January Talking Meme: Core Recipes
Jan. 5th, 2014 09:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Tuna Mac. Chili and cornbread. Chicken Divan. Spaghetti.
It occurs to me that all these recipes are difficult to make in small batches. They're meant for groups around the table - plenty of servings plus leftovers for tomorrow.
They're also pretty flexible in terms of timing. Useful when I don't know exactly when everyone will arrive home.
I've been looking for ways to adapt these recipes and make them a little healthier. The thing about always-available ingredients is, they're not fresh. They tend to have a lot of sodium (canned tomatoes, cream of mushroom soup) and be heavy on the carbs.
I buy whole-grain pasta these days, so there's that. And I can make chili from scratch: soak the beans the night before, buy fresh tomatoes. But then it's not a spur-of-the-minute meal. It's a planned menu.
We're having a Winterpocalypse this week, so I forsee a lot of core recipes in my near future. Ugh, I wish the sun would come out.