01-13-20 11:04 AM - Post#892544    

Hi All,

I'm hoping I can get some guidance from folks here. I mentioned this in my intro post a bit, but to give some quick context...

I have two young kids at home (4&5 year old boys), and my wife is about 25 weeks pregnant. I've done a pretty good job of establishing a personal routine that allows me stay on top of daily chores and cleaning while fitting in 3-4 training sessions a week. The issue with this routine though is that we've become increasingly dependent on the quick and easy meals that aren't great. Frozen pizza, macaroni & cheese, Fish Sticks, Chicken Nuggets, tater tots, etc.

I'd like to start cooking at home more, real food, not frozen processed stuff. I've done a bit of google searching for recipe ideas but the problem I'm running into is that the websites and food blogs have a very different definition of simple then I do. See, I don't have much experience with cooking, nor am I particularly fond of it. I'm the type of person who is happy eating the same thing day in and day out simply because it's easy, but as strange as it may be to me, many people don't feel the same way. My wife is a good cook, but by the time she get's home, she's pretty much done for the day.

I'm not looking to marry myself to some kind of trend or diet like paleo, keto, Mediterranean, etc. I just want to eat real, normal food more often. Meat, vegetables, etc while cutting down on carbs.

So here is my ask, has anyone found any good go to sites or resources for simple, quick, healthy recipes?

Thanks in advance!

01-13-20 12:05 PM - Post#892546    

Fit men cook app and website have some solid simple meals that are repeatable and healthy. I love to cook and my most used resource is the NYtimes cooking app (monthly subscription). They also have weekly emails you can receive including a "what to cook this week" that comes out sunday morning, a wednesday "quick no-recipe suggestion" and others. There are very complex options but also very quick meals like Mark Bittmans Ketchup chicken, Ali Slagle's cheesy white beans and tomatoes. Both 15 minute meals that are almost weekly staples. Salmon is a quick bake to cook weekly if the kids can stand it. They have a whole catalog of just sheet pan meals that are quick and require little clean up.

Have you tried making a weekly menu? I find this really helps me plan and allow time to cook and prep ahead of time. Usually my schedule is

Saturday: Plan meals for next week and shop
Sunday: more complicated meal with enough leftovers for a second night. Also a good night to crock pot lunches for the week
Monday: leftovers
tuesday: Meal 2; simple bean dish, tacos, salmon, pasta etc with enough for a second night
wednesday: leftovers and secondary shopping
Thursday: Grilled meats and veggies
Friday: Takeout night
Saturday: Try something that you might want to rotate in for the week, can also make enough for sundays dinner then sunday becomes a prep for monday/tuesday.

Just some things that have worked for us!

01-13-20 12:37 PM - Post#892547    

This is great! Thanks a lot Drew, plenty to look through here.

It's funny, I've never heard of "Sheet Pan" meals before, even though that's what we've basically been eating (just of the poor variety).

I don't like the idea of being tied to the oven stirring or tending to stuff. 'Set it and forget it' cannot be overstated and from the little bit of looking I've done on them so far, it seems like the amount of time it takes for them to cook is generally about what I need for some quick weights or cardio. Win/Win.

Thanks again!

01-13-20 02:01 PM - Post#892552    

Happy to offer suggestions, I find the NYtimes Cooking to be well worth the small cost. Was just browsing some more and if you just search the word weeknight on the app there are hundred of 30 mins or less meals to try out.

01-13-20 03:36 PM - Post#892561    

A slow cooker/crock pot can be awesome when you're busy.

Life's too short to worry about longevity.

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01-13-20 10:25 PM - Post#892588    

The crock pot is one of the few cooking devices I am comfortable with! I found a recipe for sweet and sour chicken in the crock I think I'll be trying. In the meantime I found a couple sheet pan recipes I'm going to try first, will let you know how it turns out. Thanks again for any suggestions.



