Food and Recipes while under Coronavirus quarantine

[anneg]

Produce pick up today. Our menu this week: salad with tomatoes. One of my favorites! LOL!

Recipe
Open salad mix, pour in bowl.
Wash, dice tomatoes, pour in bowl.
Add salad dressing of your choice, toss & serve.

My favorite kind of recipe! If a recipe has more than 5 ingredients, I have to really want to make it.

 

[anneg]

I haven't baked all summer and was planning to make lemon bars a week or two ago. It got really hot and humid, and working with buttery dough sounded like a hot mess, so I abandoned the notion. Still wanted to bake something sweet, so I just put a pound cake into the oven. I've been making this recipe for 40+ years, and it always delicious.

Pound Cake

All ingredients at room temperature. Grease and flour bundt or tube pan. DO NOT preheat oven.

2 sticks butter
2 cups sugar
6 large eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1/2 pint (1 cup) whipping cream
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. almond extract

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla and almond extract. Slowly add flour, alternating with whipped cream. Mix until batter is smooth.

Pour batter into prepared pan and place in cool oven. Set oven to 325* and bake for 1 hour and 10-15 minutes until cake tests done with toothpick. Allow cake to cool completely before removing from pan. Dust with powder sugar if desired.

This sounds delicious. Do you ship?

 

[anneg]

I am seeing a slight weight increase (a pound+) and think I've figured out why. My DH doesn't have a big appetite in the hot, humid summer months, and often doesn't finish eating the food on his plate. I hate to throw away food and have been eating the last few bites he leaves behind (in addition to my own food, of course). Hmmm. Gotta stop doing that!

 

[mickey2942]

Well, I attempted a roasted eggplant dish yesterday. It didn't work out very well. Backup, frozen pizza. Tonight, stuffed pepper soup in the Instant Pot. We have so many peppers now, and small tomatoes.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

This sounds delicious. Do you ship?

Sorry, no, but the pound cake recipe is practically foolproof. If you don't have almond extract or are allergic, substitute with lemon extract or just add a little more vanilla. Make sure that your pan is well-greased and floured so it comes out of the pan easily. I've made this cake dozens of times, and it is always delicious

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Well, I attempted a roasted eggplant dish yesterday. It didn't work out very well. Backup, frozen pizza. Tonight, stuffed pepper soup in the Instant Pot. We have so many peppers now, and small tomatoes.

We were having eggplant last night, too, and I checked what I had in the fridge to throw together a quickie version of Eggplant Parmesan. I had half a log of fresh mozzarella, a partial jar of marinara, a few tablespoons of shredded parmesan in an older carton. I sliced the eggplant 1/4" thick, spread marinara on the bottom of a square baking dish, rounds of eggplant, salt & pepper, mozzarella, parmesan. Two more layers the same. Baked at 350* for 45 minutes. It was a nice accompaniment to butterfly pork chops, and there's enough left for at least another meal.

 

[anneg]

We were having eggplant last night, too, and I checked what I had in the fridge to throw together a quickie version of Eggplant Parmesan. I had half a log of fresh mozzarella, a partial jar of marinara, a few tablespoons of shredded parmesan in an older carton. I sliced the eggplant 1/4" thick, spread marinara on the bottom of a square baking dish, rounds of eggplant, salt & pepper, mozzarella, parmesan. Two more layers the same. Baked at 350* for 45 minutes. It was a nice accompaniment to butterfly pork chops, and there's enough left for at least another meal.

That sounds great. I've never made my own eggplant parmesan, but our favorite local Italian restaurant makes a wonderful version. Recently we bought a "take and bake" loaf pan of it and ate half of it, then froze the other half for a future meal. Made a salad to go with it, so it was a vegetarian meal for us.

Yesterday DH bought Dungeness crab leg clusters for our dinner (yay!). Steamed them and served with melted butter. Also had sliced tomatoes and corn from the farmers market. We will probably make a Crab Louie salad with the leftovers.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

That sounds great. I've never made my own eggplant parmesan, but our favorite local Italian restaurant makes a wonderful version. Recently we bought a "take and bake" loaf pan of it and ate half of it, then froze the other half for a future meal. Made a salad to go with it, so it was a vegetarian meal for us.

