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Whats cooking this august?

Pooky1 — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 09:17:23 GMT

Jeanlouisefinch I read your post saying your posting before August thread goes up and I'm like omg I totally forgot to start August . its been awesome weather with no humidity and temperatures in the 70s. Monday I cooked a stir fry of carrots and broccoli with a peanut butter and soy sauce with pasta and last night I made crunch wrap Supreme. Taco bell has them but I find homemade is better. Its ground hamburger cooked with taco seasoning. You put creamy cheddar cheese on a wrap then meat, then a toastarda shell,then shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes sour cream and or taco sauce and finally shredded taco cheese and you fold it up And grill it comes out delicious. Hope everyone has a great August.

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millieshops — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 12:19:50 GMT

@Pooky1 lol Very little here in my southern Florida home. So glad I don't have to feed a family while it's so hot. Yesterday I did see a 2 degree lower temperature, but there's not enough difference between 99 and 97 to persuade me to cook much.

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kate2357 — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 13:11:29 GMT

@millieshops egad....97 or 99 degrees, is way too hot for me. I would be hiding indoors with ac running.

@Pooky1 I have never had a crunch wrap supreme...but it sounds good. I am 100% sure your version would have to be better than any fast food place.

If dh is feeling better today, we will have spaghetti with Italian Sausage, salad, breadsticks. If he still feels queasy, the sauce will go in freezer and we will go to plan B. I don't actually know what plan B is yet.....but I will come up with something.

Hope everyone has a great Wednesday.

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We rescue cats — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:24:03 GMT

I wish someone would tell me what to cook each day, I love to cook but figuring out what to make is my downfall. We have a PA RV camper get together coming up and I need to make a covered dish. I think I will make a tortellini salad, made it for the family reunion and they liked it so will do it again. (wihout the red-pepper!)

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Pooky1 — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 15:19:32 GMT

Millieshops I get that totally. I could never live in Florida. Way to hot for me.I have a friend that she has a house in Massachusetts and she comes up here for the 3 hottest months and she loves hot weather but still comes up here to get away from it.I always tell her don't bring us that hot Florida weather please. The first few days she came down this year our temps were in the 60s and she said I have been frezzing since I got here and then our weather got super hot and humid.I said to her.didn't I tell you not to bring us your Florida weather.

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Glittergal — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 15:51:27 GMT

This is the month that I start cooking items for the freezer for later on in Fall. That is my favorite time of year and I am always very busy, so it's nice to have ready-made cozy meals in the freezer ready to go when I am home.

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ninjawife — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 16:11:15 GMT

We are still at the beach and I am now able to eat a regular diet. Today our DD who lives in DC will be coming to visit. DD who lives at home will also be joining us. DD that lives in DC is bringing her dog, Tilly which is going to totally freak out our cat, Keiko. The two have never met.

My aunt who lives at the beach will be coming over as she wants to meet DD's dog. Then we are all (sans animals) are going out to dinner to an Italian restaurant with a 3 course price fix menu. We will get a choice of salad and pasta and a canoli. We have not yet been to this restaurant yet so I hope it is good.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 17:26:28 GMT

No worries, @Pooky1 Life has a mind if its own and gets in the way sometimes.

DH and I are on the way to pick up a gift that I custom ordered. We know a lady who makes gorgeous live edge charcuterie boards. I've purchased several of them already and now I need another.

We had a simple lunch today.

BLT lettuce wraps with heirloom tomatoes and Primal Kitchen avocado mayo.
Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Pork Rinds

Chia Pudding w/Blackberries

This evening I'll be seasoning baby back ribs for tomorrow. 😋

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Harpa — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 18:27:57 GMT

I don't know how you all cook every day! Two meals that are planned for tomorrow & early next week are:

chicken & stuffing &

stuffed peppers

Re: Whats cooking this august?

JeanLouiseFinch — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 19:52:00 GMT

@Harpa wrote:
I don't know how you all cook every day! Two meals that are planned for tomorrow & early next week are:
chicken & stuffing &
stuffed peppers

@Harpa - We eat every day so some kind of food prep needs to be done daily. I don't cook from scratch every day. We don't mind leftovers at all, we like them, so lots of times it's cook once, eat twice. I also usually have romaine and salad fixin's, bacon and hard cooked eggs available all the time, so if we don't feel like a big meal, a tossed salad, bacon and eggs, egg salad, or pulling lunchmeat, cheese, fresh veggies from the fridge are always options. I don't know if you saw my post about cooking for our kids, to stock their freeze for when our new grandson arrives, but I was saying to DH last night, if I had enough gumption to cook like that for several days at the beginning of the month, for us, I could set up the freezer with a month's worth of meals that all I'd need to do is reheat and make a vegetable or salad. It sounds good at first, but I doubt I'd keep up with it.

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Harpa — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 21:00:01 GMT

@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:

@Harpa - We eat every day so some kind of food prep needs to be done daily. I don't cook from scratch every day. We don't mind leftovers at all, we like them, so lots of times it's cook once, eat twice. I also usually have romaine and salad fixin's, bacon and hard cooked eggs available all the time, so if we don't feel like a big meal, a tossed salad, bacon and eggs, egg salad, or pulling lunchmeat, cheese, fresh veggies from the fridge are always options. I don't know if you saw my post about cooking for our kids, to stock their freeze for when our new grandson arrives, but I was saying to DH last night, if I had enough gumption to cook like that for several days at the beginning of the month, for us, I could set up the freezer with a month's worth of meals that all I'd need to do is reheat and make a vegetable or salad. It sounds good at first, but I doubt I'd keep up with it.

