It’s been said before (and I speak from experience): even just re-naming it can change minds. When we went from “Mexican” to “Texican” … entire worlds opened up.
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Yup… I usually rebrand things to make the unfamiliar less scary. Most Asian dishes are listed on the menu as stir-fries, for example.
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I have been actively working on eating solutions that aren’t 1. me cooking…or 2. no eating. Fortunately son, younger adult male, prepares his own meals. Since older adult male seems to have limited ability to prepare or help prepare meals for the two older adults here, we are working that out.
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Wonderful to “see” you here, and to read that you’re doing better and feeling happy and excited. Big hugs.
Also, that kung pao sloppy joe sounds really good to me right now. May steal it (although LLD, the one time I served him a sloppy joe, said they were too hard to eat).
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Bonjour !
Love the idea of this thread … Will nose dive into all of your posts.
Mon - To accompany some red lentil Dal in the freezer, I made a veggie meal of it with an oyster mushroom curry and a cucumber coconut salad that I added avocado to.
Tues - Freezer meal again with a sausage white bean stew served with simple bulghur wheat and spring onions
Tonight planning on making a Japanese Okonomiyaki Cabbage Pancake with a green salad
Wed - out for lunch… dinner Salad with Spanish sardines and butter on toast
Thur - Made some Miso Meat sauce with some ground pork I needed to use up. Will serve with noodles and some veg I find at the market TBD
Fri - I have some homemade canned tomatoes open in the fridge, think I’ll make pasta with Tuna & Capers. In the evening we are feeding a crowd with homemade Croque Monsieurs !
Have a delicious week everyone !
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I have the opposite problem at our house.
I will try another meatball recipe from our family recipe that contains cumin, parsley and oregano, like Italian , Swedish or German-style, to mix things up a bit, and my DC will tell me it’s okay but not that great because it’s missing the cumin. Also. DC doesn’t like the idea of. Parmesan or Romano being added to meatballs, so if I made an Italian meatball that contained cheese, I wouldn’t mention it.
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Butter chicken had become part of the ordinary Ontario canon, in there with hot dogs, chicken pot pie and poutine, so it’s not seen as exotic by most people In southern Ontario. There’s frozen butter chicken microwaveable meals at grocery stores across the country and butter chicken poutine around some fast food joints. There’s an ongoing food snobby debate on Toronto Food Reddit about whether butter chicken is eaten by people from South Asia at all. Of course it is. And another good snobby argument about it being a favourite for non- South Asians… That it is , too , but that doesn’t mean a lot of South Asians don’t also enjoy it and order it. It’s typically sweet and mild in Canada so that’s an easy sell for restaurants trying to attract new customers with limited palates. I find the whole thing hilarious. My DC, doesn’t really enjoy most Butter Chicken, because she always is seeking heat. I tried a Butter Chicken last year from a place that has a more South Asian client base, and it was a bit too spicy , too salty and not sweet enough to resemble any of the Butter Chickens I’ve encountered before. It didn’t give me the fiz I was looking for. Probably a sugar fix due to my cravings and pancreas. Not for me, but it has a client base that like it exactly like that.
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Welcome!
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Yes, welcome!
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I could have written this post, with the swap of younger adult for teenager, and deletion of “seems to” - older adult here has some health issues that make kitchen involvement infeasible. 
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The Kung Pao Sloppy joe recipe is on my list! Feeling sandwichy now that we are finally warming up!
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I might be with LLD on the sloppy joe being hard to eat, but all those kheema-type things make great rice bowls!
(And quesadillas, if you’re me with yet another pack of flour tortillas to use up because you needed ONE 
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I love mushrooms every time I encounter them with Indian masalas (ate a wonderful Goan xacuti prep at a restaurant a while for eg), but I never think to do that myself. Must correct! And welcome!
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The poor man eats his pizza with a knife and fork - the struggle is real.
I love the idea of the sandwich because then I don’t need to make (and clean the pot after making) rice. That’s MY struggle.
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Frozen jasmine rice from TJs might work?
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I eat my sloppy joes with a fork!
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That’s class 
Yes, I think that’s the best way. But not pizza!
Even with a knife and fork he thinks it’s too difficult.
Sure, but then there would be the guilt …
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No summer school, thank goodness! 
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It works nicely, especially if you want to keep the meal light, without being too carb-y.
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