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Too Fancy! I enjoy reading about cooking espcially for health, You cater to the rich and famouse.

AllenC817810 — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 05:21:52 GMT

How about every once and a while you think of us in sleepy little towns with simple grocery stores and work in that realm? We don't have Celery Root or cheeses and herbs you name we never seen. Even some of the nuts you guys lay out we can recognize the names of. Stop showing chief like prepared foods, and giving equal time to regular folk. Most of the multiple ingredient recipes cost more to make than get served in a restaurant.

How about giving equal time to those who don't live in areas of boutique food stores or farmers markets. I want to get everything at Publix. And once a week, I don't want to need a google search to learn how to pronounce a herb I never heard of.

And some of us live alone and need help on how to shop and feed our self and not waste food. Its difficult to shop for one person and not have waste. That would be really helpful.

And more smoothie recommendation please. You can save us a dime by listing what fruits and veggies not to blend together,

And you never talk about how long food can be kept before throwing away. Need some practical help, not your showing off how well you can write a colorful article on eating something that looks better in a picture than to eat.

Re: Too Fancy! I enjoy reading about cooking espcially for health, You cater to the rich and famous

SereneSeagull — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 17:25:35 GMT

Hi, have you tried doing a search for recipes using the search tool. I just looked at 5 random recipes, all ingredients can be bought at Publix. Then I searched for smoothies and was successful in that as well. The magnifying glass search tool brought up quite a number of recipes. Happy searching! 😀

Re: Too Fancy! I enjoy reading about cooking espcially for health, You cater to the rich and famous

GAKKIEZ — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 20:32:32 GMT

Totally agree with you! I'd enjoy more 'basic' cooking, older 'down home' cooking, comfort food. I'd love to see some recipes and cooking styles from the past. I enjoy looking for old recipes from the depression or WWII eras when many ingredients may be rationed or hard to get.

Has anyone ever made Potato Candy? Hobo Casserole?

Re: Too Fancy! I enjoy reading about cooking espcially for health, You cater to the rich and famous

papawofboo — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 20:25:21 GMT

I'm surprised you have that problem at Publix. We had one where we lived it always had a great variety.

Re: Too Fancy! I enjoy reading about cooking espcially for health, You cater to the rich and famous

SereneSeagull — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:01:12 GMT

Always good variety and fresh

Re: Too Fancy! I enjoy reading about cooking espcially for health, You cater to the rich and famous

AllenC817810 — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 02:02:05 GMT

Give us a break will you? Lets see some crock pot and stews. Its not only you, another article about being pre-diabetic suggests celery root to sub for potatoes, cannot find it anywhere and did ask Publix.

Thats just an example. I see loads of fancy recipes compared to more down to earth. Casseroles. Easy stuff please.

Search? Another Use the search police.

Re: Too Fancy! I enjoy reading about cooking espcially for health, You cater to the rich and famous

SereneSeagull — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 03:27:25 GMT

Lol! Love your sense of humor.
The search tool on AARP here on this site, is what I pulled the recipes from, that used simple ingredients. I’ll try and pull some up for you.

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ok, I found many recipes, and just listed a few. All basic, non pretentious, easy to find ingredients at my own Publix or Walmart. 👍

Re: Too Fancy! I enjoy reading about cooking espcially for health, You cater to the rich and famous

SereneSeagull — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 03:56:44 GMT

Found this in a sec. Seriously, tons of recipes here, lots of basic ingredients, easy to find, and not pretentious sounding, easy to fix stuff. This one even had Cheese-it Crackers in it!

Broccoli Casserole Recipe

Ingredients

1 cup water
½ teaspoon table salt
2 (10-ounce) packages frozen chopped broccoli
1 onion, chopped
2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese, divided
1 (10.5-ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
1 large egg
1 cup crushed cheese-flavored crackers (I use Cheez-Its.)

Re: Too Fancy! I enjoy reading about cooking espcially for health, You cater to the rich and famous

SereneSeagull — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 03:05:50 GMT

Here’s a smoothie. Don’t have to use Natural Peanut butter, just whatever you have.

Peanut Butter & Jelly Smoothie

Ingredients

½ cup low-fat milk
⅓ cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt
1 cup baby spinach
1 cup frozen banana slices (about 1 medium banana)
½ cup frozen strawberries
1 tablespoon natural peanut butter
1-2 teaspoons pure maple syrup or honey (optional)

Re: Too Fancy! I enjoy reading about cooking espcially for health, You cater to the rich and famous

SereneSeagull — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 03:25:26 GMT

Slow cooker recipe

Barbecue Pulled Chicken

Ingredients

1 8-ounce can reduced-sodium tomato sauce
1 4-ounce can chopped green chiles, drained
3 tablespoons cider vinegar
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon sweet or smoked paprika
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons dry mustard
1 teaspoon ground chipotle chile
½ teaspoon salt
2½ pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs, trimmed of fat
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, minced