Edited by JoshV on 01-14-20 06:52 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

01-13-20 11:12 PM - Post#892592    

Neander beat me to it. I also would recommend crockpot recipes. You can set up the dry ingredients before bed. In the morning, you throw in the dry ingredients and the meat or chicken and press the button. When you get home from work, dinner is ready and the kitchen smells great.

If you go online and google "crockpot recipes" you'll find dozens and dozens of them.

Judge John "You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves." - Abraham Lincoln "I live, I lift, I ache, I am." - Dave Draper "Moderation assures mediocrity -- nice, safe. Mediocrity is for the mediocre -- simple, okay. The intense rule; the mediocre follow." - Dave Draper Every day innocent plants are killed by vegetarians. Help stop the slaughter. EAT MEAT!

01-14-20 05:01 AM - Post#892596    

I have some recipes on my gym's FB page.

Essentially: soups and sauces are your friend. Which means mirepoix is your friend. They can be prepared in large batches, frozen or refrigerated, and go with pasta, rice or bread as you wish. They can have meat and fish or not, as you wish.

Mirepoix = equal portions of diced carrots, celery and onions, with some garlic, fried up.

Mirepoix + diced zucchini + diced capsicum + tinned tomatoes = vegie pasta sauce

Mirepoix + diced zucchini + diced capsicum + diced potato + chicken stock + lentils + water = minestrone

Minestrone + diced beef = beef & vegie stew

Mirepoix + diced zucchini + diced capsicum + minced beef + tinned tomatoes = bolognese

Bolognese with kidney beans + spices = chilli

Mirepoix + diced pumpkin, boiled, blended = pumpkin soup

etc

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01-14-20 07:03 AM - Post#892597    

This is great stuff Kyle. I've never heard of Mirepoix, but I've definitely eaten it. I think I'm going to tackle that beef and veggie stew in the near future. Do you have a preferred cut of meat you like to use? I suppose if you let it stew long enough that's not as important?

01-14-20 08:13 AM - Post#892599    

I was in the supermarket and big plump chickens were on sale, I got a big one for $7 CDN, later shopping for my mother in-law in another town the same size was over $16 CDN. If your on a budget you can find weekly specials on meat, poultry etc.

I split the chicken in 1/2 and lay on a bed of some sliced carrot, celery and onion in a shallow casserole dish and covered with foil, cooked for 2 hours. Later the chicken was falling apart ate some for supper and took the rest off the bone and removed parts you don't want to eat (I eat the crispy skin). Whats left in the casserole dish is a load of broth, pour into a bowl with the veg included and let sit. The fat comes to the top and hardens in the fridge this is great for frying and the gelatin is great for soup, I added the gelatin to a Knorr chicken noodle soup mix plus some of the chicken, or cook rice with it the gelatin.

"Go Henry - Live, lift, learn and grow - Never quit - Dave Draper"

01-14-20 11:29 AM - Post#892618    

+1 on the slow cooker. Best kitchen tool ever. Add to that a rice cooker, same idea, does the work for you. Add a large wok and a couple of soup pots, you're set. And a good chef's knife, gotta have that.

All you need to do are find a few meals you like, and rotate through them. Make sure you always have the ingredients on hand. Bonus points if you can slightly modify the ingredients and/or seasoning to get a different dish.

Take the convenience foods you've been eating and figure out a way to make something similar.

If you like international/ethnic food, pick a representative dish from each and perfect it. For me, growing up in California, I was immersed in Mexican and various Asian cultures, so I tend to alternate between those flavors.

Everything gets better with practice, and it doesn't take much kitchen practice to make cooking easy. Then it becomes fun.

01-14-20 12:54 PM - Post#892624    

Had some chicken fat still to use so put it in a deep fry pan and tossed in some stewing beef chunks and sizzled them up a bit then added 4 cups of boiling water, lowered the heat and let simmer for several hours till the water was pretty well gone, then added peeled and cut up potatoes and stirred into the greasy mixture then covered for a while. Later added a can (drained) of sliced mushrooms and chopped onion, let that cook for a bit. Had some frozen baby carrots that I defrosted and tossed them in.

