Recipes

[VenturaHighway]

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@Daysdeewrote:

Salmon done in the air fryer.  Not sure what the rest will be.

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@DaysdeeDo you cook it plain or bread it? Can you tell me how you do this with the salmon? Thanks

[Eileen in Virginia]

We had shrimp gumbo tonight. 

[eddyandme]

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@Annabellethecat66wrote:

I don't cook much anymore.  I went by Panera's and took home Chicken noodle soup and garden salad.  The soup will last over the weekend and the salad for 2 days.

Today I had lunch with my oldest daughter.  I stopped by and bought us Chick filet for lunch.

Last weekend I made a huge 9X13 pan of lasagna.  I cut it up into sections and froze them.  When I'm hungry for pasta I get one out of freezer and zap it's there.

I've been told I make really good lasagna.

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Recipe please, @Annabellethecat66!

[deepwaterdotter]

Steamed crab legs, baked potatoes, and tossed salad.

[ID2]

Friday night? Nope I don't cook! My dh and I always go out for our weekly "date night". We've done this for the past 44 years. 

[Annabellethecat66]

@eddyandme I'd give it to you but I'd have to kill you....(just kidding).

Anyway, there's not much to it.  Not a bunch of spices, etc.  Simple, simple.

My main ingredient is SPATINI  I have to special order it.  You can no long buy it in a store.  It comes in huge (restaurant size) packages.

So, my guess is often times when you go to some restaurants you are actually eating Spatini  (why else would it ONLY be offered restaurant size)?

It's just a bunch of baby diced tomatoes (canned), Tomato sauce, Spatini (season to taste), 3 or 4 different kinds of cheese, layer the noodles with the sauce mixture, plop in oven at around 400 (at least) until the sides (I use QVC glass pan) get a little brown)....

Nothing challenging but good grief many people love it.  Every time I go somewhere people say, "You can bring you lasagna".  It's a lot of work (I think, because I'm lazy) but I do bring it.

There's no mystery to it.  The only challenging thing is getting the Spatini mix.

[eddyandme]

Thank you @Annabellethecat66.  I'll google spatini - that must be the secret!!!!!

[eddyandme]

Vermont Country Store has it for 16.95 - seasoning for tomatoes, sauce, meatloaf - I'm gonna order it!

[Annabellethecat66]

@eddyandme My tip (for want of a better word) is I think it has a lot of sodium (I'm very sensitive to sodium) so make sure you get the sauce and tomatoes that has the least amount of soldium in the can.

I think we Americans are addicted to salt.  It seems like everything we eat has a lot of sodium in it....

I'd send you the address but it would get zapped anyway by QVC.

Just one package would last you forever!  Ha!  They're so big and you don't need a lot of it.

You used to be able to buy it in the grocery store (it came in a box with 3 small packages in it).  Then they suddenly stopped making it and now you can only buy it in these huge packages.  Just put in a spoonfull at a time and taste then a little more and so on.

A lot of my friends use it too.  We're all 'old-timers' and used to use it when you could get it in the stores.

It's great to put in meatloaf and lots of other things.  Gives everything great flavor.

[Annabellethecat66]

I forgot to tell you NOT to get the FAKE Spatini.  Another company makes something that's supposed to be it, but it's not.

I make the mistake of buying it.  When I just googled it Walmart came up as selling it, but it's not the original Spatini sauce mix, it's not the same.

Get the real deal or if you are a Spatini lover you'll immediately know the difference.  We ALL made the mistake and learned the hard way.