good afternoon!
a couple days ago, i pulled a container out of my freezer to thaw in the fridge. i thought it was some chili, that i'd frozen the leftovers. yesterday evening i took the container out of the fridge and was going to heat up some of the chili for my dinner, but......it turned out that it was not chili! it was some homemade enchilada sauce. i had a couple hard boiled eggs, and some raw cauliflower and celery pieces with salad dressing as dip for my dinner instead. so i had to quickly 'switch gears' and plan what meals i was going to make to use up the enchilada sauce.
with this on my mind, for today's Question of the Day......
When was the last time you needed to 'switch gears' for a meal? And...What was the 'Oops!' moment -- ingredient you didn't have, something not thawed enough yet, restaurant you had planned to go to was closed, meal didn't turn out well (for one reason or another), your plans changed, etc?
i'll start!
yup, i had to 'switch gears' last night. the nice thing is that i generally have some supplies laid in, a basic pantry with items i use often, as well as various meats in my freezers -- both cooked and uncooked. so i thought through what i'd need to have to put together a batch of chicken enchiladas as well as a batch of beef burrito casserole. i had everything for those two recipes except cream cheese! i figured i could get by without the cream cheese for the chicken enchiladas though. so i gathered the canned ingredients together, and pulled out of the freezer some cooked diced chicken, a package of small flour tortillas, and two zipper bags (about 1 1/2 cups total) of shredded mild cheddar cheese. this morning i cooked some rice, and tomorrow morning i'll put together and bake the chicken enchiladas. i'll freeze half of them, then make the beef burrito casserole a few days later. that will use up all the container of enchilada sauce, and probably handle about two weeks worth of lunches for me.
how about you?
a couple days ago, i pulled a container out of my freezer to thaw in the fridge. i thought it was some chili, that i'd frozen the leftovers. yesterday evening i took the container out of the fridge and was going to heat up some of the chili for my dinner, but......it turned out that it was not chili! it was some homemade enchilada sauce. i had a couple hard boiled eggs, and some raw cauliflower and celery pieces with salad dressing as dip for my dinner instead. so i had to quickly 'switch gears' and plan what meals i was going to make to use up the enchilada sauce.
with this on my mind, for today's Question of the Day......
When was the last time you needed to 'switch gears' for a meal? And...What was the 'Oops!' moment -- ingredient you didn't have, something not thawed enough yet, restaurant you had planned to go to was closed, meal didn't turn out well (for one reason or another), your plans changed, etc?
i'll start!
yup, i had to 'switch gears' last night. the nice thing is that i generally have some supplies laid in, a basic pantry with items i use often, as well as various meats in my freezers -- both cooked and uncooked. so i thought through what i'd need to have to put together a batch of chicken enchiladas as well as a batch of beef burrito casserole. i had everything for those two recipes except cream cheese! i figured i could get by without the cream cheese for the chicken enchiladas though. so i gathered the canned ingredients together, and pulled out of the freezer some cooked diced chicken, a package of small flour tortillas, and two zipper bags (about 1 1/2 cups total) of shredded mild cheddar cheese. this morning i cooked some rice, and tomorrow morning i'll put together and bake the chicken enchiladas. i'll freeze half of them, then make the beef burrito casserole a few days later. that will use up all the container of enchilada sauce, and probably handle about two weeks worth of lunches for me.
how about you?