@JeanLouiseFinch Yes, we generally do, too!

My main meal is salad fixed & served at lunch, unless I do cook something, like the dishes I mentioned, and then I eat very light for a supper.

I asked (again) DH if he minded. (It is only us two.) He loves sandwiches, but always appeciates my good cooking.

If you cook up a storm to freeze for meals for a month, you'll have every pot & pan going at once! (I don't think I own that many!)

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Shihtzursqmom — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 00:33:30 GMT

We rescue cats I feel the same way I love to cook but hate trying to figure out what to cook every day
It’s especially hard in this oppressive heat we have now
I do better with meal planning in winter
Actually that’s why we eat a lot of tomato sandwiches In the summer
It’s easy , delicious and we love them

House_cat I wanted to tell you Publix has the Panera breads soups buy one get one this week I saw them today when I went by
At our store The soups are on display in the cases as you enter the store and across from the deli dept in our store

JeanLouiseFinch I bet your charcuterie board is beautiful
Lol I think I have an addiction to them we won’t discuss how many charcuterie boards I have 🫣, All USA made
Some by my husband , his friend has a sawmill
My latest is a lg round one I have all sizes and stains
I hope you enjoy yours the live edges are pretty did you do a natural, light , med or dark stain on it ?

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Pooky1 — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 08:49:15 GMT

Jeanlouisefinch once again reading your post reminded me I planned on bringing a bowl outside with me to pick the blackberries that are ripe.I was in the garden Tuesday trimming and tying up tomato plants.I ate a few. they are so sweet and delicious. Good morning everyone. Still nice out but humidity is coming back today. For breakfast Yestauday around 10 used leftover French fries from food ordered this weekend and I dropped 2 eggs into the fries with some butter and I cover the pan so eggs cook quickly and yolk is runny so yolk goes over the fries and leftovers for dinner. Have a great day everyone.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 11:06:45 GMT

If anyone is going to be in the yard, trimming bushes or weeding gardens, protect yourself and spray for wasps. It's common for my husband to get stung a few times per season but doesn't think much of it. This year has been the absolute worst. He was out trimming our boxwood hedge on Monday and was stung yet again. This time it was more painful than usual. He got some ice on it but it didn't help. As the day went on, his hand really swelled up and his arm was persistently itchy. He was taking Benadryl around the clock but it didn't make a difference. I picked up some hydrocortisone cream on the was home from my hygienist appointment Tuesday morning. It gave a little relief but he realized he needed to see the NP. They squeezed him in that afternoon. She put him on a medrol dose pack and he was feeling improvement by the evening. He resumed trimming yesterday and got stung AGAIN - TWICE! I told him he needs to spray from now on before he starts working out there. It would have been better, too, if he trimmed in April or May, but other things took presidence at the time.

DS and DGD will be over today. I'm making her favorite.

Barbecued Baby Back Ribs w/SF BBQ Sauce

Broccoli

Keto Corn Muffins

Keto Brownies

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ninjawife — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 12:25:19 GMT

Everything was very tasty at the Italian restaurant we went to last night. I got a casear salad, rigatoni with marirana sauce and canoli from the price fix menu for 20 dollars. I also had a nice glass of cabernet.

This morning we are going out for breakfast to another place I have not yet been to. I am allergic to eggs so my breakfast choices are limited. I can eat things made with eggs so I am planning to have liege waffles- sweet dense waffles filled with pearls of sugar that .carmelize. I am having them with banana foster sauce. This place has outdoor seating and allows dogs so we are bringing DDs dog Tilly.

Tonight DH has a gig with his band about an hour north of the beach so my DDs and I will be going to a farm to table restaurant that we have been going to for years.

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RetRN — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 16:18:14 GMT

Tuna melts, hashbrown casserole, and vinegar coleslaw.

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RedTop — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 16:25:01 GMT

Leftover lasagna for me; my husband may opt for soup and grilled cheese, as a little lasagna goes a long way with him. If he never saw lasagna again until 8-3-24, it would still be too soon for him.

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kate2357 — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 16:32:47 GMT

DH still has no real appetite due to upset tummy and he just wants soup and toast. I will have a small chef salad as I need something crunchy to go with the soup.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 16:41:23 GMT

@RedTop wrote:
Leftover lasagna for me; my husband may opt for soup and grilled cheese, as a little lasagna goes a long way with him. If he never saw lasagna again until 8-3-24, it would still be too soon for him.

Whew, I can't imagine having lasagna that seldom. I don't make it super often, but it's in my wheelhouse. I'm guessing I make it every six weeks (ish). I plan on making a couple small pans for the freezer for DS and DDIL, but will wait until the middle of next month on that. I'm going to do things that will go in vacuum sealer bags this month, then the pan type stuff in September..

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Laura14 — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 19:00:51 GMT

I made hummus today and mixed it into my vegetable bowl for breakfast.

Need to make some more eggs and dry bread and I am still deciding what to do with my ground turkey.