culinary ideas wanted
Oct. 1st, 2009 10:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellioI'm in a bit of a rut, so I turn to you, oh LiveJournal readers, in hopes that you won't be shy. :-)
My congregation maintains a freezer of ready-to-reheat food to send to homes where people are sick, someone has just died, etc -- families in the congregation that, at the moment, have more important things to worry about, and the least we can do is bring them dinner. Since, at the time of cooking, we don't know where it's going, I try to cook for a family that might or might not have kids, people with food allergies, diabetics, etc. (It should go without saying that everything gets a complete ingredient list.) Naturally, it should be kosher. (Not everyone keeps a kosher kitchen, but I do and label my contributions to so indicate.)
My standard contributions are: roasted chicken; baked chicken with some sauce (usually barbecue); chili (mild); cheesy noodle casserole; quiches. Occasionally I bake. You'll notice that this is pretty light on vegetables; aside from soup, what are good veggie options that freeze well?
What else would you cook if you were doing this?
My congregation maintains a freezer of ready-to-reheat food to send to homes where people are sick, someone has just died, etc -- families in the congregation that, at the moment, have more important things to worry about, and the least we can do is bring them dinner. Since, at the time of cooking, we don't know where it's going, I try to cook for a family that might or might not have kids, people with food allergies, diabetics, etc. (It should go without saying that everything gets a complete ingredient list.) Naturally, it should be kosher. (Not everyone keeps a kosher kitchen, but I do and label my contributions to so indicate.)
My standard contributions are: roasted chicken; baked chicken with some sauce (usually barbecue); chili (mild); cheesy noodle casserole; quiches. Occasionally I bake. You'll notice that this is pretty light on vegetables; aside from soup, what are good veggie options that freeze well?
What else would you cook if you were doing this?
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Date: 2009-10-02 05:16 am (UTC)I cook-and-freeze a lot of chili, lentil soup, black bean soup, or chicken soup, all of which have lots of veggies thrown in and can be one-pot meals.
The last group cookoff resulted in crazy amounts of chicken soup and vegetarian soup (both intended to go with the frozen matzoh balls though we've been forgetting to include the matzoh balls lately... I need to check with the person whose freezer it is to find out the status of the matzoh balls) and chili (turkey-based and beef-based). Other items included quiches, roast chicken in various sauces, meatloaves, enchiladas (which I thought was a great idea)... what else? Oh yes, Swedish meatballs.
If our dishes are light on veggies, we often send along a bag of salad greens or a frozen bag of mixed veggies.
Does that help?
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Date: 2009-10-02 04:59 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-02 09:40 pm (UTC)I didn't know you could freeze enchiladas. With or without the sauce?
I'm not used to meatloaf having veggies in it. What do you like to use?
You can freeze matzah balls? I haven't tried that. (Granted, they never last that long... :-) )