Food and Recipes while under Coronavirus quarantine #8

[killarney rose]

The pills like you buy are called Lactaid here. They aren’t very effective for me. The Digestive Advantage is so much better. One capsule in the morning for the day. Except for eating ice cream, I pretty much forget about being lactose intolerant .

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Have you tried using lactase enzyme tablets for that? Partner became lactose intolerant in the last ten years, and while we do buy some lactose free products, she's found the pills work well enough that she can eat dairy. Which is great, because there's no pill for her other food intolerances.

I always have Lactaid tablets or chewables in my purse, but they don't always work. Best to just avoid dairy that might not agree with me. Thankfully, there are some dairy products that don't bother me at all, while others - let's just say it's not pretty.

 

[slowpoke]

We went to bed shortly after 10:00PM last night after watching local news headlines and weather. Channel 7 was already running the school-closing crawl with more than 500 closures at the time. I must have fallen asleep immediately but was awakened when DH heard noises on the front porch. Snow removal crew was here clearing driveway, steps, and porch. Bright and sunny today but still only in the teens. City plow has been up and down our street a few times this morning. If life hadn't gotten in the way (DH back issues), we'd have been in Fort Lauderdale getting ready to ride the hotel shuttle to the ship for a 10-night cruise. We had booked the Ultimate Balcony Dinner for my birthday tomorrow but instead will have dinner at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. Stay safe and warm!

I’m a January birthday baby, too (already past)!
All my best wishes to you!

 

[PayrollNerd]

I think I need to talk to the produce people at Publix. They never seem to have the squash I’m in the mood for. Last time they had to go in the back and roll out boxes of spaghetti squash and acorn squash. We swarmed her!

Yesterday I wanted another spaghetti squash but they only had butternut. But then, I saw 3 of the smallest rutabagas I’d ever seen! I snagged all 3. Fortunately nobody else was around!

They’re bubbling on the stove and my piece of salmon is baking. I ran out of lemon juice and forgot a lemon. But it will be good, regardless.

I have a big dish of chili in the freezer. I’m going to transfer it to the refrigerator for this cold snap.

I have a big zucchini from the garden and I’m going to shred it for zucchini brownies. My cousin in Salt Lake City made these for me at Christmas one year.

ETA: dinner!

 

[iamshadow21]

Brag photo of my kale right now. It's high summer, when kale should be tough and bitter ( I still like it that way) but it is so tender, growing so vigorously, and apart from a couple of leaves with snail holes, completely bug free. No chemicals to achieve that, either.

 

[iamshadow21]

I think I need to talk to the produce people at Publix. They never seem to have the squash I’m in the mood for. Last time they had to go in the back and roll out boxes of spaghetti squash and acorn squash. We swarmed her!

Yesterday I wanted another spaghetti squash but they only had butternut. But then, I saw 3 of the smallest rutabagas I’d ever seen! I snagged all 3. Fortunately nobody else was around!

They’re bubbling on the stove and my piece of salmon is baking. I ran out of lemon juice and forgot a lemon. But it will be good, regardless.

I have a big dish of chili in the freezer. I’m going to transfer it to the refrigerator for this cold snap.

I have a big zucchini from the garden and I’m going to shred it for zucchini brownies. My cousin in Salt Lake City made these for me at Christmas one year.

ETA: dinner!

I have an amazing recipe for zucchini relish, hit me up if you need to use up a zucchini glut and want me to post it. I don't know how it will fit in with your food allergies, but we made it work without onion after partner had to stop eating them, which is a major ingredient, so it's pretty bombproof.

 

[Catmommy]

Cold weather here in the deep south called for 15 bean soup, one of my husband's favorites that I make. No cornbread this time but very filling and comforting with crackers alone. I hope everyone in the deep freeze we're all experiencing has full tummies with their favorite cold weather food.

 

[killarney rose]

I love 15 bean soup.i made a pot last week for our Souperbowl supper at church. They ate the entire crockpot full!

 

[iamshadow21]

Anyone want to share their recipe? I've never heard of 15 bean soup, and I do love bean soups, even if I can't partake often these days.

 

[killarney rose]

I start with my leftover hambone with plenty of ham left on it. Simmer it slowly several hours to get a rich broth. Let cool. Skim fat off the broth. Pick all the lean ham off the bone and add back to the broth, discard bone, fat and skin.

