What's for supper?

I don't feel like cooking, so I'm going for a frozen backup:

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It's pretty good. $6 and I can get 2 meals out of it, adding a salad and a hunk of garlic bread.

I really need to make a batch of goulash and freeze it, through.
 
Hedi Mitchell said:
Not a clue... :confused:
BTW what time do the rest of you normally have your late meal? Around 6:30 here
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I used to routinely eat dinner as late as 10PM-11PM. A few months ago I tried to do better (trying to lose weight) and not eat any later than 9PM, and I shoot for earlier. But when you have breakfast as late as 11AM, that pushes lunch out to 3PM. That's why I often just have a salad and cheese & crackers for dinner.

Regarding having no idea what's for dinner...I have a lot of made-ahead meals (and raw meats) portioned out in the freezer in vacuum bags because I can toss them in a big bowl of water and they're defrosted in a half hour or so, with the exception of chicken, which takes an hour. I don't know who these people are here who know "What's for supper" in the early morning hours. It's not normal. I don't know what I want to eat until meal time rolls around.
 
@John Brunner - turns out we had eggs, and he had bacon
and we both had pancakes! Yummy- and milk
Why is it everything a person really likes is BAD FOR US!?

You method is good John on meal planning. I don't do that much except during winter-. Sometimes like chicken and dressing will freeze leftovers for another meal. My problem is - Do not like cooking at all anymore. I been doing since 9 years old.
He is a very good cook, but I refuse to buy another grill -therefore he will not cook. Except his cookies and our ice cream.
;):cool:
 
Krystal Shay said:
We eat a bowl of oatmeal in the morning because we get up early; 5:00 AM. We have a meal early afternoon around 2 or 3, and we have some fruit around 6 then we are done.

@John Brunner, I am one of those people that isn’t normal. 🤪🙃 I usually know what I am going to fix for supper early in the morning. Not always, but most of the time.
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When I was working, I planned dinners. I knew what I was going to eat for the upcoming week when I did my weekly grocery shopping. For some reason, now that I'm retired, I go on impulse when dinnertime rolls around. And since I have time on my hands, I see food on tv (like Coconut Curry Shrimp in a Goya commercial) or receive a recipe email where I think "That looks good," so I'll make a trip to the store and make it for dinner that night.
 
Hedi Mitchell said:
@Beth Gallagher - I have tried to get us into a 2 meal a day. Something I did for long time. However TV watching and dog duty make him hungry :sneaky:. He figures he will lose weight with all the tooth pulling. Even so,it will all come back.
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We kind of evolved into the one-meal-a-day thing after we retired. Neither of us has ever cared for breakfast, though I used to cook breakfast for the children. We get up later now, usually 8 or 9 am, so we have turned into those "early bird specials" senior citizens. :D

I keep fresh fruit, nuts, cheese, etc. on hand if we want a snack and we almost always have some kind of dessert. I just don't like being in the kitchen all dang day.
 
John Brunner said:
I used to routinely eat dinner as late as 10PM-11PM. A few months ago I tried to do better (trying to lose weight) and not eat any later than 9PM, and I shoot for earlier. But when you have breakfast as late as 11AM, that pushes lunch out to 3PM. That's why I often just have a salad and cheese & crackers for dinner.

Regarding having no idea what's for dinner...I have a lot of made-ahead meals (and raw meats) portioned out in the freezer in vacuum bags because I can toss them in a big bowl of water and they're defrosted in a half hour or so, with the exception of chicken, which takes an hour. I don't know who these people are here who know "What's for supper" in the early morning hours. It's not normal. I don't know what I want to eat until meal time rolls around.
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Everyone is different John. Unless it is a play date day sleeping in means 7:00 here. Stews and sugos take time and a steak does not defrost in an hour. Pasta, tortellini, potstickers take ingredients and time which other projects have to work around. Salad, cheese and crackers sounds great but my permanent room mate would ask “what is for dinner”.
 
Marie Miller said:
Everyone is different John. Unless it is a play date day sleeping in means 7:00 here. Stews and sugos take time and a steak does not defrost in an hour. Pasta, tortellini, potstickers take ingredients and time which other projects have to work around. Salad, cheese and crackers sounds great but my permanent room mate would ask “what is for dinner”.
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Steaks in vacuum bags defrost in 30 minutes immersed in a bowl of tap water. Just to toss out a tip...you could put frozen foods in a Ziploc® bag, squeeze out as much air as you can, seal it tight, and put it in a bowl of water to defrost it defrost.
 
I pulled the beef short ribs out of the sous vide machine last night so the fat in the juices could solidify in the fridge overnight...gonna grill them tonight with some grilled onions and maybe a side of egg noodles and asparagus.

One thing I just learned...sous vide temps aren't high enough to melt fat (at least 135°F isn't hot enough.) A large piece of rib-sized fat was still mostly intact, and when I looked at the juices I refrigerated overnight, there was no visible fat in it. Lesson learned. Next time I'll skip this step and eat them the day they're finished cooking.
 
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