On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 04:26:53 GMT, "Lucy" > wrote:

>Okay, gang.. this is in regards to the thread "The demise of cooking as we
>know it?"
>I am requesting that all the nice folks who DO cook from scratch, even after
>working all day, kindly post some of your favorite weeknight recipes..

Like everyone else has commented, preparation during the weekend is key.
For example, this last Sunday I made a HUGE pot of cajun red beans and rice
(with kielbasa in it). The leftovers have gone into the freezer and will
be used for another meal later.

I wasn't reading the other thread you mentioned, is the general feeling
that cooking from scratch means not using any sort of canned product that
you didn't preserve yourself? Like.. if I buy salsa and use it in a recipe
as opposed to using my own canned salsa, would that be considered not
cooking from scratch?

One of the quick recipes I use with chicken breast is baking it in the oven
with salsa mixed with chipotle sauce. I serve this over rice that I cooked
in chicken broth made from chicken base that I buy from Redibase (not broth
I made myself and froze). The rice I didn't grow myself, sometimes I use my
own salsa, and sometimes I used a canned tomatoes and jalapenos from the
store, and I didn't roast my own chipotles to make sauce...

Where is the "scratch" line?

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Siobhan Perricone
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