Add all the following ingredients to the soup pot with the broth and ham-
I bag of dried bean 15 bean soup mix, discard the ham flavor packet
I can mild rotel
Salt,pepper, garlic to taste
I large jalepeno seeded and diced finely
I large onion diced
2 cans chunk chicken breast including the broth, chopped up
Let simmer several hours til the beans are tender. About 1 hour before it’s done, add about 2/3 lb sliced, smoked link sausage, preferably Kelley’s or conecuh brand.

 

[iamshadow21]

I start with my leftover hambone with plenty of ham left on it. Simmer it slowly several hours to get a rich broth. Let cool. Skim fat off the broth. Pick all the lean ham off the bone and add back to the broth, discard bone, fat and skin.

Add all the following ingredients to the soup pot with the broth and ham-
I bag of dried bean 15 bean soup mix, discard the ham flavor packet
I can mild rotel
Salt,pepper, garlic to taste
I large jalepeno seeded and diced finely
I large onion diced
2 cans chunk chicken breast including the broth, chopped up
Let simmer several hours til the beans are tender. About 1 hour before it’s done, add about 2/3 lb sliced, smoked link sausage, preferably Kelley’s or conecuh brand.

The most beans I can get in a mix here is nine, that's probably fine, right?

https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/39916/mckenzie-s-soup-mix-italian-style

What is rotel?

 

[killarney rose]

I would think the 9 bean mix would be okay. Rotel is diced canned tomatoes with onions and green chilis. It comes in varying degrees of heat. I prefer the mild.

https://www.ro-tel.com/products

 

[iamshadow21]

I would think the 9 bean mix would be okay. Rotel is diced canned tomatoes with onions and green chilis. It comes in varying degrees of heat. I prefer the mild.

https://www.ro-tel.com/products

Okay, well I can probably make something up that's comparable from basic ingredients.

 

[killarney rose]

I bet you’ll be able too!

If you can’t find a product like Rotel, you could probably sub with plain canned diced tomatoes and add the pepper of your heat choice.

 

[acutename]

Anyone want to share their recipe? I've never heard of 15 bean soup, and I do love bean soups, even if I can't partake often these days.

in case you are fracturing your brain trying to name all the beans (!) Target has a 16 bean mixture:

Ingredients:​

contains 16 of the following varieties: large lima beans, small white beans, red kidney beans, baby lima beans, great northern beans, garbanzo beans, black beans, pinto beans, cranberry beans, pink beans, whole green peas, yellow split peas, lentils, green split peas, small red beans, navy beans, blackeye peas.

Bob's Red Mill has a 13 bean mixture... A company called Hurst has a 15 bean mix.... bet AUS has some similar products.

 

[iamshadow21]

in case you are fracturing your brain trying to name all the beans (!) Target has a 16 bean mixture:

Ingredients:​

contains 16 of the following varieties: large lima beans, small white beans, red kidney beans, baby lima beans, great northern beans, garbanzo beans, black beans, pinto beans, cranberry beans, pink beans, whole green peas, yellow split peas, lentils, green split peas, small red beans, navy beans, blackeye peas.

Bob's Red Mill has a 13 bean mixture... A company called Hurst has a 15 bean mix.... bet AUS has some similar products.

Yeah, the one I linked above seems like the biggest mix my supermarket stocks, and it has nine. Target out here in Australia doesn't really do food like that. It just stocks clothing, bedding, kitchenware, furnishings, books, electronics, etc. Bob's Red Mill I've only really seen in import or health food stores, and it tends to only be speciality flours.

I'll try it with nine, and see how it goes!

 

[iamshadow21]

I bet you’ll be able too!

If you can’t find a product like Rotel, you could probably sub with plain canned diced tomatoes and add the pepper of your heat choice.

Yeah, that's absolutely what I'm planning to do. Easy.

 

[iamshadow21]

I love dates. One of my favourite things is sticky date pudding, known in the UK as sticky toffee pudding, though I've never made it.

So I went looking for recipes, and let me tell you, I'm glad all the crunchy granola protein people are having fun with putting dates rather than refined sugar into things, but what I really wanted with something with ALL the things in it. And so it took me a little while, but I found one.

I'd call this a Sticky Date Slice, but that's because I'm Australian. So instead, it's as the creator called it - Sticky Toffee Blondies.

https://food52.com/recipes/87035-sticky-toffee-blondies-recipe

The batter tasted great, it smells amazing. You bake it with the nuts on top. Then when it's cool, you make the caramel sauce, spoon it on, and when it sets and only then do you get to cut and devour it. It's exquisite torture.

Here are a couple of pics, one after baking, one after caramel. It is so much prettier than the rubies were (but they tasted great in the end!)