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Ugh, Making A Grocery List...............

CrazyKittyLvr2 — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 14:05:11 GMT

is a pain when nothing sounds good. I have to follow DD to Kost so she can leave her car and she said, "we can hit the grocery store to kill some time."

We started a list and ended up looking at each other because nothing hit us food wise.

I finally came up with tacos. I also want to hit a farm stand near us to get some sweet corn and some squash.

You ladies are great wth ideas and my little pea brain isn't working this morning.

Help.

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LindaSal — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 14:33:40 GMT

@Retired Legal Secretary I get it and think it happens to most of us at some point.

I hit a dead end once in awhile but what I've been doing is checking the Taste of Home website for ideas and it has helped me be more creative in the kitchen. I can't seem to think of these recipes on my own so it helps to browse on there or even pull out the good old fashioned cookbook, many times I find recipes I had totally forgotten about!

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lakesfan — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 14:45:09 GMT

I agree with the person who posted prior to me: I love Taste of Home's variety of recipes. I signed up to receive e-mails from them. They send way too many e-mails and their website can sometimes be a little too wonky and annoyingly busy with ads but it's still worth going to. What I love is the fact that you can set up your own personalized online recipe file. You can create folders/categories and then as you find recipes you want to keep track of, you can save them into the appropriate category, just like a cookbook. I can't tell you how many times I've been at the store, thought about making something, and used my phone to look up the recipe in my personalized file to make sure that I have all of the needed ingredients. Taste of Home's recipes also don't usually include ingredients that you have to search for in specialty stores and most of the recipes contain nutrition info that can help you determine whether it's compatible for your food/nutrition goals. Hope this helps! Sometimes we all get in a "food rut."

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redwingsgal — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 14:50:52 GMT

I never make a list. I know my store so well, that I just walk the aisles and decide as I go. I also do not go every week, I go randomly.

I have tried to change up my usual regular meals lately, for example, last time I cooked chicken in the oven, I added mozzarella cheese all over it and then added rotel to it at the end!

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SharkE — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:00:46 GMT

I don't want to start a run, but, news said yesterday pepperoni is hard to find now, that's the new toliet paper shortage. LOL

Pepperoni, is in short supply now.

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fthunt — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:01:55 GMT

Just buy a selection of meats - beef - pork - chicken and then a day when you're hungry and feel in the mood...........dishes to make will come easy. Just stock up on what you do like. Don't forget tomato sauces - cream of some soups - and sides french fries/potatoes.

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Travone — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:03:40 GMT

When it is warm out I don't want anything warm to eat. My go to is to cut up tomatos and cucumbers. A little salt and pepper. Eat it with hummus and fresh pita bread. Yummy and healthy.

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alicedee — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:03:41 GMT

I worked on my online grocery list last night. I am getting the items for Cherry Pork Chops. It was my son's favorite growing up, and he makes it now for his family!

Taste of Home has the recipe. You cook the pork chops in a crock pot with cherry pie filling and some seasonings. I haven't made them in years, so will be having a treat next week!

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May5 — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:06:42 GMT

The only thing worse than having to make a grocery list, is having to go shop for it. But that's just me.

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:11:58 GMT

I went to allrecipes.com for ideas, I can usually count on that for inspiration, but I got nothing.

With the amount of cookbooks I have I should be a cooking fool. Not happening.

DD just came up with steaks done in the Ninja Indoor Grill, with sweet corn and baked potatoes. Yeah, we came up with 2 meals, tacos and steak.

I hope something catches my eye that sounds good. I hate going to the store.

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:14:34 GMT

@May5 No, it is not just you. I'll add putting it all away.

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Mom2Dogs — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:22:40 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2. DH and I like taco salad, bbq chicken, hamburgers...we are not big eaters.

You can make cheesy potatoes using the frozen Obrien potatoes, already cut up, just add ingredients and bake.

I have made sheet pan meals a couple of times. If you search pintrest you will find a variety of recipes. I like it because we get a lot of veggies in one meal and he clean up is a breeze.

Everytime I ask dh what sounds good to pick up at the grocery....the only thing he reminds me to get is ice cream.......

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QVCkitty1 — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:23:10 GMT

This won't help you today, but when I find a recipe online I bookmark it, and pick one when I make my grocery list .

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drizzellla — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:32:37 GMT

@SharkE wrote:
I don't want to start a run, but, news said yesterday pepperoni is hard to find now, that's the new toliet paper shortage. LOL

Pepperoni, is in short supply now.

Funny you mentioned pepperoni - I went to 3 different Sam's Clubs in July and early August. None of them had pepperoni. I kept looking and about 2 weeks ago they got restocked.

I wanted pepperoni for pasta salad.

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SharkE — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:53:22 GMT

yeah, it's just so strange what pops up as the 'hot' item that is in short supply.

I even bought online extra bra because I was scared there would be a run on the minimizer I buy. LOL

Hubbo said what next ? shoe polish ?

I think the pepperoni shortage has to do with the popularity of the shaqaroni pizza by Papa Johns. They're hogging all the pepperoni for those super duper size popular pizzas. More people are having home deliveries, or making their own and pepperoni is the most popular.

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Lali1 — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:55:53 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote:
I went to allrecipes.com for ideas, I can usually count on that for inspiration, but I got nothing.

With the amount of cookbooks I have I should be a cooking fool. Not happening.

DD just came up with steaks done in the Ninja Indoor Grill, with sweet corn and baked potatoes. Yeah, we came up with 2 meals, tacos and steak.

I hope something catches my eye that sounds good. I hate going to the store.

I get allrecipes emails all day long and while they can be annoying they're helpful for ideas. I'm making some slow cooker pork chops today from one of their recipes.

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aroc3435 — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 16:02:51 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 Even the best of home cooks can get in a rut. If you type in AUGUST 2019 RECIPE GAME the QVC forum recipes come up and in its 8 pages you might find some ideas for this time of year.

I try to keep condiments and seasonings on hand to do stir fries spur of the moment.

I roast my own chicken, but you can use the supermarket's version, to do various chicken casseroles--chicken divan, or tetrazzini.

Peg Bracken's I Hate to Cook chicken and rice casserole is easy and very good.

How about shrimp scampi served over rice or pasta?

Baked cod with butter or a simple mornay or ravigote sauce served on a bed of spinach?

If you bake a small ham you have the leftover makings for a casserole. If a pork loin is on sale you can do a lot with the leftovers.

Meat loaf is quick and easy and there are so many ways to jazz it up. Baked potato and frozen green beans are easy sides for it.

Weather is supposed to get up in the 90's again next week, so a loaded chef's salad is always good. Pasta salads fill the bill for me many times.

Hope one of these ideas helps.

Best,

aroc3435

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noodleann — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 16:51:58 GMT

When everything else palls, there's always TATER TOTS. While they're baking, you might as well make a burger or a steak. Some sliced tomatoes and sweet onion on the side would be nice. And didn't you make some awesome brownies a while back?

That sounds like dinner to me. Make enough steak and you can slice leftovers tomorrow and have a big steak salad. Nom, nom, nom.

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tends2dogs — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 16:55:12 GMT

@May5 wrote:
The only thing worse than having to make a grocery list, is having to go shop for it. But that's just me.

I am the opposite, @May5 . I would go grocery shopping any day, but it is the cooking what I brought home that I hate!

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AuntG — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 17:04:56 GMT

Took a page from the books of @aroc3435 and @noodleann and we'll be having meatloaf with tator tots and fresh sweet corn tonight.