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😋 crab cakes
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Need I wish so many of you lived closer!
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Pam,

Sounds absolutely amazing! What time are you serving dinner? Can your AgingCare pals come over? 😊
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We got a 1/2 bushel of crabs for the holiday and our anniversary,, ate a bunch and picked out the rest. We now have plenty for Md crab soup, cream of crab soup and maybe some crab cakes! And the country music while we were on the deck picking them out was on point!
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golden: That turkey soup sounds delicious. DH has been enjoying the frozen red beet soup. My mother had a rhubarb patch for a good while.

TN: Good on those cobblers. Yum.
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Sounds good techie, My kids loved cobblers and crisps. My rhubarb is ready to give me a decent batch. Guess I should harvest and cook some, and freeze some.

I made well over a gallon of turkey soup the other day and froze most of it. My, it has gelled well. Lots of protein!!! I eat it for any meal. Fast and nourishing.
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Recently I have fallen in love with "dump" cobblers. A layer of fruit (4 cups of frozen strawberries, blueberries, mixed berries, or cans of pineapple chunks or peaches, unsweetened or canned in own juice) and a layer of crumbles (white or yellow cake mixed with a stick of butter). Pop in a 350 degree oven for half an hour or so and you have a yummy dessert, better with a little ice cream. I have made dump cakes like this with pie filling before but the unsweetened fruit makes delicious cobbler too. So now I'm on the lookout for canned or frozen fruit or the mark downs on overripe fruit that I can cook or freeze. Walmart sells a white or yellow cake mix for 99 cents so for $4-6 we have a easy to make treat. Perfect with some hamburger helper for a post football practice lunch. I now have two boys on the high school team (GN and FS) and two younger boys hanging around as water boys, although they are registered for the elementary teams that will start evening practices in August.
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BOJ: You don't really wish you were like me - no way, no how.🙄 True statement about chocolate - once I was given some for my 70th birthday.🤣
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Send: Yes, to all those yummy desserts you mentioned.
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Llama,
No worries. It is perfectly okay not to like chocolate. You still fit in.

Chocolate, for me, is my medicine. It helps my moods.

"PEA is the same compound found in chocolate that is believed to produce chocolate’s positive effects on mood. The phenylethylamine in chocolate is believed to work by making the brain release b endorphin, an opioid peptide which is the driving force behind its pleasurable effects."
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i've used what's-my-emotional-state system.
unhappy? 5 donuts.
happy? 5 donuts.

it works really well. follow me for more pro tips.
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Has anyone here used Nutrisystem?
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llama, i almost had a heart-attack.
"I'll be the anomaly. Not a fan of chocolate."

is this really true? i have never met someone who doesn't like chocolate.
i wish i were like you!!! :) :) :)

oh my goodness, imagine i didn't like chocolate, junk food, any unhealthy food...what an amazing body i would have right now! :)
imagine the only thing i love is tofu, cabbage, tomatoes...

i'd also have to stop with my chocolate quotes in the joke thread...

i'd be focusing on tomato quotes...
:)
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Llama,
No chocolate, what do you like?
Peach dumplings?
Pecan pie?
Lemon bars?
Pumpkin pie?
Donuts?
Strawberry shortcake?
No dessert at all?

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Thanks again Ana!
I modified your recipe a bit by adding the shredded lettuce from last night's tacos, and pico de gallo, and a bit of shredded cheese.
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I'll be the anomaly. Not a fan of chocolate.
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Send, I will look for the exact recipe and send it.
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Thank you Anabanana for your recipe!

 "corn, black beans and bell pepper salad".

We had all the ingredients on hand and cut up, ate that for lunch!
It was so very good, and unique for us. The bell pepper was red.

Wow! Just thanks!

And no glass was broken in the making of this dish!
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ITRR and cwille,

You have inspired me to branch out and try these. They all sound great. I tend to get stuck in a rut and it’s boring. Variety is the spice of life.

ITRR,

I do like adding veggies too. They certainly add nutrients but also color and texture.

Thanks for responses!
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I was once accused of making all our meals with hamburger - well, it was cheap, infinitely expandable and nobody every turned up their nose.
hamburger soup - chili con carne - diy hamburger helper - meatloaf - hamburger patties served plain without a bun - hamburger stroganoff - pasta sauce - mac & cheese with gr. beef - sloppy joes - loose meat with gravy - burgers (of course), tacos & burritos, cabbage roll casserole, egg roll in a bowl.....
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NHWM, hamburger soup, or as I call it, autumn stew. Mostly I say autumn stew because people in the SW get weirded out by hamburger soup. Browned burger, beef broth and any veggies you enjoy = autumn stew.

