#it was a frozen breaded chicken burger

[angiestown]

everyone wish me luck I just accidentally had a big bite of completely raw chicken :'I

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Writing Reference: Food History

B.C.

10,000 - almonds, cherries, bread, flour, soup

8,000 - wheat ⚜ 7,000 - wine, beer, pistachios, pig, goat, sheep, lard

6,500 - cattle domestication, apples ⚜ 6,000 - tortilla, dates, maize

5,000 - honey, ginger, quinoa, avocados, potatoes, milk, yogurt

4,000 - focaccia, watermelons, grapes, pomegranates

3,200 - chicken domestication ⚜ 3,000 - butter, onion, garlic, apricots

2,737 - tea ⚜ 2,500 - olive oil, seaweed, duck ⚜ 2,300 - saffron

2,000 - peaches, liquorice, marshmallow, pasta, ham, sesame seeds

1,500 - chocolate, vanilla ⚜ 1,200 - sugar ⚜ 1,000 - mangoes, oats, pickles

900 - pears, tomatoes ⚜ 700 - cinnamon ⚜ 600 - bananas, poppy seeds

500 - artichokes ⚜ 400 - pastries, appetizers, vinegar

300 - parsley ⚜ 200 - turkeys, asparagus, rhubarb ⚜ 65 - quince

1st—13th Century

1st Century - chestnuts, lobster, crab, shrimp, truffles, blueberries, raspberries, capers, kale, blood (as food), fried chicken, foie gras, French toast, omelettes, rice pudding, flan, cheesecake, pears in syrup

3rd Century - lemons ⚜ 5th - pretzels ⚜ 6th - eggplant

7th Century - spinach, kimchi ⚜ 9th - coffee, nutmeg

10th Century - flower waters, Peking duck, shark's fin soup

11th Century - baklava, corned beef, cider, lychees, seitan

12th Century - breadfruit, artichokes, gooseberries

13th Century - ravioli, lasagne, mozzarella, pancakes, waffles, couscous

14th—19th Century

14th Century - kebabs, moon cakes, guacamole, pie, apple pie, crumpets, gingerbread

15th Century - coconuts, Japanese sushi and sashimi, pineapples, marmalade, risotto, marzipan, doughnuts, hot dogs

16th Century - pecans, cashews (in India), Japanese tempura, vanilla (in Europe), fruit leather, skim milk, sweetbreads, salsa, quiche, teriyaki chicken, English trifle, potato salad

17th Century - treacle, pralines, coffee cake, modern ice cream, maple sugar, rum, French onion soup, cream puffs, bagels, pumpkin pie, lemonade, croissants, lemon meringue pie

18th Century - root beer, tapioca, French fries, ketchup, casseroles, mayonnaise, eggnog, soda water, lollipops, sangria, muffins, crackers, chowder, croquettes, cupcakes, sandwiches, apple butter, souffle, deviled eggs

19th Century - toffee, butterscotch, cocoa, Turkish delight, iodized salt, vanilla extract, modern marshmallows, potato chips, fish and chips, breakfast cereal, Tabasco sauce, Kobe beef, margarine, unsalted butter, Graham crackers, fondant, passionfruit, saltwater taffy, milkshakes, pizza, peanut butter, tea bags, cotton candy, jelly beans, candy corn, elbow macaroni, fondue, wedding cake, canapes, gumbo, ginger ale, carrot cake, bouillabaisse, cobbler, peanut brittle, pesto, baked Alaska, iced tea, fruit salad, fudge, eggs Benedict, Waldorf salad

20th Century

1901 - peanut butter and jelly ⚜ 1904 - banana splits ⚜ 1905 - NY pizza

1906 - brownies, onion rings ⚜ 1907 - aioli

1908 - Steak Diane, buttercream frosting ⚜ 1909 - shrimp cocktail

1910 - Jell-O (America's most famous dessert)

1910s - orange juice ⚜ 1912 - Oreos, maraschino cherries, fortune cookies

1912 - Chicken a la King, Thousand Island dressing

1914 - Fettuccine Alfredo ⚜ 1915 - hush puppies

1917 - marshmallow fluff ⚜ 1921 - Wonder Bread, zucchini

1919 - chocolate truffles ⚜ 1922 - Vegemite, Girl Scout cookies

1923 - popsicles ⚜ 1924 - frozen foods, pineapple upside-down cake, Caesar salad, chocolate-covered potato chips

1927 - Kool-Aid, s'mores, mayonnaise cake ⚜ 1929 - Twizzlers

1930s - Pavlova cakes, Philly cheese steak, Pigs in blankets, margaritas, banana bread, Cajun fried turkey ⚜ 1931 - souffle, refrigerator pie

1933 - chocolate covered pretzels ⚜ 1936 - no-bake cookies

1937 - Reubens, chicken Kiev, SPAM, Krispy Kreme

1938 - chicken and waffles ⚜ 1939 - seedless watermelon

1941 - Rice Krispies treats, Monte Cristo sandwiches ⚜ 1943 - nachos

1946 - chicken burgers, tuna melts, Nutella ⚜ 1947- chiffon cake

1950s - chicken parm, Irish coffee, cappuccino, smoothies, frozen pizza, diet soda, TV Dinners, ranch dressing ⚜ 1951 - bananas foster

