Recipe Exchange/General Food Topic

[Shadow Dragon]

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Broiled salmon and steamed broccoli for dinner last night, and then leftover salmon for breakfast this morning, and picked up some coffee at 7-11, as I was running late and didn't have time to brew some as we both forgot to set it last night. Yes, we bought a new coffee maker a long time ago, and having a morning job, coffee is mandatory! Not sure what I'll be having for dinner tonight though, probably a turkey sandwich again.

[ganondorf2]

glad you can afford it.

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[The Melee Master]

OK, thanks Shadow. I try and have coffee every morning, and I'm so use to it, I feel like crap when I do go a morning without it. I haven't made sweet tea in a while, so coffee is the next best thing.

Zucchini spirals with meat sauce tonight. I bought a handcranked vegetable spiralizer from Aldies, and as soon as I figured it out, it works great! Peel the zuchini and spiralize it with a spiralizer, and put into a colander. Salt it as much as you want while tossing the zoodles, and let it sit a while to pull the moister out. Meanwhile, brown the beef and add spices if you wish, like oregano, garlic powder, and onion powder. Drain, put back in the pot, add a jar of your favorite sauce, and let it simmer for a while. Add the zoodles and mix it, and let it simmer to soften, or if you like them crunchy, let them simmer for just a minute or two. Mix some parmesan cheese, toss some shredded cheddar on top and let it melt, then plate the zoodles, and you're good to go!

I added more meat than zoodles because I only had one zucchini left, and it needed to be eaten up. I recommend peeling the zucchini before spiralizing or you may wind up with tough bits to chew. Learned that when making zucchini lasagna once.

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[The Melee Master]

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Trying to decide if I want to make chicken cabbage casserole tonight, or a piece of salmon and steamed broccoli, but that's kinda boring. I'm just not in the mood for anything heavy tonight, as I'm still kinda full from lunch from All American Diner, and snacking on green grapes.

[ganondorf2]

Yeah, best you go light.

Had some lasagna that a friend made. Wasn't bad.

[The Melee Master]

I had spaghetti and meatballs for lunch last night, and then pizza with my brother for dinner last night, too. Last time I tried to make lasagna, it kinda sucked. Didn't boil the noodles long enough or something.

I guess I'll make the cassoral tonight, as I'm craving it now. lol! I'd have it several times a week, but maybe that's not a good idea considering the lemon juice used for it as it's bad for my teeth. Too bad I like to use a lot of lemon juice to make it more tangy! Maybe that's why it's my favorite dish to make. Here's the recipe if you guys ever want to give it a try.

I don't store my coconut oil in the fridge, so it's already melted. All I do is apply it with a silicone brush and that's all. Also, tip: do not apply too much oil or the cassoral will become oily. Same if you use a lot of a specific cheese: oil! If that's the case, I recommend draining the oil as much as you can after you finish cooking, but of course be careful not to burn yourself or let the food spill from the dish. It also makes good leftovers!

[Shadow Dragon]

Sausage and buttered cabbage will be our dinner tonight. And thanks for the casserole recipe, Melee! Looking forward to giving that a try someday.

[The Melee Master]

As I said, it's my favorite dish to make! I'm having tacos tonight, though!

Oct 5 2020: Chaffles, three turkey sausage links, and a cup of coffee because I haven't had any this morning. I'm officially trying to stick with my Keto books because my lower back is starting to hurt. Could be age related (I'm only 30!) but I'm gonna blame it on weight and see if I can fix it. I gained anyway (went from 247.0 to 250 in 3 months as of last month), so I really need to focus on dropping it back off!

[ganondorf2]

Don't think it's the weight...I have problems with my back, and I'm average.

We haven't thought of anything yet. Doesn't help the weather affects my appetite.

[The Melee Master]

Then it must be age. Sure feels like weight, though. Weather affects my mood more than anything. I wish it affected my appetite, then maybe I wouldn't eat so much and so often. D@mn boredom/emotional eating!

Not sure what I'll be having for dinner tonight either, but again, I'm gonna try to follow my Keto books if I got the ingredients. Last night, I made something from one of the recipe books my aunt gave me, I forgot what it was. Fried Salmon-something. Wasn't bad, but I had to leave out an ingredient because I didn't have it. I also made BBQ sauce and jam the other day. I was bored but in a creative mood, so I made St Louis BBQ sauce, and a small jar of blueberry jam which I finished off yesterday on toast. Yes, when I'm that bored, I make stuff like that in the kitchen!

Oct 10 2020: If you're a coffee drinker and want a touch of chocolate flavor in your coffee but don't have chocolate flavored creamer, add a touch of chocolate syrup into your cup before pouring your coffee. You could use sugar free syrup if you have it, too. I may start doing this for a while because I'm getting tired of the bitterness of coffee.

Cabbage with kielbasa cooked in a skillet tonight. Chop up cabbage and dice kielbasa. Melt butter in skillet with lid, saute garlic, add kielbasa and cook a bit, then add cabbage and cook until soften. Add a touch of Worcestershire and red wine (optional), mix it, and plate it. I needed to finish off what was left of my head of cabbage, and I didn't have any chicken, so this was what I threw together.

