I don't know what to eat

Aunt Marg said:
Deb. I know you mention growing tired of sandwiches, and I totally hear you on that, I'm not at all a sandwich person even at the best of times, but one thing I have found that perks me up when it comes to sandwiches, is making hot sandwiches.

Toasted bacon, cheese, and tomato, Rueben's (corned beef, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, Russian dressing, grilled between slices of rye bread), tuna melts, and so many others.

Such a welcome change from the same-old, same-old.
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Totally agree .. sandwiches don't have to be boring. Sometimes, just changing bread makes a difference too.
 

Pinky said:
Totally agree .. sandwiches don't have to be boring. Sometimes, just changing bread makes a difference too.
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It's so true.

One of my favourite hot sandwiches is taking a firm bread (sliced thicker), add pizza sauce to each slice, layer on sliced tomato, top tomato off with Asiago cheese, and finish off the open-face sandwiches with a healthy sprinkling of flaked oregano. Into the oven on broil until the cheese melts, and OMG, so, so good!
 

We have a Kneaders bakery that serves bread ends. But they are not the ends of the bread, just end of the day slices of bread. It’s 5 dollars for a huge bag of all the kinds of bread that they have which is pre-sliced for sandwiches which they didn’t use.
 
I like to cook brown rice let it cool, add pieces of feta cheese and peas that have cooled after heating. Sometimes I might make a side salad. The rice is filling and the feta is made from sheeps or goats milk - easier to digest than cows milk - or so they say! The only thing might be the salt content. Oooh just reading the above and writing my bit has made me a little peckish - well more than peckish. Hope this helps must go - food awaits. 🥪 Ok I know I wrote about the rice but I gotta do what I gotta do. ☺
 
debodun said:
I am getting tired of eating sandwiches and salads, but it's been so hot that I don't like to turn the oven on to cook anything. Suggestions?
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Buy some baby back ribs & steaks, go over to your neighbors when they have a fire at night & ask if you can use their fire to BBQ some meat for future meals. Freeze the meat, thaw out & eat at room temp. Before thawing what you might want go to your local market that has sides pre made pick out something that goes good with your meat choice. That way no sandwiches & a variety of sides. Don't forget to chill red wine to go with your meal.
 
Buy a large watermelon
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OK Deb,

Here is what you want:
Chilled shrimp with red dipping cocktail sauce.
Cold potato salad
Cold shredded red cabbage that has spent the night in a vinegar marinate
A small amount of good ice cream to top it off

and I don't know how to fix any of it, but I just ate this meal.
And no you cannot borrow my wife.
 
Thought of you tonight, Deb.

We had Italian sausages with a side of homemade baked beans and an array of fresh vegetables (everything cold). So good!
 
When we feel like something different and what I call a light meal I make a omelette
cooked on stove top finished off under griller .

our favourite is pre cooked (microwave ) a green veggie such as broccoli / spinach add to partly cooked omelette with a little chopped ham /a couple of slices of tomato top with a little cheese and finish off under griller
In the extreme heat of summer I make a “roast Chicken“ in the slow cooker to save heating the house up it’s so tasty and lasts us quite a few days for a meal or a sandwich

https://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipes/slow-cooker-chicken-recipe/tsjy4yty
 
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My boring summer go-to grocery list usually goes something like this: a box of Cheerios, milk, a rotisserie chicken, a bag of salad, a bag of frozen broccoli, a tub of cottage cheese, and a can of pineapple tidbits in juice.

Add a couple of frozen entrees that you can pop in the microwave and before you know it the week is over.
 
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If you are cooking for one and had a day where you just want a quick easy meal, I find that rice is a meal saver. Take a beef or chicken can of soup, heat it up with no water added, and put it on some rice. It turns simple soup into a meal.
https://minuterice.com/products/white-rice-cup

I've done this with with left-overs also. From meals I've cooked, take out, and frozen meals.
Also, there's no reason why you can't dress up a frozen meal with a side salad or some applesauce.
If you don't want to put a salad together, have some celery and/or carrot sticks with your meal and dip them into a ranch dressing dip cup.
https://www.hiddenvalley.com/products/bottled-dressings-dips/dip-cups/ranch/
 
I make up a fair sized batch of rice, break it into smaller portions and freeze it. Thaw or microwave before putting it in salads. Also use it to punch up soups, veggies, stir fries, etc. Sometimes I MW some frozen veggies, add beans and or rice, and a little hummus. Yum.

My salads might have cut up fruit, or cooked, chilled sweet potatoes, or pasta, or beans, or whatever I can find in the fridge/pantry thrown in. With different kinds of dressing (some store bought, some homemade) and they taste entirely different from the previous salad I made.

@debodun, you might also try looking in your fridge and pantry, type your main ingredients into a search box followed by "recipe for" and see what you come up with.
 
Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll get some ramen and eggs when shopping - a lot can be done with those. I probably should have mentioned that I have a limited palate (a.k.a fussy eater), and even then I am particular in the way it's prepared. I don't fancy much in the way of seafood, but I unfortunately, like pasta (if not in a cream sauce), most fruits and green leafy veggies.

A perfect summer day today here. Temps in mid 70s, lower humidity, but it's not to last. Temps to slowly increase the rest of the week and another heat wave predicted for this coming weekend with the heat index in the triple digits. Back to sannies.
 
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