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If you're a good cook, will you offer us a recipe for bachelors? Criteria: cheap, easy to prepare, delicious & healthy.

I learned this one when I was a respite carer.
The old man of the house had learned to fend for himself brilliantly, but he needed a day each week to escape the harrowing experience of his demented wife.
 
Lamb Shank Hotpot

Before 10 am,
in an electric slow cooker,
place three lamb shanks,
all vegies cut into equal bite sized chunks,
three carrots cut in bite sized pieces (do not peel),
three large sticks of celery cut into bite sized pieces,
three large Red Pontiac potatoes (or a variety with solid waxy-yellow flesh) unpeeled,
three peeled onions,
one large clove of globe garlic, crushed,
one bunch fresh parsley finely chopped,
one small bunch of thyme, tied with cotton or hemp string or rubber band,
five large bay leaves,
two teaspoons ground black pepper,
2 litres or 4 pints of Massel Vegetable Stock

Set to slow cook for 8 hours.
Dinner will be ready by 6 pm.
Serve with green salad or fresh streamed green veg, with a vinaigrette sauce.

After dinner, freeze the leftovers in dinner sized portions, add a label with the date.
Dinner is ready to microwave for a week.

With other dishes also home prepared and frozen, variety is easy.

Posted - May 2, 2020

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  • 44608
    Sorry...I just can't help myself...LOL

      May 2, 2020 4:53 PM MDT
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  • 4624
    Yum. I'd happily eat him any day! :)
      May 2, 2020 6:34 PM MDT
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  • 44608
    Ahh...you enjoyed my humour. Baste with butter every ten minutes. This post was edited by Element 99 at May 3, 2020 3:50 AM MDT
      May 2, 2020 7:53 PM MDT
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  • 4624
    Yu-u-umm! Basted with butter even better! :D
    Now, shall we try a little pepper, or honey, or maybe tamarind sauce?
      May 2, 2020 9:12 PM MDT
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  • 2327
    Plumb Duff


      May 2, 2020 5:16 PM MDT
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  • 4624
    Great comfort food for winter, but where's the recipe?
      May 2, 2020 6:35 PM MDT
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  • 34270

    Easy Creamy Noodles
     
    1# box rotini noodles. (Boil until tender)

    Mix 2 large cream of chicken soup cans into noodles.  (Can use Cream of Mushroom if prefer)

    2 cans of tuna drained (can use chicken if prefer)

    Mix all well.

    Cost $5-6 total....but 1 person could easily get 3 nights. So $2/meal. 
      May 2, 2020 6:57 PM MDT
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  • 10026
    This sounds right up my aisle! 
    :) :)!
      May 3, 2020 3:52 AM MDT
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  • 44608
    I didn't notice before. NEVER boil a rubber band. Yucky.
      May 3, 2020 4:39 PM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      WHAT?  Single guys, run, run for your lives!  Only wants to serve you up as the main course!  If you see her with a meat cleaver and a large pot, get out of town as qui- . . . oh, wait a second. It’s looks as if I read that wrong. Sorry. 


      Never mind.




      June 30, 2020 8:29 AM MDT
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