re: Turnips & Greens BIG plate full ! ! ! ~~Zimmy~~

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Once again I'm reading mail at nearly midnight, and you have got me craving

something good once again. The problem is, I haven't the energy nor the

ingredients to make anything. I haven't been hungry at all today until I read

this. I made myself eat a bowl of cereal about 4 this afternoon. Now, it's too

late to go to the store, and the only thing I have that I could make quickly is

a frozen pizza. It is one of the good, rising crust ones with roasted mushrooms

and garlic, but not what I'm wanting right now.

How do you make the paneer? And, the spinich recipe sounds great, how do you do

that? I love anything with spinich.

Oh, and yes, I do love roast beef with Yorkshire pud, I do that for Christmas

most years. I don't think I will this year, as I intend to help out at the

Salvation Army Christmas dinner, if I think I will be feeling well enough to

commit myself to doing it. I am starting to feel better, just a bit, finally. I

have been flaring since October, I have NEVER had one last this long. I was

beginning to think maybe my fibro had just moved to a new place, and I wouldn't

come out of it. Keep your fingers crossed that it really IS going away. I still

don't think I could have spent the entire day in the kitchen. It's more knowing

all the clean-up I would have to do when I'd done cooking. You deserve a big pat

on the back for doing all that.

Peace and Love

Caroline

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[Guest guest]

I just saw this!

> Once again I'm reading mail at nearly midnight, and you have got me

> craving something good once again. The problem is, I haven't the

> energy nor the ingredients to make anything. I haven't been hungry

> at all today until I read this. I made myself eat a bowl of cereal

> about 4 this afternoon. Now, it's too late to go to the store, and

> the only thing I have that I could make quickly is a frozen pizza.

> It is one of the good, rising crust ones with roasted mushrooms and

> garlic, but not what I'm wanting right now.

Last week I cooked up a batch of steel-cut oats (porridge), and a

batch of apples cooked with cinnamon and raisins. So even during my

horrible flare last week, all I had to do was throw a spoonful of

cooked oats and apples in a dish and heat it, toss some cottage

cheese and brown sugar on it, and I had an excellent breakfast. Oh,

the joys of preparation!

>

> How do you make the paneer? And, the spinich recipe sounds great,

> how do you do that? I love anything with spinich.

>

I used a cookbook called " New Indian Home Cooking " . The author has

tried hard to cut down on the fat in the recipes, so of course,

wherever she says " traditionally, this is rolled in flour and sauteed

in ghee " , that's what I do. Or " traditionally, a cup of cream is

added at the end " , guess what I do? ;D I love the cookbook; she's

trimmed a lot of the clay pots and traditional methods and adapted

the recipes to modern kitchens, and they're surprisingly easy. And fun.

Anyway, it's not a really *hard* dish, but definitely takes some

time. I made my own paneer (milk cheese) from a recipe that she

gives. It's easy; just takes a little time. The spinach (palak)

part is just frozen spinach cooked with an onion and some spices,

spun in the blender until it's smooth, then cooked for about a half

hour with more spices. The paneer (you can use farmer's or goat

cheese instead) is added at the end. You can probably find a recipe

on line at allrecipes.com, or see if there's an Indian equivalent.

It was really yummy with a piece of warm naan (flat bread) with

butter. Pita would do. Or you can buy naan (and paneer for that

matter) at an Indian grocery.

> Oh, and yes, I do love roast beef with Yorkshire pud, I do that for

> Christmas most years.

I made it successfully for the first time last year. I made it again

and invited my niece and her family over. She took a bite, closed

her eyes, and said " Nobody cooks like this anymore! "

> I don't think I will this year, as I intend to help out at the

> Salvation Army Christmas dinner, if I think I will be feeling well

> enough to commit myself to doing it.

This is what is so amazing about people in this group. As badly as

you may be hurting, you still have some compassion and effort for

someone who's less fortunate. May you be blessed for it.

> I am starting to feel better, just a bit, finally. I have been

> flaring since October, I have NEVER had one last this long. I was

> beginning to think maybe my fibro had just moved to a new place,

> and I wouldn't come out of it.

It was hard to keep faith this summer. I had several major surgeries

in a relatively short time, and was in a non-stop flare all summer.

By end of August, I was pretty frantic, but then I came out of it for

a while. I'm trying to keep confidence that as bad as the flares

are, they will go away after a few days.

> Keep your fingers crossed that it really IS going away. I still

> don't think I could have spent the entire day in the kitchen. It's

> more knowing all the clean-up I would have to do when I'd done

> cooking. You deserve a big pat on the back for doing all that.

I am so glad that I did, because I had meals prepared and didn't have

to cook during the flare. It was hard enough to run the microwave.

I love to cook, but there's method in my madness. ;D

Z