1953 - coronation chicken ⚜ 1956 - German chocolate cake, panini

1957 - Quebec Poutine ⚜ 1958 - Instant ramen noodles, crab rangoon, lemon bars ⚜ 1960s - beef Wellington, green eggs and ham, red velvet cake

1963 - black forest cake ⚜ 1964 - Belgian waffles, Pop Tarts, Buffalo wings, ants on a log, pita bread ⚜ 1965 - Gatorade, Slurpees

1966 - chocolate fondue ⚜ 1967 - high fructose corn syrup

1970s - California rolls, pasta primavera, tiramisu ⚜ 1971 - fajitas

1975 - hicken tikka masala ⚜ 1980 - turducken

1980s - Panko, portobello mushrooms, bubble tea, chicken nuggets, Sriracha, Red Bull energy drink, everything bagels

1990s - artisan breads, Jamaican jerk ⚜ 1991 - turkey bacon, chocolate molten lava cake, earthquake cake ⚜ 1993 - broccolini

1995 - Tofurkey ⚜ 1997 - grape tomatoes

21st Century

2002 - flat iron steak, tear-free onions ⚜ 2007 - Kool-Aid pickles, cake pops

2008 - Mexican funnel cake ⚜ 2013 - cronuts, test tube burgers

Source ⚜ Writing Notes & References

[caddyheron]

Mean Girls food preference hcs

I have a fun time making silly mundane hcs. I copy and pasted these, then changed a little, from the discord server.

Cady: Enjoy chicken wings so much more than anyone would assume she does. They’re so messy, but they’re so good. Other than that, she mostly enjoys anything. Preference for meat with a meal and really likes cake, not the biggest fan of vegetables of any kind, but will eat them if she Has to. Hates buffets. Fucking hates buffets. Also loves the most random insane candy Janis can find for her to try, unless it’s sour, won’t eat sour food.

Janis: Favourite food is burgers with everything on them, really likes salad vegetables on the burgers and sauces. She loves diner-style food, so milkshakes and fries too. Enjoys very sweet drinks, says she likes black coffee but her favourite is frappes that barely have any coffee in them. Probably drinks an excess of monster energy too. Also cannot cook even a little bit. Unless it’s noodles.

Damian: Loves pizza but will mostly eat anything. He and Janis go to a specific diner all the time and it’s theirs and they always order the same thing. He’s similar in preference to Janis with drinks, but doesn’t like coffee and chocolate together. Often has candy bars or granola bars or little bags of candy in his bag at any given time for either himself, Janis or Cady.

Regina: Canonically likes cheese fries. These are the only things she’d eat in school. Mostly sticks to salads when she’s out with other people for a long time until she’s more comfortable. Enjoys yoghurts but not Greek yoghurt because it just doesn’t taste right. Drinks iced coffees with occasional sugar free vanilla syrup. Enjoys frozen fruit over non-frozen fruit as a little treat. Struggles a lot with eating enough and never has good food in the house because of her mom.

Karen: Very sensory seeking when it comes to foods and loves things that have texture to them. So she eats a lot of salads with iceberg lettuce, baby carrots etc. Enjoys candy a lot too, but nothing that’s too sticky or sticks to her mouth like caramel. Hates pastas that aren’t al dente or rawer and cannot stand lasagne ever at all. If the sauce is too much, she won’t eat it. Doesn’t really enjoy coffee or any hot drinks, but sometimes might drink a milkshake.

Gretchen: Really loves pasta. Loves pasta so much. She especially loves white sauces over marinara type sauce and eats it with garlic bread or breadsticks. Gets cesear salads often, but isn’t actually the biggest fan of them, she just eats them. Not a big drinker of sweet drinks and coffee makes her more anxious, but she still drinks it if she has to. Probably enjoys iced herbal teas when she gets around to trying them. Snacks mostly on plain nuts and bland chips, foods with too much flavour make her feel too much sometimes.

Aaron: Bland. He eats soups a lot, they’re easy to make and easy to eat. As well as grilled cheeses, sometimes some plain pasta and cheese, and he orders lasagna when he’s out. Quite good at cooking, but not great at baking, but he will make chocolate chip cookies sometimes. Mostly drinks water and occasionally coke or hot coffee, doesn’t drink it cold. Much like Gretchen, too strong of flavours make him feel too much. Sticks just to crackers if things are really bad because other food will make him nauseous.

Idk why I haven’t posted these before, it’s not solid hcs, it’s just the general vibes of what they enjoy. Feel free to ask for elaboration!

[healthilyathome]

Weekly Groceries

I thought it might be helpful or interesting for others to see an example of how you can handle groceries each week. We have two adults eating. I make as much as I can from scratch, and starting this month we'll be going gluten free. I meal plan every week so I can catch weekly sales and then we typically get groceries either Saturday or Sunday morning. I don't usually plan the meals for specific days, I pretty much just make a list of my options to choose from everyday. I don't usually need to buy every ingredient for every meal since I try to keep a well stocked kitchen. Things like spices, sauces, and condiments are only bought as needed. The grocery list in the post is a list of the actual items I bought this week.

