What is your 'go to' food?

[justagirl]

What do you try to keep on hand for when you don't have time or feel like making a meal? I try to keep milk (it satisfies my dessert craving) on hand. And green tea noodle soup from the Hong Kong Market, it's a great meal to me.

I like to roast a chicken on Sundays as well, so that I have food all week. It's easy and there are so many ways to flavour/marinade the chicken.

So, what's usually in your fridge/pantry?

[Admin]

Hummus, pita bread, olives and cheeses. Also, cooked chicken tenders for inclusion in dinner Caesars, or diced up for chicken salad.

[kcdixiecat]

cheese, crackers, diet coke....oh, and the vanilla oreos for the ole sweet tooth!

[Jeeves]

As an ol' bachelor I don't keep much food in the house. Whenever I go to Radosta's or Sammy's Live Oak Deli I get extra stuff to keep around for midnight snacks and such. There's half a roast beef poboy in the fridge I may have for lunch today.

[Schuarta]

Frozen pot stickers.
Frozen pot pies.
Components for liverwaursht (sp?), onion, and tomato sandwiches.

:eek:

[Dilfan]

Canned Garbonzo beans to make hummus, PB, Strawberry preserves for the sweet cravings, medium cheddar, olives, and leftover pizza in freezer.

[bam bam]

JAG--

I am huge fan of the roast chicken. I'll buy one if I do a substantial grocery shoppping and if I decide to cook one, I'll do two. Usuually using the second for the sickest chicken salad sandwiches ever.

I generally keep peanut butter and jelly on hand. I love snacking on anchovies, olives and prosciutto. And sometimes in the winter, I'll open a can of spaghetti-o's.

[Suzy Wong]

BamBam,
My 10 year old son like pb&j and spaghetti o's also.

Interesting topic jag,
Since I have a 10 yr old, I always need to have food and snacks around here....

[Mrs. Fury]

Frozen edamame, cheese & tomatoes are usually in my fridge. I love spaghetti-o's sometimes too. I add lots of black pepper and asiago or parmesan cheese.

[justagirl]

I keep frozen egg rolls from Sam's at all times. It's a guilty pleasure.

I just made a big batch of hummus and a roasted chicken.

Mrs Fury, I have the individual packets of edamame from Sam's on hand too.

[Mrs. Fury]

Hey jag, just curious but how much is this "individual serving" bag? The ones I buy are probably made for more than one serving but I can eat a whole bag. I pay $1.99 at Berrytown in Ponchatoula.

[justagirl]

I dunno...like a cup and a half. I buy a big box at Sam's.

OK, I don't have a quarter, but let my pint glass and my cell phone be your guide....these you just pierce the cover and nuke for a couple minutes. They are frozen. The whole thing is a bit too much for a serving for me alone.

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You can go ahead and ignore my dirty glass table and floors, I'm sitting in the dark, til the camera flashed...it looked clean enough to me. LOL This is the dog's living room after all.

Oh, and I like to have green onions on hand...I love cebolitas. That's what I had tonight actually.

[Mrs. Fury]

Oh lawd that is a single serving. My bag is about four of those at least and I ate almost all of it for dinner tonight. I was planning on having leftover Chinese but somebody got to it first.

[Maxine]

I used to roast a chicken almost every Sunday to eat during the week. But I just can't be bothered anymore.

My go to food when I don't feel like cooking is pasta. I always have fresh pasta and I just cook it for about four minutes and toss it with whatever I want.....easiest dinner ever.

Sorry I haven't been around. Life is a bit crazy right now.

Missed y'all.

[PNG]

Fried shrimp. They only take a few minutes to prepare. A shrimp poboy only takes a minute more to prepare.

[jshushan]

For me it's pasta and red sauce. I always have some at home. I also always have some form of tomato product with which to make sauce. It doesn't take more than 30 minutes to make a decent sauce. Add whatever else you want with the pasta and sauce and it's dinner. Easy.

Jonathan

[Great Danish]

Roasted peanuts and applesauce - I could live off the stuff if I had to.

[Shannon]

I've always got between 7 and 10 kinds of cheese in the fridge and 4 kinds of mustard that I mix up to make a honey mustard spread - cheese, crackers, thinly sliced red onions, tomato slices - and it's a quick, light meal.

Soba noodles can always be found in my pantry, and I'll melt a bit of butter and brown sugar - stir in some garlic, oyster sauce, soy, fish sauce, and chili flakes. Top with chopped green onions. Very quick pasta - a tad sweet, a bit salty, and a touch of heat (spicy heat).

Fresh fruit of whatever kind the farmer's market has that week.

Edamame. Though I've never seen the individual serving boxes. I usually buy a large bag at the Asian Market on Williams.

Oh - and eggs. There are always eggs in the house and when I can think of nothing else and want a very quick, easy meal - we have eggs for dinner. My kids are kind of getting tired of that. oops.

[buzd]

Cheese.

Usually sharp cheddar melted on Triscuits with jalapeno peppers and a glass of skim milk in a frozen pint glass.

But any cheese will do.

I've taken to doing the "beer-can" chicken on Sundays. If I had realized how easy and good it comes out, I would have been doing it long ago. Chicken salad, soups, sandwiches, etc. Everything made with it comes out killer!

[Suzy Wong]

Not sure if you mean already cooked, or on hand to prepare?
Mostly for my son but myself also,

soy burgers, soy corndogs, hashbrown patties, fish sticks, organic eggs from free roaming no hormone chickens, whole grain bread, goldfish crackers, raisins, cereal, cheese, peanut butter, tuna fish to name some....

