Whats to eat?

[QvQ]

I grew up in a "from scratch" household. I still cook everything from scratch.
Recently a friend served packaged "rice-a- roni" I was an instant fan.
I had recipes for various fried rice dishes but rice-a-roni is a delicious difference so I researched homemade rice-a-roni.
I brown the broken bits of spaghetti and rice in butter. *Simmer in chicken broth or beef broth with different spice blends for 18 minutes.
Meanwhile, depending on the flavor I want, I brown up shrimp, or ground sausage or chopped chicken and voila, delicious rice-a-roni!
Sometimes I add carrots and /or peas or other vegetables.
I mix the rice, meat and vegetable together to make a one dish meal.
I experiment with different spice blends. I am eating rice a roni quite often now, so quick easy and fun to make. It is delicious with shrimp although I like the ground pork but then again, chicken is pretty tasty also.
And still 100% from scratch.

 

[RileyG]

I had Chick Fil A today! Not healthy, but it is comfort food. So grateful I have the day off

 

[RileyG]

I grew up in a "from scratch" household. I still cook everything from scratch.
Recently a friend served packaged "rice-a- roni" I was an instant fan.
I had recipes for various fried rice dishes but rice-a-roni is a delicious difference so I researched homemade rice-a-roni.
I brown the broken bits of spaghetti and rice in butter. *Simmer in chicken broth or beef broth with different spice blends for 18 minutes.
Meanwhile, depending on the flavor I want, I brown up shrimp, or ground sausage or chopped chicken and voila, delicious rice-a-roni!
Sometimes I add carrots and /or peas or other vegetables.
I mix the rice, meat and vegetable together to make a one dish meal.
I experiment with different spice blends. I am eating rice a roni quite often now, so quick easy and fun to make. It is delicious with shrimp although I like the ground pork but then again, chicken is pretty tasty also.
And still 100% from scratch.

I need to learn to cook so I can be healthier. Sounds delicious.

 

[QvQ]

I baked a Rhubarb Pie (canned filling) Rhubarb doesn't grow here and it is difficult to find. Sometimes I can find frozen or canned.
And I baked a dozen large biscuits. Those are great with eggs and cheese melt for breakfast. One split biscuit is sufficient.
I like to reheat the biscuits in the microwave (30 sec) then serve with butter and jam They are more like Kaiser Rolls but with baking powder rather than yeast. A bit coarser and a tad more crumbly but still a good substitute that is much easier to make.
Then fixed burritos for dinner.
The Rhubarb Pie is really a treat as I haven't been able to find any for several years. I stocked up on cans so I can make many more pies.

 

[RileyG]

I had chicken my mother made, some tortilla chips with corn and bean salsa, and two cups of coffee with creamer. Yummy.

 

[QvQ]

I went out for Chinese buffet. We have a really good restaurant, good seafood, lots of choices.
Reasonably priced and it is a treat when I have business in town

 

[returntosender]

I baked a Rhubarb Pie (canned filling) Rhubarb doesn't grow here and it is difficult to find. Sometimes I can find frozen or canned.
And I baked a dozen large biscuits. Those are great with eggs and cheese melt for breakfast. One split biscuit is sufficient.
I like to reheat the biscuits in the microwave (30 sec) then serve with butter and jam They are more like Kaiser Rolls but with baking powder rather than yeast. A bit coarser and a tad more crumbly but still a good substitute that is much easier to make.
Then fixed burritos for dinner.
The Rhubarb Pie is really a treat as I haven't been able to find any for several years. I stocked up on cans so I can make many more pies.

My goodness, are you sure? You must be a female, lol.

 

[returntosender]

I've had mussels in the freezer for weeks. I can't bring myself to eat them

 

[QvQ]

My goodness, are you sure? You must be a female, lol.

Likely, I am the girl but I have brothers and mom taught the boys to cook. We trade recipes.
Sea food, I like the taste of shrimp but I don't like the texture. Mussels,, haven't had them for a long time but I seem to remember they are texturally challenging.
Casa Grande is Arizona?

