Food and Recipes while under Coronavirus quarantine #4

[killarney rose]

Crackers or cornbread here. Depends on what we are in the mood for.

 

[PayrollNerd]

Our salmon, black beans and rice were wonderful. I am so full, I can't eat a slice of cheesecake. Altho, we did have some after lunch today. You can't even tell the crust is gluten free.

My oldest has a wedding to attend tomorrow afternoon. She's packing food to take with her because she knows there won't be much there she can eat. No wedding cake for her!

 

[IceIce9]

Crackers = when you’re sick.
Bread = when you’re hungry.

There’s a difference. LOL!!!

I think the only time I buy saltine crackers is as an ingredient for a dessert recipe my daughter makes once in a blue moon.

Probably the only time I ever eat crackers is when I need something to put cheese on, with a charcuterie at a restaurant or party, when I am trying to be polite At home I’ll just eat the cheese by itself.

 

[PayrollNerd]

Yesterday morning I made Rosemary Potatoes with my Nibble potatoes. So very tasty. I had them with cheesy eggs. My kiddo had them with lunch. We have some left for breakfast but not many of course.

I am not liking the time change at all. It feels like it’s already lunch time at 7:30 in the morning!

 

[weepingangel]

I was eating delicious soup at a restaurant for lunch yesterday, and I overheard the people at the next table complaining to the server about being served fresh bread and butter with their soup instead of crackers. They stated loudly they had never heard of it before.

Here is the Midwest restaurants often serve bread or a roll alongside a bowl of soup.

Their complaints took me back to my first job as a server when I was a teenager, in Ohio. We served homemade rolls with fresh butter with our soup. We occasionally received complaints from diners who said they had never eaten bread with soup, and demanded crackers. Some were more polite, and just said they preferred crackers. And to be fair, our menu stated that all soup and salads were served with fresh rolls and butter.

One of my favorite lunches is soup in a sourdough bread bowl.

Ooooo I love dunking bread in my soup (and chili) Sometimes I’ll just rip it apart and throw it all right into the bowl. Like raw croutons I guess lol.

 

[HongKongPhooey]

It’s a roast beef kind of day here today. It’s in the oven with shallots, garlic cloves and potatoes. I’m finding ways to manage the long Covid better, so for instance I’ve bought ready made Yorkshire puddings and prepped veggies. Still enjoying an orange G and T while it cooks tho

 

[MimosaMornings]

Our salmon, black beans and rice were wonderful. I am so full, I can't eat a slice of cheesecake. Altho, we did have some after lunch today. You can't even tell the crust is gluten free.

My oldest has a wedding to attend tomorrow afternoon. She's packing food to take with her because she knows there won't be much there she can eat. No wedding cake for her!

I rarely eating wedding cake, the majority have fondant. It’s something I can easily pass up!

 

[IceIce9]

It’s a roast beef kind of day here today. It’s in the oven with shallots, garlic cloves and potatoes. I’m finding ways to manage the long Covid better, so for instance I’ve bought ready made Yorkshire puddings and prepped veggies. Still enjoying an orange G and T while it cooks tho

I’m planning to roast some potatoes, Brussels, carrots, and onions for dinner. One of my favorite sheet pan dinners.

I buy 6 pound bags of organic carrots at Costco, and my favorite way to cook them is roasting.

 

[HongKongPhooey]

I’m planning to roast some potatoes, Brussels, carrots, and onions for dinner. One of my favorite sheet pan dinners.

I buy 6 pound bags of organic carrots at Costco, and my favorite way to cook them is roasting.

Carrots are good in the roasting pan I think. I added a handful of chanteray carrots about 15 mins before the time was up and they came out well.

 

[iamshadow21]

Carrots are good in the roasting pan I think. I added a handful of chanteray carrots about 15 mins before the time was up and they came out well.

LOVE roasted carrots. Started doing that a few years ago, and they're amazing. Roasted Brussels sprouts, too. Or any brassica really. Sometimes I'll just put a wedge of a cabbage in there until the edges get all crispy. Yum.

 

[PayrollNerd]

I woke up at 5am and couldn't go back to sleep. So I got up and made a breakfast casserole and a batch of gluten free cookie dough. I only baked one pan of cookies and put the rest in the freezer. My oldest left with a full tummy, some breakfast casserole, a sandwich, some cookies to snack on and cookie dough for her freezer.

Breakfast casserole today had 4 cut up frozen cooked turkey sausage patties, 8 eggs, 1 1/2 cups cheese, sauteed onion and garlic, pepper, kosher salt, spinach, and tomato. It was very tasty.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

I woke up at 5am and couldn't go back to sleep. So I got up and made a breakfast casserole and a batch of gluten free cookie dough. I only baked one pan of cookies and put the rest in the freezer. My oldest left with a full tummy, some breakfast casserole, a sandwich, some cookies to snack on and cookie dough for her freezer.

Breakfast casserole today had 4 cut up frozen cooked turkey sausage patties, 8 eggs, 1 1/2 cups cheese, sauteed onion and garlic, pepper, kosher salt, spinach, and tomato. It was very tasty.