When everything is pretty well cooked, got a packet of Knorr cream of potato soup mix, and in a measuring jug mixed with some water till blended then added hot water for 3 cup instead of the recommend 4 cups, give it a good mix and add to the pan, cover and simmer for 10 mins, checked the bottom of pan so nothing is settling and sticking. Was a good stew.

Today I have a bag of frozen edamame (green soy beans) defrosted will add to a lb of ground beef sitting in the big fry pan with 4 cups of water and bring to boil and simmer for hours. I have some frozen veg that I keep handy and not sure what I'll use, maybe some okra. Like with the stew will add a packet of Knorr minestrone soup mix.

"Go Henry - Live, lift, learn and grow - Never quit - Dave Draper"

01-14-20 01:44 PM - Post#892632    

If you like cheesy noodle - I cook some German fine egg noodle, drain and toss into a greasy (lard or other) caste iron fry pan mix and load with grated cheddar cheese, pop into a hot oven till cheese is well melted, great side dish.

"Go Henry - Live, lift, learn and grow - Never quit - Dave Draper"

01-14-20 05:51 PM - Post#892652    

• Henry Said:

Henry, you're making me hungry!

Judge John "You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves." - Abraham Lincoln "I live, I lift, I ache, I am." - Dave Draper "Moderation assures mediocrity -- nice, safe. Mediocrity is for the mediocre -- simple, okay. The intense rule; the mediocre follow." - Dave Draper Every day innocent plants are killed by vegetarians. Help stop the slaughter. EAT MEAT!

01-14-20 11:07 PM - Post#892664    

Another term to use when searching for slow cooker meals is "dump'. I kid you not. Slow cooker dump recipes. That just means that you put all the stuff in at once and leave it until done.

You can make some outstanding roasts, beef, pork, lamb, with a slow cooker.

And you can use some of the cheaper cuts too.

Life's too short to worry about longevity.

01-15-20 07:26 AM - Post#892678    

We have a very big slow cooker but my wife doesn't trust leaving anything unattended.

Quick fried potatoes, I get small spudz and 1/2 them twice, put in a microwave skin down and sprinkle with turmeric and black pepper, cover and nuke for 5 mins. Then put the wedges in a greased fry pan on their side, won't take long to flip to other side and then skin side and you can press down on them with egg-flipper.

All my life I have fried with fat and have good cholesterol levels, once a doctor sez it was bang on target and he wished his was.

"Go Henry - Live, lift, learn and grow - Never quit - Dave Draper"

01-15-20 09:06 AM - Post#892686    

Lot's of good stuff coming in, thanks again everyone. I'm not always able to get on and respond to each post, but I promise, I am seeing them and appreciating them!

01-16-20 02:42 AM - Post#892733    

Free pdf of Leanne Brown's "Good and Cheap":

https://cookbooks.leannebrown.com/good-and-cheap.pdf

Happy cooking!

01-16-20 06:54 AM - Post#892739    

Cool, thanks Jack, I'll check that out.

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01-17-20 11:09 AM - Post#892814    

Sometimes kids can be fussy, but if you let them go hungry they'll eat anything. A Chinese doctor told me that kids are healthier if cold and hungry.

Stir Fry's are easy, we're trying a fresh ready made chopped veg with sweet Thai chili sauce container from the produce section, just need firm tofu and fry it up, probably 5 mins.

"Go Henry - Live, lift, learn and grow - Never quit - Dave Draper"

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01-18-20 01:48 PM - Post#892840    

• Quoting:

That's some of the ripest B.S. I've heard in a while.

Life's too short to worry about longevity.

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01-18-20 08:33 PM - Post#892861    

Westin A. Price Foundation has a free pdf download available here:

https://www.westonaprice.org/about-us/healthy-4-li fe/

• Quoting:

As I recall, Gironda was big on this guy.

Anyways, the pdf download, "Healthy 4 Life," has some very good recipes.






Edited by Jack C on 01-19-20 11:18 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

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01-19-20 05:55 AM - Post#892866    

A Chinese doctor told me that kids are healthier if cold and hungry.

