Mom2Mom Recipe Chat

Forum Post: I'm the new mom to the group

gardenerbowler — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:54:00 GMT

Hi, My name is Marianne and I live in Gates, NY. All my kids are grown and I have 1 granddaughter. The kids are spread far and wide. I have been a subscriber to almost all of the mags from Reiman publications since the 1990's or before. I didn't experiment with food as the boys were too picky. Now 2 of them like to cook. I do have a question for you. How can you use canned fruit other than right out of the jar? Are there recipes that you can put it in and still taste good? I have a friend who gave me peaches and pears and jellies. Any input is appreciated. Thanks.

Forum Post: lunch for grandchildren

hockeymom.grandma62 — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:51:00 GMT

Hi i used to b on the site alot, now i have a question. What r good ideas to make lunch for my grandchildren who i babysit a couple days a week. they r aged 3 and 11/2,

Forum Post: Re: Hello

echoel — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:49:00 GMT

Hope you enjoy living in Gnvl, SC. I have relatives there. Its too big for me tho.

Now to try to help you. You are probably a busy mom no less but just some of the things you make let him "help" you so he will eat more things. I know it works. My niece would let the girls sit in the floor and mix up ..say cornbread, show him how as best as you can. Brag on him and he will do better. I know that sounds easy but just little things. If he sits on the floor things don't make quiet as big of a mess. haha.. from the table to the floor does. I can think of things the girls used to do and it makes fun pictures too. Flour on the face , oh yeah, toooo cute. Nothing is too hard for him, right?? You'll be surprised what/how a spoon and bowl can do.

Lets hear from you.

Forum Post: Re: I Am Brand New Here

buffetfan — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:16:00 GMT

Hi Jeannie,

Sending a welcome from West Central Florida - the Tampa area. I've lived here all my life and have been married to my hubby for 19 years and we have 2 awesome boys 8 and 9. I love to cook and write to food columns for the Tampa Bay Times. I would love to garden but have too many critters to do something in my yard. Trying to get DH on board with container gardens. We'll see how that goes!

Forum Post: Hey Moms! Join us at M2M Chat in Recipes...

buffetfan — Sat, 19 May 2012 12:40:00 GMT

Look for the post sharing chicken recipes! Add you favorite...tell us what's happening in your life...the link is below!

http://community.tasteofhome.com/community_forums/f/30/t/862130.aspx

We have a new topic each week - feel free to share!

Hope to see you there!

Ellen

Forum Post: Re: hey Michelle/Shellcooks

buffetfan — Sat, 19 May 2012 11:24:00 GMT

So let's try to start it up again! I'll make a real effort to stop by at least once a day when I'm online... I'll start a thread today. It's been so long I know we all have new recipes we could share! I'm FB friends with Kelly and Rachelle so I'll post on my FB page that we've started again. You do the same in the event you're FB friends with others who used to participate. I'll post in recipes with a note here to look there. The title will be M2M: Let's Catch Up - Favorite Chicken recipes (only because I have a new one!)LOL

Hope to see you all there!

Forum Post: Re: Mom2Mom Chat for May

buffetfan — Sat, 19 May 2012 11:11:00 GMT

Hi Mary,

I've never used those but they look interesting. Have you thought about those kind of modular containers to corral things like rice, beans, pasta, cereal that stack nicely? Sometimes those streamline things and give you more room rather than piling bags or boxes on top of each other.

One more week of school! Wow... a kid in college...I am so not ready for that! Mine will be in 2nd and 4th (both boys). Looking forward to summer. I love having them home and doing things with them...projects, cooking (they want to make pizza), swimming. Hopefully we can plan some things with friends too.

Well, time to start laundry and wrap a present. Off to a birthday party this afternoon.

Have a great weekend,

Ellen

Forum Post: Re: Mom2Mom Chat for April!

Tomcatlover — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:29:00 GMT

Tomorrow I'll put a roast in one crock pot, then in the afternoon, I'll make a "rootbeer cake" in my round crock pot on a different counter, since it only takes 2 hours- just use any cake mix with rootbeer extract added, and bake for 2 hours in a tube pan (not ceramic insert). Turns out great. I usually make a glaze for it with some powdered sugar and rootbeer extract. I got a box of cake mix, with "sprinkles" in it, for 99 cents at Aldi the other day. I bought it a few weeks ago for making a simple dessert. This sure saves money.

Mary

Forum Post: Re: Question of the day

Tomcatlover — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:10:00 GMT

You are correct. Just let it rise in room temp. the first time, then just put it in a freezer bag and freeze it for 1-2 months. The night before you want to make it, just thaw it in the refrig. When it is soft, put it in your pan and let it rise in room temp. You should let it rise in room temp. the second time because it won't rise properly in the refrigerator. Bake like normal! Hope this helps you.

Mary

Forum Post: Sorry been awhile

dbljdblk — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:06:00 GMT

Hey everyone, sorry it's been so long. I really don't have anyone reason, just busy with life I guess. So here is what is on my menu this week starting with friday.

