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We have a seniors centre one block away and they prepare single home made meals in their kitchen for pickup....they have been up and running throughout Covid.
Theres been a steady stream of customers but you need to phone ahead to preorder.
We havent used the service but I do think theyre reasonably priced.
 
Good thought Kimmio re the sandwich maker - we used to have one many years ago & the kids liked making their own grilled cheese sandwiches in them. Sometimes we cooked eggs in it too - triangle shaped eggs on the plate!

Kimmio Laughterlove said:
These days, food is fuel.
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This reminds me of a quote I heard long ago - "some people live to eat, others eat to live."

Re soups - for many years we have ordered 'soup sleeves' from Mitchell's Soups - Mitchell's Soup Co - Artisan Soups Made in Canada This is a social enterprise that employs people of diverse abilities, they focus on supporting Canadian growers & their foods are DELICIOUS - so it's a win/win. They started on Vancouver Island - I first encountered them at a craft show there - and we've ordered online ever since - but now I see they are located in St. Thomas Ontario. They also have an increasing presence in retail outlets. We usually make a big order to get free shipping :) The 'sleeve' contains all the seasonings & dry ingredients for the soup - you add some fresh veggies, meats, maybe onions etc when you make the soup. It makes a huge pot & so once cooled, it gets divided into individual serving size containers & goes into the freezer. We love them for a hearty lunch - because they are hearty! Not a 'brothy' soup. Cook & prep once, eat at least 10 times! They also make a great small gift or stocking stuffer.
 
Carolla said:
Good thought Kimmio re the sandwich maker - we used to have one many years ago & the kids liked making their own grilled cheese sandwiches in them. Sometimes we cooked eggs in it too - triangle shaped eggs on the plate!


This reminds me of a quote I heard long ago - "some people live to eat, others eat to live."

Re soups - for many years we have ordered 'soup sleeves' from Mitchell's Soups - Mitchell's Soup Co - Artisan Soups Made in Canada This is a social enterprise that employs people of diverse abilities, they focus on supporting Canadian growers & their foods are DELICIOUS - so it's a win/win. They started on Vancouver Island - I first encountered them at a craft show there - and we've ordered online ever since - but now I see they are located in St. Thomas Ontario. They also have an increasing presence in retail outlets. We usually make a big order to get free shipping :) The 'sleeve' contains all the seasonings & dry ingredients for the soup - you add some fresh veggies, meats, maybe onions etc when you make the soup. It makes a huge pot & so once cooled, it gets divided into individual serving size containers & goes into the freezer. We love them for a hearty lunch - because they are hearty! Not a 'brothy' soup. Cook & prep once, eat at least 10 times! They also make a great small gift or stocking stuffer.
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Thanks for the suggestion, @Carolla

Do you have any favourite ones?

(i am adding to my cart now, and will happily check it out. I liked that i could click on it and see the directions. Helpful)
 
Very disappointing find in my freezer today.
Discovered that I had not left enough space for the turkey broth in my mason jars and two had broken as they expanded -- which is most frustrating re the loss of turkey broth. (I have lots of jars)
 
I gave up on jars because of that problem and broke my own guidelines with containers. We use the 2 and 4 cup ones readily available most everywhere. Square, plastic, label easily, re usable. One of my few concessions to convenience.
 
Pinga said:
Thanks for the suggestion, @Carolla

Do you have any favourite ones?

(i am adding to my cart now, and will happily check it out. I liked that i could click on it and see the directions. Helpful)
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We LOVE the Mulligatawny soup; Thai coconut prawn; and Tino & a friend really like the Pea Soup (I've never been a pea soup fan). Have had most & enjoyed them, but those two are my personal favourites.
 
Carolla said:
Good thought Kimmio re the sandwich maker - we used to have one many years ago & the kids liked making their own grilled cheese sandwiches in them. Sometimes we cooked eggs in it too - triangle shaped eggs on the plate!


This reminds me of a quote I heard long ago - "some people live to eat, others eat to live."

Re soups - for many years we have ordered 'soup sleeves' from Mitchell's Soups - Mitchell's Soup Co - Artisan Soups Made in Canada This is a social enterprise that employs people of diverse abilities, they focus on supporting Canadian growers & their foods are DELICIOUS - so it's a win/win. They started on Vancouver Island - I first encountered them at a craft show there - and we've ordered online ever since - but now I see they are located in St. Thomas Ontario. They also have an increasing presence in retail outlets. We usually make a big order to get free shipping :) The 'sleeve' contains all the seasonings & dry ingredients for the soup - you add some fresh veggies, meats, maybe onions etc when you make the soup. It makes a huge pot & so once cooled, it gets divided into individual serving size containers & goes into the freezer. We love them for a hearty lunch - because they are hearty! Not a 'brothy' soup. Cook & prep once, eat at least 10 times! They also make a great small gift or stocking stuffer.
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Oh, yeah. I've had those. They're good!
 