Many practice cold therapy and various forms of fasting, all for health.

I can't believe the number of obese young people around these days. In my school days there was one overweight kid in the whole school and he wasn't obese. To me there's a lot of truth in what the Chinese doctor quote.

"Go Henry - Live, lift, learn and grow - Never quit - Dave Draper"

01-19-20 03:11 PM - Post#892880    

No worries! To each his own, once he's old enough to make his own money.

If I was a kid and my folks intentionally made me cold and forced me to fast . . .

well, that wouldn't fly for long.

Health? Sure, it's a great hobby but genetics are the Ace in Life's Deck.

Happy! That one, that's the one I aim for first.

Life's too short to worry about longevity.

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01-19-20 03:48 PM - Post#892882    

• JoshV Said:

HiJosh,

First of all congrats on juggling all the pieces of the family obligations.
Second, you can't continue to eat that type of food you mention , nor feed it to your kids with good conscience.
Three. You can keep cooking simple.

Josh's cooking course

Go by macros, that is macro nutrients which means three groups of food: Carbs, protein and fat.

Carbs are of two kinds: this containing fibers- like root and leafy veggies, pulses and grains, potatoes and rice. Fruit and berries.

And then so called quick carbs like all things white(flour, sugar and things made there off like pasta)

Protein- meat, poultry, fish, eggs, seafood

Fat- good fat like avocados, nuts and seeds ( no vegetable oils ) but olive oil

[Then there is dairy which is often both fat and a little protein in combination, cottage cheeses versatile]

Many diets build on some specific combinations of those foods.

The easiest is to buy unprocessed food-that which grows, runs, flies, swims...

Use the plate method= what you actually put on the plate that you serve. Half of the plate green sallad uncooked veggies-just chop it)

Then you can have some cooked veggies that take max 2-min like broccoli, kale, cauliflower. Third of the second half of the plate.

Then choose good source of basic carbs: potatoes, sweet potatoes, rice, oats, quinoa, and be so- pasta. (another third of the plate)

And then choose some protein source: meat, chicken, fish, seafood- that is the last third. Or you go vegetarian beans, pulses, tofu, garbanzo beans, any beans.

Then see if you can learn some basic simple skills when it comes to technique: boil, bake, stirr fry, fry (in that order). Don't fry stuff if you can avoid it and use coconut oil for that, if so.

Slow cooker is a technique....

Investigate spice combinations -you can vary same ingredients a lot just by using different spices and you do not need sauces or condiments.

And you can also cook simple soups from three types of veggies veggies....that is a good dinner, too.

You ca also do just plates, raw food and small heaps of lentils or beans, steamed veggies, cottage cheese, cold chicken...it doesn't need to be cooked to death.

Baking root veggie mix in oven doesn't need much attention. Stirr fry is quick and doesn't kill all food(example techniques).

Spinach soup with boiled egg goes in 10 minutes.

Then learn seven basic recipes that you can rotate and that will save you each day if short of ideas. Master them and later the variations. Learn how to do an omelette. With veggie salad it is ok meal.

You can do your own macaroni cheese by tossing some protein and veggies and spice onto cooked pasta and the cheese is just a minimum on top.

Drink only water or lemon water, bubbly water nothing with sugar or color in. If lemon watredrin porewater after, citrus food is not good for enamel on teeth.

TEACH THE KIDS TO EAT NORMAL FOOD AND ENGAGE THEM IN THE KITCHEN/COOKING (at least some days). Foos is fun, thy might play but guide them, it takes some extra time time but they will also eat what they themselves helped to cook and it is an investment for life for them.. They can make the sallad.You can also ask them what they want and moderate it. Be the chef and they are sou chefs.

If they want pancakes , make French pancakes, simple and you can fill them with some heathy stuff, or even meat....it all evolves.

Plan a whole week and shop food for the whole week. It saves you time. Have the kids also help you to shop.

Does this sounds doable? A project possible to master?