This week's meal plan:

Chicken and Biscuits (we're actually having this tonight lol)

Honey Sriracha Chicken

Burger Bowls

Chicken Parmesan

Chicken Stir Fry

Tacos

Grocery List:

Chicken breasts

Ground beef

Eggs

Milk

Butter

Spinach

Frozen mixed vegetables

Tomato sauce

Apple cider vinegar

Raspberry jam

Gluten free bread crumbs

Gluten free pasta

[thbstvrdthmtlbndndntn]

Sometimes I wonder about the taste of my own cooking and how it’s completely undetectable to me. Especially after cooking for someone else for so long and then cooking for just myself we would notice the culinary ruts we would get stuck in and occasionally rag on each other for it and I was always so defensive about it but then I remember how no matter the dish growing up there was an undefinable but distinct essence to any of my relatives cooking. Like no matter what aunt Sandra or grandma or my mum was making it always tasted like them and I think especially once you become a more confident cook and stop following recipes that becomes the case because you know what you like. Like I know my food will taste similar when I’m cooking for myself because I like things sour and spicy and savoury and i have a limited number of ingredients so I add the same things to get those flavours. I use a lot of rice and apple cider vinegar, lime juice, Cajun seasoning (slap ya mama), cilantro, chili flakes, hot sauce and herbes salees. Even when I’m cooking from a recipe I typically add one or more of those things because that’s what I want out of my food. And I was thinking about this today because I got home from walking all over town and the farmers market and needed an easy dinner — but I also was craving vegetables and had stuff to use up. I was originally going to do canned tomato soup and a grilled cheese but as I look at my fridge it evolves into an abomination I know will be delicious to me and probably brutal to anyone else.

Here’s what I did and why it would up taking 30 minutes instead of 10: sautéed green onions, Chiles, Napa cabbage, and fresh tomato in a pot, added frozen broccoli, a cooked tandoori chicken burger (chopped), a can of tomato soup and two and a half cans of water. Brought to a boil and added a box of the KFC-branded Kraft dinner (Mac and cheese for non-Canadians). Cooked five minutes, then took off the heat and added milk, lots of pepper, some thawed frozen peas, and the flavour pouch. Served with air fried cheese toast on quinoa bread from t&t. It tasted very much like a childhood meal in some ways but also like a classic “me” meal… taking two convent products and making them so complicated it probably would’ve had the same result just to make it from scratch. But I liked it and I was happy with it and I will have the leftovers for lunch tomorrow and those will make me happy as well.

I don’t know why I wanted to write so much tonight but I guess being alone in a new place again just a year after I moved out from my life with the ex that shaped my entire twenties I am having a lot of thoughts about how I build my life and how I become who I am as a person. I was supposed to go see the mountain goats next weekend but my boyfriend’s grandma died and I decided to fly to Newfoundland instead. Sometimes doing the right thing is the easiest thing in the world. Meanwhile I’ll lose my mind over sending a simple non-confrontational email. Things are hard, and they’re good.

[superchat]

milk and or creamer

bread

chicken burger patties

pepperjack cheese

frozen chicken and or meatballs

various frozen vegetables

canned chili and black beans and tomato sauce

frozen potatoes

frozen berries

this is what i usually get, give or take. along with coffee or peanute butter or something, things i only get every few months

but today i kind of want to get pizza rolls like a fucking Guy, can i do such things.....? contemlaying

[digitaldetoxworld]

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[townofcrosshollow]

Makin' salmon burgers. Follow me on my journey...

Ingredience:

1 salmon fillet, thawed

1 egg

Like 1/8 of a small white onion

A couple garlic cloves

1 tbsp mayo

1/2 tsp dijon (or normal) mustard

Seasoning and toppings of your choice

2 burger buns (optional I guess)

Step 1. Thaw ur salmon fillet. You can get relatively cheap frozen salmon in big packs at the grocery store and I guarantee it's the same or almost the same as the fresh stuff. Shove it in the fridge like 5 hours ahead of time, or run it under cold water to thaw. Chop it up real nice. Doesn't have to be too small, but go over it a few times with the knife to squish it.

Step 2. Chop your onions and mince or crush your garlic. Again, doesn't have to be perfect. You could also probably add some peppers or something here, follow your heart.

