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RE: Cooking for One - The Singles Food Thread - 4/23/2008 1:52:40 PM
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AngelInWaiting1983
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One if my fave meals to cook that is quick and simple (plus the kids love it when I have them).
Items needed:
Frozen Meatballs (italian or homestyle, either works)
Package of Brown Gravy
Instant Potatoes (or any other style Mashed Potatoes)
Make your gravy by follwing the directions. Then add your meatballs (frozen or you can preheat them in the microwave, depending how much of a hurry you are in) and let them simmer till they are done.
Serve with Mashed Potatoes or Rice if you'd like.
I usually serve it with Corn also, but thats my personal preference. You can make as much or as little as you need. For long days you can start it in the crock pot before you go to work.
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RE: Cooking for One - The Singles Food Thread - 4/27/2008 4:11:55 PM
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I was going through my saved recipes that I haven't looked at in a while and found this one.. I will substitute the beef with something else, and probably the zucchini too, since I'm not too fond of that. Maybe sub Artichoke for the zucchini.
Greek-Style Stuffed Peppers
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1 pound lean ground beef
10 ounces frozen chopped spinach -- thawed and squeezed dry
1 medium zucchini -- coarsely grated (about 2 cups)
1 small onion -- minced (about 1 cup)
1/2 cup bulghur
1 egg -- lightly beaten
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper
3 red bell peppers -- halved lengthwise, cores and ribs removed
29 ounces stewed tomatoes -- (2 cans) finely chopped
1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl combine the beef, spinach, zucchini, onion, bulghur,
egg, oregano, salt and a few grinds of pepper. Mix until thoroughly
combined.
Arrange the pepper halves cut side up in a 9 by 13-inch baking dish
and fill each pepper half with the meat mixture. Pour the tomatoes
over the peppers and sprinkle with the feta cheese. Cover with foil
and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake until the meat mixture is
completely cooked and the peppers are tender, about 45 minutes longer.
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RE: Cooking for One - The Singles Food Thread - 4/27/2008 4:36:49 PM
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Today for lunch, I put a steak outside on the grill, and I nuked a potato in the microwave.
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RE: Cooking for One - The Singles Food Thread - 4/27/2008 4:36:52 PM
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shawke
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Hey, Steve! That looks delish! What will you substitute the meat with?
Hiya, Michelle!
Not sure what to sub for that, maybe some kind of aromatic rice like jasmine. Experimenting is fun. 
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RE: Cooking for One - The Singles Food Thread - 4/27/2008 4:43:49 PM
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I love red peppers!
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RE: Cooking for One - The Singles Food Thread - 4/27/2008 5:25:50 PM
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I can take green peppers in small doses, but red peppers (and yellow and orange, also) are just so fun. Apparently, I'm on a red pepper kick, as lately, I have been putting them in practically everything I eat (except my fruit smoothies).
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RE: Cooking for One - The Singles Food Thread - 4/27/2008 7:36:15 PM
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I haven't tried those yet. Keep telling myself I will.
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RE: Cooking for One - The Singles Food Thread - 4/30/2008 10:00:08 PM
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I've enjoyed a great treat the past few nights. I opened a tub of blackberries, washed them, poured them in a bowl, and popped them one at a time into my mouth. They were delicious!
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RE: Cooking for One - The Singles Food Thread - 4/30/2008 10:32:18 PM
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I've enjoyed a great treat the past few nights. I opened a tub of blackberries, washed them, poured them in a bowl, and popped them one at a time into my mouth. They were delicious!
Blackberries are delicious. But they were designed to be made into cobbler. Just like raspberries were designed to be made into jam. If enough of them survive the picking process. (One for the bucket, one for me.One for the bucket to for me, Hey that one in the bucket is bruised. I had better eat it so it doesn't ruin the others...)
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RE: Cooking for One - The Singles Food Thread - 4/30/2008 11:18:38 PM
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I'm trying to think of the cartoon character that does that...
I love berries! How many bushes do you have?
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RE: Cooking for One - 4/30/2008 11:45:35 PM
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I have a good chicken recipe, since every1 loves chicken.
yes i do make this myself, and it will be worth it,and is pretty easy to do.
