Recipes for VERY FILLING meals

[catjac1975]

Crock pots are excellent too. I would put it together at night and put in the fridge. Then take it out , plug it in, run off to work. Oh, what a smell when you come home tired from work.

 

[Beekissed]

I agree!

There's a real quick and easy chicken soup recipe that my boys loved~just chicken bouillon and water, minced onions, garlic powder, rice and chicken. Let that all stew together until done, then add your noodles and chunks of skinless kielbasa. That kielbasa lends it a smoky flavor that's just the bomb! It doesn't take very long to get that all cooked either.

 

[AMKuska]

Bean and rice burritos worked out great. He even ate the rice and he's normally picky about seasoned rice.

Today, he drank all of my orange juice. -.-

 

[digitS']

Have you ever tried making it IN the rice cooker?
I've tossed in frozen leftover chicken, frozen veggies, some water chestnuts, used broth as the liquid - added the rice and let it rip. When I came back in from the barn I had a 'version' of stirfry ready to go.
Fresh veggies - other than something hearty like carrots and onions - will probably get mushy....

I've been unsure about what I could get away with using the rice cooker. Other than using couscous mixed with rice and either brown or white rice, we haven't tried anything over many years.

My crock pot lost its lid long ago and my plan to search thrift stores for a new lid never panned out. The other slow cooker we had was a model that I wouldn't recommend. It's difficult to set the temperature soooo ... we bought this fancy/smancy pressure cooker and slow cooker combination.

It's too big for 2 people. I doubt that we have used it more than about 3 times in that number of years!

All this has left me with very little experience with this type of cooking ...

Steve

 

[catjac1975]

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I've been unsure about what I could get away with using the rice cooker. Other than using couscous mixed with rice and either brown or white rice, we haven't tried anything over many years.

My crock pot lost its lid long ago and my plan to search thrift stores for a new lid never panned out. The other slow cooker we had was a model that I wouldn't recommend. It's difficult to set the temperature soooo ... we bought this fancy/smancy pressure cooker and slow cooker combination.

It's too big for 2 people. I doubt that we have used it more than about 3 times in that number of years!

All this has left me with very little experience with this type of cooking ...

Steve

Crock pots are really cheap.

 

[Beekissed]

We get ours at Good Will! $4 for a med. sized one. It looked brand new and I use it all the time. I took our very big one there, so someone else got a really good large crockpot then.

I've gotten so many good,high quality things at Good Will with very little, if any, use on them and so very cheap. I can't imagine shopping anywhere else unless I just have to!

 

[seedcorn]

In my effort to make bread and reinforce my opinion that it’s quick and easy with a bread machine, I did it this AM. Looked great, then I allowed it to rise too long and poof it fell l8ke a card house.....now I will have dense bread.... Good thin* I can make a living in AG as Imsuck at baking bread.....

 

[Beekissed]

In my effort to make bread and reinforce my opinion that it’s quick and easy with a bread machine, I did it this AM. Looked great, then I allowed it to rise too long and poof it fell l8ke a card house.....now I will have dense bread.... Good thin* I can make a living in AG as Imsuck at baking bread.....

Just takes practice, Seed. I never let mine rise before putting it in the oven....it's already proofed about 4-5 times before then, so I punch it down, make it into flat rolls and pop the first pan in the oven. The rest of them get to rise a bit while they wait their turn but I've never noticed a bit of difference in the density or lightness of those that didn't get to rise again vs those that did.

 

[catjac1975]

In my effort to make bread and reinforce my opinion that it’s quick and easy with a bread machine, I did it this AM. Looked great, then I allowed it to rise too long and poof it fell l8ke a card house.....now I will have dense bread.... Good thin* I can make a living in AG as Imsuck at baking bread.....

A bread machine should bee doing all of the thinking for you. Wait...are you the one that doesn't measure anything?

 

[seedcorn]

I use the bread machine to make the dough. Divide it into small loaves. Once machine allows the first rise, I divide it into 4 loaves. Allow another rise, then bake. Gave second rise too long. Tastes good, looks terrible. Ate 5he worst looking-fixed it.....

Spent 10 minutes preparing, second rise 40 minutes, 20 minutes baking. I make oatmeal, whole wheat-increase fiber, less sugar.

@catjac1975 when I make bread, I measure-kinda.....cooking, strictly by mood, taste.