Step 3. Put all of that into a blender, crack in the egg, and add the mayo and mustard. Sprinkle in seasoning of your choice. I've used a roasted garlic and herb one and a cajun one, both to good effect. You'll need a little more than you expect, probably

Step 4. Blend that shit till it looks like the tubby custard machine

Step 5. Put some oil in a pan on medium high, and make sure the oil is nice and spread out on the bottom of the pan. Scoop out half the tubby custard into one patty, and the other half into another. MAKE SURE THEY DON'T TOUCH. If they're uneven you can just scoop some from one into the other

Step 6. Cook till the edges on the underside start to look white, like a nice bannock. If you've ever cooked bannock, cook it till it looks like cooking bannock. Or whatever other fry bread. It's gonna look kinda like fry bread is what I mean

Step 7. Flip them and then panic cause you forgot to toast the buns and get the toppings out

Step 8. Once both sides look nice and brown, retrieve them from their oily grave and serve with whatever toppings you like (mayo and lettuce, if you're like me and very boring)

TA DA. Burger! Enjoy! I can imagine this would be a good pescatarian equivalent to a burger, personally I rarely eat red meat so I like making these when I'm feeling too fancy for a frozen chicken burger LMAO. I highly recommend trying this out, it's my favourite little feel-good meal for when I have a spare half hour to cook!

[robustcornhusk]

20. What's in your freezer right now? (Bonus: any other with an interesting answer that no one's asked yet)

bonus question first, because i take any opportunity to talk about food at length

41 - What's the oldest thing you own?

huh. i was going to say "my grandfather's sword", because that's the cool answer, but i guess it's actually my house, which is both a boring and ship of theseus answer. large portions of this place have been ripped out and put back over its 105 years of existing.

but as for objects that i can carry around, probably the sword, from the 40s.

20 - oh boy! i just cleaned out the freezer two weeks, and it is still 100% full! it's very wide, tall, and shallow; it's got a deep drawer, a very shallow shelf, and one reasonable drawer.

deep drawer:

10 bagels (from the last two weeks)

8 tahini rolls (last night, recipe handed to me by @adiantum-sporophyte)

1 spare bagel, shichimi togarashi (last fucking december)

8 dinner rolls (in the last month; i like them with The Beans)

500g of sourdough bread (in the last month)

bags of corn, peas, raspberries, blueberries, and 6tbsp or so tomato paste

a few ounces of frozen french fries

1 bag of vegan nuggets that i haven't tried yet

1 bag of not-chicken strips

2 bags of breaded not-chicken filets, like for sandwiches

2 bags of not-burgers

the bagels come from partner's favorite bagelry (?). we eat bagels for breakfast 4-5 days a week, so we get 12 bageldays of bagels every 2-3 weeks.

i love fake meat so much. people are out there jerking off, "i feel we should celebrate vegetables for what they are, and not try to make them into what they aren't". poppycock! burger is good. nugget is good. vegetable qua vegetable is also good. they're both good! eat both! one needs micronutrients and big hunks of protein!

the tahini rolls are basically extra flavorful dinner rolls. the flavor is a little hard to pair with, though. i have some stews in mind to try them with.

the sourdough is the leftovers of a huuuuuuuge miche i bought at nearby bakery because i went right at close and it was all they had left. i fucked up and froze it in 3 chunks, instead of slicing before freezing; when i tried to slice up one of the chunks, it was a huge mess. i might turn the rest into ribollita, now that i think about it.

partner had the idea that we'd 3d print some dividers, so that the bagels wouldn't collapse into the frozen vegetables, and the faux meats wouldn't collapse, so we got a profiling tool... and we haven't made the dividers yet. eventually!

shallow shelf:

6 frozen mulberry scones on a quarter-sheet pan

1 basket of frozen mulberries

mashed mulberry to use in lemonade (as suggested by @tinyyellowflowers-blog), occupying one of my eighth-sheet pans

frozen blackberries, occupying another quarter-sheet pan

a deli container completely full of apricot pits

the mulberry scones smelled really weird when i cooked the first two... but they tasted fine. mild; not a fantastic use of mulberry imo. the frozen ones are like ice cream. i'm supposed to bake with the blackberries, and i have been -- made these peanut butter bars, and then merged it with some jam bars; the second one was like the best pb&j i've ever eaten.

the apricot pit bucket is for infusing into alcohol. slaw, a doctor, was over last night, and i casually asked how much cyanide is okay to eat. she made a frowny face at me. then i said it was apricot pits and she was like "that's fine".

i really really need to either reclaim those baking sheets or get more; i use them more for organization than for baking, though.

reasonable drawer:

1 box of "plant based breakfast patties"

1 box of folded fake eggs

1 box of fake poached eggs

3 boxes of tofu skins (help)

8 dinner rolls (in the last month)

1 miniloaf of baharat banana bread (march?)

4oz of pepita dukkah (december)

8oz of flaxseeds (ancient)

6 little containers of apple butter (from a year ago)

1/3 pint of ice cream (a month or two)

2 little containers of a very condensed tomato-shallot sauce (possibly 2 years old)

1 jar of yeast (18 months)

uhhhh, ice

the dinner rolls are parker house rolls, but i don't actually like the parker house shape (too much hassle); i just do them as miniboules. they freeze and reheat perfectly. if i get another 9x13 i could do double batches, and maybe i will.

every now and then we eat bagel sands for breakfast, with bagels (real), egg (fake), sausage (fake), cheese (fake), and i love it. they're so good.

no idea what to do with the tofu skins; i've never used yuba before, and i haven't had hot pot either.

the ice is impossible to get out of the ice bucket, due to how shallowly the freezer drawer extends. for fashion reasons, there's no in-door ice or water dispenser.

