Thanks for NOTHING, backs of cans!

[LaraMN]

I don't know what to make for dinner. I don't want to think about it. If it were just up to me, we'd eat that container of Italian olives and some pretzel rods, but noooo.
I have a lot of canned goods, many of which offer featured recipes on the backs of their labels. I thought for SURE one of them would produce a reasonable dinner proposition. No. Everything suggested on the backs of cans is gross! It's the same with the backs of boxed food.

People are getting paid to invent those recipes. I expect better than a restatement of how to make spaghetti on the back of a can of spaghetti sauce.

Idiots.

x(

[lost-in-nj]

1. PIZZA NIGHT IN MN!!!!

works for me!!!
:)


:hi:


lost

[LaraMN]

4. I wish.

Pepperoni sounds good. Unfortunately we had pizza a couple nights ago and everyone but me is sick of it. Losers.

[MrCoffee]

2. My mayonnaise jar has a recipe for parmesan-crusted chicken breasts

The ingredients are grated parmesan cheese, mayonnaise, chicken breasts, salt and pepper.

I'll give you a dollar if you make it AND eat it.

[LaraMN]

5. No way.

How would that even produce a "crust"?
I don't think so.

[billyskank]

3. If it were me, I'd spend my time trying to think of meals that are impossible to make.

If I could not manage that, I would settle for thinking recipes that would be deliberately disgusting.

[LaraMN]

6. Their titles must all be: "Easy _____"

So the home chef can feel inept, as well.

[DS1]

7. blend it all up with a lot of flour to make it a thick puree which holds its shape

then make fundogs with this

[LeftyMom]

8. lentil salad, aka last night's dinner

1. Step one: go to Trader Joes. Buy precooked green lentils, some sweet yellow or white onions, kalamata olives, lemon juice, baby tomatoes, olive oil and red wine vinegar.

2 Step two: mix a couple of splashes of each of the liquids in the bottom of a bowl, dump in the lentils, chop the onions up pretty small and add them, then throw the baby tomatoes and olives on top.

3. Step three: eat.