Lamb Shanks
 

The best lamb shanks I have found were purchased at the Polish Deli in Leesburg. Excellent quality

And Bon Appétit's Test Kitchen has many videos on you tube. They are all young, interesting, funny cooks. Also one of them, Claire Saffitz, does a video series called Gourmet Makes, where she recreates packaged products from scratch--like M&Ms, girl scout cookies, snickers bars, Pringles, skittles; mostly junk food, but very fun to watch.

Its easy so far 50 days Lasagna, Brisket, Home made Pastrami, over a gallon of pasta gravy with and without meat. Meatloaf, eggplant parm, meatballs, Manicotti, clam chowder, beef stew, pork roast, beef roast steaks
Unfortunately we have gotten so good at cooking we may never go to another restaurant for quite awhile, made the way We likeit.
Prep time is usually less than an hour the stove oven and grill do the work.

Most involved entree I recently made was Pastitsio. Made Strawberry Preserves yesterday. Making a Buttermilk Pie today.

I would reply, but I'm a Chef, not a Cook.


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Especially since you got your Instant Pot!:a040:

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Goodlife's comfort soup for rainy days

couple cans of cream of potato soup
2 medium potatoes
ham steak
frozen sweet corn

boil potatoes for 30 minutes, let cool then dice
fry diced potatoes in olive oil, season with garlic, salt and pepper
fry diced ham in olive oil
add soup and milk to pot, heat and add fried potatoes, ham and sweet corn

serve topped with grated cheddar cheese and parsley, garlic texas toast

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I could see that without the ham too. Maybe some diced green peppers sautéed with the potatoes.

You guys are cooking artisans. Love it!

Great thread, OP. Lots of good ideas.

Tonight roasting a Prime Rib, oven roasted mushrooms and boiled baby potatoes tossed in unsalted butter and parsley.

Pastitsio! I love it! Good for you! I get my macaronia for mine in Tarpon Springs as well as my Kefalotiri! Nice little markets there. Ill bake my own psomi.

Kali Orexi!

I made that last week and a chicken and biscuit from scratch this week!! Both old recipes and delish!!

Pea Soup
 

We're making Pea Soup - which I rarely make. And last night I made Chicken Pot Pie.

I love Pastitsio. We used to get it from a Greek Orthodox church when living in Pittsburgh. Those churches have lost a lot of $ lately, as did the Catholic Church with their Friday fish fries.

I can't find spomi on Google, but they came up with psomi. By any chance is that what you meant? Seems like it's Greek bread? Pictures look delicious.

Recipes I have made that I never would have except for being homebound are; (1) One Skillet Beef Shephard's Pie ( no way it would have fit in one skillet! so I used a large casserole dish. It took a long time, but it was good! (2) The Ultimate Potato Soup Recipe Author Sam Merritt (3) Slow Cooker Apricot Chicken-www.dinneratthezoo.com/slow-cooker-apricot-chicken, and (4)Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup. I am shariing with a couple of neighbors so it keeps me motivated. I would recommend any of these recipes.

Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup. Yum. There was a similar recipe in the Silver Palate Cookbook.


I have made Mango Thai Chicken Curry, Rogan Josh (Indian lamb curry), a savory Dutch Baby pancake in a cast iron skillet, topped with burrata and arugula --which was such a big hit it became Sunday Supper--a low-cal black bean & corn salad, Hungarian Goulash, a cabbage casserole in the Instant Pot, grilled flank steak pinwheels (pounded and rolled up with bacon, oregano, parsley, salt & pepper inside), chicken fajitas, pizza, fish tacos, sloppy Joes with homemade cole slaw inside the bun, cookies, cookies, and cookies. I don't eat meat, so some of this was in two forms. Oh, and chicken Marsala. And a mustard vinaigrette chicken & potato sheet pan dinner.


You all are giving me some more great ideas.

pillsbury has saved the day for me plenty of times! lol

I will have to say that this virus hasn't slowed me down much. I retired on Feb 1st and have lost 7 pounds without trying. In the meantime I have tried several recipes. Braised short ribs, smoked baby backs and Cajun fried hybrid bass I caught. I regularly make
Spaghetti Bolognese, Ahi Tuna, Pot Roast and whatever else I want to experiment on. Don't get me wrong, my wife has her specialties as well. Suffice to say we both like to cook. To me, its an expression of love. Nothing like hearing, "hmmm, damn that's good". When you don't hear that then its, "here honey, have another glass of wine". LOL.

I signed up for an online cooking course with Chef Todd Mohr. He teaches cooking methods vs recipes. I have made many delicious meals WITHOUT recipes. Google Web Cooking Classes and see if this works for you.

