Butter and Bread and Sandwiches Oh My! (II)

[hsa]

That's the way they come out of the oven. That's the argument I always used. No calories missing.
Caution, this causes rolling of the eyes by better half.

 

[Poppy]

I had aspirations of no junk food this week and actually resisted the box of brownies I held in my hand to get the info. The photo in post #3496 made the decision tough but I held firm and put the box back on the shelf.

A man with convictions made of steel! I like it!

 

[raggie33]

Any simple recipes for fudge? Haven't had it since I was 15 or so. I recall how yummy it was

 

[knucklegary]

Possibly, @ledbetter will post his fav fudge recipe.
I like broken walnut as toppings. The nutty kernels makes it so you don't pull out dental fillings while eating.. Don't think he uses box mixes, but i could be wrong.

 

[raggie33]

I love walnuts I used to have a pecan tree people would just come in my yard to grab some . I also love cashews

 

[Poppy]

I put a couple of fistfuls of chopped pecans into the brownie mix.

 

[ledbetter]

Fudge is one of the easier candy recipes(don't even need a thermometer). Plenty of demo vids on YouTube. Uses like 4 cups of sugar!! Used to love it as a kid but it's way too sweet and I don't cook with sweetened condensed milk and that's one of the main ingredients. Deadly having a whole pan of that in the house! When I make candy I tend to give most of it away quickly. It's just too tempting having it around.

Toasted cashews and almonds make a great snack. Toasting them yourself adds a lot of flavor. Add some dark chocolate chips and raisins for a treat that's so called healthier than other desserts.

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

A man with convictions made of steel! I like it!

About a year back, my Better 3/4s and I just stopped purchasing "second stomach" foods. Be strong once at the store - then you won't have to be strong every night. After the first few weeks, we stopped missing the sweets. Now it's not a problem to walk past them while shopping. I've dropped 20 pounds since September.

 

[Poppy]

I'm glad that they put most of the Lays Potato Chips, Doritos Corn Chips, and similar products into the same isle. When they went to something like $4.50 a bag, I can now just walk past that isle, and only be minimally tempted.

The PULL of the chocolate isle is stronger, but I can usually resist.

I try to go to the store with a list rather than walk up and down all of the isles, and ... well you know.

 

[knucklegary]

Mission restaurant style.. How can we eat guacamole without tortilla chips?

Sometimes we take the store made corn tortillas, especially when getting out dated, cut into pie sections and bake at 250° til golden brown.. Then a little shredded jalapeno jack.. Comfort Fud!

 

[Poppy]

Mission restaurant style.. How can we eat guacamole without tortilla chips?

Sometimes we take the store made corn tortillas, especially when getting out dated, cut into pie sections and bake at 250° til golden brown.. Then a little shredded jalapeno jack.. Comfort Fud!

Once during a winter camping trip with the Scouts, we stayed in a cabin, and I did most of the cooking, for the adults. In the evening, I made snacks for everyone.

Quick and easy, a corn flour tortilla, in a frying pan, covered with Three Cheese Mexican, then covered with another tortilla, and flipped. Transferred to a cutting board and sliced up with a pizza cutter.

They were served up as fast as I could make them. Oh yeah, consumed as quickly as they were served.

 

[Mister Ed]

I'm glad that they put most of the Lays Potato Chips, Doritos Corn Chips, and similar products into the same isle. When they went to something like $4.50 a bag, I can now just walk past that isle, and only be minimally tempted.

The PULL of the chocolate isle is stronger, but I can usually resist.

I try to go to the store with a list rather than walk up and down all of the isles, and ... well you know.

Walmart has $1.50 bags of chips. Some of them must have more salt or something, cause they always end up in my cart.

 

[desert.snake]

Potatoes in the microwave, a little pepper without salt, and dinosaur cutlets (no salt either, just chicken + onion + bread). Nephew doesn't want to eat chicken cutlets, but if you tell him that they are from covered with feathers descendants of dinosaurs, then it suits him

 

[Poppy]

How about one of those instant meal hacks?

Store bought rotisserie chicken, microwaved frozen creamed spinach, microwaved cheesy rice, and carrots. The jarred gravy was not necessary, but a nice addition.

 

[chillinn]

microwaved frozen creamed spinach

That's not spinach. Are those beans?! Those are green beans. That looks like green bean casserole! What else are you keeping from us, Poppy?

 

[Poppy]

That's not spinach. Are those beans?! Those are green beans. That looks like green bean casserole! What else are you keeping from us, Poppy?

LOL... ah , you got me @chillinn
Yes, that was frozen green bean casserole, you called it!

I got my meals mixed up.
How about this one?

Fried chicken in seasoned flour, egg wash, and seasoned Panko.
Frozen creamed spinach, frozen succotash, and a fresh baked sweet potato, cooked in an "air fryer" Toaster oven.

Tonight I had one of those cutlets I made up.
Real quick dinner!
Throw a cutlet on a microwaveable plate, pour some jarred sauce on it, and cover it with shredded mozzarella. Cooked in the micro for 2.5 minutes, and ready to eat.
Sorry no pictures.

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

Mound O BBQ Chicken Thighs -

Dutch Oven full of Jimmy Dean Sausage & Meatballs -

I was somewhat leery of substituting sausage for ground beef - thought it would be too salty. It wasn't. Everyone loved it.

 

[Poppy]

Chicken parm with a side of pasta (thin linguine)

 

[bykfixer]

Smoked pork shoulder
Red skin mashed potatos with dark (pudding thick) gravy
Macoroni & Cheese with smoked white cheddar

Mmmmmmmmmission barbecue

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

Chicken parm with a side of pasta (thin linguine)

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I want a bite of that chicken parmigiana.