Now, if you want to loose fat you can do it by eating all food but not as much as you want. You need to create a caloric deficit for you. Have sweets/cake once week. Limit alcohol and beer. If you create a calorie deficit you will loose weight/fat no matter what you eat. But both kids and you need energy not to mention the mother to be.

And have a good protein powder at home so when crisis strikes you put it to a mixer with some fruit and nuts and fibre and they will drink it.
Another crisis is to cook porridge from rolled oats and serve it with milk.

If you adhere to the basic principles you can't go wrong.

<no chips, no processed food , cookies and such stuff. Bake at home so you know what is in it. It is important for the kids brains to eat food not chemicals. Add fish oil in some way.

Mark Bitman has a revised book out "How to cook everything". He was at NYT for years and his cooking is simple, no fuss , but good.

Add cooking school to your log for Q.s. ;-)

Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.

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01-19-20 04:19 PM - Post#892885    

• Henry Said:

At that time computes didn't exist, kids run outside and climbed trees and food was food, not a bunch of processed junk. Even in USA that was built on wheels. Times changed, not to the better when you read statistics about obesity. Reality was a tad more real not just virtual, ain't it so?

Freezing and hungry kids, there's still plenty of them in the world that you don't see. Not the best solution if you ask me.

Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.

01-19-20 04:29 PM - Post#892886    

• Neander Said:

I grew somewhat poor in the north of England, heat was from coal fires, and coal cost money. Food was limited to a tight budget. Never had a real warm coat for winter, and school kids forced to wear shorts year round.

My parents split-up and me mum had to look after 4 kids.

"Go Henry - Live, lift, learn and grow - Never quit - Dave Draper"

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01-20-20 01:29 AM - Post#892905    

I basically was half your Moms, Henry, looking after two daughters and sometimes a son on my own. Looking back, it's kinda fun being both a Mom and Dad to a couple kids. And again looking back, the shortage of money made it all the more challenging. We can all eat on the cheap once we get over the crap being spouted about certain "necessities" of pristine health and such dribble.

Picky picky is B.S.

And all that.

Sheesh, get ye back in time to a coal miner's family life ye of great unfettered abundance and spoilage.

Life's too short to worry about longevity.

Edited by Neander on 01-20-20 01:34 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

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01-20-20 06:20 AM - Post#892912    

• Neander Said:

When I lived in Vancouver through the 80's, you could buy nutty slack (coal) in Victoria, I guess some of the old Brits there still like to burn it.

Pasta and meat sauce: I get my big 2" high fry pan, add a lb of ground beef add water and loosen it up, then fill with boiling water and simmer about 2 hours, at some point add some green pepper, onion and chopped kale, cook down till no liquid maybe add mushrooms then some good pasta sauce, I like 4 cheese in a jar. I cook some pasta add add and blend, on the plate maybe sprinkle some nutritional yeast.

"Go Henry - Live, lift, learn and grow - Never quit - Dave Draper"

01-20-20 09:04 AM - Post#892913    

Josh. Get yourself a crockpot. It may be the easiest way to make food. Just add meat, seasoning and any other ingredient your heart desires. Set if on slow cook for 6-8 hours and VIOLA! Lunch , dinner whatever. Simply and you don’t need to be a chef.

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01-20-20 10:21 AM - Post#892916    

In the old days we'd refer to "Joy of Cooking".

"Go Henry - Live, lift, learn and grow - Never quit - Dave Draper"

01-21-20 08:56 AM - Post#892968    

I'll tell you something that I love that is quick and easy and I never get tired of.Wolf brand chilli poured over a bowl of rice.I could eat that everyday from now on.

How often has bad management been mistaken for destiny?

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01-22-20 06:57 PM - Post#893011    

A big fave of mine and something I needed to learn to make at age 5 is Polish/German potato pancakes.



Ingredients

2 potatoes, peeled and very finely grated (RAW)
1 small yellow onion, very finely grated
2 large eggs
1/4 cup all-purpose flour (sifted in)
1 teaspoon sea salt

Heat fat in a fry pan over medium-high heat. Once hot, add 1/3-1/2 cup (depending on size preference) of the potato mixture to the frying pan and flatten it with the back of a spoon to form pancakes. Fry on both sides (about 3-5 minutes) until golden brown.