I have had it up to here with planning meals each night, so today I made a scone ring and we had the scones with butter and strawberry jam. Was great and a really nice change from cooking.

Tomorrow, back to cooking ............. pork chops, mash and corn.

This mess is requiring me to use some skills I learned long ago; how to stretch meat, how to make things that I had been using a mix for or were purchased ready to heat. I think of all of the yummy casseroles that had little meat or protein and all of the stretcher desserts like rice pudding and plain old custard pudding that our mothers and grandmothers made for us.

I wonder if this is changing habits in kitchens of young people during this time. Cooking from scratch really does save you money. Staying home requires one car. It may be quickly forgotten, but maybe something will stick.

Tomorrow I am baking Henry a yellow Birthday cake from scratch. I hope the shortening has not outlived it's stay in the pantry. I will make buttercream frosting with a tablespoon of rum if we have any, if not thank heavens for the big bottle of vanilla. We will have something with fried potatoes and onions. He loves them, Helene isn't wild about them but it is his birthday tomorrow. Our anniversary and his birthday are one day apart.

I am somewhat concerned about hearing of breakdown in food supply. I think of it as a real danger of this pandemic. I stocked up on rice and pasta at the beginning while others were concerned about bathroom tissue. Who knows what will be the next challenge, and who will blame what for it. Or who? We will all do what we've always done, the best we can.

And maybe y/our meat-stretching skills will come in handy if there is a meat shortage.


If you have time, tell us some of those dishes you used to cook that stretch meat. Just names would be fine, we can always google for recipes.

This is the best thread ever!!

Very Funny!

Which reminds me... I saw single serve packages of mashed potatoes, 2 servings to a pack. I think the brand is Simply Potatoes, in either Winn-Dixie or Publix. I haven't tried them but my husband says they're really good.


When we got the larger package, it never gets used up before going stale.

This I didn't have to make, which makes it nice. I like BBQ shredded pork sandwiches, and my favorites is Boogaloo BBQ. It's the trailer that shows up at the square at Cruise-ins and other events. I thought I would try Jack Daniels pulled pork. Bought it at Walmart for about $7.98 and I didn't really like it and threw out half of the container.

Not very good!


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I was Publix a couple of days ago and saw Lloyds BBQ for $6.69, so I bought it and we had it when we got home. Just micro-wave the whole container or take out what you need.

Lloyd's was great, tasted just like Boogaloo BBQ, I couldn't tell the difference. I went online to Walmart and saw they have it for only $4.27. I went to Colony Walmart yesterday and they about 10 in stock, so I grabbed two. On a hamburger bun, it is delicious.

GREAT! GREAT TASTING BBQ!!!!!

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The weather, tomorrow, is going to be nasty and I am going to Sam's to see what they have. I like some of their soups, particularly like the shrimp and corn chowder and sometimes they have the Panera tomato soup that I love. I might pick up a chicken, who knows ................... have to wait and see how the spirit moves me tomorrow.:)

I could live on scrambled eggs, however the guy who lives with me likes to eat. :icon_wink::icon_wink::icon_wink:

Today it is a yellow cake with buttercream icing. The amazing man who lives at our house has a birthday, the day after our anniversary.

Been getting Hello Fresh and cooking it. Don't have to go to the store, don't have to worry about ingredients missing on the shelves and they deliver right to your door. Only way to go as far as we are concerned, at least for the time being.

yes, my error! Psomi is just Greek for bread. I was trying to impress with my knowledge of food terms in Greek! I don't speak much of it but I can order food from my seat like a true Athenian!

My savory Herb Butter Dutch Baby Pancake will go into the oven soon. It's not Sunday Supper, but... Savory Herb Butter Dutch Baby. - Half Baked Harvest

I've been using my automatic pressure cooker a lot this virus season, and it's just an amazing appliance. Unfortunately, I was at Publix yesterday, thinking about buying a chuck roast for the pressure cooker, and found a 2.5 pound chuck roast was selling for over $20.00. Sorry, no chuck roast is worth anything like ten bucks a pound. I bought two pork chops and a pack of chicken legs instead.

Fresh oysters off the dock yesterday. You got to love living on the Chesapeake Bay.

Here in TV, my wife makes great crab cakes by going to Sam's Club. They're the only place in town that I found that sells a pound of fresh lump crab meat in stock all the time for $22.99. In fact, that's the main reason we are members there. She will make about 8 small ones and then cook them in the oven. They're really good using the Old Bay recipe and paired with cole slaw, it doesn't get any better.

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Publix carries the Old Bay in the can for about $5.

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