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By: Food Rut (link) « LET’S EAT

Food Rut (link) « LET’S EAT — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:34:09 +0000

[...] In case anyone is interested, I thought this was pretty funny and meant to link to it a while ago: Food Rut. Since it has to do with food and all. [...]

By: edj

edj — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:24:21 +0000

I get in food ruts too. You just can’t stand the thought of cooking.
Sometimes new recipes will help. You could ask all your readers for fun, easy-to-make (or challenging, depending on your taste, pun intended) things. We could all benefit from this.
If you like Indian food, I will share my recipe for lamb korma with you. It is great. The only person I have ever served it to that didn’t like it was someone who hates Indian food. Ask away, if this intrigues you.

By: Jewel

Jewel — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:11:56 +0000

I am dying laughing here!
“I started thinking that maybe God doesn’t want me to have groceries. Maybe he wants me to eat the little corn. I just didn’t see that he needed to bring down the local economy over a can of miniature corn.”
This is priceless~!! And then Joanna had to add: “The fact that you didn’t go into full rant shows that you have self-control. No one found you in the liquor section singing 99 bottles so yer good!”
I have two or three Amish cookbooks that I keep on hand. These are GENUINE Amish cookbooks. The wonderful thing about htem is that they use ordinary, everyday ingredients and the dishes are delicious. Now, don’t get me wrong…they are diet food….but they work in a pinch when you are in a food rut! I am now 56 and keep a nicely stocked pantry so I always have something to fix, but I still tend to fix the same things over and over. AND my husband gets in a food rut more than I do because he likes meat and potatoes, nothing too fancy schmancy. I love your blog!!!! I always laugh or cry so it has kind of become an emotional outlet for me! (I’m so pathetic *feeble grin*)

By: Jenn

Jenn — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:58:02 +0000

momhuebert, I asked the same question this week– the answer? “Deliciousness.” Thanks.

Fajitas are my food rut– an idea for your peppers?

By: Fiddledeedee (It Coulda Been Worse)

Fiddledeedee (It Coulda Been Worse) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:56:09 +0000

This is why I keep Carrabbas Take-Away Service on speed dial.

By: imagine community

imagine community — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:11:12 +0000

I’m amazed that you kept the cursing inside your head, under those circumstances!

For the food rut problem, I like to head over to the farmer’s market and see what’s cheap and in season. It’s JANUARY, you say, and there is no farmer’s market, and NOTHING is cheap and in season. You’re right. But to get beyond that, we recently joined Urban Organic here in NYC, which delivers a weekly box of whatever is available… somewhere in the world. I never know from week to week what will be in the box (though there ALWAYS seems to be kale), and when it arrives I look through with anticipation and I usually get excited by something inside.

We also go to the farmer’s market in the summer and buy lots of whatever is in season and blanch and freeze it. It’s wonderful to be able to pull out beans or applesauce in mid-winter.

By: Kathy/lessons from the laundry

Kathy/lessons from the laundry — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:16:15 +0000

ahh, the food rut. I’m like you, generally I love to cook, but once in awhile I just stare at the cupboard and die. But I’ve cured that, most of the time, by becoming totally locked to my schedule. I dutifully head to wal-mart and Sams club every Tuesday with a plan. Each evening has a meal pre-assigned. I buy for the plan. It stinks for a creative soul to succumb to the yellow legal pad of organization, but it has saved me much grief as five faces stare at the stove every night around 6:30, expecting some kind of dinner.

By: Theresa

Theresa — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:52:26 +0000

A quick easy soup to help get you out of the food rut:
1 pkg. frozen diced potatoes
1 can evaporated milk + 1 can water
1 stick of margarine
1 pkg. diced ham pieces
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
salt and pepper to taste

In large pot mix potatoes, milk, water, margarine, and ham. Cook on med-high heat until potatoes are tender, about 35 minutes. Add cheese, stir well. Salt and pepper. Serve with crackers or sandwiches.

By: AB

AB — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:29:34 +0000

Food rut here as well. I’m trying to limit what I eat and that makes me less inclined to want to cook for anyone else.

By: Common Mom

Common Mom — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:30:08 +0000

Aw man! HUGE bummer (that’s me using my nice words instead of the ones I would have uttered had I been in your shoes!)

When I get in a food rut, I go to the freezer – because Me and 5 of my friends created “Dine In Divas” (thanks Oprah!). It’s like a cookie exchange, but with frozen dinners. You make a frozen meal for each person (usually 5 of the same meal for ease), then once a quarter we get together and swap food. It’s GREAT for trying new recipes and for when you really really really don’t want to cook and really don’t want to go out and eat yet again.

I hope you get out of your rut!