Grilled lime and ginger chicken

Grilled chuck roast

garlic beef stroganoff

Meat and Cheese Stromboli

Sheppard's pie

Spaghetti

and then of course the dreaded night of leftovers that my family hates.

If anyone has some good budget friendly meals for a family of 5 I'm more than willing to try them. Have a great week everyone, I promise to try to get better at logging on more often.

Jacki

Forum Post: Re: Mom2Mom Chat for the week of March 29-April 5

Tomcatlover — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:25:00 GMT

Hope everyone is doing well. There are many quick dinners on the recipe section of this site- just put in a time you want to make, and ingredients in the "advanced search" and you should find many recipes.

Mary

Forum Post: Re: Mom2Mom Chat for the week of March 20-27

Tomcatlover — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:42:00 GMT

Partly cloudy and 70 degrees, so I put out wash to dry- it's so great to save money that way!

I better get cooking dinner- it's Cashew Beef- a stir-fry dish. The family really likes it.

Nights have been cool, but glad they aren't "sticky" when trying to sleep.

Mary

Forum Post: Re: crochet ??

Tomcatlover — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:15:00 GMT

Try a border around it to lay it flat, When you try it, go half way around and see how it lays for you.

That baby blanket is so cute. Your idea sounds good. I made a small afghan with a lighthouse scene and clouds with rocks, etc. You can make an afghan with a cross stitch pattern too. I also made an afghan of a golf green with the flag in the hole for "18", and the pattern was just like a cross stitch pattern.

Forum Post: Re: Mom2Mom Chat for the week of March 12-19

Tomcatlover — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:20:00 GMT

It's Friday again! The days have been in the 80's lately, and records are really "setting" because this is so unusual for the midwest at this time of year. We've been turning or air conditioner on during the day because in a mobile home/trailer, the temperature often exceeds about 10 degrees higher than outside, even with windows open and a fan! The walls stay the temperature of outside all the time. In trailers, the sun sure heats up in here, very fast. My husband is a heating/air conditioning programmer, so he knows all about temperatures of buildings/houses and what they should be. We have a ceiling fan, and it sure is good to circulate the air when the air conditioner is running. The air conditioner should be turned on before it gets too hot, so the furnace isn't costing you so much money.

I'll make a shrimp & sausage dinner tonight.

Bye for now!

Mary

Forum Post: Re: Mom2Mom chat for the week of March 5-March 11

Tomcatlover — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:40:00 GMT

I just re-potted in the clean pot, now am cleaning the other pot that it came out of. I'll separate that violet into about 4 plants.

I just found out on the "tips" in this site, that they actually called an electric company about how much it costs in electricity to use a crock pot. If you use one for about 10 hours, it would be 21 cents. An electric oven would be $2.51 and a bit less for gas oven. If you use your slow cooker for a year, you would see some reduction in your bill. I'm going to make as much as I can in the crock pot.

Mary

Forum Post: Re: Mom2Mom Chat for the week of Feb. 27-March 4, 2012

Tomcatlover — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:49:00 GMT

We had rain this morning, and a cooler front moved through, so it's about 20 degrees cooler than yesterday.

I looked at the Taste of Home board on Pinterest (there's a link in the Recipes forum) and there are many good pictures of recipes that you can get from this site.

Gotta get some house cleaning done around here!
Bye!

Mary

Forum Post: Re: Mom2Mom Chat for the week of Feb. 20-26, 2012

Tomcatlover — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 18:10:00 GMT

Hi! We usually go out to eat on a night in the weekend to a place called Buffalo Wild Wings (you may have one around- I know they are all over the country). We like their food (bar style) but really enjoy the trivia games. The games are a national game and you can use their "players" or can download an app to use with an iPad/iPod or other device. We have an iPad and iPod, so my husband and I use our devices, but my sons use the players at the place. You can see your name/profile and other rewards online at their website. It just makes it fun to go to places when you play games and eat too.

My sons are 22 and 25, so I really shouldn't call them "boys" anymore, but I see them as "boys". They are paying their own way through college so they don't have to pay off a student loan when they are done. That is a burden!

Mary

Forum Post: Re: Need help!

Tomcatlover — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:10:00 GMT

I have a few quick meals for the crock pot- if that's what you want. Just let me know!

Mary

Forum Post: Re: Mom2Mom Chat for the week of Feb. 13-19, 2012

Tomcatlover — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:09:00 GMT

Very nice day today- got to 50F outside! We went geocaching this morning, then to stores this afternoon. I went to the library and got 3 books on slow cookers too. The books are great. There are so many cookbooks at the library, and anyone can use them! You can make so many things in a crock pot. There was one method of making a pancake (any recipe for the batter) and it makes in one big "cake"- but all you do is slice the pieces in sizes, and serve like any other pancake- a lot less work! Cornbread works great too. Gotta try!

Mary

Forum Post: Re: Healthy vs. Heavy food needs in house HELP

akfishergirl — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:58:00 GMT

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Perhaps DH could exercise PORTION CONTROL ??? Good luck making that suggestion !

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great suggestion MG..... portion control and exercise.......