"Go Henry - Live, lift, learn and grow - Never quit - Dave Draper"

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01-22-20 10:04 PM - Post#893014    

• Henry Said:

My mother who was German made these. They were not healthy but, wow, they were goooood! These look just like my mom made them. I haven't had them in many years.

Judge John "You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves." - Abraham Lincoln "I live, I lift, I ache, I am." - Dave Draper "Moderation assures mediocrity -- nice, safe. Mediocrity is for the mediocre -- simple, okay. The intense rule; the mediocre follow." - Dave Draper Every day innocent plants are killed by vegetarians. Help stop the slaughter. EAT MEAT!

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01-23-20 07:04 AM - Post#893023    

Latkes!

My Grandma was Russian Ukranian and I still can't get 'em to taste like hers.

Sometimes with sour cream, or apple sauce.

But who really knows. I spent Christmas in the elder care home with my Moms and we ate potato chips and talked for three days and nights straight about well, you name it. The TV was on so we could believe we were watching TCM old movies and not really doing what was important to us.

She can't see so good and I can't really hear so good, so who were we really kidding

This thing called life is so cool.
And then it's gone . . . I love it!

Life's too short to worry about longevity.

Edited by Neander on 01-23-20 07:06 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

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01-23-20 11:22 AM - Post#893033    

• Neander Said:

Yes, Dale, my mother would make German potato pancakes with apple sauce on the side for supper on Fridays when we were not allowed to eat meat. What a lousy meal as far as nutrition but, damn, they were good! I wish my mom were here to make some right now. Of course, my digestion would revolt due to the grease but I'd gladly suffer the heartburn.

The story you related about Christmas with your mom was touching and you created a wonderful memory that you will carry onward.

Judge John "You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves." - Abraham Lincoln "I live, I lift, I ache, I am." - Dave Draper "Moderation assures mediocrity -- nice, safe. Mediocrity is for the mediocre -- simple, okay. The intense rule; the mediocre follow." - Dave Draper Every day innocent plants are killed by vegetarians. Help stop the slaughter. EAT MEAT!

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01-23-20 11:40 AM - Post#893035    

• The Judge Said:

What's not nutritious ? eggs, onion, potatoes, salt, flour and fat, all good to me.

"Go Henry - Live, lift, learn and grow - Never quit - Dave Draper"

01-24-20 07:51 AM - Post#893062    

In a very large fry pan about 3" high, I add 18 chicken thighs, 4 cups of water and some diced carrots, boil and cover and simmer for maybe a couple of hours. Take the chicken out and pour broth into a 4 cup measure jug, add more water to make 4 or so cups. In a cooking pot add a package of Knorr vegetable soup, add the broth a bit at a time mixing with the soup powder, add a handful of fine German noodle and cook 10 mins. In a bowl add some of the chicken that has the bone, skin and stuff separated, about 2 thighs, then ladle in the soup.

After I clean all the chicken whilst warm, much easier than letting it go cold.

The soup has a lot of gelatin and fat, left over soup will become solid. I had a bit of a sore knee cap and from eating this kind of stuff I get healed in no time.

"Go Henry - Live, lift, learn and grow - Never quit - Dave Draper"

01-24-20 08:01 AM - Post#893063    

Here in Canada, grilled cheese is usually a pan fried cheese sandwich, but back in the olden days my Gran would toast one side of a thick slice of rye bread, turn over and add a load of grated Edam cheese, toast till bubbly and a bit browned. Put that in your gob.

"Go Henry - Live, lift, learn and grow - Never quit - Dave Draper"

01-24-20 11:26 AM - Post#893073    

I like to spatchcock a whole chicken, place it over vegetables and sometimes potatoes, on a sheet pan and after 1 ½ hours in oven's upper rack I turn off the oven and turn on the broiler for three minutes and blacken the chicken skin.