[ToddMa]

Coco Pebbles & Fruity Pebbles

Anybody know where I can get some Boo Berry?

[LiveOak]

Hummus (my son eats a ton of it), grapes, blueberries (sad they're going to be gone soon), Gala apples, Cheerios, lots of veggies, sliced turkey and ham.

And, I'm almost positive Wal-Mart has the kid cereal trinity (for those of us of a certain era)--Boo Berry, FrankenBerry, and Count Chocula!

[Dharma41]

What do you try to keep on hand for when you don't have time or feel like making a meal? I try to keep milk (it satisfies my dessert craving) on hand. And green tea noodle soup from the Hong Kong Market, it's a great meal to me.

I like to roast a chicken on Sundays as well, so that I have food all week. It's easy and there are so many ways to flavour/marinade the chicken.

So, what's usually in your fridge/pantry?

In my family, my wife cooks. So, I 'go to' what ever she cooks up or has as leftovers in the fridge.

With a 8 year old and a 3.5 year old, the fridge is usually stocked with snacks and fruits. Was addicted to the Jello based mandarin orange kiddy snack for a few days a while ago too.

:)

[Isabella Maja]

Eggs, sharp cheddar, pepper jack and various other cheeses. Omelettes, frittatas, quiche & egg salad. Or just cheese & crackers.

Canned beans - garbanzos for hummus, black beans & pinto beans. I like bean dip & can whip it up in a flash if students pop over.

Crackers of many different varieties. Carr's Rosemary Crackers, Rye Ry-Krisp, other Carr crackers, Ry-Vita & Diamond Brand Pecan Crackers.
Tortilla chips, jalepenos & salsa. For nachos.

Pickled Beets in a jar & Artichoke hearts.

Raisins, dried cherries, figs, dates.
Nuts. Pecans, walnuts, almonds, peanuts. Pumpkin seeds.
I like to my own fruit & nut mix.

Nut butters. Almond, cashew, peanut.
Right now I'm on a Spicy Peanut butter kick.

Peanut Butter Company's "THE HEAT IS ON"
This is often lunch on a spoon. It's great on celery & a PB&J with pear preserves.

[Duke]

Manchego cheese, Triscuits and pitted kalamata olives.

...or them three-for-a-dollar Patio frozen burritos.

[ibjamn]

-Blue Runner red beans and rice
- canned black beans (I've been on a black bean hummus kick)
-I order high protein, high fiber, low carb bagels, english muffins & whole wheat pita from Western Bagel and keep those in the freezer at all times, also vitatop muffins.
- canadian bacon & laughing cow cheese to put on the bagels

[jodyrah]

I always have homemade pasta sauce, basil oil, and raspberry sauce in the freezer. For snacks, I keep a batch of spicy, lemon/basil marinated olives and roasted peppers to have with manchego or thinly sliced imported provolone.

[JudiB]

Coco Pebbles & Fruity Pebbles

Anybody know where I can get some Boo Berry?

What kinda scotch would you serve with that, Todd? :D;):rolleyes:

[JudiB]

Ok, my 'in a pinch don't feel like cooking' meal would be scrambled eggs. Or a can of tuna with green onions and some capers.

[justagirl]

I've noticed that Judi B tends to be a ****stirrer in the am...LOL

[Envie]

Gorgonzola, green apples, and walnuts.

And peanut butter.

[Pete]

Fried shrimp. They only take a few minutes to prepare. A shrimp poboy only takes a minute more to prepare.

What's your method?

[PNG]

What's your method?

Eggs, milk, mustard. Upseasoned Zatarains Seasoned Fish Fry. I add cayenne, garlic powder, black pepper and salt. Fry in peanut oil for about one to one and a half minutes.

[globe9]

Always have bags of romaine lettuce and Tyson chicken tenders for different salad variations.

Lean pockets for lunch to go.

Whole wheat pasta and some type of spaghetti sauce for a quick dinner.

Ground turkey for all kinds of stuff(meat sauce, chili, burgers, taco salads, etc.)

Beans: garbanzo for hummus, red beans, and black-eyed peas

[ToddMa]

What kinda scotch would you serve with that, Todd? :D;):rolleyes:


Maybe a little splash of Macallan 25.

[BADgirl!]

What kinda scotch would you serve with that, Todd? :D;):rolleyes:


um....:rolleyes: Flavored milk?.... not vanilla, not plain, not chocolate...but Jack (Daniels that is)!

(ok, no one still my invention...this will be my patent proof)

on some cheerios. now that's good eatin' lol

[hungryone]

My "standard" thing to eat when I don't feel like cooking or don't have much time is Fage 0% or 2% yogurt with fresh or dried fruit, local honey, and whatever nuts are on hand. Right now, it's blueberries or peaches & walnuts, earlier this year it was strawberries & pecans. A few figs and some hazlenuts, too. Nutritionally complete, protein-packed, requires no cooking, minimal prep & cleanup.

I generally always have tortillas, cheese, and some kind of salsa on hand as well. And my cajun self always cooks more rice than I need at one meal, so leftover rice is often embellished with whatever else lurks in the fridge.

[foodieCon]

Can I say that I wish JAG was my goto food?

[justagirl]

Can I say that I wish JAG was my goto food?

Send me a picture of you and I'll make that call.

:D