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I have thought about the fresh fruit/veg situation since my dopey husband under normal circumstances eats grapes off the stem or cherry tomatoes out of the container without washing...I shrieked at him for that the other day when I saw him doing it again. You aren’t supposed to wash them until just before eating but I may need to intervene for his own good. I actually washed an apple with soap the other day. He said when he went shopping the produce guys were not wearing gloves. I have been thinking of going to all frozen veg except for bagged salad or things I can peel, like carrots and cukes. Regarding beets, they sell a brand here called Love Beets that are vac packed, they keep them in the produce area under refrigeration, they are cooked and come in plain or some flavored variety, they are pretty good.
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Avert your eyes, all haters of GBP...in the interest of waste not, had to do something with these which DH purchased in error last week. Vegetarian stuffing with kasha, shallot, garlic, and tomato. A little grated parm. We ate all 4 of them.
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Your Daily Sweets: What Are You Making and Baking? (2017 – )
BeeZee replied to a topic in Pastry & Baking
Trader Joes gingerbread cake. Mix had been sitting in my pantry for 3 months, so the Covid-19 declutter continues. The mix includes crystallized ginger, which does of course sink towards the bottom of the cake. It isn’t as dense or spicy as real gingerbread, I would characterize it as double ginger cake. -
TJ's multigrain hot cereal, cooked in milk, with a couple of diced dried apricots thrown in. Small sprinkle of nutmeg, ginger, and cinnamon. Ugly beige blobby goo, no need to photo...but nice in the belly!
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Last night was pan seared tuna, fresh tomato salsa (tasteless tomato, vinegar/salt helped), oven roasted asparagus, and tri-color quinoa. I think I am due for cooking some kind of comfort food, we are eating entirely too healthy😉
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Decided to freezer dive, wanted something warm...had a package of Wegmans appetizer size spanakopita, baked off a bunch for lunch. Lacking dill, I made no tzaditzki, they could have used it (pretty dry on the outside, although the filling was fine). Next time I'll make some kind of dipping sauce.
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Cooked a bunch (around 2 lbs) boneless skinless chicken thighs on a sheet pan with slabs of red bell pepper and scallions. I had mixed up balsamic, dijon, minced garlic, and honey, tossed the chicken in that before roasting. The veg roasted in the chicken fat, which was good. I confirmed that I still don’t like chicken thighs, ate one tiny one and my husband played “human chipper” and probably ate over 1 lb himself, there are 2 left which I will freeze for his future lunch. Had some plain brown rice also.
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thanks for the suggestion, @Darienne, I have made a version of African Peanut Stew in the past, I'll have to check the pantry. I know that I have neither yams nor sweet potatoes, but I bet I could improvise and use the dreaded c*rn as I have several cans...
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Sent my husband out shopping with a detailed list, he got to the store just before it opened at 6am. A couple of mistakes despite reviewing the list with him the night before...mostly due to his inability to actually look at something before putting it in the cart - bananas with split skin, bell pepper with wrinkled spot, package of boneless/skinless chicken thighs rather than breasts. We both hate the thighs, now I'm going to have to figure out how to cook them to make them edible for us. At least we are set for a week now.
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in a related manner...I decided to inventory all of my pantry ingredients...5 pages (one side), single item per line...so around 125 unique items. Kind of an interesting exercise. Some things are not "food" per se, but ingredients like capers in brine (2 jars), for example.
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Made bran muffins from mix (Silver Palate) which were pretty good because they are not overly sweet. Majority are wrapped and in the freezer for future reheating.
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Toasted a couple of slices of olive sourdough which were in the freezer, monterey jack cheese. Couple of nuts, juice box (apple).
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Sorry, do not and last nights trash has been taken out...
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The frozen spinach I had last night was one of those “steam in bag” types (one of the major brands, don’t recall) and tasted fine, much better than the frozen blocks. Not too far off from the taste/texture of fresh spinach that had been cooked thoroughly.
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Shrimp in brothy tomato sauce...sauteed garlic and shallot in some butter/olive oil first...some leftover prepared sauce that I diluted and also added a glug of sherry vinegar to...simmered together a few minutes. Served with steamed spinach and brown rice.
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@liamsaunt, love the use of breaded eggplant cutlets, we have a local pizza place that does an “eggplant parm” or “chicken parm” version with rough chopped cutlets on top, the edges get nice and crunchy.
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as @dtremit notes above, many farms are offering options for fresh food...several in the Princeton area have been posting on social media, the variety ranges depending on what they normally offered (some are produce only, some have fresh breads and frozen prepared foods like pot pies). You have to do a little research, but if you are able to drive, you can probably find someone to get some fresh produce from with minimal contact. All of these people were ramping up for the Spring Farmers Markets so this will really help them, too.
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Ordered takeout for the first time from a local pizza/Italian restaurant, we usually go there for pizza, as there are other places with better entrees...but wanted to support a local biz who always does things for the community. Shared an app of fried calamari with white balsamic, cherry peppers, and caper berries and an entree of chicken cutlet/breaded eggplant with vodka sauce and linguini. Boring iceberg salad and 2 pizza bread rolls came with it also. Plenty of food.
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I understand the logic, however in my life before Covid19, I had no need and therefore no supply of any kind of sterile wipes. I only have the disposable gloves because I don’t like touching raw meatball mix...and I always assumed some level of contamination on the surfaces of produce, based on prior observation...
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Went to our local Shop Rite just before noon. Hubs stopped by the pharmacy to say "hi" to his pharmacist buddy, he confirmed that they are out of the sanitizing wipes for the carts. Luckily, I had brought a pair of gloves for both of us, so we didn't touch anything. Saw a fair number of people wearing gloves and they had a couple of check out lines dedicated to shoppers 60+. Strange things out of stock, didn't run in to Shelby's issue - plenty of carrots, but no chicken, paper goods, Lysol wipes (still). This store has a somewhat separate section for "natural/healthy" foods and I got some organic canned beans...assuming, correctly, that many people don't hit that part of the store to even think to look there.
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Made turkey chili last night, and found that I miscalculated my canned bean supply, only had one can of pintos. Lots of chickpeas, though...we are good for hummous.
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Roasted salmon fillet, steamed asparagus, and reheated leftover seafood paella rice (just rice, had eaten the seafood...but it gave the rice such great flavor, I had taken it home and frozen it after a dinner out in Feb, which I normally wouldn’t do).
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Braved the supermarket late this afternoon, it wasn’t too crowded and I was anticipating the empty paper goods aisle, and the lack of fresh poultry, so not as shocking. Plenty of fresh fish, so salmon for dinner tonight. There was a sign over the shelves were the poultry would have been to request shoppers limit the quantity, but that didn’t seem effective. Also saw that the frozen pizzas looked pretty sparse. Fresh fruit and veg were well stocked, pretty obvious that people are buying for “future use” since the canned veg were depleted. Got cat litter...so all is well.
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Trader Joe's lentil and ancient grains soup (found in refrigerator case). Cool and rainy morning so I felt like soup was going to hit the spot. It is good, but looks like barf, so you'll not see me post a photo.