- Pregnancy
- Baby & Toddler
- Parents
- Getting Pregnant
- Baby Names
- Product Reviews
-
Registry
- Community
-
More
Want a personalized experience?
Download the free app
Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
I need your "quick and easy" recipes, please!
I sit down every other Tuesday night and make my meal plans so that I can shop on Wednesdays (when my local stores sales reset) and need your help.
At nearly 38wks PG it's impossible for me to stand for more than 5-10 min at a time. DS is laying in a way that it causes me a lot of pain to be upright. That being said, I would love to hear suggestions for dinner that would be super simple to prepare. TIA!
Warning
No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
This discussion has been closed.
Re: I need your "quick and easy" recipes, please!
Do you have a crockpot? You can make tons of things in it. Put the ingredients in and leave it.
Tuna Noodle Casserole
2 Cans Tuna drained
1 box of kraft mac n cheese
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can peas (optional)
Make mac n cheese as directions call. Add tuna, soup and peas. Put in casserole dish. If you want, place sliced cheese on top. Bake 15 minutes. I like to crunch up potato chips on top before serving!
_
This is one of my new faves, and it's healthy so that's a plus.
1 lb ground turkey
diced red pepper and diced onion (1 small or 1/2 a large)
1 small can tomato sauce (8oz i think, those little goya ones)
1 can rotel tomatos
chili powder
cumin
S & P
Brown your meat, (drain if you like but I buy the lean), add veggies, and spices, cook 2 minutes, add both cans tomatoes and fill the small tomato sauce jar with water add that. Let cook 5 minutes. Add in 1/2 - 1lb of cooked pasta (I love rotini for this)
Done- I put grated cheddar on top once I ladle it into bowls.
My quick and easy go-to is chicken pot pie.
All you need is:
Then mix all ingredients and put in one thawed pie shell. Put the other shell on top, and bake on 400 for 20 minutes!
Chicken and Rice
- 2 cups white rice (5 minute instant rice)
- 1 can cooked chicken
- 1/2 can Cream of Mushroom
- 1/2 can Cream of Chicken
Mix it all together and throw it in the oven on 450 for 30 mins just to warm
We also eat this with a side of corn from the steamer bags (5 mins in microwave)..
Get a rotisseri chicken and I make 3 meals out of it.Shred all the chicken.
First: Chicken and rice
Cook white rice and set aside. In a lg bowl mix 1 can cream of mushroom soup, 1 can milk, 1/2 bag of frozen veggies, garlic, pepper, salt, and any other spices you like. Sometimes I add black beans. Add rice, chicken and wet ingredients together and put into baking dish. Bake at 350 for 30 min. Add cheddar cheese to top and cook for another 10 min.
Second: Chicken Quesadillas (or tacos, burritos, whatever you prefer)
Lay tortilla shell on cookie sheet, cover 1/2 of it with shredded chicken, sauteed peppers and onions and cheddar cheese. Bake until golden brown (usually at 375 for 15-20 min) serve with sour cream, salsa and avacado.
Third meal: apple walnut chicken salad
Take the rest of the chicken salad, mix with diced green apples and chopped walnuts. Add mayo, dijon mustard and lemon juice with salt and pepper.
Good luck!
Pulled pork in the crock pot
add pork shoulder or boneless ribs
1/2 can root beer
1/2 bottle of favorite bbq sauce
set on low for 8 hours.
serve with toasted buns and coleslaw
Sweet and Sour chicken or pork
Saute Boneless Thin pork chops or thin sliced chicken breasts in oil and sesame oil. Don't overcook.
Remove from Pan and dice when cooled.
Add 1 small jar apricot Preserves and 1-2 TBS Soy sauce - Degalze the pan and let it simmer.
Add the chicken or pork back in and let it thicken and coat.
Serve over White Rice and with Steamed Brocolli.
If I want to make something quick and easy it's usually some sort of stirfry or grilled sandwiches.
Stirfry- just cut up some chicken, pork, or steak into thin slices. Heat up a skillet with 1 T olive oil, some minced garlic. Throw the meat in and then add oyster sauce, and whatever cut up veggies you have around.
I love french dips. I cut open some french rolls, butter one side and put some mayo on the other. Put roast beef and provolone cheese on and then broil it in the oven until the cheese is melted and serve with au jus.
This is my favorite go to website. The crock pot orange chicken and chicken cordon blue casserole are my two favorite. I froze meat pies and stuffed shells during my nesting period. Good luck!
https://sweetteaintexas.wordpress.com/
Pork chop with apples and stuffing
1 jar of gravy
1 bag of stuffing (i like stove top but the bags are small so i use 2)
1 red apple sliced
1 onion sliced
4 pork chops (i use boneless about 1 inch thick)
Preheat oven to 375. in 13x9 (or even 11x8) baking dish. grease bottom of dish. pour stuffing into dish. pour gravy on top. mix
lay pork chops on top of stuffing. place sliced apples and sliced onions on top and around chops. cover with foil. bake for 40minutes. remove foil. bake another 10 minutes.
ditto this. Here's a great recipe for the crock pot. It's called "angel chicken"
Take 3-4 chicken breasts, place in crock pot ( frozen or thawed)
cover with 1/4 c. house or italian dressing, 1 can condensed cream of mushroom or golden mushroom soup, 1 8oz pkg of chive and onion cream cheese.
cook on low for 6-8 hrs if meat is fresh, 8-10 hrs if frozen. It will literally fall apart.
cook some angel hair pasta or even rice and put the meat mix over this. Very good, very easy, very yummy!
you can get "liners" for your crockpot so clean-up is even easier!
Here are some of our easy favorites. I'm right about where you are and we've been doing way too much take-out lately!
https://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Simple-Taco-Soup/Detail.aspx?prop31=1
https://annies-eats.com/2009/10/14/island-chicken/
https://annies-eats.com/2008/01/12/tomato-and-mozzarella-pasta-al-forno/
https://weelicious.com/2009/08/05/spinach-prosciutto-calzones/
https://annies-eats.net/2009/08/25/chinese-chicken-and-broccoli/
And, for dessert:)
https://www.ourbestbites.com/2009/03/pizzookies/