tropit

I'm probably going to make something with Kuri squash, beans and figs...an maybe some tomatoes. I'm still pondering that combo.

SusieQOH

tropit, you and my husband would be amazing in the kitchen! I've told you before that's his passion. We need a bigger house for all his stuff haha

GingerK

Good old fashioned chicken soup--mostly--keto style. I did add a handful of pot barley just to thicken it up a bit. But otherwise, homemade broth, onions, garlic, celery, carrots, kale, meat from 2 leg quarters, and finishing off with a can of evaporated milk. DH will make himself some 90 second bread and I will make myself a 1/4 biscuit recipe.

Iceblossom

Last night was mostly leftovers and dinner preparations. We don't usually see the cut in our grocery store, but I noticed Gordon's Food Service had "Pork Cushions" on sale. It is a dark piece of meat from the shoulder area and likes long slow cooking. Each piece is (boneless) about 3+ pounds, hubby likes to look for the big packages and I had close to 20 pounds of meat to deal with.

We are corning 3 of the pieces, they'll be ready to cook in 3-5 days. You can make corned pork just like corned beef, we do alter some of the spices (particularly adding in more ginger and allspice during the cook). We'd like to try mutton some day but haven't sourced any mutton and lamb is too expensive! Yes, this will be a huge amount of corned pork, once it is cooked we can vacuum pack it and freeze it, but that is his job.

The other 2 pieces I smoked on the Weber with charcoal and mesquite wood, just for the mesquite taste. I'll be making Chile Verde with it. While it probably reached a safe eating temperature on the Weber, it will need to be chopped up and braised/stewed before it is tender. Again, once it is fully cooked it can be stored.

Saturday is our milk pick up day, and one of the last days for the Farmers market. I'm hoping to get some peppers and squash, and maybe some root vegetables. Maybe some more of those Kuri squash will be there. I will also have to get some cilantro and tomatillos for the Verde, which I don't expect to see at the farmers market. When I was at the Kroger yesterday, I picked up one of the discount bags on fresh green tomatoes which I don't usually use but for $1 will throw in the Verde, and some unhappy limes which is one of my ingredients.

tropit

Tonight, I've go to come up with something that doesn't require a lot of clean up, or cooking. Our genny is going out and there is a week of rain ahead of us. That means not a lot of sunshine and we rely on solar power most of the time, with the genny as a backup. Left-overs, sandwiches, fresh fruit and veggies, paper plates. I look at it as a challenge and adventure.

Onebyone

I don't feel guilty using instant mashed potatoes,

I buy Bob Evans mashed potatoes. All I have to do is heat them up. They are very good. I add butter and a little pepper to them. They make good potato pancakes too. I detest peeling potatoes and I am sure I have peeled enough potatoes in my life to equal a whole potato field.

For supper tonight it is pot roast, gravy, Bob Evans mashed potatoes, biscuit rolls, and green beans.

Biscuit Rolls

Butter, for greasing muffing tins
2 cups self-rising flour
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons sugar
4 heaping tablespoons mayonnaise

Preheat the oven to 350º
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Lightly grease a 12-cup muffin tin with butter.

In a large bowl, combine flour and milk, blending with a rubber spatula. Add the sugar and mayonnaise, and stir until just combined. Spoon batter into prepared muffin tin. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until golden brown.

Iceblossom

Nice recipe, Onebyone, Mayo is basically just oil and eggs and can be used in all sorts of ways!

TL;DR -- Tonight will be Chili Verde from the pork I smoked Friday?? I need to cube up the pork and simmer in some chicken stock and spices, while making the Salsa Verde.

Long form:

Had a lovely trip to the Farmers Market on Saturday. Got hot peppers, tiny little eggplants , a couple of (small) Kuri Squash, sweet onions, and a bunch of other things, including a local watermelon -- in October!! I make a spicy eggplant dish called Lover's Eggplant. I've linked that recipe in this forum before, but don't think this thread yet.

Sunday we did the hunt for tomatillos to make Salsa Verde. They are not always easy to find here, sometime the Krogers will have a small compartment for them. I think in Seattle they have more cross-over appeal, are more broadly Californian cuisine maybe than Hispanic?? so pretty much everywhere I shopped had them from the high end shops to the more bargain markets where I shopped had big bins. Anyway, 3-4 grocery stores were searched, 2 (Kroger) did have small compartments, both not enough, maybe 1 pound of small poorly stored/dried up tomatillos. Two did not have spaces for them. And finally Walmart had a nice amount (maybe 7 pounds?) of quality produce and we got the 2 pounds I wanted, along with a couple of plastic wrapped bouquets of cilantro... I will consider trying a large food service can of Tomatillos. Will miss the char but not the 2 hours of shopping. Fresh Napa cabbage is another thing that is hit or miss here.

tranum

I bought a lot of pork shoulder when it was $1.79 last week and made it all into pulled pork using my Instant Pot. Each of the 5 (married) grandchildren got 2 packages each.

Tonight I made stuffed pasta shells. Stuffed with Stove Top, shredded chicken and a shredded French cheese that I pulled out of the freezer.

DH told ME we have to quit buying groceries and eat out of the freezer because it’s completely full. Then the weekly ad came and HE bought 10# ground beef and pork medallions.

Onebyone

We use to keep our freezer full of meat. We would buy a half a cow every year. Now that it's only meals for two for us we found it better to buy the best cuts of beef the day we want to cook it.

GingerK

If DH did the shopping, we'd be broke!! He'd never look at prices, never compare and never consider deviating from the list because something similar was on sale. He'd also never visit more than one store.

However, he and I agreed on a monthly grocery budget--with a caveat for me--whatever I do not spend on groceries, is mine, free, clear and no questions asked!! I am a VERY good shopper and do not mind taking the time to compare sales or go to several stores. They aren't that far apart and it really is a game for me. Every dollar I save, translates to something quilty.

Thank goodness DH doesn't mind leftovers. Tonight, we have ham and scalloped cauli from Sunday night, plus mixed veg. I think the cauli actually tastes better the day after making.