Food, Glorious Food

[jadesfire]

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We do pretty well for variety when it comes to dinners. We try new recipes all the time and I enjoy having the leftovers for lunch the next day. But on days when there aren't leftovers, I do get kind of fed up of jacket potatoes.

My staple freezer-dinners are moussaka and stoo, and I'd really like to have some more variety in there. It's my chance to have things that don't really do anything for J, so Shepherd's pie is on my list, and I'm thinking of trying to make meatloaf, which I was fond of as a child.

What do you make for the freezer? Our lasagne attempts have been mixed (the pasta doesn't freeze very well), and the chip experiment was a failure due to sogginess. We already eat things like chilli and bolognese. Is there anything I'm missing?

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Comments

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

We eat a lot of rice at our house (husband is allergic to wheat products), so there's almost always a little leftover rice. I like to top it with bits of leftover pork or chicken, add a handful of frozen veggies, season, stir, and freeze in lunch-size portions. Rice, plain roast chicken, a dollop of hunan sauce from a jar, plus frozen peas, and it's a kind of Chinese lunch. :)

I also like to make chicken and black bean burritos to freeze. If you don't have fajitas (the bready wrap part) to make them, you could put the seasoned chicken and black beans in pita bread halves.

My favorite frozen lunch is one I cook from scratch just for myself: dried pinto beans cooked with a bit of ham, sweet potatoes with cinnamon and a drop of maple syrup, cooked mixed greens, and a piece of cornbread. It's a Deep South favorite.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Wow, that ham and beans dish sounds good. Also, I don't think I would know a burrito if it bit me (or I bit it, for that matter ;)) so I'll have to google that one.

Overdoing the rice is looking like a firm favourite all around. I never really think about it, or rather I think "there's too much rice and we ate all the curry". Time to start re-thinking that one!

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

There's a video in this blog on how to make burritos:

http://britburrito.blogspot.com/

What they're making are the big restaurant-style burritos. I make small ones with fajita-size flour tortillas. Two of mine (chicken, beans, salsa and cheese) make a very nice lunch and can be frozen and heated up for later.