I am curious, do people do meal planning here -- advising what you will eat which night / day
I haven't for years, but, with youngestson being at home, and me heading into town to work during the day, we got into the rhythm of me saying " could you put the x in the oven at so & so time".

Now, we are starting to plan the meals for the week together, based on schedules and materials available.
Once that is figured out, they are placed in calendar events, with he & I on them. (husband also cooks, but, he is often busy in other projects, so this has worked well)
The event says who is doing what, and what has to be done in morning or night before (ie, get something out of freezer).

we just started doing it this organized, and it seems to be working reasonably well.
I HATE potato peeling. So, he alwys does them.
 
We try to do so for the week, and usually fail. When putting together a grocery order there is a bit of we could do x y and z with what we are buying.

I do find it a bit odd when people have specific dinners for each day of the week, ie. taco Tuesday. I guess it takes out the what's for dinner issue, but what about this meat was on sale and this isn't available now, I have a craving for something, the weather (we do a fair bit of grilling year round) and do people not switch it up for the seasons? Winter meals are different than summer for us.
 
I no longer do this, but when I worked full-time, had a Mom, a sister & partner, and two kids, plus various drop-in friends, it was essential. It was on paper, but it worked fine.

On the fridge, every week, was "the list". Left column was dinner plans, right column was "who was going where"/projects by person for the week, the backside was the shopping list that went with the menus.

Apparently, my mother used to laugh at this, behind my back.
 
Sounds pretty organized to me. I used to do similar and weekly had a family meeting. Who is doing what on what day, who needs a drive , who is missing dinner.......
 
Lastpointe said:
I used to do similar and weekly had a family meeting.
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Haha, that reminded me of our failed family meetings. We were doing marriage counseling and our councillor suggested to do family meetings to improve communication. Both , my then husband and my then 10 year old have learning disabilities affecting being organized . After taking 30 minutes to come up with one meal, both refused any further meetings. ( the simple question- what would you like to eat- did not work with them).
How bad my ex- husbands problems were didn’t dawn on me until we were actually separated.
Junior, thankfully, outgrew most of the problems, possibly thanks to his dad not being around much to get him more confused and later, because he had to take responsibility and give himself structure. Now, he is the one making most meals in his relationship (as well as feeding the goats).
 
We had a son who eventually was diagnosed as ADHD. School didn't go well. Adolescents and young adulthood was disastrous. He took himself to counselling and got encouragement that eased him into using coping strategies. We had, of course, tried this route without co-operation. Apparently he had to get into REALLY deep trouble before bottoming out and accepting help.

Now, even with the PTSD from the Bronco disaster, he is doing very well.
 
I went to Save-On and got cinnamon. I forgot it several times in the past month or more. Today I got a bit motivated and made French toast fruit filled sandwich pockets in my sandwich maker. I greased it with margarine (I’d prefer butter but don’t have it at the moment) I used one of my plastic microwave dinner trays which made an ideal pan to wisk together, and then dip the bread -cinnamon raisin bread! - in the eggs and milk. i soaked some frozen mixed berries in hot water, then drained most of the water, added a spoonful of brown sugar and a pinch of cinnamon, stirred it together. Then spooned that onto the soaked bread in the bottom of the sandwich maker, put piece of soaked bread on top. Closed it for about 5 minutes. It didn’t come out intact unfortunately. the fruit had oozed a little, and it got a bit stuck to the bottom. But it was tasty! A bit more involved than I thought but next time it’ll be easier!
 
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Kimmio Laughterlove said:
I went to Save-On and got cinnamon. I forgot it several times in the past month or more. Today I got a bit motivated and made French toast fruit filled sandwich pockets in my sandwich maker. I greased it with margarine (I’d prefer butter but don’t have it at the moment) I used one of my plastic microwave dinner trays which made an ideal pan to wisk together, and then dip the bread -cinnamon raisin bread! - in the eggs and milk. i soaked some frozen mixed berries in hot water, then drained most of the water, added a spoonful of brown sugar and a pinch of cinnamon, stirred it together. Then spooned that onto the soaked bread in the bottom of the sandwich maker, put piece of soaked bread on top. Closed it for about 5 minutes. It didn’t come out intact unfortunately. the fruit had oozed a little, and it got a bit stuck to the bottom. But it was tasty! A bit more involved than I thought but next time it’ll be easier!
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I made French toast in the shape of hearts on Valentines day.
 
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