Goulash is a great hamburger recipe that freezes well and feeds a lot of people with 1# of burger.

Love cottage pie and shepherds pie.

Southern skillet with burger, potatoes, onions, cheese and other things to taste is a great hamburger meal.

Of course, the bunless hamburger is always an easy meal.

I always add lots of veggies to whatever I am fixing and it creates a great, easy meal that is full of nutrition.
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Send,

Wow! Lots of broken glass in your house. 🤪

I have never made chili or stroganoff. I should try making those. I will look up some recipes.
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Last night's tacos were good NHWM.

Except for a few delaying snafus.
Like dropping and breaking the entire dish of ground sirloin, 1 lb.

Then, cooking up the other pound, totalling $16.84 in meat. (I know, it is recommended to use the cheaper ground beef for flavor).

You can cook chili, pour it over a hamburger, or use the ground up meat in the chili.

It will be awhile, a long while before I make tacos again. Easier to buy out, and less expensive. Maybe just stop cooking at all until this time passes.

A disagreement ensued after I broke the glass bowl, all over the floor. You cannot retrieve any of the meat because of the broken glass.
I mentioned that was 2 bowls broken in the last two days. Dh argued that he did not break the last bowl. (I was not even in the room when he broke it).
And, it was my fault. 🤣🤪🤣🥇

There are beef stroganoff recipes using ground beef. I love beef stroganoff.

Today's ground beef prices can be beat by using some steaks/per the pound.
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So, I have to go to the grocery soon. I have a pound of ground beef in the fridge. Should I make meat sauce and pasta or burgers? They are both quick and easy!

Some people are extremely creative with ground beef. I seem to make the same dishes over and over with ground beef. I tend to be more creative with chicken.

I do like tacos and sloppy Joe’s. They only use one pound of ground beef. If I take the time to do meatballs or lasagna I want to make enough to freeze half.

One other thing that I occasionally make with ground beef is cottage pie or most people say shepherd’s pie. Technically, shepherd’s pie is lamb and cottage pie is beef.

What do y’all make with ground beef?
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Ana I hear you about safe chocolate. I have spent hours on the internet looking for dairy free, gluten free, low sugar (relatively speaking) dark chocolate and have found a few that I like. One of them is actually made in Edmonton and I get it through Amazon.

Way - I am with you. My oldest son doesn't particularly care for chocolate. The rest of us ate the Ferraro Rochers from his Christmas stocking!😁
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Anabanana,
Happy to hear you get safe chocolate . I don’t know what I would do without chocolate . I have two friends who don’t like chocolate , which I can’t even imagine .
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Way, USA Hershey chocolate has an odd, distinctive taste and I do love it. Canadian Hershey bars have little flavour. The plant in Smiths Falls, Ontario closed in 2006. I’ve never tasted Droste thanks to my nut allergy. Fortunately I have a friend in Germany who sends me safe chocolate.

Send/Harridan, (Ha!) I share your love of limes and cilantro and tacos. My cilantro is just starting to sprout. I often make a corn, black beans and bell pepper salad in the summer. Cilantro lime dressing. Such a polarizing herb.
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Anabanana,

I live about 2 hours from Hershey headquarters .
I like Droste chocolate from Holland . My husband would bring it home from Amsterdam when he used to travel there for work . We were in Aruba last month for our Anniversary and we found some . Good stuff . I agree , Hershey isn’t the best . We have a couple of local family chocolate/sweets stores right by my house that make their candy on premises.
Very good candy from both families .
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Tacos.
We even have cilantro and pico de gallo, two different hot taco sauces, and lime.
Dinner will be late.
Dh is sleeping while sitting at the table.
Surprising that he has low back pain after I asked him to slow down exercising until the pain is better, but I am mean; after he went twice to the chiropractor, I drove him, but I am mean; he was asked to return again due to stiffness in low back, but I am a meany! With OCD he can't stop himself, but I am mean.

And hungry too!

I still remember Jude/Phoenix calling me a harridan. 🤣🤣🤪
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Bundleofjoy, I had an Aero bar for breakfast. I’m out of Twix. Husband is in the USA. I hope he brings home Hershey bars, Mounds and $100,000 Bars. (Canadian Hershey Creamy is gross) I really need to revisit Belgium. 🍫🐷
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