That's quite an ambitious morning! You seem to have benefited greatly from the extra hour of sleep on Saturday night

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Slice science part 1: How long is it safe to keep pizza out?

How long can pizza be left out and still safely be eaten?

www.clickondetroit.com

Is there other life in the universe? What happens to us when we die? How was Stonehenge constructed?

Unfortunately, I can’t answer any of these questions ... So I’m going to take a stab at something more tangible: How long can pizza be left out and still safely be eaten?

This may seem like a trivial question, but I assure you it is not. It is a question that affects millions of people, including yours truly.

Even though I am a doctor and should be eating healthy, I have to admit, I love pizza -- and I have always played fast and loose with the rules governing its storage.

I pride myself on giving practical advice to my patients and viewers. Advice that I would follow...

I never understood the fascination with cold pizza. Freshman year in college, I lived in an older dorm with community bathrooms and no kitchen facilities. I knew a few people who had popcorn poppers and several like myself who had small electric pots for making instant coffee, tea, or Lipton noodle soup. I don't think microwaves were common back then, and there were restrictions on other electrical devices like fans, hotplates, etc. I knew there were people who ate cold leftover pizza for breakfast. Yuck! If we have leftover pizza, we put it in a Ziploc bag and into the fridge. Cover with paper towel and reheat in microwave. Blot any excess grease and enjoy. No worries about food poisoning.

 

[PayrollNerd]

Slice science part 1: How long is it safe to keep pizza out?

How long can pizza be left out and still safely be eaten?

www.clickondetroit.com

This is hilarious! After Hurricane Ian, I had no power for 2 1/2 days. I bought a fresh "white pizza" and let it sit on the counter in the box for at least 1 1/2 days. When the power came back on, then I put it in the fridge. I didn't die and I had something besides dry snacks to eat.

 

[Catmommy]

Cold pizza for breakfast is food of the gods.

 

[RusselSprout]

I never have leftovers when I have pizza!!!!

I had slow cooked gammon, new potatoes, baked beans and lots of black pepper. Really easy dinner to make, I add the potatoes to the slow cooker too, so only need to heat the beans. It was really tasty. I've been using the slow cooker weekly of late, and they say it's also a cheaper way to cook compared to an oven.

 

[IceIce9]

Cold pizza for breakfast is food of the gods.

I have never liked cold pizza, although it seems everyone else I know loves it.

I reheat cold pizza in a skillet using just a little olive oil. The crust gets crispy, the cheese melts, and the toppings get hot.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Here's part deux of the pizza story: How long can you leave pizza out? We scientifically tested it. Here are the results

When you have a pizza, how often do you refrigerate it within two hours? That’s the timeframe recommended by many official food safety guidelines when it comes to handling pizza.

However, according to a food safety expert at Michigan State, that might be overly conservative. So we decided to put it to the test using a simple experiment. The food safety expert is Dr. Theresa Bergholz, I was fortunate to find her thanks to the recently formed academic affiliation between Henry Ford Health, and Michigan State University.

I should point out from the start, while every effort was made to make our simple experiment as valid as possible, this was not meant to be the final word on this topic. People should use their own judgment and sensibilities when it comes to the safe food handling...

 

[PayrollNerd]

My microwave is not working properly and the electrician cannot help until Tuesday. So I've been heating things in the oven and the toaster oven. You don't realize how spoiled you are until you don't have a quick way to warm food.

Since Hurricane/Tropical Storm Nicole was coming for a blow thru - I stopped at the "roach coach" that I will actually eat from. I figured since everything was shutting down, they'd want to get rid of their product. I bought a pulled pork meal with 3 sides for $15. I figured it would be 2 meals, maybe 3. Well the extra side is yellow rice and there must be 3 cups of yellow rice.

My first meal was some pulled pork, all the baked beans, half the green beans and few bites of rice. Second meal was the pulled pork sandwich and a few bites of rice and green beans. Third meal was the rest of the pork on toast the rest of the green beans. Now I am opening a can of black beans and will mix them with the yellow rice. That with some coleslaw I have will probably be 2 more meals at a minimum.

Oh, and I made a chocolate cream pie for my dessert this week. Nobody is here so I don't have to share it! Ha!

 

[acutename]

Here's part deux of the pizza story: How long can you leave pizza out? We scientifically tested it. Here are the results

When you have a pizza, how often do you refrigerate it within two hours? That’s the timeframe recommended by many official food safety guidelines when it comes to handling pizza.

However, according to a food safety expert at Michigan State, that might be overly conservative. So we decided to put it to the test using a simple experiment. The food safety expert is Dr. Theresa Bergholz, I was fortunate to find her thanks to the recently formed academic affiliation between Henry Ford Health, and Michigan State University.

I should point out from the start, while every effort was made to make our simple experiment as valid as possible, this was not meant to be the final word on this topic. People should use their own judgment and sensibilities when it comes to the safe food handling...

great this discussion has motivated me to order a pizza
and it comes with cheesy bread- whether I want it or not- will be eating until the end of next week...