You can tell from how beat to shit it is how long I’ve been using it 
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And I also have the urge to go to Target now…hm…
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Ohhhh. I think we just rescued the dragons blood beans that are too tough raw and not being eaten
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Just inventoried my freezer and decided to brainstorm some possible future meals. Nothing set in stone but this will help when I’m uninspired.
Meal ideas
4 ham hocks - 1 red beans and rice, 2 braised ti pang, 1 congee
1 pack chicken drumsticks - 1/2 coriander chicken, 1/2 pad thai
3 packs chicken thighs - 1 thai jungle curry, 1 chicken tikka, 1/2 chicken biryani, 1/2 hot chicken barley soup
1 small flank steak - beef lo mein
1 medium flank steak - mongolian beef
2 small brisket - 1 braised w/ mashed potato et al, 1 braised w/ pierogi, cabbage, beets
2 pork tenderloin medallions - with mushroom gravy and egg noodles, with wild rice stuffing and roasted vegetables
1 small minced eye of round - curry filled buns?
1 large bottom sirloin flap meat - tacos or fancy nachos?
1 thin sliced ribeye roll - bulgogi + banchan
1.5 lb. ground beef - meatball subs? spaghetti and meatballs? burgers?
Nice to know I can get at least 20 dishes out of this meat! So 20 meat dishes over 12 weeks should be perfect because each week we’ll have 1-2 meat dishes. Perfect!
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Bulgur and chickpeas, homemade pickled beets, roasted chicken, grated carrots, salad, and tahini thinned with oil and lemon juice.
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Yummmm
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half bushel of tomatoes on my counter.
I’ll cut many in half and slow roast them, then freeze and put into ziploc bags
I’ll make others into a butter chicken base sauce and freeze in 1 or 2 cup containers
I’ll try the recipe @Elle posted https://myheartbeets.com/indian-onion-masala/
and other than that, I’ll see what inspiration strikes. maybe a tomato jam?
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You can just freeze them whole if you’re going to use them for sauce later.
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Is true. I’m hoping to do more processing because I only have so much freezer space (cooking reduces the water volume and makes it more efficient to store), and because I like to have some meals in the freezer 50-90% done for the days my future self doesn’t feel like cooking.
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Today I grilled peaches and put them on top of arugula with burrata and prosciutto. It was delicious.
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I made this simple pasta dish and it was shockingly good. Perhaps because I used chopped garden tomatoes instead of canned?
https://www.budgetbytes.com/creamy-tomato-spinach-pasta/
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Ha, I have 5 gallon bags of tomatoes in my freezer right now, I feel this pain. At some point I’ll be able to store actual meals in there…
I have 4 trays of roasted tomatoes done. And a batch of lentil curry, a batch of butter chicken sauce. I think I will try for one more batch of butter chicken and then call it complete.
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I’ve made this before and remember it being delicious.
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I’ve made this recipe for the second time now, it’s SUPER easy and simple and, dare I say, life-changing.
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I love her recipes!
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My avoidance to throwing out food has reached a new level. I made wasabi mayonnaise because I had a little tub of wasabi from my takeout sushi the other day.
I guess I now need to find ways to use up wasabi mayonnaise. Salmon/zucchini/corn cakes likely suspects, but I’m open to other inspiration.
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That would be killer on a sandwich.
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Grilled chicken and cheese sandwich with some wasabi Mayo?
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