interesting! 😆
Bah😠
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AvpxLRmybUM
Yes, it is done. And I LOVE smoked paprika!
My husband loves baked apples. I accidentally sprinkled paprika on it instead of cinnamon. I thought I had rinsed it off but I must have missed the inside part by the core.
Paprika isn’t a good spice for cinnamon!
My grandparents had chickens when I was little. I loved collecting the eggs with my grandpa.
When I was first learning to cook my friends stopped eating at my apartment!
I was a dreadful cook in the beginning. I couldn’t eat some of the stuff that I made and would order pizza.
I think one of my worst problems was that I thought that I could cook without looking at recipes.
I would throw anything in a pot or pan, mix it up and cook it until I thought it was done. It was either undercooked or overcooked.
I had no idea that I was supposed to taste food for the correct amount of seasoning and it turned out awful!
I never saw my mom or grandma use a cookbook. So, I guess I thought I could wing it. It didn’t occur to me that they had been cooking for years and no longer needed instructions.
I saw my husband making a strange face and he NEVER complains about my cooking. He threw the baked apple in the trash!
Ooops, I must have missed some of the paprika in the center part of the apple. So, my sprinkling of cinnamon on the rest of the apple didn’t compensate for the paprika flavor. I wonder how bad it tasted! 🤣