Meal Planning Help

Post by **saman** » 1/15/2006, 5:33 pm

mmm, those sound delicious, christine. i think what i'll do is i'll give those and sarah's recipes to my mom, so she can try them out and see which one she would like better. thank you!

thirdhour · Post by **thirdhour** » 1/15/2006, 5:36 pm

saman wrote:oooh, also, does anyone know if apricot nectar is available readily at grocery stores? say, sobey's for instance?

You can buy it at Safeway easily, so I'll assume the same for any other large grocery store.

Also, you're a nutrition major? Ohhhh. See, I was confused because I knew you were in some sort of health/medical program and could not figure out for the life of me why you would randomly have a cooking course!

crustine · Post by **crustine** » 1/15/2006, 5:37 pm

thanks. that first salad recipe is really so very good everyone who tries it loves it. it is sweet and tangy and so simple buy a bag of greens and put dressing on it.
good luck with the meal

Post by **saman** » 1/15/2006, 5:37 pm

crustine wrote:sorry i forgot you were making scalloped potatoes. Now if you are making scalloped pots maybe you want to go with a lighter dessert. Something that wont sit heavy on the potatoes. Just a thought ...maybe mousse or perfiteroles filled with mousse.

hmm, i hadn't thought about that. that's a good idea. mousse was actually what i first wanted, and it'd be a lot less expensive. but, like, the sundae brownie pie sounds so good :drool:

...waargh!

Post by **saman** » 1/15/2006, 5:41 pm

thirdhour wrote:
saman wrote:oooh, also, does anyone know if apricot nectar is available readily at grocery stores? say, sobey's for instance?

You can buy it at Safeway easily, so I'll assume the same for any other large grocery store.

Also, you're a nutrition major? Ohhhh. See, I was confused because I knew you were in some sort of health/medical program and could not figure out for the life of me why you would randomly have a cooking course!

thanks yannic :love:

there's a safeway around here. if i end up using the punch recipe i have right now, i think i'll have to go wandering around it to locate the apricot nectar.

crustine · Post by **crustine** » 1/15/2006, 5:41 pm

mousse isn't really that expensive but definitely more finikie... I just made a cake today that was ridiculous. it is out of martha stewarts new baking book. It is a lemon curd cake with lemon curd in the layers and a butter cream icing...i think i used 10 eggs in it!!!

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 1/15/2006, 5:48 pm

The punch is really good, and would be easy to double/triple+++ up

2 20oz can's of pinapple juice
6oz lemon juice
1pgk of frozen strawberries(+juice)
1L gingerale

(you just thaw the strawberries a little and throw them in the punch. that way it stays cold and you get yummie stawberries in your drink.)

Post by **saman** » 1/15/2006, 5:48 pm

crustine wrote:mousse isn't really that expensive but definitely more finikie... I just made a cake today that was ridiculous. it is out of martha stewarts new baking book. It is a lemon curd cake with lemon curd in the layers and a butter cream icing...i think i used 10 eggs in it!!!

mmmm that sounds yummy. rather heavy on the cholesterol, though, with 10 eggs...

with your salad dressing recipes, how many people do they serve? i need to know so i can adjust it, see

edit: sarah, i like that recipe a lot. i'll have to go look in the grocery store to see if i can find frozen strawberries first, before i can decide for sure. how many people does that serve?

crustine · Post by **crustine** » 1/15/2006, 6:16 pm

the first one really does for a family of 4/6 so you can try it at home this week. The second dressing makes about a cup or so ( i think) i would estimate tripleing it for 63
but then again if you made 4 times it wouldn't hurt after all it is relatively cheap to make

Kathy · Post by **Kathy** » 1/15/2006, 6:39 pm

ooh, all these great recipes are making me hungry. We should have a favourite recipes thread so I can get meal ideas when I don't know what to make for dinner!

thirdhour · Post by **thirdhour** » 1/15/2006, 6:41 pm

I'm pretty sure I started one like a year ago. I can dig it up for you if you so wish.

Kathy · Post by **Kathy** » 1/15/2006, 6:42 pm

really? I'v dug around looking for various things but have never come across it

thirdhour · Post by **thirdhour** » 1/15/2006, 6:45 pm

What the hell? I know I started it, but apparently I've only ever made one post with the word 'recipe' in it.

Oh well, start a new one!

crustine · Post by **crustine** » 1/15/2006, 7:00 pm

good plan

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 1/15/2006, 10:52 pm

so my suggestion is out then?

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 1/16/2006, 6:38 am

thirdhour wrote:What the hell? I know I started it, but apparently I've only ever made one post with the word 'recipe' in it.

Oh well, start a new one!

You definitely did. :nod:

No idea where it wound up, though. :lol:

Soozy · Post by **Soozy** » 1/16/2006, 11:58 am

Just a thought Sammy, but you're not going to have veggies there are you? Cos they might not be so happy with the chickeny bits.

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 1/16/2006, 7:10 pm

This is true. :nod:

Most people don't think of that aspect of cooking for large groups. If you do, you might get bonus points.

Post by **saman** » 1/16/2006, 7:24 pm

Soozy wrote:Just a thought Sammy, but you're not going to have veggies there are you? Cos they might not be so happy with the chickeny bits.

i am going to have veggies. we're supposed to have two different vegetables with the entree. and, umm, what chickeny bits? the oven fried chicken? why wouldn't they be happy with it? *confused*

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 1/16/2006, 7:34 pm

She means vegetarians by "veggies".