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I need to follow this thread.
I am so tired of my own cooking.
It's boring, but sometimes I just want to feed the hungry mouths something that's easy and palatable and done in 30 minutes or less.

 

I AM SO TIRED OF COOKING, yes I just yelled that. It has been just about one year since we have gone out to eat, poor me. I shouldn’t complain with all the bad things happening this year, but still....
My daughter makes Costco runs for us and picked up a box of two Detroit style deep dish pizzas that were quite good. I would recommend them to any Costco members here.
I made a green Chili and chicken casserole earlier in the pandemic that was a hit. I’ve also bookmarked tons of recipes on Facebook but hardly ever make them. We did get an air fryer this year and it has been fun experimenting with it.

 

i saw that recipe but my DH hates fetta, ironically my picky kid would probably eat it (cheese and tomato is an 'acceptable' combo for her) but then i'd have to make something else for him anyway so i feel your pain.

as for new stuff, that doesn't happen often because when i find a new recipe i always have to substitute out half of it because of DH's or DD's dislikes and then a new exciting recipe ends up seeming the same as something i'd generally cook anyway - so like the chow mein that's tomorrow's dinner, DD won't eat the cabbage, string beans or sauce, so she has plain chicken, broccoli & capsicum (both of which i add to cover her) & raw grated carrot with noodles as she has everytime we have any kind of stirfry - so it's not really a textbook chicken chow mein, it just ends up being a generic stirfry and this kind of thing happens to like every recipe - even changing the shape of a pasta causes an argument, it's flat-out ridiculous; if i were just cooking for DS and myself, our meals would have so much more variety and less drama!

 

I tend to stick to same old stuff because of food intolerances....not that you’d know that if you saw my Pinterest boards!

 

@IntenseMagic How did it turn out?
Nick wants me to make it but I want to wait until tomatoes are more in season.

 

I try new recipes about once a week. I will separate out mushrooms 80% of the time, the other 20% I make Munchkin pick them out himself.
My newest recipe was a chicken, mushroom, green bean stir fry that used miso butter. It was good. Nick and I ate it as written, but I pulled some of the stirfry out before I added the mushrooms for munchkin. He ate it, with the miso butter and liked it.

We also had sausage and peppers with potatoes which was super easy and I don't know why I've never made it before. I used a sweet onion, so both munchkin and I ate it as written.

 

yes...ditto! I'm so bored with food

 

I did try my first hand with a chia seed "pudding". It turned out pretty tasty. It called for light coconut milk, chia seeds, vanilla and maple syrup. I did thaw and mash up some frozen banana for the mix. It never really got to a true pudding consistency, but it tasted good over oatmeal, served up with some fresh mango and blended into a fruit smoothie.

 

i've tried all types of non dairy milk for chia pudding - the best i found was oat milk. not sure if that is one you can tolerate/use. leave them in the frig for 1 -2 days. stir or shake every 12 hours or so to get them thicker.

i'm so done with cooking. at this point - i'll eat just about anything as long as someone else cooks it!!

 

Oh MY!!!! @bestcee We did the tomato and feta thing 2 weeks ago. My DD saw a Tik Tok were someone roasted an entire head of garlic with the tomatoes. So she did that and added some oregano too. We used the tri-colored spiral pasta. It was so good I think we are making again really soon!

 

I go in spurts - same old, same old - and then I see a new recipe and off I go. I was trying to cook a new dish at least once a week.

So now that 2nd son is away at gradate school and DD spends her weekdays at college, there are only 2 of us most of the week. I do not yet know how to cook for 2 people. So many leftovers. I need to learn to cook smaller amounts.

 

I love trying new recipes. I usually try at least try one new recipe a week. Last night I made a stir fried hoisin chicken over rice with some steamed bok choy. It was a huge hit around our house. The recipe is in an Asian cooking book I have.

My hubby got me a Cooking Light Slow Cooker Magazine for Christmas and I've tried several recipes out of it and we all haver really enjoyed them.

Tonight I just made a simple ground turkey, broccoli, alfredo pasta.

For the most part I enjoy cooking. It's the clean up that's not so fun.

 

I don't cook much, but I come up with food ideas and keep the cupboard stocked with the essentials. My hubby is the chief cook around here, but our daughter has been cooking with him lately. She made the entire meal tonight - chicken breasts stuffed with Feta Cheese and cranberries and rolled in Panko crumbs. It was SO good. She had a recipe, but I just sat and watched and talked to her, so I'm not sure what it was - she had it on her phone. She also fixed sliced potatoes, topped with butter, salt and pepper and baked. It was a delicious meal!

 

I love new recipie and pin them a lot or save on fb to try..we get bored easy a d I'm lucky to be marrying a human trash can who eats everything..lol
And well kids who aren't too picky...my oldest two love trying new things
And asias happy with meat

My newest favorite is kinda a creation I came up with

A can of diced tomatoes with itailan seasoning...a few big handfuls of frozen spinach and a block of cream cheese...
Dont drain tomatoes.
And throw everything in skillet
Till well blended and warm
Serve over baked chicken or pork...and noodles
Soooo good

 

Hmmm.... We had air fryer steak last night that cooked to perfection with Chimichurri sauce/roasted brussels sprouts and some waffle fries for the kids, lol! The air fry steak was new to us, and fab.

I have a new recipe I am trying this week, only cause I have ground sausage that I have in my freezer.... it's a stovetop Sausage, Peppers, Onions, and Rice meal. Then I have a new Crock Pot Honey Garlic Chicken Recipe that I found.... Maybe I can send that to DH to do for tonight. (He's off work)

I add some, and we have favorites. We have staples that are always on hand for when we get lazy.

We have been out a bunch of times, and we do order maybe once a week, so I dislike cooking like normal.

 

Try cooking for one person who doesn't like to cook.

As for me, no I haven't tried any new recipes in the last 3 to 4 years because of the dental issues I've been going through. With the end in sight and being able to go off of the soft food diet by late summer/early fall, I hope to dig into using my air fryer just so I can have some fried foods again!