Anything from mundane to magical - let us know what you’re eating this week!
I prepped and froze a bunch of smash burger patties last week so we’ll be having burgers at some point. I like bacon and blue cheese on mine. Might do some tater tots on the side.
The world’s plainest, most comforting food ever: Grilled cheese.
I also plan on making macaroni with ground turkey in it mixed with mushroom soup.
Basically we’re a little frugal this week :P
Nothing wrong with that. Some of my favorite meals are struggle meals. Are you going to do tomato soup with the grilled cheese?
That second meal I call lazy man’s beef stroganoff. I do use ground beef vs turkey tho.
Not too sure if I have tomato soup but I Do have a kinda gross (in that “this is probably not healthy for me, im eating it anyway” way) can of spaghetti that is calling my name, so thank you for the idea!
Don’t say no to those spaghettiOs 🎶
I wanna try out a macaroni like that. Sounds delicious and like you could do it in one pot with minimal cleanup.
Oh I love mushroom mac and cheese (mac and cheese made with canned condensed cream of mushroom soup). My go to cheap meal used to be eggs baked in frozen diced potatoes with cheese but the price of eggs went up so much.
Tonight is likely going to be a quick quinoa salad with feta, pine seeds and dried tomatoes.
Tomorrow I’m planning harissa chicken wrap that I picked up on reddit last week.
Tuesday probably some bulgur patties with scallions, parsley, tomato and egg.
But it’s getting hot here so we might just raid the fridge on some evenings…
In the past week I’ve made sourdough baguettes and batards, tuna melt, a grilled tri-tip and homemade guacamole.
Trying to work up the motivation to do collard greens sauteed with merguez sausage, and maybe later a broccoli cheddar soup.
It’s an absolutely scorching 26 degrees here on the West coast of Scotland and it’s an obscene heat for here and I am currently struggling to think of things to make that are suitable for this weather.
I made slow cooker chilli on Saturday as that didn’t require slaving over the cooker, so didn’t mind. Next night was 5 spice chicken salad and then BLTs last night, which went down a treat.
Pasta / potato salads are nice when it’s too hot to eat anything warm
It’s garlic scape season so I’m trying to include that in everything I cook lately. Last night was added while making pasta sauce with stuffed shells and meatballs.
I love garlic scapes. Mine aren’t ready to harvest yet.
I love garlic. That sounds really good!
If you ever get the chance to grow garlic, the scapes are a tasty treat this time of year, about a month before the actual garlic harvest.
Today was my turn to cook for my family on vacation. I made a vaguely Thai-inspired curry with local veggies:
- Three kohlrabi, peeled and cut into slices
- Leaves from the above, deveined, chunked
- 1" young turnips cut into pieces no more than 1/4" wide
- Leaves from the above, chunked
- Ginger, garlic, shallot, chopped
- Cooked shrimp, peeled
- Coconut milk
- Curry paste
I sauteed all the veggies, then heated up the paste and coconut milk, and mixed everything all together. Served with rice. Really good!
I made Sabich Sandwiches and Zhug for dinner this evening. It turned out really well.
Both of these look amazing! Definitely going to have to give it go
made a pizza with ricotta, chicken sausage, cherry peppers and oaxaca cheese!
I’ve never had pizza with ricotta, sounds messy but delicious!
https://www.lecremedelacrumb.com/cajun-shrimp-and-rice-skillet/
Simple start to the week.
Things on our menu this week:
Tonight: taco salad Tomorrow: fish and shrimp ceviche Later this week: roasted whole chicken, baked potatoes
Then probably a leftover night if they aren’t eaten as lunches.
My set up for the week
Today - paninis made with cheddar jalapeno bread
Tomorrow - chicken teriyaki with broccoli
Wednesday - Sagg paneer
Thursday - burritos with homemade tortilla or nachos if I don’t end up making the tortillas.
Friday - chicken, mushrooms, and rice
Saturday - always soup day, homemade bread
Sunday - day of rest AKA cook for yourself or starve day
Edit: mobile edit to make it less of a wall of text
I bought some BBQ pork from an asian grocery store this weekend so I’m going to be adding it to ramen, rice bowls over the next couple days along with enoki mushrooms and lots of green onions
Bought 2 cans of chick peas & tahini sauce. Blended all them hummus and froze most of them for later
I’ve never been super into hummus… does it freeze well?
I separate them to 2 servings size each container. Thawing overnight in the fridge is gentle enough. I’m able to finish them within a month so it’s all good.
They go great with bread & lamb chops
I made a thai vegetable curry the other day with chickpeas that was so good. There’s a thai restaurant in town that does a curry dish that is topped with raw red onion, and I’ve been super into doing that and tons of lime when I make it too
I’ve never had curry but I like onion and lime! Is it hard to make?
It’s not very hard to make. I very loosely follow this recipe
not the person you asked but: generally no.
Chickpeas (and really anything dried larger than lentils) can be a bit tricky. Definitely check the instructions on the ingredient to see if it lines up with the recipe. We had one attempt where the chickpeas were still inedibly tough when everything else was cooked. I’ve never actually managed to get dried beans to properly rehydrate with less than multiple hours of cooking so I stopped bothering.
I made sort of a “pizza” on sourdough with salami, jalapenos, and cheddar but without marinara. I guess it was more like a sandwich the way I folded it once it was done. Not bad.