Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Food thread?

[Casey Morrigan (cjmorr]

Favorites:

Roasted chicken, steamed veggies, rice

Soups or stews with salads and breads - especially an assemble-your-own
chicken tortilla soup, or cauliflower/cheese soup 

Roast turkey is great- we have a resident who always plans a pre-holiday
turkey dinner so all of us in the community can celebrate together before
the Thanksgiving and winter holiday celebrations take over our lives.

We rarely cook red meat but when we do it is very popular - I think it is
sort of a treat for us.

School-day hot breakfasts of pancakes with toppings (yogurt, syrup, fruit)
and short-order eggs- focused on the kids - very popular.  Time to start
those up again, I think.

Also for kids: quesadillas of corn or flour tortillas, mac and cheese, raw
veggies like peppers and carrots.

Casey M.
Two Acre Wood, Sebastopol, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: Ruth Hirsch [mailto:heidinys [at] earthlink.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 5:13 AM
To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
Subject: [C-L]_ Food thread?

Hi and happy [almost] New Year all,

I am surprised how seldom we actually talk about food on this list.   
Commonhouse, yes, Kitchens, yes. Dishwashers, yes.  Noise while eating...
So, I know it's come up, still, I'd love to know now, what are favorite
menus for community meals?
favorite recipes?
simplest crowd pleasers?
economical simple favorites?

We had a wonderful meal the evening of the 24th, prepared by 2
neighbors:  a velvety salmon brushed with a teriaki glaze, surrounded by
piped mashed poatoes,  winter squash stuffed with a breadcrumb  
mix.   Dessert that was a recipe from our neighbor's mom:  whipped  
cream with cut up canned peaches and mandarin oranges mounded on lady- 
fingers.    Other salmon suggestions?

Lasagna and salad are a win-win, especially since our other neighbor doesn't
pre-boil the noodles.  That with a salad, a good, doable meal.

Another recent meal was turkey chili, salad and cornbread.

I periodically do a turkey, and have discovered that besides brining/
getting kosher really is delicious, butterfly-ing the bird helps it cook
evenly and much more quickly, freeing up precious oven space for veggies.

We often also do mac and cheese for the kids.  ALso, have one neighbor who
is a vegetarian [not vegan] and one who doesn't like chicken, turkey or
fish. We have one person who prefers not to have garlic, and we happily put
aside a batch of whatever for him, sans  
garlic.  I know these don't eat questions have come up on list.   
Would like to see more of what you do eat!

Even if you do similar meals, would love to get more info:favorite coho
recipes,  tips, etc.

best to all,
Ruth
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