The Kitchen Glindas--Food for Thought!

Ohhh how I wish .... *sigh* potatoes and me.... I love them so......

They're a pretty starchy carb for a carbo though.... I know personally I can't just have a little scoop, I always have a ton of potato! I try to go for veggies and a multigrain bread instead, but I'm doing so well in the diet department lately (though I swear, I'm doing even better than I was a month ago, running often, and I'm wondering how on earth I'm GAINING weight?  Argh.) so I probably shouldn't be talking.

Gord, potato memories...

My favorite potato is garlic mashed, followed closely by fried...

Nemaine wrote:

Ohhh how I wish .... *sigh* potatoes and me.... I love them so......

They're a pretty starchy carb for a carbo though.... I know personally I can't just have a little scoop, I always have a ton of potato! I try to go for veggies and a multigrain bread instead, but I'm doing so well in the diet department lately (though I swear, I'm doing even better than I was a month ago, running often, and I'm wondering how on earth I'm GAINING weight?  Argh.) so I probably shouldn't be talking.

Gord, potato memories...

My favorite potato is garlic mashed, followed closely by fried...

I mix my veggies in with my potatoes.  It generally goes well, especially corn and peas.  >.<

Have you had your hormones tested to see if the weight gain is affected?  Even if you're on hormones like the pill, it doesn't mean your system is well-regulated.  I've been eating like a pregnant lady the last couple days, so of course I'm gonna gain weight. XD  But, usually, I maintain at 1200-1400 calories a day.  D;

Nemaine wrote:

A new side note--bought a bunch of baby 'bellas (they were on sale) and now I have no idea what to do with them!  I never get bellas cuz they are 'spensive in my area (but these cost less than the buttons this week, ***?) so I have no idea what they go best with.  And I want them at their peak....

Any ideas?

I don't really like mushrooms, so I doubt I'd be much help. A risotto might be good though- it's a good day for it here, all cold and rainy. Not that I'm obsessed with risotto or anything though. Or just saute them simply with some herbs and serve with toast or polenta. Like I said though, I don't really "do" mushrooms, so hopefully someone will have better ideas.

i'm honestly considering doing the standard 'saute with onions and garlic and slather with cheese" thing....... ;-; what a waste of a bella!

Dahly--oohhhhh you are giving me such seeeexyyy kitchen ideas.... you said two of my favorite words <3!!!

Piaqua--Lol, I didn't "do" mushrooms(still have trouble choking them down raw) until I started eating miso soup almost daily for a while there.  Got me really into almost-raw onions and mushies.  no idea how or why but it did.

Now i am a mushie fiend.   ;-; and they are expensive little buggers for the good stuff too!  Darnit!

One kitchen habit I could have done without...

Page four?  PAGE FOUR?  Oh dear, I MUST FIND SOMETHING TO SAY!  XD

but but... beef bourguignonne (I can never spell that) and coq au vin are so gooood..... ;-; though I find mushies in those get a little slimy and I pick them out too!    Best sliced suuuuuper thin and plunked in at the very end in soups, or fried up or baked... that's my thought.....

So I had a terribly bizarre dream this morning about a cafe called "Cute Wok".  I still don't know how I feel about this....

Mm, suggestions for risotto gave me an idea.... little risotto cakes. Like crab cakes, but with risotto. You'd have to use a lot less liquid, just to get them to the consistency where they stick together... maybe use a little egg too, and then fry them lightly. That sounds so good right now! I'll be trying to play around with that idea. I'll let you know what my results are.

minibrutus wrote:

Mm, suggestions for risotto gave me an idea.... little risotto cakes. Like crab cakes, but with risotto. You'd have to use a lot less liquid, just to get them to the consistency where they stick together... maybe use a little egg too, and then fry them lightly. That sounds so good right now! I'll be trying to play around with that idea. I'll let you know what my results are.

Oh, I bet that would be really good. Molto Mario (Mario Batali's show which is now on the Fine Living Network, but used to be on the Food Network) had something like that, where he used leftover risotto and put a ragu type filling inside and made a ball of it, and then pan fried them. It looked so good, I bet just plain risotto cakes would be awesome too! I think it might actually be better if you used leftover risotto rather than stuff made right at the moment. That way it would be a little more sticky and easier to form cakes.

Namaine- I don't really have a favorite late night snack. I'm kind of night owl and have mostly afternoon classes, so I tend to stay up really late. Therefore I eat almost dinner-like meals really late, so just about everything would fall into that category.

What kind of food contest do you mean?

Oh, that sounds fun! I'm in if you decide to do something

Nemaine wrote:

Actually, for  along time when I was a kid they thought I was diabetic.  Later they thought I had to have a thyroid problem.  Nothing was wrong with either of those......(granted I didn't have the weight gain symptoms but all the others so...) I shudder to go to the doctor yet AGAIN for it because health care and my family don't mix well (a hospital bill for $500 is considered an extravagance; a 2 week summer camp that costs more than one year of my college tuition for singing and acting is considered a necessity).  If it is still like this when I have my job *fingers crossed fingers crossed* you bet your butt I'm going to see a doctor though.  Yuck.

I get tested for diabetes so regularly, it isn't even funny.  I'm glad I have insurance.  Every time I see a new doctor for whatever reason, and they find I have sugar in my urine (which I've been doing since I was born), they decide to test me.  x___x
I have PCOS causing a large waist, too.  Which gives them further proof that I must have the unhealthy diet typical of a Type II patient.  =/


I hate mushrooms.  XP  I will never ever cook with them.  Most recipes, they can be left out and cream of mushroom is easily replaced with cream of chicken.

You kidding me, you mix veggies, chicken, water, and cream of chicken into a slow cooker crock pot for a few hours?

I also make a tuna casserole with cream of chicken and cream of celery.  And my father makes a delish chicken dish called Chicken Viva with cream of chicken and cream of celery.

Canned soups make a great base for so many recipes.

Nemaine wrote:

Cryzilla wrote:

You kidding me, you mix veggies, chicken, water, and cream of chicken into a slow cooker crock pot for a few hours?

I also make a tuna casserole with cream of chicken and cream of celery.  And my father makes a delish chicken dish called Chicken Viva with cream of chicken and cream of celery.

Canned soups make a great base for so many recipes.

is is... is it bad to mix chicken and cream of chicken together?

Served with egg noodles and a big salad.... its so..... nummy... (but soooooooooo not fancy and SOOO not requiring skills).

;-; I feel like such a bad cook now.... 

I kid (or do I? XD)

No, no.  I probably shouldn't have put a question mark at the end.  D;  It's just a cream chicken soup, kinda like chicken and dumplings without the dumplings.

You don't need skills to cook as long as you enjoy what you can make.  It'd be a problem if you only knew how to make something like top ramen and were sick of it (my sister XD).

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Lol.  It's rare that my mother cooks, as well.  Apparently, she used to cook all the time before she got preggers with my sister and I.  We caused her to become nauseated at the idea of food, so Dad took over.  So it's also rare my mother cooks.  And when she does, it's usually taquitos or sopa (tomato-based noodle soup).  Since it's a rare treat, I also look forward to them.

My mother does some of the fad diets, too.  So I got subjected to Atkin's bread a while back (ugh).

I don't have a happy/comfort food. Closest thing is anything high in carbs (esp. potatoes and pastas XD).  But funny thing is, for me, healthier food can taste better.  Whole wheat or spinach pastas have so much more flavor than processed macaroni product.  >.<