tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476114.post406926369949551378..comments2024-03-24T03:19:18.249-04:00Comments on An English Major's Money: Eating InEnglish Majorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00276582833751319518noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476114.post-20471297897941630212007-05-04T10:24:00.000-04:002007-05-04T10:24:00.000-04:00I love the eat down idea too - it would give me a ...I love the eat down idea too - it would give me a reason to use up those odd things in teh back of the cupboard!<BR/><BR/>For what it's worth, I tend to make my dinner lists when I'm in boring meetings, or a lull between meetings. I have some quiet time to think through my fridge, freezer, and cupboard contents, and I'm not tired or hungry so I usually have some good ideas. Here's what came out of the fridge and freezer this week (we did have to go shopping for salad greens).<BR/><BR/>Pork chops - pan fried, or oven fried, with instant mashed potatoes and canned corn. Homestyle!<BR/><BR/>Risotto made with the lamb stock, butternut squash<BR/><BR/>Chicken cooked on the George Foreman, marinated in Roasted Garlic marinade. Salad.<BR/><BR/>Pasta with meat sauce (Scott's meat sauce, or marinara and frozen cooked burger)<BR/><BR/>"Beef Stroganoff" - Egg noodles, cooked ground beef, condensed cream of mushroom, garlic powder, paprikaAmy K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10979615306528968897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476114.post-24065559926606717302007-05-03T02:21:00.000-04:002007-05-03T02:21:00.000-04:00I checked my cabinets and saw a bag of lentils, ri...I checked my cabinets and saw a bag of lentils, rice, quinoa, black beans, split pea (dried), cans of chickpeas, frozen meatballs in the freezer and a block of cheese. <BR/><BR/>I'm going to try and clean out the cupboard (the eatdown thing 3 things suggested is an awesome idea). It might lead to some interesting recipes.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12104373921737620949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476114.post-81439642785862479732007-05-01T22:27:00.000-04:002007-05-01T22:27:00.000-04:00I've been there, many times. I look in my stuffed...I've been there, many times. I look in my stuffed pantry and think "there's nothing to eat". Usually it is because I am tired, unmotivated, and can't figure out what to do with random stuff that is squirrelled away. As a result, my partner and I do "eat downs" regularly (you just had a forced eat down). We take a weekend and we can only eat out of the house/pantry/freezer. No outside food. Eat downs have several great effects. One, they are fun and we engage in a lot of creative cooking. Two, we get rid of or try out questionable experimental food bought on impulse and train us not to do that again (tofu in a box-ewwwww--but just fine in an eat down stirfry). An eat down is a wonderful reality check on both how much we have and good planning. Eat downs are random so in self-defense I have learned to always have chicken stock, canned tomatoes, olive oil, pine nuts, canned white beans, and shredded freezer chicken around (one of my favorite soup recipes)otherwise I would be puzzling over what to do with hoisin sauce with no rice. I usually have about 4 meals that I could cook out of my pantry at any given time. eat downs have really loosened me up; I take very weird lunches to work and my co-workers are amused.Chancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03300488057588429614noreply@blogger.com