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mcurban
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quick (easy) meals, please.
mcurban
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bonus if most of the ingredients are pantry stable.
I'm leaving town (w/ the boys) for a month, starting at the end of next week. I would LOVE to not check the bank acct. and find that DH is eating out night and day.
SO, I'm going to try to make a calendar of (easy) meals that he can make, along w/ the grocery lists for each week.
This is probably all in vain, but I'll give it the old college try.
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Re: quick (easy) meals, please.
tuna sandwiches, grilled cheese, totino's pizzas, hot dogs and baked beans, spaghetti sauce in a jar with noodles, rotisserie chicken and premade mashed potatoes, breakfast for dinner (fried eggs, toast, sausage).
you could make some KA tacos, root beer pork, lasagna, and fly's enchiladas to freeze.
send him over here, seriously. ill make him seafood.
ETA: david used to eat lots of those HEB precooked meats before we were married. the chicken tenders are good, he really liked the lemon grilled chicken one too.
Ok, I just c&p'd everything that looked "easy" from my dinner recipes file, so it's pretty long:
American Chop Suey (Goulash)
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1 lb ground beef
1/2 lb elbow macaroni (uncooked)
1 onion, diced (you can leave these out if chopping is too much for him
1 can tomato soup
1 small can tomato sauce
1 1/2 tbs Worcestershire sauce
1 cup water
Salt and pepper to taste
Sour cream to taste
Shredded cheddar cheese to taste
Brown the ground beef, remove from pan. Saute pasta and onions until onions are soft. Add in beef, tomato soup/sauce, Worcestershire sauce, water, and s&p. Simmer 20-25 min covered. Once pasta is ready, add in a few tablespoons of sour cream and a few handfuls of shredded cheddar. Serves 3-4.
Brown Sugar Meatloaf
1/2 c brown sugar (packed)
1/2 c ketchup
1 1/2 lbs ground beef
3/4 c milk
2 eggs
1/2 tsp pepper
1 onion, chopped
1/4 tsp ginger
3/4 c finely ground saltine cracker crumbs
Mix sugar and ketchup, set aside. Mix everything else, shape into loaf pan. Top with sugar/ketchup mixture. Bake at 375 degrees for about 1 hour. Serves 4.
East West Meatloaf
1 lb ground beef
1/2 c bread crumbs
1/2 c diced onions
1 egg
1 can of celery soup
3 tbs soy sauce
3 tbs ketchup
salt & pepper to taste
Mix beef, bread crumbs, onion, egg, salt & pepper, 1/3 can of cream of celery soup. Shape into loaf pan. Combine rest of soup, soy sauce, ketchup. Top beef mixture with soup mixture. Bake at 350 for 45 min.
Macaroni & Cheese
2 cups uncooked pasta (7 oz - I like to use pinwheels)
1/4 c butter
1/4 c all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground mustard
1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
2 cups milk
2 c shredded sharp Cheddar cheese (8 oz)
Cook & drain mac as directed on package. Meanwhile, melt butter over low heat. Stir in flour, salt, pepper, mustard, & Worc sauce. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth & bubbly. Stir in milk. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil & stir 1 minute, remove from heat. Stir in cheese until melted. Gently stir mac into cheese sauce. Pour into ungreased 2-quart casserole dish. Bake uncovered at 350, 20-25 minutes or until bubbly.
Pulled Pork
1 big pork tenderloin
1 (18 oz) bottle your favorite barbecue sauce
Place the pork tenderloin in a slow cooker, pour bbq sauce on top. Cover and cook on low until well cooked and the pork shreds easily, 6 to 7 hours. Drain well. Serve over hamburger buns.
Rice & Beans
1 c rice
2 c water
1 c salsa (at least medium - mild will have no flavor)
1 can black beans (drained & rinsed)
Frz corn (however much you want)
Mix all together in pot, bring to boil. Reduce heat, simmer, covered until rice is done. Approx 15-20 min. Serve with shredded cheddar and sour cream. Serves 3.
