Tomorrow's dinner will be a beef stir fry using AF ribeyes, Aldi fzn Asian stir fry veggies, shredded AF cabbage and serving this over AF rice from August's box.  From what I've read on blogs, I will need to marinate this meat to keep it tender.

pat make cabbage soup throw some garic or onion with it some meat other vegies I did that once in my 5 th wheel the neighbers were sniffing around glad I didn't shared that at the time I only shared my baked goods from the food bank but the cabage taste good with meats or make sweddish meat balls throw cabage with it or if not make cabage slaw gayla got the recipe and wow its good.

 Cindy, one of my favorite dishes is corned beef and cabbage, so that idea sounds good.. I love cooked cabbage anyway. 

mom makes corn beef and cabbage that is good stuff and the cabbage is well worth it I make joke about mom allot on this forum and she knows it  she also sees the e-mail after the war from what mom told me is her mom put potatoe,onion and what they can find with carrots that was their dinner some times oma put baccon fat with the cabbage so they can get allitle protein in them but when meat was more avialable oma and mom used rabbit or lamb and beef but they used to eat also stuffed cabbage leaves so when angel food recipes are on the web I am paying attention speaking of cabbage and corned beef pat your getting me hungry shame on you lady,,,lol

cheapChic:

pat your getting me hungry shame on you lady,,,lol

I'm getting you hungry?? You're the one that started it! I do love cabbage, though. This time of the year it's pretty cheap with the new crops coming in locally, so I've been eating it quite a bit.

Pat:

I'm getting you hungry?? You're the one that started it!

I blame the Dollar Stretcher for the extra pounds I gained. I get very excited about meal planning and cooking when I read and post here.

Brandy:

I blame the Dollar Stretcher for the extra pounds I gained. I get very excited about meal planning and cooking when I read and post here.

Makes sense to me! I have never been one to get excited about cooking, but my interest level has gone 'way up.

Pat:

I have never been one to get excited about cooking, but my interest level has gone 'way up.

Cooking and meal prep is an emotional thing for me. I equate it with being a content traditional woman. I can often determine my state of health or emotions by looking at the meals I am preparing.

My son and husband take quick meals or the use of convenience items to mean I am not feeling well or I am feeling down.

The flip side to not putting as much into meals when I am down is that I can often drag myself into a positive mood by diving into baking or trying something new from scratch.

Brandy:

Cooking and meal prep is an emotional thing for me. I equate it with being a content traditional woman. I can often determine my state of health or emotions by looking at the meals I am preparing.

Me too, Brandy. I feel like it is my way of providing for my family. If I'm not bringing home the bacon, at least I'm cooking it up!

My family is the type that opens up the fridge to find a snack, and iff they don't see a fully-cooked roast with side dishes and fixings, they complain that there's nothing to eat. (It's not THAT bad, but sometimes I feel that way, LOL) My meal prep ensures that they are not eating junk food or imbalanced meals. I get a lot of satisfaction from that.

And hubbie is so sweet to tell me, "Supper was good, thank you honey!" He'll also give me a kiss as he gets up to clear the table.

Brandy:

Cooking and meal prep is an emotional thing for me. I equate it with being a content traditional woman.

I do, too. But I don't get excited about it. I do feel a sense of satisfaction at times, but since the kids are grown and out of the house, I don't cook real meals that often. This forum is good for me, because it inspires me to actually do that.