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  • in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of November 28, 2021? #32225
    chocomouse
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      We had leftover Shepherd's Pie.

      in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of November 28, 2021? #32210
      chocomouse
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        We had shepherd's pie and from the freezer more onion and wild rice rolls.

        in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of November 28, 2021? #32190
        chocomouse
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          For dinner we had leftover ham steak and vegetable lasagna that I pulled from the freezer. So nice to see slices of zuchinni, summer squash, carrots, mushrooms, onions, sweet peppers! And tasty.

          in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of November 21, 2021? #32179
          chocomouse
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            Leftovers - again.

            in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of November 21, 2021? #32171
            chocomouse
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              Today I made bagels, using KABC's high gluten flour. I've used that flour only once before, in the same recipe, and the bagels were awful. No structure at all, quite a wet dough, very slack, and frankly, no flavor. This time - they came out great! They are a little more dense than I like, but the purpose of the high gluten flour is to make them chewy!

              in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of November 21, 2021? #32170
              chocomouse
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                I had a turkey sandwich on maple oatmeal bread with cranberry sauce on the side for lunch. My husband had a turkey sandwich and pecan pie for dinner. I had a fresh toasted bagel with cream cheese and Everything Bagel for dinner.

                in reply to: Turkey tips from USDA #32162
                chocomouse
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                  I put my 20 lb turkey in the refrigerator last Wednesday afternoon, and it was defrosted by noon today. So, that was 7 1/2 days. I'll roast it for 4 1/2- 5 hours; it should be done in another 1/2 hour or so. That means I'd better go peel the potatoes! Everything else is ready.

                  in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of November 21, 2021? #32158
                  chocomouse
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                    I figured out the mystery rolls!! Peter Reinhart's Wild Rice and Onion Rolls!

                    in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of November 21, 2021? #32157
                    chocomouse
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                      We had leftover mushroom soup and clam chowder, along with some really good rolls from the freezer. Unfortunately, I don't remember what recipe I used and can't figure it out from my files of recipes. I do know they did not rise very much, so are a little dense but have excellent flavor - of what I don't know!

                      in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of November 21, 2021? #32140
                      chocomouse
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                        Kudos to BakerAunt for even trying that blueberry cake recipe!! I've changed my mind after reading the comments; I'm not going to try that recipe, at least not for a while. It appears that the results are very inconsistent, and there are lots of questions/comment about possibly ingredients "missing" from the list. Maybe another time when I'm feeling more adventurous...

                        in reply to: Covid-19: It Continues #32132
                        chocomouse
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                          I've spent the last week mostly in bed, a result of the Moderna booster. I was in bed for 3 days and am now on day #6 and think I am back to normal. For 3 days I was dizzy and nauseated, and felt like I had a fever although I did not. But mostly - I was exhausted. After those 3 days, I'd sleep 10 hours at night, get up for half an hour, and then sleep for another 2 hours - a pattern that repeated all day long. Luckily, I am retired so don't have to do anything, and Thanksgiving will be just my husband and me so I have almost no work to do, except cook. I've been getting flu shots for over 50 years and I've never had a reaction other than a slightly sore arm. I guess it's still better than getting Covid.

                          in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of November 21, 2021? #32131
                          chocomouse
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                            I did lots of prep work but no real cooking today also. I cut up 3 small butternut squashes, 5 pounds of carrots, 2 pounds of parsnips, a couple of white potatoes and a couple of sweet potatoes. Half the carrots went into a pot with maple syrup and butter to bake tomorrow for candied carrots - a tradition in my husband's family. The rest of of everything I parboiled for 3 minutes and have in the fridge to be frozen in meal size containers for roasting later this winter. I've not tried this before, I've always used fresh, but I don't always have all the ingredients on hand so I'm hoping it works.

                            in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of November 21, 2021? #32129
                            chocomouse
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                              I'll have to try that recipe, BakerAunt. I sub Greek yogurt for sour cream in almost all of my recipes (muffins, coffeecake, sweet breads, etc) and so far it has worked fine.

                              in reply to: 2021 Garden plans #32118
                              chocomouse
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                                BakerAunt, your husband will soon find himself enlarging that framework or building another one, and you'll be ordering 2 more Gro lights!! I love Gardeners' Supply - one of their stores is 15 miles from here, and their main store is 2 hours away, in Burlington VT. Expensive but high quality. I just moved 6 plant stands in from the back porch to the sun room, in front of the south facing wall of glass. I'm going to see if there is enough sunlight to support a decent crop of lettuce and spinach there. Lettuce and herbs are under the Gro lights on a baker's rack, and I'm waiting for lettuce and herb pod sets to arrive from Aerogarden.

                                in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of November 21, 2021? #32108
                                chocomouse
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                                  Dinner tonight was leftover chicken thighs with roasted root vegetables and a Greek salad.

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