Donna_in_OK
Veteran Member
I've been doing so very serious stocking up on a few essentials over the past year. Essentials, well that is what one must determine for oneself. My husband asked me the other day when opening the pantry if I had an actual meal plan. I scratched my head for a bit, and realized that based on the current preps on hand, I didn't have say a 30 day recipe rotation plan. I get tired of food, so would not be one to eat mashed potatoes day after day. Heck, I admit, I do NOT like leftovers, even though that means I must do some cooking every day to prepare meals. I cannot do food fatigue. Hubby is like if it keeps me alive, I can eat it.
So, the past couple of weeks, we have been trying different recipes that can be made from our preps on hand and trying to build a 'go to' cook book to get quick ideas to make with what is on hand. Do you and yours do something like this? If so -- what types of recipes do you do?
As an example, instead of a meatloaf, I made meat balls, with fettuccine pasta with garlic cheese sauce with broccoli. I can say that the great value fettuccine pasta seems to be lacking a bit of flavor.
Might be time to learn to make my own pasta. Got good recipes for pasta?
So, the past couple of weeks, we have been trying different recipes that can be made from our preps on hand and trying to build a 'go to' cook book to get quick ideas to make with what is on hand. Do you and yours do something like this? If so -- what types of recipes do you do?
As an example, instead of a meatloaf, I made meat balls, with fettuccine pasta with garlic cheese sauce with broccoli. I can say that the great value fettuccine pasta seems to be lacking a bit of flavor.
Might be time to learn to make my own pasta. Got good recipes for pasta?