Comments on: Food Stamps Cooking Club: Let’s Do Lunch!

By: Webmaster

Webmaster — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:54:44 +0000

Sounds very inviting, Carol! We had our lunch at the Community Lenten Luncheon--we found out what great cooks those Methodist ladies are! We had our choice of chili or chicken noodle soup and a variety of sammies. We certainly were not hungry when we were finished! Thanks for checking in! Hugs Mother Connie

By: Carol M

Carol M — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:41:45 +0000

Leftover spaghetti with homemade meatballs in a doctored up AF canned spaghetti sauce, using a pint of my organic homegrown yellow and red tomatoes that I put up last Summer.

By: Webmaster

Webmaster — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:28:41 +0000

I totally understand the dilemma of not having AFFORDABLE fresh produce, Carol. You were wise to freeze peppers back when. I was tickled pink when I found fabulous leaf lettuce at the market that will yield great nutrition and flavor, not to mention brilliant color, at a price I felt was fair.

One way of getting greens into the fam is to use barley powder. I have a pint jarful that I use to sprinkle green over and into EVERYthing from glasses of milk to salad to applesauce to whipped cream! It mixes really well with anything COLD-if I use it with hot stuff it will clump and not be appetizing. It only takes a scant half teaspoon so it is economical to use. If you look for barley powder in the health food store, inspect the label for “COLD PROCESSED.” It is loaded with protein, enzymes and it is helpful during allergy season.

Thanks again for some really great input!

Hugs
Mother Connie

By: Carol M

Carol M — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:51:14 +0000

Connie,
I can’t touch fresh produce that often this time of year, and quality is an issue. I have multiple bags of presliced orange/red/yellow/green pepper strips in the freezer. Either home grown or from the marked down shelf. : ) I pay about 69-99/lb for them.

Apples from the orchard trips this Fall. Still have apple pie filling and apple sauce I put up. Yum!

By: Webmaster

Webmaster — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:48:19 +0000

Carol, your meal sounds utterly divine! It is highly nutritious, too-and colorful. I am green with envy that you have red and yellow peppers because I priced them yesterday and they brought the fainting couch to the product counter! I'm surprised anybody buys any of them at those outrageous prices, but I have to admit they were beauties. Red peppers are like candy to me and I could eat them all day long if only "they" would let me. Drat the fun/food police anyhoo! We live in apple orchard country, too, so I appreciate that you are still using apples from your fall trips. Yum. Thanks! Hugs Mother Connie

By: Webmaster

Webmaster — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:42:11 +0000

I dunno why the Food Police have not collared you for running out of not only yogurt but pickles! My word, Max, how can you keep HOUSE without those items? Just kidding.

It seems to me that most youngsters + your DD + my Normanator are totally content to eat the same things day after day. Not my style but it sure makes for easy do lunches!

And you are SO right about not running out of eggs. Now that would be reason for the Food Police to knock on your door! grin

Thanks, kiddo!

Hugs
Mother Connie

By: mikemax

mikemax — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:18:57 +0000

We eat lunch at home. Often it is leftovers from last night’s dinner. No leftovers, so today it was:
Bean soup with ham
Fat-free saltines
applesauce
glass of nonfat milk

I am fundamentally unable to make a small pot of soup, so I always freeze leftovers for days when I need it for lunch. I pulled this one out of the bottom of the freezer…made in November.

DD eats lunch with us at home, and then I pack a lunch for her to take to work (works swing shift, cleaning state and federal office buildings on a crew with other disabled workers). I let myself run out of yogurt, so she got 2 fruits today–applesauce and a handful of grapes. I’m still out of pickles, and we finished the green olives yesterday, so I dove into my stash of black olives!! And she took Ritz crackers, since she had saltines for lunch. Homemade lunchables are easy!! (and very forgiving, just don’t run out of eggs!!)

By: Carol M

Carol M — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:01:54 +0000

Lunch today:
Dh & I have leftovers: horseradish encrushted Flounder, buttered rice, green bean saute (includes red/yellow peppers and onions)

3 sons:
reduced sugar “koolaid”, turkey breast sandwiches on homemade WW rolls,Romaine lettuce,Provolone, herbed mayo, spicy brown mustard. Homemade oatmeal cookies, mini yogurts, small Tupperware with homemade Winesap applesauce (we went to the orchard 3 times this Fall), small baggie of honey nut “cheerios”

By: mikemax

mikemax — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:03:22 +0000

Cup of pina colada “Swiss cheese”?! Duh–yogurt. My bad.

By: mikemax

mikemax — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:02:36 +0000

I should have added that fruit can be fresh or canned, and sometimes I sub carrot and celery sticks. Today’s lunch:
2 slices Jarlsberg Swiss cheese with 8 Ritz crackers
Cup of pina colada Swiss cheese
Applesauce
Hard boiled egg
Last of the green olives

I buy #10 cans of sliced peaches for under $4 at Costco. I put the peaches in smaller jars–2 quarts and a pint, tightly packed. Discard the excess syrup or figure out something to do with it. I also buy #10 cans of unsweetened applesauce for $3.55, sweeten it myself and add cinnamon, and put it in smaller containers. One goes in the fridge and the rest in the freezer.