[ganondorf2]

Sounds good.

[The Melee Master]

Don't know why I wanted to add wine, I just did. lol! I think cooking wine would be your best bet. I do have some left, but I wanted to use red wine, so whatever.

I got more chicken and cabbage yesterday, so I'll make some cassoral tonight! Right now, I'm having apple pieces with peanut butter. I use an apple slicer and slice it in wedges, then use a knife to chop them up into smaller pieces, and use a sp00n with a jar of peanut butter; take the peanut butter on the sp00n and slather it on the apple piece, since I'm the only one eating it. lol! Is it weird to eat apples this way? I don't know nor care since apples were the reason for my $1,300 tooth replacement, but unlike soda, I refuse to give up eating them, so I find ways.


Oct 28 2020: Leftover chicken cabbage cassoral, carrot sticks with ranch dressing, and sparkling ice black raspberry drink, for a very late lunch. I'll be making Chicken Parm and zoodles for dinner tonight using this recipe.

www.wholekitchensink.com/whole30-chicken-parm/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=tailwind_tribes&utm_content=tribes&utm_term=847462044_35985670_106221

Nov 1 2020: Um, I don't have tomato sauce for that zoodle recipe, so I had to make something else that night. Forgot what it was. Mom did a purging of her freezer due to the power outage, and she left me take a few of the freezer foods she had in there for a while. As a result, my freezers are stuff to the gills. lol! I'm eating some kind of Chinese rice soup I got from her, and a cup of coffee right now.

Nov 14 2020: Cereal, cheese toast, and coffee. A late breakfast, but I got up late, so whatever.


Nov 23 2020: Garlic spaghetti for lunch right now: foodwishes.blogspot.com/2010/12/this-spaghetti-aglio-e-olio-recipe.html

If there's one thing I've learned from watching food channels, it's that pasta must never be rinsed! You want that starch! It helps the sauce cling to the noodles. Otherwise, it slides off. Learned that by experience as well. The other day, my neighbor invited my dad and I for a pasta dinner, and I saw her rinsing the rigatoni. I scolded her for it, but then she said she can't have starch or whatever...but she eats bread, so I think she was just saving her @ss.

Unless you're sensitive to starch: NEVER.RINSE.PASTA!

[ganondorf2]

Yeah, if you're worried about over sticking, put in a little oil or salt.

[The Melee Master]

Putting oil on the pasta will also have the sauce slid off. Rookie mistake there. Just don't put in too much and you'll be fine, I guess.

Grilled chicken breast, carrot sticks, and steamed broccoli for lunch right now. I might be having fried fish tacos for dinner tonight, but I always seem to change my mind. We'll see.


Edit: And I did change my mind and had white fish with seasonings and carrot sticks instead.


12-12-20: Sweet tea because I ran out of coffee.

1-12-21: Coffee shake with banana, chocolate, honey, and milk, because I ran out of creamer. Can't drink coffee black. I tried!

1-15-21: Saltine crackers with peanut butter for a snack, and because I didn't eat breakfast.

1-21-21: Red Pepper Pizza for dinner via Doordash. I'm not impressed. Pizza smelt and tastes like plastic, and the breadsticks I got were tasteless as well, as if it's just frybread with no garlic seasoning, so I wasted half my Doordash card on that place.


Edit: Got a stomachache from it all, so that place is on my X list. I love pizza and I'm not too picky about it, but this was just...disgusting!

2-2-21: Grilled turkey and cheese sandwich for a very late lunch.

[Shadow Dragon]

We use to have a Red Pepper Pizza in the area, and I do agree, their pizza was terrible. The place shut down two months ago and turned into a pharmacy. Anyway, I'm just snacking on popcorn as I type this. lol! We're going to make spaghetti with sausage, a jar of Ragu, and garlic bread for dinner tonight.

[The Melee Master]

And there's my dinner for tonight: spaghetti, except I'll be using Prego red sauce and meatballs, and sprinkle some cheddar cheese and parmasan cheese onto it! Thanks for the idea, Shadow! I don't remember if I have garlic bread. If not, I can make my own: slice of bread with butter and garlic powder, and toast it on the stove. A friend's late mother use to make it that way, and I've been copying it ever since.

When I make spaghetti, I make meat sauce by browning and draining ground beef, then add spaghetti sauce into the pan, and let it simmer a while to soften, while keeping an eye on it to make sure the bottom doesn't burn and stick to the pan. When I use meatballs, I use the pre-cooked frozen kind, and add it to the sauce while frozen, in the pot, let it simmer a while until heated through. Prego is my sauce of choice.

Feb 12 2021: Uncle Ben's Rice with blackened salmon for breakfast/lunch. Got up late, so yeah. Also I'm keeping the empty box in the master bedroom cabinet as a keepsake, because history haters are erasing Uncle Ben from the rice products.

Feb 13 2021: Snacking on apple pieces with peanut butter.

Feb 27 2021: Steak, rice pilaf, roll, and cheesecake from Logans Roadhouse for a late Bday dinner

March 6 2021: Leftover chicken cabbage casserole and two cups of coffee

March 10 2021: Chicken and rice soup using this recipe

March 17 2021: Chicken cabbage casserole, corn beef hash, and a Rolling Rock for Saint Patrick day dinner

[Shadow Dragon]

BLT with baked Lays earlier because I got lazy.

