What's for dinner?

Isthisrealyreal - we used to get those frozen pies but they aren't the same as the real thing!

Anxiety,

Oh yes, there is definitely a “pumpkin” overload everywhere!

I am going to let your grits comment roll off my back! LOL 😝

cWillie, where I live all the cream pies are in the freezer section of the grocery store. Just an FYI.

I love cream pies but you almost never see them any more and I won't make any kind of pie just for me alone. There are so many kinds of pies you could make a different one every week and not come close to the bottom of the list but I bet most people have never had anything other than the ones commonly found in supermarkets. BTW, don't forget Thursday is "Pi Day"!

Omg, way, there is nothing better than homemade chocolate pudding, I made that during the pandemic quite often, , I found it's the best thing to make if anyone of your loved ones are having dental work done. Most people don't even know pudding doesn't naturally come out of a box. 😆

Needs, apple and pumpkin is the fav for everyone around my area.

But I'm not into all the pumpkin flavored things, they do around here, pumpkin coffee, ice cream you name it, it's really over done!

Went to Alabama last year to visit an old army friend of my husband's , had grits for the first time. I'll say it wasn't horrible 😆.

Way,

Yum! I wouldn’t care about the crust either. Can’t go wrong with chocolate!

My son and husband’s favorite is chocolate cream pie . I make the chocolate pudding and whip cream topping from scratch but I just buy a frozen pie crust to bake in the oven before I fill it with pudding and cream .
Years and years of this and they finally told me to skip the pie crust . They don’t care about having crust . So now they only get the pudding and cream on top. I bought ceramic pie plates that are to make small personal pies and fill them .

Way,

I love the Dutch apple because I adore the crumb topping! It’s a mix between a delicious apple crisp and a pie. So good!

I like baking berry or apple crisp because it’s so easy!

My husband has a sweet tooth!

Dutch crumb apple pie is my favorite.

Anxiety,

Now you’re speaking my language. Grits are a staple in my neck of the woods!

I love cobblers. I make them.

I love berry cobblers and apple too, but my favorite has always been a peach cobbler.

I do a phenomenal bread pudding too. Everyone here makes bread pudding.

What pie do you prefer at thanksgiving? Pumpkin? Pecan? Apple?

That’s right Pam . My DIL says the good cheese curds squeak. We had them in Wisconsin when we visited . My son lived there for years for his job , met his wife there and they have since moved back east by us . I wonder if Weis by me has them or maybe Wegmans or Trader Joe’s . I don’t go to Weis much . I’m in Giant mostly. It’s the closest to drive to .

Our Weis has cheese curds! My hubs loves them. They called them "squeek cheese" when he worked in Wisc.

I live in the North East , I recently saw apple cobbler on a menu. I remember because like you said, you don’t see it . I’ve also seen cheese curds which made my daughter in law happy , she grew up in Wisconsin.
And chicken and waffles is now up here too.

I made a batch of home made Mac and cheese today .

People are not going to know how to cook the good ol fashion way, lol a sprinkle is this a dash of that

I'm putting blackberry Cobbler on my list of things I want to make sometime soon,

People really don't make cobbler in the North East. Honestly it's not something that I ever see on a menu, same as grits

I bet that the reason why Hello Fresh and other companies like this sell so much because some people only want to buy what they need for each meal.

They don’t want to freeze or they live in a small apartment without a big enough freezer to keep additional food stored.

They don’t want to buy a larger quantity of food and risk it going bad before they can eat it. They may not want leftovers for a few days. They prefer variety in their meals.

Personally, I love to cook once and eat twice! 😝

I cook in large batches too and freeze portions - still cooking for 6.

Love blackberry anything.

TN - that's a lovely story!!!

R says he's coming back here with some stuff today. Thinking I'll make him French toast.

TN,

People always said to us, “Your child is so blessed to have been adopted by you.” My response to them was always, ‘We are so very blessed to be her parents.’

We adopted our oldest daughter when she was a month old. Seven years later I had a biological child. I consider both of our daughters to be miracles.

TN, that is the sweetest story! 😍

My younger son was asked by the judge to explain why he wanted to be adopted and take my last name. One of his "reasons" was I always had something good to eat and he didn't even know stroganoff and blackberry cobbler existed before he came to live with me.

I started cooking big batches when I worked full time. It was a great way to save time and money. I didn’t want to grab fast food if I didn’t have food prepared.

I didn’t have a lot of extra money when I was younger to eat out often. Very often I would be really tired after work, so taking something out of the freezer was a great solution.

Black berry cobbler sounds good!! Really good! I use my cast iron all the time, nothing is better than the old ways for somethings.

Thank you for providing a pleasant much needed change of pace / focus than what we usually face. Hubs does not care for leftovers so not much point in big batch/freezer…sometimes! Yesterday - fresh blackberries from Costco into cobbler in old black cast iron skillet . A little remained - had it for supper later. This evening - stewed apples and toast - simple.

I've been in a much better place in my mind, when I'm in a good place I cook! Tonight is eggs Benedict, and home fries. I know my husband is happy to see my head space is better!!

If I could I'd make y'all something good, as a huge thank you!!

Anxiety, I am coming to your house. I won't be eating a lot of broccoli but you may need to put a lock on the barbeque.

Tonight is BBQ chicken, Jasmin rice, with lots of butter, and everything bagel seasoning 🤤 and broccoli.

I usually don’t cook big batches . I just can’t always be bothered cutting down a recipe now that it’s just 2 of us in the house. So at times I freeze ….
Lasagna, Italian meatballs , Swedish meatballs , Teriyaki chicken , pot roast , macaroni and cheese , chicken noodle or vegetable beef soup , pulled bbq pork or chicken , mashed potatoes , Garden chicken.
DH is a pill about liking his food fresh. He’s not a leftover lover . However I am pushing to do more cooking ahead and freezing because DH’s appetite is unpredictable from day to day and meal to meal on Trulicity , even though it’s been almost 6 months . It’s caused too much waste of good food .

Alva, I cook huge lasagna and large amounts because I had 4 boys.
But I don't freeze it. I delivery them to friends. I give a friend down the road some, then I'm sure this sounds strange, but my x husband stops in , my youngest adult boy lives with him too. My mom of course gets some. It's just what I like to do

During the pandemic though, I took up baking , cheese cake, carrot cake, my favorite was a chocolate bunt cake , with chocolate ganash. Scones muffins.

Problem was when we all started to get out again, everyone I was delivering food too , gained a bit of weight.

I have been cooking less but did just make some good chicken Parm. For all of my peeps

Who here cooks big batches of stuff and freezes it?

Best thing we did in pandemic times was get a small freezer. It's on the back porch and I love that thing. Gone are the days I have to stand in T-Joe's wondering if I have room for one of two frozen tilapias.

So I cook big batches. Spaghetti and spicy meatballs, chili, lasagna and tuna casserole, my mom's favorite cheese casserole. And since cooking seldom registers high on my to-do list, when the spirit hits I can make huge things of baked beans and bratwurst.

Some things don't freeze, like my Thai Basil Chicken or my Buffalo hot chicken wing pasta sauce. But most do.


Who else does big batches, and of what?

NHWM,, in a salad, sliced on a sammy, turn it into guacamole,, I love them!!

Please share your favorite ways to eat avocados.

I am not usually an impulsive shopper.

I am careful about not buying more than we need, but I bought five avocados in a bag because the price was great! They were cheaper than buying two of them individually.

Avocados have gone up in price a lot, and I was excited to get Hass avocados at a good price.