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acpgee

In preparation for stock making from the turkey carcass, I have one tip for people who have limited freezer space like me. I simmer for about 5 hours but at the end, boil furiously for 30 minutes to reduce the stock so it takes up less space in the freezer. Give it a taste before freezing and label with the dilution ratio.

acpgee

I got home from the newish high pressure job at 20:00 and dinner took me 25 minutes. Sous vide lamb shank I cooked on the weekend finished for 10 minutes in the air fryer to brown. We had some leftover lamb gravy in the freezer. Sweet potato mash zapped unpeeled in the microwaved for 10 minutes, then halved and pressed through the potato rice cut side down, scraping out skins with fork as you go. Salad with store bought beets, an apple, some capers, some candied nuts we had in the pantry and vinaigrette we had in a squeeze bottle in the fridge.
If you eat meat, sous viding a lot of protein on the weekend makes quick work of weeknight meals. I pop sous vide meat into portioned ziplocks in the freezer. When you want to eat, defrost overnight in the fridge, and finish for 10 minutes in the air fryer or under the broiler to brown.

Adventurista

Yum!


Quick salad & sandwich - (meat batch cooked & stored on weekend) shaved/chipped beef with sweet onion, cilantro and fajita spices. Mock Blackened Ranch (added spices to commecial dressing, mix, keep on hand) pre-cut salad from salad bag in lieu of lettuce.

Cut in quarters and served; we each had 1/2 with a simple appetizer dinner salad (pre-cut salad from bag, sliced tomatoes, sliced black olives, shred cheese, pepperoncini slices, and personal choice dressing on hand.)

acpgee

Last night's warmed up leftovers made a damn fine taco to start. I keep some corn tortillas in the freezer as this is a good way to use up small quantities of leftovers. I do like to pep up leftovers for tacos with something acidic, such as pickled veg, some quick salsa made by chopping a little tomato and onion with a squeeze of lime, or even just a smear of relish. Tonight I added a couple of pickled capers.
Main was a bit of char siu pork tenderloin cooked sous vide on the weekend and browned in the air fryer tonight. Chinese turnip cake was made on the weekend (using the microwave intestead of the traditional steamer) and pan fried tonight. Sauteed spinach and everything else could be made while the rice was cooking.

acpgee

I got home from work at 20:00 and this was a 15 minute dinner. I prepped salad greens yesterday but didn't serve them, so adding a little onion, feta, candied pumpkin seeds and balsamic vinaigrette took a few minutes, seeing as the caramelized nuts and vinaigrette were already made. A dragged a little pumpkin gnocchi from the freezer which cooks in about 5 minutes from frozen. We had a little leftover puttanesca sauce in the freezer, which I stretched with store bought pesto and chopped cherry tomatoes.

Adventurista

Looks good always @acpgee



Fresh pot of soup, torn chicken, cilantro, chicken apple dogs, mixed frozen vegetables, bow tie noodles and a bit of torn bread for dipping.

Thanksgiving is tomorrow with a long 4 day weekend for many in the US. We enjoy the feast on Thurs with others, then (batch)cook on Fri to have leftovers for a week. It's one of those times i wish we had an extra freezer and fridge and have to resist eating stuff up to make enough room!

To those who celebrate, Happy Thanksgiving - pics always appreciated.

janicemlove

Vietnamese place at the Portland airport, bought an egg roll bowl (I think that’s what it was called) and it was really good. Not a fan of the container it came in.

janicemlove

Clam pasta from an Italian place and a kebab plate from a Persian restaurant when I was in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago.

acpgee

I worked from home and had a little more time for making dinner. It was still an easy cook following my weeknight strategy of pulling things from the freezer and using up leftovers. Char siu pork tenderloin that cooked sous vide on the weekend was pulled out of the freezer and browned for 10 minutes in the air fryer. Chinese turnip cake leftover from Sunday was sliced and pan fried. The only thing I made from scratch was green beans stir fried with Chinese olive vegetable. Rice was boiled in a little lamb stock I found in the freezer, probably the expelled liquid collected after cooking lamb shanks sous vide.