Posted on 02/03/2016 3:30:20 PM PST by Jamestown1630
This week: School-Kid Comfort Food for Grownups!
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-JT
Your soup sounds good but a lot of work. Ours was tomatoes with baking soda to kill the acid and milk heated in separate pans. You didn't measure, you just knew. Then served with a pat of butter.
Mine I liked to grill some finely chopped onion to add. And I still eat the canned stuff, only Campbell's with milk, and with a pat of butter and sprinkled with celery seeds.
Last week I didn't mention my latest simple snack. Hot chocolate by Chef John on Food Wishes. I bought the expensive Dutch process red cocoa at amazon. Since I run out of milk very fast, I ordered some special kind of milk powder and Cremora from walmart, gonna try that, hasn't come yet. You heat a mug of milk (in a pan, my microwave was sparkin' last time I used it). I pour boiling water in my mug while heating the milk. When milk is steamy, stir in 2 tbsp (or to taste) cocoa/sugar mix, pour hot water out of mug, pour in cocoa. I don't need marshmallows or whipped cream but would like to try a small amt of espresso powder in the mix.
Lots of variant mixes out there, used to make the Nestles Quik, powdered milk, powdered sugar and Cremora when kids were growing up, made a lot. I tried this one and like it:
Youtube - Chef John Food Wishes Hot Chocolate Mix
Then I get this Asiago cheese bread in the bakery section of Hy Vee (they have wonderful breads), it's on the flat side, cut 4 1/2-inch slices. Slather one side with melted butter, place on a rack in an old jelly roll pan. Turn oven to 425, don't put under the broiler but middle rack. Toast for about 5 min until the edges of the bread get toasty but inside doesn't.
I make grilled cheese sandwiches with tortillas - does that register as adult? Unfortunately, I got so fed up with my cast iron grill pan, I put it out for pickup. I just couldn’t clean it. I need to get another non-stick grill pan!
Here, let me help...
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There you go. I know your smiling.
Good for you.
One guy gets it.
The Cuisinart Griddler is great for panini, but you can use it for a lot of other things, as well - I’m not sure I would have bought one myself, but it was a gift from a friend, and I really like it. You can get Belgian Waffle plates for it, too. (It does take up a lot of space, though):
-JT
The last time I made tomato soup I just added things as I went-kids loved it, I should have written it down. Used tomato sauce and evaporated milk plus herbs and seasonings.
My favorite way to make grilled cheese is mayo on the inside, tomato slices with a pinch of basil and then cheeses. It’s usually only for the summer when the garden is full of tomatoes.
Add a glass of club soda with rhubarb syrup and it’s my favorite summer meal.
A cheese quesadilla is definitely a ‘grilled cheese’ ;-)
-JT
Ina Garten had a show on grilled cheese as an appetizer. There were three different cheeses and spreads and they were cut into 16 triangles. The guest, a caterer, said that it was her most requested item and the first to go.
It seems it would be perfect for super bowl.
Well, I know that. But is it an adult kiddie’s lunch?
I would say so ;-)
-JT
Um.....???
-JT
I have gotten hooked on hot chocolate and have it several times a week at bed time but..... I read about Mexican hot chocolate and now I am adding a shot or two of hot sauce. It is addictive.
Good! They make a decent little sandwich. I love the grill marks.
I don’t know how I’d like it with hot sauce, but I will try it sometime. I do like the instant Mexican hot chocolate with cinnamon in it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuelita
-JT
My favorite comfort food is simply spaghetti noodles (cooked, of course) with butter, salt & pepper. Why should something so simple taste so good?
Grilled cheese sandwiches are my sweetie’s favorite - on the cheapest white bread, with Kraft American cheese & grilled in butter. Mac & Cheese (only Kraft!) is also on his list.
I agree with you about the spaghetti. I will eat it with sauce, but second helping is always just butter and parmesan cheese. I don’t think my (Italian) husband ‘gets’ it...
-JT
You cook like my husband does. He’ll make something wonderful, and then can’t recall exactly what he did. Getting him to write things down is like pulling teeth ;-)
-JT
This is a simple recipe my sister gave me. Pretty tasty & could be considered an adult comfort food...
Tracey’s Chili Rellenos
Grated cheese
Canned whole green chilis
In blender, mix:
10-12 eggs
2 tbsp flour
1/2 can condensed milk
salt & pepper
Line 9x13 pan with cheese. Layer chilis on the cheese, then pour egg mixture over all. Bake at 350 degrees until top has browned, and toothpick inserted in rellenos comes away clean.
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