Edit: Homemade chicken chili with crackers tonight!

[The Melee Master]

Chili spaghetti because I lost the motivation to really get cooking tonight.

[Shadow Dragon]

Happens to us sometimes, and when it does, that's when I have a turkey sandwich or something, or we pick up dinner from places like Taco Bell. We wound up ordering from PDQ tonight since the two of us are too lazy to cook. I'm eating a salad from there with a large sweet tea as I type this. It has grilled chicken, mixed greens, red cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, cheddar & jack cheese, and honey mustard dressing. It's pretty d*mn good!

[The Melee Master]

Never heard of PDQ. What kind of place is it? I just had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but I'm also cooking some chicken soup in my Instapot for dinner tonight (chicken, rice, carrots, spices). I'm gonna wait for the timer to go off, then add a bit of rice and give it another 10 or so minutes.

[Shadow Dragon]

It's mainly a fast food place if that tells you anything at all. One of my favorites there is the grilled chicken sandwich. They use to have something called Southern Pimento Crunch Sandwich, but I think that got discontinued because I haven't seen it on their menu in a while.

[The Melee Master]

Might have to check it out next time I take a trip to Florida, or is it just a Miami thing? I have family that live in Venice, and Miami's too far from there to travel to often.

Leftover soup, green grapes, and coffee, for breakfast this morning. If I look through any of my cookbooks for dinner ideas tonight, I'll post the page here of what I'll be cooking.

[Shadow Dragon]

They have several open in Florida as a whole. Might check and see if any of them are in Venice next time you take a trip there. I never thought about having soup for breakfast either. lol! We still don't have a pressure cooker, though. Can't afford one at this time, but it is still on our minds for the future.

Searching the web and looking through cookbooks for ideas is welcomed and all, but does anyone here have any actual homestyle recipes that you may have been experimenting with? Anything that's kept in the family you wish to spill? Or maybe some recipes you came up with on your own and looking to perfect?

[The Melee Master]

I'll try and remember that. Thanks.

I wish! Aside from chicken and cheese rice, not really. The most I make is either from cookbooks, or influenced from TV shows. I also just throw stuff in the pressure cooker and call it a meal, like that chicken and rice soup. I'd like to experiment more and come up with my own creations, but again, I can't come up with things off the top of my head easily anymore. I don't know why.

I finished off that soup for lunch earlier, btw.

This may help. I bookmarked it and plan to look through it for dinner ideas tonight, but if you guys want recipes without scrolling through the author's life story at the beginning, I recommend this site: http://www.justthef*ckingrecipe.net/ (replace the * with u)

[Shadow Dragon]

Awesome, thank you for that! I'll check that site out tonight! Slow cooker butter chicken and steamed rice was our dinner last night. We had to look up the recipe for this one: www.wellplated.com/wprm_print/recipe/38830


Does anyone have a good sausage gravy recipe? We discussed about trying to make some biscuits with sausage gravy sometime next week.

[The Melee Master]

Chicken and rice soup and one cup of coffee for breakfast. I'm out of coffee, so dad's bringing me more later. And your welcome, Shadow!

I've never made sausage gravy before, but that sounds good and I want to learn to make it one day too. I'll go looking for a recipe for you, taste test it, and post it if it turns out well, OK?

Edit: wound up buying coffee instead.

5-23: 2nd attempt at lasagna for an early dinner tonight. Used random cuts of meat in a food processor because I didn't have ground beef. Not bad, but not great either...

5-25: Salmon and rice for a late dinner tonight. Also, here's a little tip: when cooking rice in a rice cooker, after you add the water to your rice, add whatever seasoning you want, and mix it in before you cook the rice. For me, it's a lot of salt, a little pepper, and a bit of chili powder, paprika, and Italian seasoning.

I also rinse the rice before cooking it, but I don't think it does much better.

[Shadow Dragon]

Isn't salting the rice water just as universally known as salting pasta water?? We've been doing that with rice for years. Learn something new every day, I guess.

I think I'm just going to have a tuna sandwich for dinner tonight. Neither of us are in the mood to cook anything special, but it could change later. We'll see.

[The Melee Master]

Not for me it wasn't. I've started adding a lot of salt to rice water just recently after getting sick of the bland taste of white rice itself. I know to rinse the rice off to get rid of starch, I've done that for a while, but I don't think it makes a difference. It still sticks together and becomes mushy after cooking it...and yet I do it anyway out of habit now. Once, I've added a bit of chicken stock to the water before I cook the rice, but I think that makes it mushy, too. I'm still trying out different things with rice anyway, so once I find something that works, I'll be sure and post it here.

Back when I had a rice cooker with a steamer basket, I use to put a piece of chicken or salmon covered in teriyaki sauce over rice and cook them at the same time. The sauce from the meat would drip onto the rice and flavor it as the rice water steamed the meat at the same time. I don't have a steamer basket for my instant pot to do that again, though.

While I'm on the subject, do either of you have rice recipes?