[kil9]

weird grocery things in england (been here a few months edition):

not a lot of things are resealable... i can only use sour cream like once because it doesnt come with a damn lid ???

theres a bunch of different thickness of bread ?? weird as hell. only the "thick" kind is the same as normal american. all the others are weirdly thin.

also they dont put the actual flavor of bread on the package. its only like. white or brown.

same with tea and other stuff, its all just "plain" flavor. not actually saying what the flavor is. it would be like if all vanilla ice cream just said "plain ice cream"

also ice cream sucks ass unless its ben & jerrys. even m&s is mid at best. in america all ice cream is close in quality to ben & jerrys, b&j just has fancier flavors and mix-ins. but not in england. sucks BAD

ground meat is called mince meat but everyone already knows that

NO TURKEY COLD CUTS ???? or theyre really rare. i cant make a turkey sandwich which is so depressing. its all like. ham or chicken.. which is weird

british people like chicken a LOT................

but only like. plain unseasoned unless ur eating non-british cuisine

i would actually kill someone for some mesquite smoked turkey cuts. but nope. only wet plain chicken for mee

a LOT of individual packaging ????? i thought england was supposed to be like 1% more environmentally conscious than america. but no. all individual packages babey.

imagine if they stopped individually packaging shit and learned to make resealable packages.... imagine

NO FREEZER WAFFLES. THIS IS THE WORST DEVELOPMENT BY FAR.

waffles (individually packaged ofc) are just like. pre-cooked room temp (like bread) and you have to reheat them. except theres like a 1 second window in between "squishy and not toasted" and "completely burnt"......... bye bye hot soft and crispy waffles o7o7

also like no such thing is pancake syrup. golden syrup is ok i guess....

lasagna is weird :\\\\ theres no ricotta..... very wet

i feel like all my british friends hate lasagna and now i understand

british people eat chips (fries) like their life depends on it. no matter what kind of cuisine youre eating, there WILL be chips.

i dont know why america is stereotyped as the "burger and fries" country. it should be england.

black currant flavor is really good. sorry for shitting on everything else. black currant W

squash is also smart.. in america juice concentrate is usually frozen or powder, but the squash method is good

everybody has 1000 different words for a bread roll and they like to get in silly little gay fights about it to pass the time

frozen pizzas are RLY cheap. and a lot of things are way cheaper generally. everyone is all "waah wah food prices" but i can get for £1.25 what would cost $10 in america. (mostly frozen pizzas)

yeah thats basically it

[starthelostboys]

tlb characters’ favorite meals:

michael: scrambled eggs with bacon and hash browns. michael is definitely a breakfast food fan, and this is his favorite breakfast meal. he prefers to make it himself, so he can cook the bacon the way he likes or put hot sauce on the eggs, but if he’s ever at a breakfast restaurant he’ll always order this there.

star: broccoli and cheddar soup. i don’t think star had a good relationship with her parents at all (in fact i hc that she ran away from home at 18) but her dad used to make this for her on special occasions and she’s never been able to find something that replaces it as her favorite food. every once and a while she’ll feel horribly homesick and get some of the campbell’s canned broccoli and cheddar soup.

david: tuna salad sandwich. he eats this like twice a month and when he does it’s the gross sandwiches that come in vending machines or the refrigerated shelf at gas stations. he truly and genuinely thinks it’s the best and most satisfying meal in the world will usually eat it alongside a can of diet coke.

dwayne: a reuben with salt and vinegar chips. he’s very picky when it comes to this specific thing. the bread on the sandwich can’t be toasted and the potato chips have to be kettle cooked or he isn’t satisfied. he hasn’t eaten this in years because there’s no restaurants in santa carla or the surrounding area that meet his high standards.

marko: bbq burger. specifically the one at a restaurant just outside of santa carla that closed down in the mid 1970s. he mourns the lose every day and has never found a bbq burger that hits quite the same.

paul: lasagna. his all time favorite is the one at this italian place in the town where he grew up, but he’s happy with any and all types of lasgna, including the shitty frozen meal ones.

laddie: spaghettios with hot dogs cut up in it. most of what he eats is fast food or from whatever quick service restaurants are on the boardwalk, so it’s not like he gets a lot of home cooked meals and he sees this as a sometimes treat that star or one of the boys will make for him every once in a while.

sam: grilled chicken tacos. he takes his tacos with cilantro and sour cream only, and as little spice as possible because he can’t handle it at all. he hasn’t eaten this at all since moving to santa carla cause his favorite version of it is at a mexican restaurant that the emersons used to go to semi regularly when they lived in arizona. if he ate any different chicken tacos it would just make him a little homesick and sad he can’t have the ones he likes.

edgar: blueberry pancakes with a side of onion rings. edgar seems like a diner food kind of guy to me (i haven’t forgotten the scene in the thirst where he and zoe get pancakes together), and he’s definitely a creature of habit so this is what he always orders. he refuses to put any sort of syrup on the pancakes and never gets any breakfast sides to go with them, it’s only ever onion rings.

alan: peanut butter and banana sandwich. i think that he and edgar were kind of left to their own devices a lot growing up (and it’s only gotten worse now that they’re teenagers), so they had to make their own meals and peanut butter and banana sandwiches are something they’d eat multiple times a week when they were kids. no matter how often he eats them he never gets tired of them.

lucy: chicken and dumplings. she makes this at least once a month, and every time michael or sam have ever gotten sick she makes it for them. she still uses her mom’s recipe from when she was a kid.

