tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post317041792813334973..comments2024-03-28T03:58:48.788-07:00Comments on creative savv: Cheap & Cheerful Suppers in Mid-WinterLilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13292553654219380455noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-61685836156167080682023-02-06T19:34:19.442-08:002023-02-06T19:34:19.442-08:00Hi Kris,
I use a lot of root vegetables throughout...Hi Kris,<br />I use a lot of root vegetables throughout winter, too. We enjoy them and they're filling. How nice of your in-laws to gift you with a bunch of their surplus cabbages.<br /><br />I've never snowshoed before, but I can imagine that it is exhausting. Also, it sounds like a fin way to experience the winter weather.Lilinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-50421005699382340452023-02-06T19:29:59.163-08:002023-02-06T19:29:59.163-08:00Hi Live and Learn,
Oh interesting. I hadn't th...Hi Live and Learn,<br />Oh interesting. I hadn't thought of the grill and smoking season affecting meat consumption. My husband doesn't really care for grilling, so any grill work is always done by me. A smoker would be a fun tool to have. And I would think just about any meat would be very tasty after being smoked.Lilinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-54518255369249248742023-02-06T19:26:44.512-08:002023-02-06T19:26:44.512-08:00Hi Alice,
I can understand your husband especially...Hi Alice,<br />I can understand your husband especially needing meat for health. And I'm glad that you can keep your freezer stocked with bargains from the meat department.<br /><br />You meals sound delicious, and I like how you are able to help your son and daughter out with some of your extras and leftovers.Lilinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-36923625035916411412023-02-03T14:51:24.867-08:002023-02-03T14:51:24.867-08:00Yes, I think the stores are selling larger chicken...Yes, I think the stores are selling larger chickens than they did in the past. <br /><br />We are a meat-eating family year-round. We eat more grilled food in the summer and I note more of a reliance on root veggies in the winter. My in-laws sent us home with cabbages when we visited in December so we've also eaten a lot of that. <br /><br />We had a chicken curry over rice, a sausage/mushroom/onion galette, kielbasa chowder, and that's all I remember. Hubby and I ate leftovers tonight because my daughter is at a party. I did a LOT of snowshoeing today and was grateful for an easy dinner meal. Krisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-15669506721363214382023-02-03T04:37:16.018-08:002023-02-03T04:37:16.018-08:00We eat meat year round, but maybe more during the ...We eat meat year round, but maybe more during the warmer weather because my husband likes to smoke meat. Among other things, we watch for pork shoulders on sale, and he'll smoke a big one of those. I try to put some in the freezer before the carnivores eat it all, but don't always make it. I figure they can eat it now or later and it comes out the same. For Thanksgiving, he smoked his first turkey and that was really good. We actually do have some of that in freezer.Live and Learnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493777474885053903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-1930519585122149242023-02-03T04:25:18.127-08:002023-02-03T04:25:18.127-08:00We're a meat eating family and my husband espe...We're a meat eating family and my husband especially needs it to stay healthy.<br /><br />We had a beef/pork combo roast Sunday with a huge bowl of mashed potatoes and green bean casserole. I had about 8 potatoes that were getting slightly soft so I opted to make them all into mashed potatoes. I gave all the leftover food to my son who stopped by Monday after giving platelets and he and his sister enjoyed that meal Monday evening. Tuesday and Wednesday was chicken curry over brown rice and white rice. Thursday was a homemade pizza with very few toppings but that's ok. Tonight may very well be leftovers of all the small bits and pieces from the week. Thursday my son stopped by again because he was in town having his taxes prepared and when he came home he wanted to make monster cookies and that was fine with me for him to use my baking supplies since he's on a tighter budget I was glad to let him use my eggs and I had a lot of various chocolate and nuts he could put in the cookies. He took half and I took half of the cookies for our freezers.<br /><br />AliceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com