What are you eating in August?

[The Tickle Momster]

Originally Posted by knitlove

Tonight we will have tacos ( I will have a taco salid) as always I make the ' meat' with half grass fed found beef and half lentels. My family won't out beans of any sort on tacos but this arrangement is fine. Which I find really really odd but what ever works.

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I would love to learn how to add the lentils to the meat! Can you share your method?

[knitlove]

Originally Posted by The Tickle Momster

I would love to learn how to add the lentils to the meat! Can you share your method?

If you are trying to hide them the trick is to over cook them.

All I do is a cook about a cup to a cup and a half of lentels, with salt.

Then I cook my taco meat as normal - sate an onion in a smidge of oil ( I use greas fed beef so I wouldn't have enough fat to cook the onions if I didn't add it first) toss in a few cloves of garlic and then almost imedeatly i add one lb of ground beef. As the beef cooks I season with salt. Once the meat is all cooked o try to gather all the fat in to a corner of the pan to bloom spices in, I tend to over spice it atthis point.

Then I drain the lentals and toss them in on top on the meat. I cotenue cooking them all together stirring to evaperate the extra water that hitch - hiked in on the lentals.

If I am trying to hide it inwill keep stirring and mashing the lentels and the meat together untill it is a uniform texture.

At this point I don't try to hide it with my family so I am just more casual about mixing it in and checking the seasioning.


I started doing this when I was routinely cooking for our small group of 12 including two teenage boys and couldn't really afford to use 3 lb of ground beef. When I was hiding it I think I did a ratio of 1.5 lb of meat to 1c of overcooked lentels.

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[The Tickle Momster]

Yes! I'm needing to stretch to feed multiple teens without breaking the bank.

[Laurlor]

Feeling thankful for quick meals today! I was at work and DS texted at 4:10 saying he had to leave at 4:50 for youth group. I ran home and whipped up some gnocchi that I had bought that was on sale at Costco, some spicy Italian sausages from Trader Joes's, focaccia bread from Trader Joes, and a Cesar salad kit. I literally had dinner on the table at 4:40 for everyone and it was pretty good!

[The Tickle Momster]

Originally Posted by Laurlor

Feeling thankful for quick meals today! I was at work and DS texted at 4:10 saying he had to leave at 4:50 for youth group. I ran home and whipped up some gnocchi that I had bought that was on sale at Costco, some spicy Italian sausages from Trader Joes's, focaccia bread from Trader Joes, and a Cesar salad kit. I literally had dinner on the table at 4:40 for everyone and it was pretty good!

That is amazing! Well done!

[MaybeGracie]

DD1 turned 8 today and requested take-out curry. We ordered 3 different curries to go with our own rice and naan.

[The Tickle Momster]

Originally Posted by MaybeGracie

DD1 turned 8 today and requested take-out curry. We ordered 3 different curries to go with our own rice and naan.

[graciousmomma]

I am making a low carb chocolate zucchini cake right now. I am going to serve it with strawberries and whipped cream. Hopefully the recipe is good! I had some zucchini left from my produce basket, and a friend is giving me more tomorrow, so I figured I had better use some up.

[ViolaMum]

Originally Posted by twoplustwo

So I have to say, I am a bit of a lazy cook. Dh and I ate with ds - dh and I just did a smaller beef bowl. We will try the tofu one with dd when she is home and dd is gone. Anyway, I dont think Id bother to crispy the rice. One more step and dish I can skip. Also I didnt have red pepper flakes - both Meijer and Kroger were out of it this week. We are experiencing grocery shortages again, IDK why. So I used red pepper powder but was afraid of using too much. I could have used a bit more.
The sauce / beef is amazing. And easy. fingers crossed works as well with tofu.

If you still can't find crushed red pepper, chipotle powder is another sub. It's a little smoky and really tasty in tex-mex dishes. Target carries a house brand, even.

A friend gave me an okra seedling in June and I was surprised to find a bunch of pods have grown on it! So I made Okra and Chick Peas in Fresh Tomato Sauce. I didn't have harissa on hand, so I used the sriracha option. And I didn't have quite enough okra, so I added in a little fresh corn that I cut off the cob. It was surprisingly yummy over rice!

[graciousmomma]

Well, it's after midnight here, and I am in the fasting portion of my intermittent fasting, but I went ahead and whipped up this cheesy zucchini rice (yes, yes, I know...I should be not doing the dairy thing... ). I am going to stick it in the fridge overnight so it will turn into resistant starch, and eat some tomorrow, with some chicken. It smells soooo good! I hope it doesn't disappoint! https://therecipecritic.com/cheesy-z...7c2lfGZWO0Cgcw

[twoplustwo]

I saved the easy one for the end of the week: Fettuccine Alfredo with Broccoli.

[charla]

Last night we had skillet chicken cordon bleu, wild rice, broccoli. Oh my, it was yummy.

[Beth1231]

Last night was American taco night

[heartofjoy]

Tonight:

Pasta casserole with cheeses, crescent roll dough, marinara sauce with focaccia bread from Costco and salad

Last night:

Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, mushroom gravy, shaved Brussels sprouts, and the focaccia bread

Wed:

Chicken with a mustard cream sauce, baked potatoes, and salad

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[ViolaMum]

It's Fishy Friday.

Littlest asked for Fish Sticks, so I bought some for the kids. There's pan-roasted Salmon for the adults and steamed broccoli for all.