[skinnylegend619]

Low cal Trader Joe’s items (feel free to let me know about more) I will continue to update the list as I find more

Carb savvy bread 30 cal a slice

Chicken cilantro mini wantons 12.5 cal each

Coconut creamer 5 cal per tablespoon

Mini chicken tacos 65 cal each

Organic brown rice cake thins 18 cal each

Reduced guilt Mac and cheese 270 cal per package

Eggplant hummus

Chunky guacamole made with Greek yogurt 30 cal per 2 tbsp

Spinach and kale Greek yogurt dip 30 cal per 2 tbsp

Meringues:mini mint 80 cal per 11

Mini milk chocolate bars 100 cal per bar

Chocolate chip hold the cone 93 per cone

Hold the cone dairy free 61 per cone

Gone bananas 100 cal per 4 pieces

Gone berry crazy 100 per 6 pieces

Premium salmon burgers 100 calories per burger

Chicken tikka masala 360 per package

Bbq teriyaki chicken 240 cal per 1 cup frozen

Turkey burger 180 per burger

Gluten free breaded shrimp 260 for 1/3 for package

Steamed pork and ginger soup dumplings 270 for whole package

Artichoke timbales 130 per piece

Bbq sockeye salmon 180 cal

Lite mozzarella cheese 60 cal

Grass fed sirloin roast 130 cal

Shrimp burgers 90 cal per patty

[abookishdreamer]

Character Intro: Xenia (Kingdom of Ichor)

Age- 9 (immortal)

Location- Hearthwood neighborhood, New Olympus

Personality- She's a sweet, friendly, generous young girl who has a natural talent for making people feel welcome. She shows great respect towards everyone- especially her elders.

She has the standard abilities of a goddess except shapeshifting. As the goddess of hospitality her other powers/abilities include cornucopia generation (is able to conjure one up filled with a being's favorite foods), drink generation (is able to fill a cup with any drink except alcohol), limited truth sense, ambrosia manipulation, limited vitakinesis (healing), cooperation manipulation, and trust manipulation.

Xenia is the third oldest child of Pathos (god of emotion), another mortal to be elevated to godhood by way of apotheosis. At her young age she's considered a "godling."

A notable physical feature is her long curly dark golden blonde hair.

For as long as she can remember, Xenia was raised by her paternal grandparents named Agariste & Lycurgus. She grew up being aware of her biological father (having seen photos of him) who was committed to a mental hospital. She knows nothing of her biological mother. Xenia fondly remembers the days where her Nana would make chicken noodle soup and moussaka for dinner or when her Papa's deep soothing voice would put her to sleep when he'd read a book of legends. What happened soon shook Xenia to her core. Before she knew it, both of her grandparents were in the hospital with terminal illnesses, then they were gone. Other family members couldn't be located, so Xenia was placed in the custody of the department of children & family services.

She now lives with her new family- her adoptive father and siblings Philautia (goddess of self love), Philia (goddess of friendship), & her baby brother Storge at their home in the Hearthwood neighborhood of New Olympus.

Xenia's bedroom is every girly girl's dream with gold butterfly patterned wallpaper, soft white mink carpeting, a canopy bed topped with lace and silk dust ruffles, as well as a grand custom made dollhouse for her glamour dolls. There's also a growing collection of rag and porcelain dolls.

She has a couple of pets- two blanc de hotot rabbits named Evie & Lucy.

There's a white gold heart shaped locket that has a photo of her grandparents which she always wears.

Xenia loves when her dad buys a freshly baked koulouri from The Bread Box for her for breakfast. She spreads tzatziki cream cheese on it- eating it along with soft boiled eggs and yogurt topped with sliced strawberries, honey, & walnuts. She also loves the Golly Grains vanilla spice cereal.

A go-to drink for her is lemonade. She also likes iced tea, sparkling water, peach juice, lemon-lime soda, orange juice, hot tea, ginger ale, green tea, and the vanilla milkshakes from The Frozen Spoon.

Xenia exclusively writes in cursive.

Even though she loves her home & family, there are still times when she feels sad when her grandparents come to mind.

She loves snacking on tzatziki flavored potato chips.

Xenia is taking "junior miss" classes at Kyría Aristeía, a charm school in the Queenstown neighborhood. She loves partaking in the tea sandwiches afterwards! She's also taking ballet lessons taught by Terpischore (muse of dance).

Her all time favorite dessert is the honey cake from Hollyhock's Bakery.