Sheet pan cooking is the easy way to go.

Love this thread.

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01-24-20 04:03 PM - Post#893081    

• Henry Said:

There is very little protein and lots of fat in a meal of potato pancakes and apple sauce. Great tasting no doubt but an egg has 6 grams of protein and you may not be eating the entire batch. I prefer MUCH higher protein in my meals. JMO.

Judge John "You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves." - Abraham Lincoln "I live, I lift, I ache, I am." - Dave Draper "Moderation assures mediocrity -- nice, safe. Mediocrity is for the mediocre -- simple, okay. The intense rule; the mediocre follow." - Dave Draper Every day innocent plants are killed by vegetarians. Help stop the slaughter. EAT MEAT!

01-25-20 08:19 AM - Post#893104    

Potato pancakes are a bit greasy, more of a side dish, maybe have with sausages.

Also not something eaten very regular.

"Go Henry - Live, lift, learn and grow - Never quit - Dave Draper"

01-25-20 08:56 AM - Post#893105    

I make these with some crumbled cooked bacon and top with sour cream and dill. Love em!

01-25-20 11:28 AM - Post#893112    

• Henry Said:

Agreed. So delicious as a side dish. But when I was a kid we could not eat meat on Fridays and my mother would make them as the meal with a side of apple sauce.

Judge John "You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves." - Abraham Lincoln "I live, I lift, I ache, I am." - Dave Draper "Moderation assures mediocrity -- nice, safe. Mediocrity is for the mediocre -- simple, okay. The intense rule; the mediocre follow." - Dave Draper Every day innocent plants are killed by vegetarians. Help stop the slaughter. EAT MEAT!

01-25-20 02:31 PM - Post#893125    

Ha! A couple of fellow Fresh Fish for Friday in the past guys here.

Life's too short to worry about longevity.

01-25-20 08:41 PM - Post#893153    

• Neander Said:

My mother, father, and grandmother had a tough time with me. I was an extremely picky eater. The only fish I would eat was shrimp and not willingly. I also did not eat cheese - ANY cheese! So even pizza was out. And I was living in New York with the best pizza in the world and my dad was a restauranteur who would make homemade pizza! There were little options for them. For lunch, I would eat Campbell's mushroom soup until my big mouth spinster neighbor told my mother than there was a bit of chicken broth in it.

Judge John "You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves." - Abraham Lincoln "I live, I lift, I ache, I am." - Dave Draper "Moderation assures mediocrity -- nice, safe. Mediocrity is for the mediocre -- simple, okay. The intense rule; the mediocre follow." - Dave Draper Every day innocent plants are killed by vegetarians. Help stop the slaughter. EAT MEAT!

01-26-20 06:17 AM - Post#893164    

We used to but Knorr wild mushroom soup and Knorr oxtail soup, don't see these anymore.

Fridays we got supper from the fish 'n' chips shop, battered cod.

"Go Henry - Live, lift, learn and grow - Never quit - Dave Draper"

01-27-20 11:48 PM - Post#893251    

We used to eat turtles on Fridays.

Sure, my Moms made mashed potatoes with peas and a cream sauce,
and stuck pieces of fish sticks in the spuds to create turtle shapes.

Life's too short to worry about longevity.

01-28-20 06:10 AM - Post#893258    

At school on Friday's we got cheese 'n' onion pie.

The English Chippy sold Holland's brand pies and included cheese and onion, not as good as the school dinner's.

Schools in England use to have a fully staffed kitchen that made school dinners from scratch, no menu, everyone got the same main course and desert.

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02-15-20 09:10 AM - Post#894220    

Had lunch at a Hungarian restaurant yesterday, I had the beef stew, not the bowl style you'd think but chunks of good beef in Hungarian gravy with a side of Hungarian egg noodle dumpling called Nokedli (Spaetzle) food was so good that I had to have desert - crepes filled with vanilla custard (hadn't had crepes for ages).



https://youtu.be/nJzDfRIb9T0

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