Dinning Alone

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!! Wish my budget could afford it!!! Your cute!

OK NOW Im hungry! LOL Im watching a program on Gilroy Calif. Garlic capital of the world! YUM!!! I think I'll have shrimp tonight lightly sauted in fresh garlic and basil in butter mmmmmm mmmmmmm GOOD!

Well it took 3 hours to finish lunch LOL I made a nice plate of veggies and salmon. My wee Scottish friend in England got me stuck on it LOL I think I'll skip dinner. I started my new site and I'll develope it more tomorrow. Im really excited about it and hope it takes off the way I intend it to. It'll keep my mind busy if nothing else.

Hi Nikki,

I pulled this off a frano-american womans institute

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it sounded delicious


Memere/maman's recipe for tourtiere:
(pronounced as you like, but it can be touchay for those who are in a big hurry like me...)
1 beef roast
1 pork roast
of equal poundage, I buy approximately 6 to 8 lbs. of meat each, with more pounds in beef slightly
10 to 12 potatoes in proportion to the meat
3 or 4 medium onions
salt/pepper
nutmeg
cook roasts together till done
peel and cook potatoes, and make tasty mashed potatoes with margarine, (or butter, or sour creme, or my latest, crême fraiche sent to me from a new-found Franco women in California who markets this traditional condiment from Western France,) salt and pepper to taste as well.
Ground up the cooled roasts with onions added to the grinding process using either a food processor or hand-crank grinder. The consistency is not too fine, but not too coarse either.
Mix the meat and potato mixture together in a large pan, adding a dash of nutmeg and salt/pepper to taste.
You can then bag and freeze this for up to 6 months.
Also you can make a tourtière/tourtiere immediately to taste your wares.
This makes enough for up to 6 or 7 pies. Tourtière requires a two-crust pie, top and bottom. Cook for 45 minutes to an hour, depending on how long it takes for crust to brown. Serve with green tomato ketchup or for breakfast the morning after with a sunnyside egg on top. C'est'assez bon!
This is so Good!
(literal translation: this is enough good!)

Green tommy ketchup?...ah I remember it being in the shops here for a couple of months.

otherwise, ur making my mouth water!!!.

That sounds good. Here is the one I found.

Tourtiere

1 lb Lean ground Pork
1/2 lb lean ground beef
1 onion (diced)
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 cup water
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 tsp dried thyme, crushed
1/4 tsp ground sage
1/4 tsp ground black pepper
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1 recipie pastry for a 9 inch double crust.

Directions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 C)
In a saucepan, combine pork, beef, onion, garlic, water, salt, thyme, sage, black pepper and cloves. cooke over med heat until mixture boils; stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to low and simmer until meat is cooked, about 5 mins.
Spoon the meat mixture into the pie crust. Place top crust on top of pie an dpinch edges to seal. Cut slits in top of crust to steam can escape. Cover edges of pie with stripes of aluminum foil.
Bake in oven for 20 minutes, remove foil and return to oven. bake for an addition 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown. Let cool 10 min.

I will let you know how it turns out.

Man i cant belive I didnt see this thread before.

I LOVE having company for dinner! LOL I dont have a stove but when I get the chance (once a year) I cook at my sisters. Its soooooo fun cooking for Irishmen LOL My bro in law will go nuts over this one!! Im glad you found us ok. I think Daz was getting lonely LOL

OMG!!!! You don't have a stove!??? I couldn't live without a stove. I love cooking!!!!

Next week I am going over to my mom's house to do all her christmas baking. And I can't wait... Yest I am a dork but I don't care.

Your too cute!!! LOL I love cooking too, I just had to get creative I doo that well! Check out my oatmeal cookie recipe its the BOMB! great dunkers

I did see it there. I think well I am bored at work tomorrow I might go through a bunch of these threads.

I can be creative but I don't know if I can be that creative. I can't live without my stove lol.

Its just me here and a hotplate, toasteroven and my crock do very well. I catch good sales and at 242 lbs Im not starving LOL I do eat fairly healthy and Im at an altime personal low (used to be 333) Lifes good when you look forward to your own cooking

I wish I could cook. My girlfriend is an excellent cook though. I survive on K-D and chicken. Thank God for my girlfriend. I do the dishes, she cooks. It's win, win.

Crock pots are an awsome invention . Roasts are so good cooked slowly all day long.

Awww that is win-win Would you like to surprise her for Yule? try that cranberry relish all you have to do is pulverize it in the food processer.......very guy food

KD, Ew. that stuff isn't food. Its sick.

I do miss making my teriaki jerky at Yule. Critter would find it before I packaged it LOL Id always had to make 3 batches. That and choclate covered cherries LOL hand rolled! Turkey would devour them!

On friday nights if Ive managed to squirel away 5 bucks I go to the local pub for a guiness. I managed this week and if Im lucky I'll find some good conversation and a kind heart. If not I get a few chapters read in my latest book LOL Talk to ya later

Here's one for ya Self:

Buy half a Salmon and mix equal parts of brown sugar, lemon and butter melt and stir and then slather on salmon and bake in the oven for twelve minutes. You will have a piece of salmon that is moist tasty with a hint of the flavor of brown sugar and you can chop it into pieces and freeze it for a later date. Bake on 350. You won't believe how this, I think it's called braise, makes the salmon taste. Yummy and I don't like Salmon.