Yesterday DH bought Dungeness crab leg clusters for our dinner (yay!). Steamed them and served with melted butter. Also had sliced tomatoes and corn from the farmers market. We will probably make a Crab Louie salad with the leftovers.

Traditional Eggplant Parmesan is usually breaded and sauteed in olive oil before layering with the cheese and sauce and finishing it in the oven. I skipped the breading and frying, so my version wasn't as calorie-laden as real Eggplant Parmesan. Eggplant is one of my favorite vegetables, and I'm always looking for new way to prepare it.

 

[Jax49]

Traditional Eggplant Parmesan is usually breaded and sauteed in olive oil before layering with the cheese and sauce and finishing it in the oven. I skipped the breading and frying, so my version wasn't as calorie-laden as real Eggplant Parmesan. Eggplant is one of my favorite vegetables, and I'm always looking for new way to prepare it.

I make a version where the eggplant is dipped in a sauce made of balsamic vinegar, sugar, salt and Italian herbs. It is then baked 30 minutes (15 on each side) before it is layered with cheese and sauce and baked as usual.

 

[Catmommy]

Y'all have flung a serious eggplant craving on me now.

 

[HongKongPhooey]

Y'all have flung a serious eggplant craving on me now.

Aubergine craving here

 

[anneg]

Traditional Eggplant Parmesan is usually breaded and sauteed in olive oil before layering with the cheese and sauce and finishing it in the oven. I skipped the breading and frying, so my version wasn't as calorie-laden as real Eggplant Parmesan. Eggplant is one of my favorite vegetables, and I'm always looking for new way to prepare it.

I didn't realize the eggplant is usually breaded and sautéed. Your version would be better, IMO. There are enough calories already with the cheese!

 

[IceIce9]

One of my friends received a food basket including 10 pounds of apples. She gave me most of the apples because she can’t use them before they go bad.

I had a recipe from a church auxiliary cookbook I bought years ago for an apple dumpling bake. You guessed it, I can’t find the cookbook now that I have apples.

The recipe was super easy, just wondering if anyone would know of a similar recipe. The unique part of the recipe was after the apples and ingredients were in the large baking dish your poured two cups of boiling water over it before you put into the oven. It looks like a mess before baking but the dumplings absorb the water and the apples are soft and tender.

 

[Catmommy]

Aubergine craving here

And now I have an excellent new word to use, thank you!

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Some of my favorite eggplant recipes:

Roasted Eggplant Caprese Salad Recipe | The Mediterranean Dish

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes...gplant-and-asparagus-napoleons-recipe-1923862

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/roasted-eggplant-spread-recipe-1942051

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/michael-chiarello/moms-stuffed-eggplant-recipe-1947404 (I use ground lamb instead of beef)

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/eggplant-rollatini-recipe2-1913538

 

[mickey2942]

I think that my Instant Pot has spoiled me. I love the thing, throw food in there, leave it, come back to dinner. When I bought it, my husband said I would never use it. So, of course, I use it all of the time.

 

[155etta]

I think that my Instant Pot has spoiled me. I love the thing, throw food in there, leave it, come back to dinner. When I bought it, my husband said I would never use it. So, of course, I use it all of the time.

What's your favorite thing to cook in it?

 

[mickey2942]

What's your favorite thing to cook in it?

So many things! I love to make soup, veggies, a bit of rice. My husband likes ribs, 35 minutes for baby back ribs is perfect. I do like pasta too, but we are working on less carbs here.

When our dog was 15, I was making his food in the Instant Pot. That was quite a process. But so worth it. I believe that helped him live longer. Our cat too, he had kidney disease, and I made him a special mixture, and put the food an ice cube tray, so it was perfectly portioned.

But probably soup is my favorite. Carrot ginger soup is one of my favorites.

 

[IceIce9]

I like to make baked potatoes in my instant pot, and it is super easy. Mashed potatoes are another favorite.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

As Guy Fieri would say, I'm "old school" when it comes to cooking. I've always had a Crock Pot but rarely use it. I like the process of cooking: stirring, tasting, checking for proper seasoning, etc. There is real pleasure and a sense of accomplishment when I've taken the time to cook something wonderful from scratch. Bon Appetit!