Xenia adores her father Pathos. She thinks he does the most perfect ballet bun ever. He's a great listener and she looks forward to their daddy/daughter dates- tea & macarons at the Grand Eaglepoint Hotel and lunch at The Ocean Roll (she loves the spicy tuna rolls) before ending the day at the Silver Owl bookstore. Xenia LOVED her most recent Christmas gift from him- a Diamond Ave. jeweled rabbit clutch!

A guilty pleasure for her is an olympian burger with a lamb gyro and small fries from Olympic Chef.

The adjustment with having siblings took a while to get used to, but she can't imagine life without her brother and sisters. Xenia appreciates the makeup tips she gets from Philautia (she tried out light lip gloss & glitter eyeshadow), doing the latest popular dance craze on social media with Philia, or playing with Storge and his toys. She takes pride in the fact that he loves her crustless peanut butter & pomegranate jam sandwiches.

Pomegranates, strawberries, figs, & apples are her favorite fruits.

There's this beachside hotel in Mykonos Xenia loves going to when her and her family are there if they're not staying at the vacation house. She loves the hotel's indoor saltwater pool as well as the piña colada slushies. Xenia and Philia got matching island themed t-shirts and palm tree plushies at the hotel's gift shop.

In addition to almost being fluent in Old Greek, she's also learning Latin & French.

Her favorite frozen treat is vanilla honey ice cream.

She loves getting a pound of vanilla flavored saltwater taffy from Confection Carousel.

Xenia is a fourth grader at school. Other godly students include the third graders Myrízei (god of smell & gases), Aceso (goddess of healing), Mneme (goddess of remembrance), Physis (goddess of nature), Hebe (goddess of youth), Prophasis (goddess of excuses), Caerus (god of opportunity & luck), and Paidia (goddess of play & amusement) while the fifth graders are Aidos (goddess of shame, modesty, humility, & respect), Melete (goddess of thought & meditation), Calleis (goddess of allurement), Ersa (goddess of morning dew), and Eulabeia (goddess of caution). She's friendly with most of them.

Her own friend group in her grade consists of mortals named Chloé, Alexandra, & Thesselie (nicknamed Leslie), a satyr named Faunas, and a centaur named Aelorin.

Her favorite subjects/classes are literature, art, & history. Xenia is also part of the school's theater club.

She's also friends with E.B and Krysothemis (Kristy), kids of her father's best friend Karmanor (demi-god of the harvest). They're sixth graders and attend the same middle school as Philia. Xenia has a secret growing crush on E.B.

When school resumes, she's looking forward to the class trip to the Melpomenus Theater to see the musical Astrikó!

In the pantheon Xenia likes Morá (goddess of babies & children). She's often her babysitter if Philautia isn't free to babysit. She also admires Hestia (goddess of the hearth), Clio (muse of history), Eikono (goddess of iconography & literature), Calliope (muse of epic poetry), Pistis (goddess of trust, reliability, & good faith), and Melpomene (muse of tragedy).

It's said that Xenia's official mentor will be Peitharchia (goddess of obedience & discipline).

She's been getting into cooking & baking a lot more, learning from her dad. Successful attempts have been tostones and baklava.

In her free time Xenia enjoys reading, football (soccer), jump rope, roller skating, writing, playing with her dolls, sewing, watching TV, listening to music, & bike riding.

Her favorite meal is moussaka.

"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

[quillyfied]

what are ur fav foods or restaurants that are gluten free?

Aha! A tricky one! I will endeavor to provide a good answer!

So, disclaimer: I also have IBS, which complicates the tummy question, and I also have severe anxiety, so I’ve refused to go to or eat at many restaurants with my family since being diagnosed. This will be a short list, but I highly encourage you to do some research in your own areas and to either get comfortable asking people working in restaurants questions or have someone do it for you. YOU MUST LET THE RESTAURANTS KNOW YOUR CONDITION IF YOU HAVE CELIAC OR ARE GLUTEN SENSITIVE. And realize that most people still don’t understand what you mean when you say you have celiac disease or even a gluten intolerance. But they will understand wheat allergy, especially if you start listing common examples (buns, breading, gravy, etc). Don’t rely on “oh but it’s fruit, why would fruit be a problem?” Because sometimes you find yourself in a Cracker Barrel asking a waitress who has to go ask her manager and the manager will frankly tell you that there’s so much flour flying around back there that if you have any kind of gluten problem, this place is not safe for you. Incidentally, Cracker Barrel is not on my list of safe restaurants, but it is on my list of places to play a fun peg jump game.

Sit-down restaurants, I very much enjoy Cheesecake Factory’s mashed potatoes, and some of their burgers come with a gluten free bun that’s pretty good. Olive Garden has gluten free pasta and tomato sauce, but if tomatoes aren’t your thing, they will absolutely just coat them in butter (and add grilled chicken if you want, and they do scrape and clean the grills). There’s also quite a few local sit down places that I’ve had success with, so, again: research what is in your area! There’s actually a whole gluten free bakery and bistro in my area that isn’t exactly easy for everyday eating but great for a sometimes treat. And I just found a local Italian place that does a delicious chicken Alfredo that didn’t make me sick! Local restaurants can be such treasures, friends.

