Is anyone else feeling like their cooking/eating habits are too repetitive? I have several signature dishes that my family loves but I'm sick and tired of serving up the same old things. I thought it might help to list our weekly menus here and give each other some new ideas.
Here goes;
Spagetti with meat sauce and home-made garlic bread.
Roast beef with mashed potatoes and gravy.
Chicken stir-fry.
Cantonese fried rice.
BBQ steaks and fries
Shepherds pie
Lasagna
Buy a slow cooker. I'm going to buy one today. Try Pulled Pork, try - everything. I bought a crappy roast for $7.47. I bought a cheap one on purpose to try out my pressure cooker. However, our son brought his slow cooker over and it's been sitting here for a couple of weeks. The other day, I browned that cheap roast in a fry pan and then moved it and the "drippings" into the crock pot. A few hours later (takes between 6 - 8 hours of slow cooking) I added potatoes, carrots and turnips. I cooked the roast in about a cup of beef broth by the way. That cheap roast was like eating filet mingnon! I poured the broth out into pan and made gravy with it. You cannot get the slow cooker hot enough to make gravy. The whole meal was fantastic and the cleanup was easy.
Lots of slow cooker (crock pot) recipes on line.
Pizza?
I use a slow cooker all the time, fire it up when I leave for work in the morning, deliciousness by 6pm when I get home. You would be surprised as to what you can cook in them. I regularly make curries, stews, chillis. whole chickens or basically anything I can fit in it.
Is this not a fire hazard? What if you don't make it home that evening? God forbid, an accident or something.
Is this not a fire hazard? What if you don't make it home that evening? God forbid, an accident or something.
We use the slow cooker when we're gone for the day, keep it on the kitchen island. I find the slow cooker overcooks the meat when left all day, and less than that doesn't cook the potatoes.
Swiss steak is a nice change, I also cook chicken breasts in a dijon mustard sauce, barbecued salmon steaks, tacos, shepherd's pie (technically cottage pie when made with beef, I'm told), pork chops cooked in beer and ketchup, lasagna, home made spaghetti and meat sauce, white fish in foil packets baked in the oven, there's lots of things to do.
When somebody comes up with a slow BBQ, I'll buy one.
Sounds good, thanks. Only one problem with a slow-cooker, you have to be home for hours. This is not an option during the week but I'll give your pulled pork a try some weekend. I have 2 slow-cookers (small and large) and have a couple of receipes you may like. Chicken pot pie is a sinch; Chicken parts, can of cream of chicken soup, milk, veggies (include potatoes) and seasonings to taste.
When the chicken is super tender pour into a lasagna pan, mix-up a batter of biscuits (Bisquick is fine) and drop spoonfuls onto the dish. Bake as directed (for biscuits to brown). If you like lentils, you couldn't get any easier; garlic, tomatoes, lentils, oregano, s&p.
Bon apetit!
When somebody comes up with a slow BBQ, I'll buy one.
They're called rotisseries.
Come on now Iggy. You know that all you have to do is pour the sauce onto the meat in the slow cooker and voila! more into the meat at meal time than on any BBQ.
Spagetti with meat sauce and home-made garlic bread.
Roast beef with mashed potatoes and gravy.
Chicken stir-fry.
Cantonese fried rice.
BBQ steaks and fries
Shepherds pie
Lasagna
Wow! You and your family eat like royalty.
What you need is to add sea food to your usual food plan. Sea prawns, crab cakes, fried fish, cod and potato salad, and Boston/Manhattan chowder.
I also suggest you make your own home made soup. Beef, chicken, sea food bisque, etc.
All very good!
Get yourself a panini press. I bought one and I love it. You can make fajita's, grill cheese, reuben sandwiches. With the sandwiches you just add some soup on the side and that's a nice meal changer. When I was a kid my parents used to hit the deli and bring home an assortment of cold cuts, they'd put a loaf of rye down with different condiments and let us make our own.
As Durka said, the slow cooker is also a great piece of kitchen hardware. I've made soups, chili, stew, Hungarian Goulash.
Criminy, my stomachs growling..
Is anyone else feeling like their cooking/eating habits are too repetitive? I have several signature dishes that my family loves but I'm sick and tired of serving up the same old things. I thought it might help to list our weekly menus here and give each other some new ideas.
Here goes;
Spagetti with meat sauce and home-made garlic bread.
Roast beef with mashed potatoes and gravy.
Chicken stir-fry.
Cantonese fried rice.
BBQ steaks and fries
Shepherds pie
Lasagna
Is anyone else feeling like their cooking/eating habits are too repetitive? I have several signature dishes that my family loves but I'm sick and tired of serving up the same old things. I thought it might help to list our weekly menus here and give each other some new ideas.
Here goes;
Spagetti with meat sauce and home-made garlic bread.
Roast beef with mashed potatoes and gravy.
Chicken stir-fry.
Cantonese fried rice.
BBQ steaks and fries
Shepherds pie
Lasagna