 

[returntosender]

Likely, I am the girl but I have brothers and mom taught the boys to cook. We trade recipes.
Sea food, I like the taste of shrimp but I don't like the texture. Mussels,, haven't had them for a long time but I seem to remember they are texturally challenging.
Casa Grande is Arizona?

Yes, no longer there. Somewhere along the way i picked up a fear of some sea foods. I like your meals. Robust my kind of food.

 

[QvQ]

Yes, no longer there. Somewhere along the way i picked up a fear of some sea foods. I like your meals. Robust my kind of food.

Seafood seems to go bad quicker than sooner.
The Rhubarb pie is all gone. I have to decide on my next treat. I am considering Cheese Cake maybe.
Cheese Cake, it took me many tries to finally get that right. I have a simple recipe I developed.

 

[returntosender]

I did a cheesecake recipe from a cheesecake box. It was perfect. Perfect for me usually is never, lol. I remember as a kid rhubarb was cringe worthy. I haven't eaten it since

 

[QvQ]

I did a cheesecake recipe from a cheesecake box. It was perfect. Perfect for me usually is never, lol. I remember as a kid rhubarb was cringe worthy. I haven't eaten it since

Rhubarb raw is cringe worthy even to me who will eat a few bites raw.
As a pie filling, with sugar and spice it is the most delicious pie filling ever. People who loathe and despise Rhubarb, if I can coax them into putting a bite in their mouth, love rhubarb forever thereafter. Rhubarb changes into something else when a bit of sugar and spice is added.

 

[Michie]

Rhubarb raw is cringe worthy even to me who will eat a few bites raw.
As a pie filling, with sugar and spice it is the most delicious pie filling ever. People who loathe and despise Rhubarb, if I can coax them into putting a bite in their mouth, love rhubarb forever thereafter. Rhubarb changes into something else when a bit of sugar and spice is added.

It’s good with strawberries too.

 

[QvQ]

I love strawberry short cake. And make it often. I had a long wait at a doctors office. There was a recipe in a magazine for a two layer white cake with strawberries and whip cream.. The reception ladies made copies for me. I amended the recipe for chocolate cake with cherries and whip cream.
Can't say which I like most. Both are to die for. The chocolate version is so much easier than a full production Black Forest

 

[Michie]

I love strawberry short cake. And make it often. I had a long wait at a doctors office. There was a recipe in a magazine for a two layer white cake with strawberries and whip cream.. The reception ladies made copies for me. I amended the recipe for chocolate cake with cherries and whip cream.
Can't say which I like most. Both are to die for. The chocolate version is so much easier than a full production Black Forest

Have you tried strawberry rhubarb pie? It’s very good. Rhubarb cream is good too.

 

[QvQ]

Have you tried strawberry rhubarb pie? It’s very good. Rhubarb cream is good too.

I have tried it but I am a purist. Rhubarb is my favorite pie. It is difficult to find here. I don't care for strawberry rhubarb enough to "stretch" my meager rhubarb supplies with the addition of strawberry. So, I suppose, I don't care for it enough to make it. Although I mostly like strawberry.

 

[Michie]

I have tried it but I am a purist. Rhubarb is my favorite pie. It is difficult to find here. I don't care for strawberry rhubarb enough to "stretch" my meager rhubarb supplies with the addition of strawberry. So, I suppose, I don't care for it enough to make it. Although I mostly like strawberry.

I grow my own rhubarb and chop it and freeze it so we can make it anytime. can you grow it in your area?

 

[QvQ]

grow my own rhubarb and chop it and freeze it so we can make it anytime. can you grow it in your area?

There are rumors that it grows here but as an annual. I have never seen or heard of anyone growing it so no, doesn't. Where I grew up it was practically a weed.

 

[Michie]

There are rumors that it grows here but as an annual. I have never seen or heard of anyone growing it so no, doesn't

That’s strange. Never heard of it growing as an annual. You aren’t supposed to eat it the first year of planting it.