Stuffed chicken marsala
you need 4-6 breasts
1/2 cup of marsala wine
2 cups chicken stock
mushrooms sliced(as much as you like)
flour
salt and pepper
oil(i prefer olive oil)
prosciutto sliced
fontina cheese sliced
a little heavy cream-maybe 1/2 cup
cut breast and stuff with prosciutto and fontina, dredge in flour and fry it up. take breasts out, add shrooms, fry them up and add marsala, let cook for a few minutes, add stock, put breast back in. cook for 5-10 minutes depending on thickness of breats, then remove once more and add cream, you can then put the chicken back in or pour sauce over the top of them. I usually heat it through in the sauce.
this goes great with fried asparagus spears,
make sure if they are not fresh to drain really well, dip in egg, and then seasoned bread crumbs, and fry them up.
and roasted garlic mashed potatoes you can make your own potatoes, or buy instant which is easier.
to make your own
peel pot, add to cold salted water, and bring to boil, let simmer for 10 -15 mins, or fork tender. drain, mash up, add butter and milk or cream, and salt and pepper to taste, don't over mash, add roasted garlic and mix it up.
to make roasted garlic get 2-3 heads of garlic and cut in half( the whole head), heat oven to 450, put garlic in pan and drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper, and bake for 35-40 mins, it will be soft and golden. you can squeeze it out like toothpaste, and mash it up with a fork.
i hope everyone likes it if you try it. it may look difficult but it is not.
I have 1 for stuffed eggplant which is awesome, but i will post another time.
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RE: Cooking for One - The Singles Food Thread - 5/1/2008 12:53:32 AM
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quote:
ORIGINAL: shawke
I was going through my saved recipes that I haven't looked at in a while and found this one.. I will substitute the beef with something else, and probably the zucchini too, since I'm not too fond of that. Maybe sub Artichoke for the zucchini.
Greek-Style Stuffed Peppers
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
1 pound lean ground beef
10 ounces frozen chopped spinach -- thawed and squeezed dry
1 medium zucchini -- coarsely grated (about 2 cups)
1 small onion -- minced (about 1 cup)
1/2 cup bulghur
1 egg -- lightly beaten
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper
3 red bell peppers -- halved lengthwise, cores and ribs removed
29 ounces stewed tomatoes -- (2 cans) finely chopped
1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl combine the beef, spinach, zucchini, onion, bulghur,
egg, oregano, salt and a few grinds of pepper. Mix until thoroughly
combined.
Arrange the pepper halves cut side up in a 9 by 13-inch baking dish
and fill each pepper half with the meat mixture. Pour the tomatoes
over the peppers and sprinkle with the feta cheese. Cover with foil
and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake until the meat mixture is
completely cooked and the peppers are tender, about 45 minutes longer.
White Northern beans would be a good replacement for the beef or even barley, but then I would delete the bulger. I would also add garlic.
This sounds really good. We only eat meat 3 times a week so I am always looking for good veggie meals. Yum Thanks!
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RE: Cooking for One - The Singles Food Thread - 5/1/2008 11:27:51 AM
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quote:
ORIGINAL: shemaromans
I'm trying to think of the cartoon character that does that...
I love berries! How many bushes do you have?
I've only got three and only one is doing well (I'm hoping the other two will recover this year). I'd like to get a spot where I can properly propagate them. They are a very good tasting variety (Black raspberries!)
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RE: Cooking for One - The Singles Food Thread - 5/1/2008 9:51:04 PM
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I have raspberries growing along nearly the entire length of of my backyard fence. I have so many of them in the summer, and It's fun to give away bowls-full of raspberries. I tried making raspberry jam once. It turned out pretty tasty, but it was a lot of work preparing the jars, boiling, etc.
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White Northern beans would be a good replacement for the beef or even barley, but then I would delete the bulger. I would also add garlic.
Thanks for the idea! I love those beans, so it will totally work. 
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RE: Cooking for One - The Singles Food Thread - 5/1/2008 10:12:22 PM
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John_O
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ORIGINAL: shawke
I have raspberries growing along nearly the entire length of of my backyard fence. I have so many of them in the summer, and It's fun to give away bowls-full of raspberries. I tried making raspberry jam once. It turned out pretty tasty, but it was a lot of work preparing the jars, boiling, etc.
But it's like a taste of summer that you can spread on your toast all winter. In fact I think I'll have some now.
Back in a bit.....
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