What's for dinner ( or lunch )

hollydolly

hollydolly

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Are you eating differently during this enforced isolation period... are you eating less, or more. ?

Are you eating ready made food that needs little preparation... or are you going the full hog and cooking from scratch...

Are you finding it difficult to make your favourite foods and having to use ingenious substitutions

Whether you're having cheese on toast...... or a full steak and all the trimmings come and share what you've had each day for either lunch or dinner... 🍊🍗🥪🍲
 

lol --dont usually cook on a satuday -chefs day off ' but lunch is Ryvita with cream cheese spread' slice tomatoes'
and ham .. and we have these cuppa soups that are spicey ..
 

hollydolly said:
Are you eating differently during this enforced isolation period... are you eating less, or more. ?
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Now that you mention it Holly .... :)

Very strange for me, but since I've stocked up on food and essentials for the refrigerator/pantry, my appetite has totally disappeared.
I feel fine, but just don't care to eat anything it seems.
I'll take a few bites of something and be full. ??? ... I guess that is good, but now I worry about food going bad in the frig.
I sure don't need to think about buying anything in the near future.

Don't know what's going on with that. I'll run out of cleaning supplies before food.
 
Paella for dinner this evening (Jamie Oliver recipe). So far, there's no difference to what we're eating and the shops seem to be getting stocked up again. The mobile fishmonger came round yesterday and we bought some haddock and monkfish.

We'll shop again on Tuesday and hopefully we'll be able to get bread flour and pasta.
 
Capt Lightning said:
Paella for dinner this evening (Jamie Oliver recipe). So far, there's no difference to what we're eating and the shops seem to be getting stocked up again. The mobile fishmonger came round yesterday and we bought some haddock and monkfish.

We'll shop again on Tuesday and hopefully we'll be able to get bread flour and pasta.
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according to my friends the shops are still being stripped here by 8am with huge queues still,.... we haven't had a mobile fishmonger or butcher for 30 years...
 
Bonnie said:
Now that you mention it Holly .... :)

Very strange for me, but since I've stocked up on food and essentials for the refrigerator/pantry, my appetite has totally disappeared.
I feel fine, but just don't care to eat anything it seems.
I'll take a few bites of something and be full. ??? ... I guess that is good, but now I worry about food going bad in the frig.
I sure don't need to think about buying anything in the near future.

Don't know what's going on with that. I'll run out of cleaning supplies before food.
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Could it be that getting less exercise results in he body not calling for the usual amount of calories? I've noticed the same thing, atho' my appetite is not totally disappeared, it has diminished.
 
RadishRose said:
Could it be that getting less exercise results in he body not calling for the usual amount of calories? I've noticed the same thing, atho' my appetite is not totally disappeared, it has diminished.
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Possibly you're right RR... because I feel the same as Bonnie...not eating as much and I think I'm going to have to cook some of the stuff in the fridge and freeze it to prevent waste...
 
RadishRose said:
Could it be that getting less exercise results in he body not calling for the usual amount of calories? I've noticed the same thing, atho' my appetite is not totally disappeared, it has diminished.
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My exercise routine hasn't changed at all.. I stay on a 'walkathon schedule' with Bear, three times a day, everyday. ... for an hour or more.
Nothing has changed.
And we also do 3 flights of stairs if people are around the elevator area.

I'm doing everything as always, but just steering clear of people that may be out in our public area.

What is different, is I've 'stocked' up on food .... that is something that I haven't done in the past.:ROFLMAO:
 
My DIL signed me and two friend up to have free meals delivered at dinner time. A young man in town has gotten together a team, gotten donations from restaurants and is making it happen. I will give my meal tonight to my upstairs neighbor since it is chicken, flavored rice and beans. We had that already this week as well as curried chicken and rice. I froze part of each of those meals. So tonight I will eat what's leftover from last night (penne pasta) with some mixed vegetables I cooked. I'm probably eating about the same but since I'm less active...that's not good. I really need to start my exercise regimen!
 
OneEyedDiva said:
I will give my meal tonight to my upstairs neighbor since it is chicken, flavored rice and beans. We had that already this week as well as curried chicken and rice. I froze part of each of those meals. So tonight I will eat what's leftover from last night (penne pasta) with some mixed vegetables I cooked.
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Diva, never knew you could freeze rice. Does it stay the same texture? I generally use brown rice.
 
I don't enjoy cooking, so most of what I eat requires little preparation. Salads, usually; sometimes with beans. I'd rather have an apple & a handful of nuts than spend time in the kitchen.
Today's lunch is Tabouleh (I like Middle Eastern foods). I add avocado, more lemon & beans.
 
Cooking more, eating more. Between unemployment and having too much time now... I was losing a lot of weight before (not good, as I wasn't over-weight) - I think I've now nipped that problem in the bud. My go-to meal is a stuffed capon, done in a one-quart crockpot. I've never been good with side dishes, so ... might have to break out another pan and do a veggy soon! Oh - reminds me - I want canned cranberry sauce! I tried just rehydrating dried cranberries last week - definitely not the same!
 
Some of you people sure eat some weird sounding food. Tonight, I was told that we are having: chicken/broccoli/pasta w/a light cream sauce and diced/seasoned red potatoes. White wine. Strawberries & whip cream for desert.

I have eaten this before. It’s good, but I can do without the potatoes. Tonight, while watching a movie, we are having a slice of banana bread with a small glass of rum.
 
mike4lorie said:
Well, we are having the first BBQ of the season, having a baked potato loaded with greek yogurt, chives, cheese (old) salt and pepper, and a huge t-bone steak each...and Brussel Sprouts and apple pie for dessert with a shot of Forty Creek Whiskey mixed with a Forty Creek Creem over ice...
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How big is the steak?
 
mike4lorie said:
inch thick, and probably 7 inches across...
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Remember the movie, “The Great Outdoors” with John Candy? There is a part in the movie where his wife, b-i-l and s-i-l went to a restaurant, which used a tag line that read, “Home of the Old 96’er,” which was a 96 ounce steak. That’s 6# of meat. If he can eat it all, he gets the table’s meal free. His b-i-l (Dan Aykroyd) eggs him on to finish it. He also had to eat the fat around the outside. He did finish it. Funny movie.
 

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