"Jean B." > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote:
>> I am making a big effort to do this at the moment and thanks to
>> attempting but rather failing trying to be an Extreme couponer, I do have
>> quite a bit in my larder. But some of it needs to be used up right away.
>>
>> I do have some frozen French fries and Tater Tots. Aside from a Tater
>> Tot type of casserole, I don't know what use those will have. Except to
>> eat them as is. I may end up tossing some of those because I am the only
>> one who currently eats them.
>>
>> I do have a large bag of hash browns to use up. And in case any of you
>> are wondering why I would get such things and not make them from scratch,
>> well... I don't mind using them for one thing and I got them for free
>> or very cheap using coupons. I intend to use those to make something
>> similar to O'Brien potatoes except that they won't be cubes. I have
>> plenty of bacon and onions and I do have some red and green peppers. So
>> I will mix those things up and they will be dinner.
>>
>> I am hoping that Winco will still have a good price on bell peppers so I
>> will be getting some more of those and some ground beef and make some
>> unstuffed peppers. I have never tried this before. Basically make like
>> you would stuffed peppers but you cut the peppers in bite sized pieces
>> and mix with your meat, tomato sauce, rice (if you are using it) and
>> seasonings. I figure I will have a better shot at getting daughter to
>> eat the peppers if I do it this way. Normally both she and my husband
>> scoop all of their stuffing out and put their peppers on my plate because
>> they don't like to eat them like that. I do have plenty of rice in the
>> cupboard.
>>
>> Looks like the beans are going to have to wait another week unless I just
>> cook up a small amount of plain ones.
>>
>> Do you have anything like that you are going to use up this week? Maybe
>> because you have a lot of it? Or because it's getting rather old?
> Well, not like that, but I need to use a pomegranate, a kiwi, and a star
> fruit. Long ago I saw a picture of a beautiful fruit melange, which also
> included blood orange... which I now can't find. I am also thinking some
> sliced lotus root would look nice.

When we lived in NY, I often had fruit that I had to use up. But it was
never a problem. There were so many kids around. We lived in military
housing. I would just cut up the fruit and take it outside. Somebody would
always eat it. I was not picky about fruit when we lived there. Even if
nobody in my house would eat it, there were plenty of kids who would. And
in some cases, those kids came from families with less money than ours and
some bad situations. Such as having both parents ill at the same time for
various reasons.