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    Jude
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    Well, I'm broke, had no $$ for groceries (will be this way til the
    15th) and really don't have much in the freezer. I've got odds and ends
    in the fridge, and managed to pull off a fantastic dinner!

    Lasagna Rolls - 7 leftover noodles filled with the following odds and
    ends: ricotta cheese, breadcrumbs, italian seasoning, chopped almost to
    a powder walnuts, roasted red peppers, asiago cheese, port salut
    cheese. Then one of the following: sun-dried tomato pesto, anchovies,
    or capers. There were tiny amounts of these, enough for 2 or 3 of each.
    Was looking through the freezer for some basil pesto - I KNOW there's
    some in there somewhere! - but had no luck.

    Topped them with a creamy parmesan sauce (sometimes known by the "A"
    name) and sprinkled them with parsley, then baked them in the oven for
    half an hour.

    Served them with half a loaf of multigrain french bread found in the
    freezer, slathered with garlic butter.

    Mixed together the picked-through leftover salads from the last 3
    nights. Took out anything soggy but there was plenty of crisp lettuce
    and veggies, apples, crumbled cheese, sunflower seeds, all sorts of
    stuff in the final mix! Crazy salad, I admit, but it worked. Dressed
    with your choice of leftover ranch or buttermilk-chipotle-lime
    dressing.

    Finished off the last glass of sweet tea and the half bottle of tj's
    ginger lemonade with it.

    The question is...... does my fridge look CLEANER or just EMPTIER?!?!
    (sigh)

    fresh pb cookies in the oven now.

    man, my house smells good!!

    LOL, I figured it would be beans and rice for the rest of the week.
    Scrounging through my cupboards has turned up some french green lentils
    and some white beans. A can of peas. A jar of roasted red peppers. Some
    bowtie pasta. Half a package of smoked salmon. One zucchini. Part of a
    tub of cream cheese. tuna. swiss cheese. eggs. grape tomatoes. Enough
    to finagle meals til Friday, anyways.

    I love an adventure!

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  2. Wayne Boatwright
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    On Sun 09 Apr 2006 07:14:13p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Jude?

    Quoted message said:

    I love an adventure!

    And you do it well! Resourcefullness and inventiveness are what separate
    Cooks from cooks.

    --
    Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬
    _____________________

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  3. Dee Randall
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    "Jude" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    Well, I'm broke, had no $$ for groceries (will be this way til the
    15th) and really don't have much in the freezer. I've got odds and ends
    in the fridge, and managed to pull off a fantastic dinner!

    From what you said you had, I think you must've spent your wad in one big
    hurrah! Port salut cheese? That's just for those with some big money to
    spend, right? ;-))

    Quoted message said:

    LOL, I figured it would be beans and rice for the rest of the week.
    Scrounging through my cupboards has turned up some french green lentils
    and some white beans. A can of peas. A jar of roasted red peppers. Some
    bowtie pasta. Half a package of smoked salmon. One zucchini. Part of a
    tub of cream cheese. tuna. swiss cheese. eggs. grape tomatoes. Enough
    to finagle meals til Friday, anyways.

    I love to see how long I can go without going to the grocery store and
    inspect what I have on hand that I can make yet another meal. Not because I
    have no money, nor because I'm too lazy to go. I just love staying at home.

    From what you have, I think you can stretch your food for a few days; next
    time you shop, make sure you have a piece of fruit for each day. Everything
    you have listed sounds super to me. I could do it, but I'd need some fruit.
    Happy cooking,
    Dee Dee

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  4. Goomba38
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    Jude said:

    Well, I'm broke, had no $$ for groceries (will be this way til the
    15th) and really don't have much in the freezer. I've got odds and ends
    in the fridge, and managed to pull off a fantastic dinner!

    Some of my best meals have been when I've been challenged to use only
    what I have and can't buy anything else. It certainly does promote
    creativity. 🙂
    Goomba

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  5. Jude
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    Dee Randall said:

    "Jude" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Well, I'm broke, had no $$ for groceries (will be this way til the
    15th) and really don't have much in the freezer. I've got odds and ends
    in the fridge, and managed to pull off a fantastic dinner!

    From what you said you had, I think you must've spent your wad in one big
    hurrah! Port salut cheese? That's just for those with some big money to
    spend, right? ;-))

    Actaully, the Port Salut was an 8 oz wedge that I found "reduced for
    quick sale" at the grocery store deli cheese counter a few weeks ago.
    $3. We ate half of it on bruschetta a while back, and this other half
    got put in a ziploc and lost in the back of the cheese drawer!

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    LOL, I figured it would be beans and rice for the rest of the week.
    Scrounging through my cupboards has turned up some french green lentils
    and some white beans. A can of peas. A jar of roasted red peppers. Some
    bowtie pasta. Half a package of smoked salmon. One zucchini. Part of a
    tub of cream cheese. tuna. swiss cheese. eggs. grape tomatoes. Enough
    to finagle meals til Friday, anyways.

    I love to see how long I can go without going to the grocery store and
    inspect what I have on hand that I can make yet another meal. Not because I
    have no money, nor because I'm too lazy to go. I just love staying at home.

    I usually need one or two things to make a dish come out the way i want
    it to. Sometimes a pain in the neck to run to the store, sometimes I
    call the BF and make him stop on the way home.

    Quoted message said:


    From what you have, I think you can stretch your food for a few days; next
    time you shop, make sure you have a piece of fruit for each day. Everything
    you have listed sounds super to me. I could do it, but I'd need some fruit.

    I think I'm gonna use the contents of the change jar - between $5 and
    7, I'd say - to get some fruit and some salad greens. Probably cheap
    stuff like grapes, apples, bananas, and a head of romaine. We go
    through produce quickly around here.

    I'm figuring smoked salmon pasta with peas one night; rice and lentils
    with zucchini and grape tomatoes; tuna melts; and white bean / roasted
    red pepper dip with a plain cheese quiche. Sounds liem a decent weeks
    eats for po' folk!

    Quoted message said:

    Happy cooking,

    Always!

    Quoted message said:

    Dee Dee

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  6. Bob Terwilliger
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    Jude said:

    I'm figuring smoked salmon pasta with peas one night; rice and lentils
    with zucchini and grape tomatoes; tuna melts; and white bean / roasted
    red pepper dip with a plain cheese quiche. Sounds liem a decent weeks
    eats for po' folk!

    Depending on the rice variety, you might consider serving that rice/lentil
    thing at room temperature or cold.

    I have to say that your creativity continues to impress, Jude!

    Bob

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  7. Jude
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    Bob Terwilliger said:
    Jude said:

    I'm figuring smoked salmon pasta with peas one night; rice and lentils
    with zucchini and grape tomatoes; tuna melts; and white bean / roasted
    red pepper dip with a plain cheese quiche. Sounds liem a decent weeks
    eats for po' folk!

    Depending on the rice variety, you might consider serving that rice/lentil
    thing at room temperature or cold.

    I have to say that your creativity continues to impress, Jude!

    Not a bad idea....there was a good recipe for a green lenitl salad
    posted here a few weeks ago, which was the plan when I bought the
    lentils. I've got white long-grain rice and brown rice. I was thinking
    about lentil and rice pilaf, with the zucchini sauteed over the top,
    but maybe I'll so a cold lentil and rice salad with a vinaigrette
    dressing, grate the zucchini into it, top with grape tomatoes and serve
    chilled. It's supposed to warm up by the eend of the week so that would
    be a nice treat!!

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