Food inspiration, or what's for supper?
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I mean you could stray and try golden and black raisins and pine cone nuts... but I suspect that a standard meat rice combo may prove more filling for the calories. Dolma too could get the meat filling though that may be a more "northern" version? Dante knows this stuff way better than myself!2
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I like ground lamb for my dolmas but use ground chicken/turkey in a pinch. It couldn’t hurt to go meatless. Maybe homemade raw cauliflower rice? Lots of possibilities.
However hubby wouldn’t allow raisins in with savory foods. I would try it - Chile rellenos often have raisins too.2 -
tomatoes, especially, stuffed with rice, raisin, pine cone mix is more sweat I would say than savory
But then what else did you expect from me!
Now that you mention it, veggie rice (cauli etc) in stuffed veggies would be downright AWESOME.
Wait till your temperatures drop a bit and go for stuffed zucchini (meat mix) in egg-lemon sauce (avgolemono). Now that would be awesome sauce!!!
Lamb or pork would increase the fat content but also the "meatiness" of the dish. More than one kind of "minced meat" being in play is a definite possibility--combos for the win!
But, now that you mentioned it... yes, the veggie rice thing definitely has possibilities!!!0 -
Dinner was air-fried veggies and grilled halloumi. Yummy.
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Do you use an actual air fryer? Which one? I tried an original airfryer (the one with the rotating arm inside) and... was disappointed at the time and results... so I gave it away... And now I'm wondering🙈🤷🏻♂️0
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Yep, this is the one I use:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B077B9X3SB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It's one of our most used kitchen appliances, along with our Instant Pot. Gets pretty much daily use. If I had to choose between them I'd choose the Instant Pot for its versatility, but I'd sure miss the Air Fryer.1 -
That picture almost sells me on an airfryer! Though I loathe adding any thing other than the basics to the kitchen those veggies look amazing!1
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Hubby got this inexpensive Gourmia air fryer at Costco for $40. Got one for son too. Both are very happy with it.2
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T-W-E-N-T-Y minutes to cook some "fries"?!?!?!?! Sheesh! TOOOOO SLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW 0
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???20 minutes seems good??1
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20 minutes from frozen sounds okay, no?1
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20 minutes is pretty good really, I need to get me an air-fryer too. Mother has a Tefal Actifry which is also pretty good, but takes a little more time to do stuff.
Today I cooked some fresh sardines I got from the market, and de-frosted a batch of pinto beans I had made a couple of months ago.
You cannot beat fresh fish (if you eat meat of course), the taste is worth all the hassle!2 -
Lunch is hamburgers and dinner is individual pizzas. The pizzas got made in a large quantity session last month and are in the freezer, so that's easy enough. That works. I am coping with nearly constant hot flashes and am not having a lot of fun right now.4
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Wow - I’m inviting myself over to Dante’s and Alexandra’s homes for dinner. Long trip between but well worth the effort 😂.
Fresh fish here in Austin Texas- ummm NO. Everything is either frozen, canned or
preserved. I think there’s a seafood grocery in town but it’s mainly a restaurant supplier with some small amount sold to the public.
I’m in a tuna salad with crackers for lunch and cereal and yogurt dinners rut lately. Because it’s still blazing hot and I’m lazy. Better culinary days ahead I hope.2 -
OK, OK: you 20 minute people! Sheesh!
So, to Dante's observation about Tefal Actifry... an original Tefal Actifty is what I tried to use and gave it up as too effing slow. Am I hearing that performance with newer to the market models would be faster?
And of course 20 minutes is like forever! That's like my max time limit for pulling a family lasagna and nuking it from frozen! I mean 20 minutes is like high end cooking almost!
Did I ever mention that salads are in the dog-house as being too time consuming! They take me away from POSTING!!!!!!
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OK, OK: you 20 minute people! Sheesh!
So, to Dante's observation about Tefal Actifry... an original Tefal Actifty is what I tried to use and gave it up as too effing slow. Am I hearing that performance with newer to the market models would be faster?
Actifry takes about 35-40 minutes for a batch of fries, a little less for vegetables. What Yooly posted is/uses a different system that takes a lot less.
The whole idea for these kind of machines tho is that they do passive cooking, you simply fire and forget. Therefore it doesn't really matter if it takes 10-15 minutes more, it's not like you have to be there stirring.
Stop microwaving everything under the sun!
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Yeah this meal looks like this:
4 pm. Wander in the kitchen and turn on the oven to 200. Get out a sheet pan and rack, and grab a bag of fried pork bits out of the freezer. Scatter on the sheet and shove in the oven, and go do something else.
4:30. Put the bag of sauce in the microwave long enough to get it out of the bag, and dump that into a pan and heat til it thickens. While that's cooking, steam the broccoli in their bag. Warm the rice in its bag.
5 pm: Assemble the meal to rave reviews.2 -
Had "supper" for lunch today because I got home from walking the pups - kinda tired after walking and being up most of the night fighting with this file migration
- and realized that I didn't have much regular food to eat - so went digging and ended up making a pretty fine stir fry kinda dish with some frozen Thai mix veggies and a pack of extra firm tofu hiding in the fridge (good for another 4 days and made enough "supper" for two days) with some General Tao sauce from a never opened jar left by the kiddies when they moved all served on a half serving of soy spaghetti. Came in kinda high - just over 600 calories - but wow was it satiating. Might not be having "supper" afterall - though if I do it is a planned salad. 2 -
Alexandra makes putting a wonderful meal together sound easy peasy. And it is
quick to do on the day the meal is presented. However, Alexandra put in a whole lot of thought, prep work, portioning and freezing work well in advance. She’s a master of preparation!
Laurie’s serendipitous meal sounds wonderful too. Sometimes those freezer and pantry surprises turn into gold. Good work!2 -
It was a great meal. Supper turned into 2 Jello no fat snack packs and a tea with a shot of bourbon
I'm going to bed early tonight - and hopefully this will make sure I don't resist toooo much.1