I LOVE salmon! Im shopping tomorrow I'll pick up a piece or two......THANKS!

this is all good stuff. i should learn to cook. i can make chicken in the oven with BBQ sauce. Actually, any meat i prepare i add bbq sauce.

OMG I love home made jerky!

Cooking is real easy its just a matter of throwing **** together that tastes good. Anyway I am off to make pastry for that meat pie. TTYL!!

I was just informed on the phone that my sweet soulmate is feeling a bit better. And when his friend whispered in his ear my secret word to him she said he BEAMED!! Its going to take a very long time BUT he will be ok. My Dearest Godess and God are looking after us. They know Im not the shining star that Im capable of being without him in my life. Hes my very best friend and the truest Love in my heart.

Im going to sort the bills and see if I have enough for a pint, a bit of a treat twice in one week But this deserves a celibration.

And I did Me and my friend (in spirit) and Rae Beth (my newest book on English Wiccan Priestess training) I splurged and ordered Bri's fav seasoned fries LOL Im gonna look like a house with this depression. But it reminded me of when I did have a stove and it was just me and the kids. Critter LOVED my homemade fries. Id double fry them......their crunchy on the outside soft on the inside. Id deep fry then id season them then dip them again and season once again. Definately NOT diet food but the kids adored them with ranch dressing lol yum

I FOUND IT!!!

Yules coming and on the 17th our circle gathers, this is my fav party food. My sis made it up for my diabetic nephew.

This ones from Kim can be chand to low cal and low fat and OMG YUMMY!!!


Hi Tam!

Here's the recipe:

16 oz Cool Whip
32 oz Vanilla Yogurt
2 pkgs French Vanilla Instant Pudding
1 can Tropical Fruit Salad
1 can Mandarin Oranges
1 can chunk pineapple
drain canned fruits well.
you can also add red or green grapes....any fruits you want.
Whisk together yogurt, pudding then fold into cool whip; fold in the drained fruit along with the grapes. Mix well to incorporate everything.
Top w/ cool whip and place any additional fruit on top for a garnish.

I use low fat/ no fat and diabetic no sugar ingrediants. Fruit is fresh or drained so its healthy too.

Im headed out to the store.....guess whats dinner?! Gonzo this ones easy peasy give it a try

OH MY GODDESS!!!!! This is FAB!!!!!! Sassy it is the most amazing taste! Sweet and savory! I took the juice and dipped it with a cranberry/nut loaf I had bought yesterday. I broiled it (like garlic toast) YUMMMMMMMM

THANK YOU for sharing! this ones a keeper in my cookbook.

I just made the venus de milo soup in the crock. If your cooking it in the crock DONT add the Orzo til Id say about 30 minutes from the end. It basically thickens if you put it all together at the beginning. Live and Learn eh?

Oh and Sis suggested a new hard candy thats put out for the holidays creme savers they have apple pie alamode, strawberry cheesecake and cinnamon bun.......not badand only about 15 calories per peice

I dine alone most of the time. Never was one for cooking before, used to go out to restaurants 7 days a week for 2 meals. Am single and well employed so money not an issue. After heart attack was forced to adopt low fat/no salt added diet. The hard part is paring down most available recipes to feed one person. Dividing every thing by 4 is not quite the same. Substituting low fat marg, low fat/cholesterol egg product, and low fat or skim milk products for butter, egg and cream is difficult too. Am really getting into trying at least. Just dropped 1500$ CDN on new cookware, plates and utensils and small appliances. Had to go out a buy a pantry as my cupboards are full. Also had to buy a second fridge and freezer to fit all my meats in. My freezer is full of , well you name it. Scallops (huge mother scallops), shrimps, fish (sole, polloock, salmon (Pacific and Atlantic), rainbow trout (caught by me from my fishing club), steaks (mostly tenderloin (going low fat and watching portions might as well get the best), pork loins, ham steaks, skinless boneless chicken breasts legs and tenders, Alaskan crab legs, lobster claws and tails. Never really been a veggie fan. Carrots, peas, corn and cauliflower is about it. Bought a steamer, mmmm steamed cauliflower. I do and awesome braised carrots in a honey garlic sauce (VH brand). Took me a while to come up with a rice recipe I liked to substitute for potatoes all the time. I do a mean indirectly grilled Cornish game hen on my barrel smoker I bought. Chicken breasts in S&B Cajun sauteed with minimal canola oil is awesome. Looks burnt cajun style and is juicy and spicy. All this within 7 months. My friends are amazed at the transformation and some look forward to invites to supper as opposed to going out to eat. I even inspired a couple of buddies wives to try eggs benedist and my cajun chicken. Always was a chocoholic but now chocolate is off list. I found a 98% fat free chocolate ice cream but it has .1 g of trans fat and so I eat sparingly. Have just tried no fat yogurt with fruit in my food processor. That works well and now forms the most part of my lunch at work.

Like I said all this within 7 months. For those who do not currently cook, it's easy. Get a couple of timers and have everything ready (mise en place (?)) before you start. The Joy of Cooking is indispensible. If you don't have one get one, it rules.

Your freezer sounds devine! Dinning alone is a real art but I must admit a table for two and a easy movie can make for a very sweet evening. I Love fishing myself but I havent found a place to go yet. Its my goal for next summer. I found the greatest camping spot, extremely secluded but no fishing. I'll keep looking. Dont be a stranger Id love to hear some of your recipes.