Forgot My Peach

We've all done it! Some more often than others - Bought food intending to eat it during the week, only to find it still sitting untouched and forgotten at the bottom of the fridge.  I'm hoping to do better by finding creative and sometimes last minute ways to rescue these forgotten food.  Less waste, more yum.

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This is the first year I have more garlic than I can handle, thanks to a bountiful garden and generous friends. A good way to preserve the cloves before they start sprouting is to roast them until soft and paste-like and then pack them in oil. The process is a bit time consuming (great to do on a ra

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With goat cheddar, onion-pepper melt and scallion sauce, this is one of my favorite burgers. When moose hunting season arrives, my father is always in charge of the cooking duties at Randy's camp. For a couple of years now Dad prefers to prepare breakfast, lunch and dinner rather than going out hu

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Resolutions

This year’s resolutions: 

1/ To cook dishes I would normally do for takeout

2/ To cook dinners that give me enough leftovers the next day so that I don’t have to buy lunch.

This means I save money, increase my cooking experience and hopefully get healthier.

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9 hour shredded beef enchiladas and pico de gallo (with avocado)

Forgotten food - Avocado 

Here in Oz, whenever I buy Avocado it is always raw and hard and needs at least 2-3 days to get ready.  So in those 2-3 days, I more often than not, forget that it’s in my fridge or fruit bowl, becoming an expensive forgotten food.  Happy to say, since I move house and bought a new fridge I have a little more time to play with, and this avocado despite being in the fridge for more than a week, was still perfectly fine to use.

Beef was rubbed in Ancho Chilli Powder, Cumin, Smokey Chipotle, Onion and Garlic Powder, Smoked Paprika before being cooked in a slow cooker with salsa for 9 Hours.

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Every time I buy shredded cheese I’m always anxious that it will get moldy before I’ve properly got to use most of it.  3 months ago I found a Mexican blend at Costco (you can imagine the size of the bag) and it’s not moldy yet but I’m just waiting for the inevitable. So, I whipped up some Mexican corn topping for brunch tomorrow, hoping to enjoy the cheese before the mold sets in.

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Tonight I bought a little cheap stand mixer for $59.  I thought about the standard stuff but at four times the price, I thought better and this little unit will suffice for a complete novice baker. So what’s in store for this weekend?  I have a couple of forgotten bananas and limes sitting in my fruit bowl.  Stay tuned and witness the horror of my next baking attempt!

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I typically found some forgotten green beans at the bottom of the fridge drawer.  I had to trim some end off but made a Filipino dish I had often eaten in my childhood. Ginisang Sitaw at Baka - Sautéed Green Beans and Ground Beef

Recipe:

Ginisang Sitaw at Baka – Sautéed Green Beans & Ground Beef

3 Garlic Gloves – chopped

1 Onion – sliced

1 Tomato – cubed

250g Ground Beef

250g Green Beans - trimed and sliced

2 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil

2 Tablespoon Soy Sauce

150m Water

Salt & Pepper to taste

Jasmine Rice to serve

Method:

Heat oil and fry onion and garlic till soft and fragrant.

Add chopped tomato and sauté until soft and well combined

Move onion, garlic and tomato mixture to the edges of the pan and add beef in the centre to brown

Once well brown mix beef together with garlic, onion and tomato mixture

Add and mix in the trimmed and sliced green beans

Add soy sauce and water and simmer till beans are soft and liquid reduced

Serve over steamed rice

Optional Forgotten Food:  I also found one forgotten mushroom in the fridge, I chopped this up and added this same time as the green beans.  It’s not traditional, but this page is all about those salvageable foods that don’t have to be thrown out.