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What did your Mom always have on hand, that you NEVER do?
But now there is celery seed which can be used in all those good Bloodys, tuna, chicken, potato and egg salads - allows you to use more celery/less salt.
Olive and Cream Cheese Sandwiches a Baltimore Only Treat?
Thanks for reminding me of this old fashioned deliciousness. I have just revisited good old home-made pimento cheese sandwiches and will now introduce my grandchildren to this treat (made with green olives w/pimentos please). I am also thinking about (for our more sophisticated palates) trying this with a green olive tapenade or olivada mixed with the cream cheese. In theory it sounds good to me...perhaps as a spread for crackers...may be too strong for a sandwich? A good project for today.
ideas for a (new) very tight food budget
I agree with going the soups/stews direction and slow-cooked meals if your schedule allows it. You can make some really filling,meal-time soups like butternut squash that has been made thick and creamy in the blender; or a big pot of French Onion Soup.
Slow cook corned beef for a meal and cook extra for sandwich meals like Reubens.
Look up old-fashioned classics like Swiss Steak that use cheaper cuts of meat-bottom round in this case...make it new by serving it over polenta...another inexpensive but delicious meal-stretcher.
Make it a point to have a meatless meal once a week; and in the cooler months we often have a 'breakfast-for-dinner' night since we rarely eat a real breakfast in the mornings and we love breakfast food. Make it a hearty one-eggs in it's many forms, waffles, pancakes, grits, polenta, maybe a fruit compote...etc..you get the picture. There is an especially fabulous recipe for a souffle (easy,easy) by Jacques Pepin called Maman's Cheese Souffle that I have made when I have a crowd (like Christmas morning) that I have always thought would be a great supper if there were more than 2 of us- though I will admit I have reheated (in a microwave on 'power 3, or defrost) it very gently when I had a little left over and it was still scruptious. I digress.
By the time you add some of these ideas to maybe one night of a pasta meal...well, now you're cookin'...and eating really well in my opinion.
General Site Comments
Wow! I am shocked at some of the comments I've seen so far!
This looks like a very cool food-site, and I thought the food photos were very appetizing...in fact I wanted to make the very first photo I saw. I love the selection of topics, and am excited to start using this site...the proof of course in how it stands up to usage...but I, for one, am ready to jump in and enjoy it! Thanks
