What's for dinner?

[JanetMarie]

Didn't make the soup for dinner yesterday. I have hives and they were getting worse. Husband had leftovers from Saturday.

My lips swelled overnight, and got up looking like a botox gone wrong. A little better now, since I've taken more diphenhydramine, and the house is cold.

I've had adzuki beans soaking since yesterday, so the plan is beans and wild rice, with ??? I don't know if I'll eat though.

 

[flowerbug]

Baked ziti. I'd found a recipe that hubby really likes. It's basically lasagna just with ziti pasta. The fact it takes an hour and 45 minutes to make makes me sigh.

you can your own sauce?

 

[flowerbug]

cole slaw mix with any kind of dressing the kids like and they can then add anything else they like, for me sunflower seeds and dried cranberries, peanuts, walnuts, raisins, chopped dates, apples, celery, fennel, etc. all good. diced onion, green onions, finely minced garlic, vinegar and oil, basil, dill... all work well for me. what i like about this is that it is something that takes me a longer time to eat than many other dishes so it is very satisfying because of all that work i'm doing and that it takes longer to eat is a good thing for me because i have a really bad habit of eating too quickly.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Can't grow raspberries here...but we can grow blackberries. The only pest my blackberries have is my DH. He's weed whacked 'em not once - but twice. I don't think they're going to recover.

 

[flowerbug]

Hamloaf

? sounds interesting...

 

[flowerbug]

I've never had it but looked up a recipe and it sounds good! Might have to add it into the lineup soon.

never heard of it before.

 

[flowerbug]

We need to get back into a better meal prep cadence here.

standing over the sink and tapping your feet isn't working?

 

[flowerbug]

Why have I never thought of dehydrating cooked beans? This is EPIC, lol! I will definitely be trying this. Of course, this comes right after I canned 27 pints of beans last week....argh.

powdered would be like refried bean paste kind of thing? i'd not really mind it i'm sure but to me it is very easy to freeze them or to cook a fresh batch.

 

[flowerbug]

not for me for sure. way too much fiddling around for such a simple dish.

 

[flowerbug]

i would love stuffed cabbage rolls with extra cabbage cut up and cooked with it. to me a good vegetable soup isn't quite right without cabbage. also love saurkraut.

as for peppers do you tolerate red peppers? i'd miss those as i do love them roasted and plain and raw or used in many ways. hot peppers i can do in moderation but some kinds i do really enjoy their flavors (habineros i can skip). super hot stuff i'll pass on. i don't like pain.

good chilis are heaven though. i can cook with those a lot if i can get them, but i have to eat it all myself as Mom won't touch anything with too much spice in it. i made a batch of chili for her last night without any chili powder in it at all.