Quick service joints, by far my favorite is Five Guys Burgers and Fries. They already cook their burgers and buns on separate grills; all you need to do is tell them about your allergy, and they’ll flag it for their people to change gloves when handling your food. Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Steakburgers has a grilling process where they flip their burgers onto a separate grill to cook the second side where the buns also go, but if you tell them, they will keep it on the meat-only grill; their fries are made in the same fryer as onion rings and therefore not safe. Chicken Salad Chick is a pretty good one so long as you pay attention to the chicken salad ingredients and ask for the Quick Chicks, which are individually packed. LawLer’s BBQ is really good; my sister in law gets the loaded baked potato without cheese, but I think I’ve gotten it before with cheese since I got sick and been fine? I don’t remember, but be safe and maybe skip the cheese, since anti-caking agents in shredded cheese is a sneaky place for gluten to hide and few restaurant workers will even know to check that.

Fast food, there are so few options for actual meals. Wendy’s Frosty is good, but not a complete dinner; I think their baked potatoes and chili might also be safe but I’m not a fan. Some salads are okay (check the dressing always), and many fries are okay (NOT MCDONALDS, THEIR FRIES ARE NOT GLUTEN FREE THANKS TO GLUTEN IN THE BEEF FLAVORING THEY ADD AND ALSO NOT DEDICATED FRYERS), but in my area, the safest place to get a fast, tasty meal is Chick-fil-A. They have dedicated fryers for their fries, and dedicated grills for their grilled nuggets, and they have managers and in some locations allergy specialists on site to make sure your food is made and handled carefully. I’ve never gotten sick from eating it. The moral implications are less than stellar, but. It is what it is. They’re the only place I can eat. And sometimes, I don’t have the time to run home and cook myself a meal before keeping other plans.

I can’t cite my sources here; I spend a lot of time googling and looking up menus and asking questions. Please do your own research and figure out for yourself what is near you that you can have and what you like. It’s a hard thing to live with. Good luck, friend!

[ciaossu-imagines]

Verde is a fav to hear headcanons for! If he's not preparing it, what do you think is his favorite meal? If he's the one having to prepare it, what is his favorite meal? Do you have any headcanons for foods he absolutely hates? This has always been such a lovely blog. ^.^ I'm glad to see you're still around.

Okay, so I know this ask literally just came in and there are older requests waiting to be answered but I just could not wait to answer this, sorry to those waiting on replies. It's just...my god, not only do I absolutely adore Verde and writing for him, but I just finished reading your tags on the reblog and I swear, if not for the fact my boss is a woman, I would almost swear we worked for the same person, haha! But you nailed it as I see Verde's space a lot like that as well! I hope you'll enjoy these headcanons as well, dear!

So, going a bit out of order here but there are definitely a wide variety of foods that Verde hates. I really do see him as almost a picky eater, but not quite, if that makes any sense? Like, he's picky but not so much so that people would scold him for it.

I think a lot of his hated foods are either really strong flavours or smells or texture issues. I definitely think that he is one of those people who really are affected by the texture and smell of food just as much as the actual flavours.

He really likes olives, but only fresh ones. You pickle them or put them in a can and it almost makes him want to cry over a waste of good food. There's just an off taste to them that way, a kind of metallic afterbite that is so unpleasant to him. In fact, anything pickled isn't something he generally likes and will eat only occasionally as the strong vinegary taste is hard for him to handle and honestly, it gives him the hot burps and heartburn if he eats more than one or two pickles.

If he's lucky enough to not have to scrounge up food for himself and someone else is making it, it will really depend on if he has the time to sit and eat the meal or will be eating it while he works. Like I mentioned, if he's working while eating, it has to be something he can eat with one hand. In that case, if the shop he prefers is open, it's a panini made with Italian panini bread, a little pesto mixed with mayo, lots of chicken, some thin slivers of roasted red pepper and so much mozzarella cheese, maybe some tomatoes. It's something that tastes good even if it's lukewarm or cold when he gets around to eating it.

If he's actually got the time or opportunity to sit down for a meal, he really likes French cooking, with beef bourguignon being a favourite of his. He typically only orders it while out to a meal with other scientists he's interested in working with, since it's a bit of a luxury.

Now, while he has picky and expensive tastes in foods, his fridge and kitchen...it's pretty damn bare. He makes a lot of sandwiches, heavy on the meat and normally with mozzarella or Havarti cheese and a good dose of mayo. He is picky about his bread though - no fucking Wonder Bread. That's sugary as anything to him. He prefers a good crusty Italian loaf or a French baguette. If he really wants something warm, and as junky as he knows they are, he tends to keep precooked, frozen, microwavable burgers on hand. Throw in a handful of carrot sticks or celery sticks and it covers all the bases.

[androidboy]

eating advice tw

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everyone is probably saying it but i found getting some cold/frozen meat in improved my eating. breaded chicken/burger patties/etc where u can just put it in the oven then eat it was always good for me. also i feel if u like them sausages are underrated as something pretty easy to prepare and eat and they taste good already!

i really need 2 tell my roommate i need to clear out the freezer. it’s literally packed completely full and it’s all her shit that’s been in there forever