Comments on: Drowning. http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/2008/04/02/drowning/ Thaw before reheating. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:03:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: GentillyGirl http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/2008/04/02/drowning/comment-page-1/#comment-1790 GentillyGirl Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:07:00 +0000 http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/2008/04/02/drowning/#comment-1790 Hang in there Darlin'!<br/><br/>Our house has taken a long time to fix, and it's almost ready for us to move back in. The guys will finish the outside stuff then.<br/><br/>For the food aspect, make some big vats of gumbo or red beans. Freeze 'em. That's how we survive in this dump with no stove or storage areas. Hang in there Darlin’!

Our house has taken a long time to fix, and it’s almost ready for us to move back in. The guys will finish the outside stuff then.

For the food aspect, make some big vats of gumbo or red beans. Freeze ‘em. That’s how we survive in this dump with no stove or storage areas.

]]> By: laloca http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/2008/04/02/drowning/comment-page-1/#comment-1789 laloca Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:03:00 +0000 http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/2008/04/02/drowning/#comment-1789 holly - well, it's the same around here. when all else fails, i reach for the beans & rice. or i go a little crazy and bake challah. :-) but i sympathize with your intense dislike of housewifery - i can only do it in small doses, and we don't even have kids! (thank goodness for the new washer & dryer - g does laundry now. sometimes.) hang in there - it will all be worthwhile, especially the knowledge you guys did it yourselves!<br/><br/>@poists - 2 lbs of rice? heh. i buy it in 20 lb increments. legacy of an asian/latina upbringing, i think. other kitchen staples:<br/><br/>food-service sized jar of pre-chopped garlic <br/>dried onion<br/>diced tomatoes (no salt added)<br/>several cans of beans, as well as a few pounds of dried black beans<br/>a few cartons of stock (chicken, beef and veggie - although sometimes i make the veggie stock myself and freeze it)<br/>a few bags frozen veggies<br/>a bag of flash-frozen chicken breasts<br/>a gallon jug of soy sauce (we make korean-style short ribs twice a month or so)<br/>olive oil (not by the gallon - it tends to get rank)<br/><br/>i couldn't live without my rice cooker - <i>definitely</i> a worthwhile investment. holly – well, it’s the same around here. when all else fails, i reach for the beans & rice. or i go a little crazy and bake challah. :-) but i sympathize with your intense dislike of housewifery – i can only do it in small doses, and we don’t even have kids! (thank goodness for the new washer & dryer – g does laundry now. sometimes.) hang in there – it will all be worthwhile, especially the knowledge you guys did it yourselves!

@poists – 2 lbs of rice? heh. i buy it in 20 lb increments. legacy of an asian/latina upbringing, i think. other kitchen staples:

food-service sized jar of pre-chopped garlic
dried onion
diced tomatoes (no salt added)
several cans of beans, as well as a few pounds of dried black beans
a few cartons of stock (chicken, beef and veggie – although sometimes i make the veggie stock myself and freeze it)
a few bags frozen veggies
a bag of flash-frozen chicken breasts
a gallon jug of soy sauce (we make korean-style short ribs twice a month or so)
olive oil (not by the gallon – it tends to get rank)

i couldn’t live without my rice cooker – definitely a worthwhile investment.

]]> By: Leigh C. http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/2008/04/02/drowning/comment-page-1/#comment-1786 Leigh C. Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:57:00 +0000 http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/2008/04/02/drowning/#comment-1786 I'm ALWAYS up for the slacker mom thing. Really. It should not comPLETEly be a de facto crime to be laissez-faire in some aspects of parenting.<br/><br/>Don't break. Bend a little. I’m ALWAYS up for the slacker mom thing. Really. It should not comPLETEly be a de facto crime to be laissez-faire in some aspects of parenting.

Don’t break. Bend a little.

]]> By: Poists http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/2008/04/02/drowning/comment-page-1/#comment-1783 Poists Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:48:00 +0000 http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/2008/04/02/drowning/#comment-1783 I totally relate to what to cook with nothing in the fridge. <br/><br/>I would say buy a case of canned diced tomatoes, always buy the big bag (2lb) of short grain brown rice and have a garlic on hand. You can make almost anything out of those three items with anything else in the house. <br/><br/>The other recommendation is to pick up Clean Living Magazine. It has a day by day monthly plan for meal (not bs kraft junk either) WITH shopping lists! The key thing is it's not buying 8 gazillion things for five meals but buying five to 10 things for a gazillion meals. (okay I'm exaggerating) We tried this for a week and it was amazing how well the food tasted, how much less we spent at the grocery, AND how much Wylie liked everything! <br/>Good Luck and HUGS!!!! I totally relate to what to cook with nothing in the fridge.

I would say buy a case of canned diced tomatoes, always buy the big bag (2lb) of short grain brown rice and have a garlic on hand. You can make almost anything out of those three items with anything else in the house.

The other recommendation is to pick up Clean Living Magazine. It has a day by day monthly plan for meal (not bs kraft junk either) WITH shopping lists! The key thing is it’s not buying 8 gazillion things for five meals but buying five to 10 things for a gazillion meals. (okay I’m exaggerating) We tried this for a week and it was amazing how well the food tasted, how much less we spent at the grocery, AND how much Wylie liked everything!
Good Luck and HUGS!!!!

]]> By: Head Lima Bean http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/2008/04/02/drowning/comment-page-1/#comment-1782 Head Lima Bean Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:10:00 +0000 http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/2008/04/02/drowning/#comment-1782 hugs! and more hugs! hugs! and more hugs!

]]> By: Cold Spaghetti http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/2008/04/02/drowning/comment-page-1/#comment-1781 Cold Spaghetti Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:28:00 +0000 http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/2008/04/02/drowning/#comment-1781 Kudos for catching on that when stripped to our barest kitchen essentials, we've still got beans and rice. Not sure if that shows our vegetarian, Latin American, or New Orleanian influences... maybe just that we have a good foundation. <br/><br/>'course, last night, I couldn't have figured out how to cook rice, slice an onion, or open a can. We made homemade pizza with a strange assortment of 'everything-from-the-fridge-but-the-celery' on top. I could use your input and energy around here! Kudos for catching on that when stripped to our barest kitchen essentials, we’ve still got beans and rice. Not sure if that shows our vegetarian, Latin American, or New Orleanian influences… maybe just that we have a good foundation.

‘course, last night, I couldn’t have figured out how to cook rice, slice an onion, or open a can. We made homemade pizza with a strange assortment of ‘everything-from-the-fridge-but-the-celery’ on top. I could use your input and energy around here!

]]> By: jenny http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/2008/04/02/drowning/comment-page-1/#comment-1780 jenny Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:07:00 +0000 http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/2008/04/02/drowning/#comment-1780 <i>"milk, 1/2 celery stalk, and a few cans of beans"</i><br/><br/>you've got the starter for beans and rice. get a can or two of diced tomatoes, some carrots, and an onion. chop the celery, carrot, and onion, sautee until the onion is translucent (a few minutes). dump in the cans of beans & the diced tomatoes. simmer for awhile, until you like the flavor. serve with rice.<br/><br/>(it's my bastardized meatless quick-cook feijoada.) “milk, 1/2 celery stalk, and a few cans of beans”

you’ve got the starter for beans and rice. get a can or two of diced tomatoes, some carrots, and an onion. chop the celery, carrot, and onion, sautee until the onion is translucent (a few minutes). dump in the cans of beans & the diced tomatoes. simmer for awhile, until you like the flavor. serve with rice.

(it’s my bastardized meatless quick-cook feijoada.)

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