One of our favorites that I haven't written a recipe for yet... But Garlic Chicken Gnocchi:
2 chicken breasts
1 package of premade gnocchi
Garlic cloves, minced (3ish)
Olive Oil
Dice Chicken. Season with salt & pepper. Brown in skillet until cooked through. Add garlic. Saute a minute. Add cooked gnocchi (bonus points that it boils in 2-3 min) & some extra oil to brown gnocchi a bit. Season with additional salt & pepper. And eat
When I leave town I make a batch or two of these (they can be frozen): Beefier Bean & Cheese Burritos
I tend to throw some stuff in the freezer like pasta as well. A whole dish of something like Spicy Sausage Penne will last a couple meals for one person.
One of the meals I always tell hubby to make for himself: Pizza (whether I have crusts in the freezer or english muffins, or pitas). HEB Italian Herb Pitas are tasty as pizza crust.
What else do I leave behind that's man safe? Grilled Cheese & Frozen Fries. Oh and Ramen and canned soup
Search ravioli on the real simple recipes page. There are lots of variations on what to do with a regular old box of frozen ravioli. If they are not simple enough, frozen ravioli plus olive oil and parmesan cheese is equally yummy.
This is also my new favorite quick meal:
https://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/browse-all-recipes/orecchiette-roasted-broccoli-walnuts-00000000008023/index.html
I use frozen broccoli or precut florets to make it even faster.
Here are some of my go-to "easy" meals.
Barbecued Turkey Joes
4 Servings @ 6 Points Each
Preparation Time: 10 min
Cooking Time: 15 min
Level of Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients:
1 pound(s) lean ground turkey
1/2 medium bell pepper(s), chopped
1/2 medium sweet red pepper(s), chopped
1/2 medium onion(s), chopped
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
1 cup(s) barbecue sauce
4 medium mixed-grain hamburger roll(s), sliced in half
Instructions:
Brown turkey in a nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, about 8 to 10 minutes. Drain off liquid. Add peppers and onion and cook until tender, about 3 minutes.
Add barbecue sauce and cayenne pepper, and garlic salt; heat thoroughly, stirring frequently, about 2 minutes.
Top bottom half of buns with turkey mixture; cover with top half of bun and serve.
Pesto Chicken with Tomatoes and Zucchini - all you do is cut up a roma tomato and slice up a zucchini, add that to a big piece of aluminum foil with a chicken breast and 1T of pesto. Wrap up the foil and bake for 30 min at 375 degrees. Serve over rice.
Sweet and Sour Chicken
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1/2 packet Lipton Onion Soup mix
1 small bottle of Russian dressing
1/2 jar of pineapple-apricot jam
Preheat the oven to 375, stir together the soup mix, dressing and jam. Pour it over the chicken and bake it for 30 minutes (until the chicken is no longer pink in the middle. Serve over rice. (I also serve it with broccoli).
Baked Ranch Chicken (I think this was posted by blondie6ft)
I don't have the exact recipe but you dip the chicken in ranch dressing and then dredge it in breadcrumbs. Bake at 375 for about 30 min.
BBQMeatloaf Muffins (I got this recipe from MrsSunflwr on this board - these are yummy and can be made ahead and frozen)
1 2/3-1 3/4 ground beef or turkey
1/2med. onion
1 rib celery
1/2green bell pepper
1 large egg and splash of milk- beaten
1 cup plain bread crumbs
1tablespoons grill seasoning
1 cup BBQ sauce
1/2 cup salsa
1tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
PAM orextra virgin olive oil
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Put meat into bowl. Put onion, celery, and bell pepper(take out seeds) into food processer. Pulse to finely chop veggies. Add veggies to meat bowl. Add egg beaten with milk, bread crumbs, grill seasoning to bowl.
Mix BBQ sauce, salsa and Worcestershire. Pour half into the meat mix and save the other half for later. Mix meatloaf together with your hands.
Spray muffin tins with PAM or brush with extra virgin olive oil. Use and ice cream scoop to help fill meat into each tin. Top each muffin with a spoonful of extra sauce. Bake about 25-30 minutes depending on how well done you?d like them.
I have an even easier Goulash recipe:
1 pound of hamburger meat
1 8 ounce can of tomato sauce
1 box of family size Velveeta shells and cheese
Brown hamburger meat while cooking pasta according to directions on box. Drain pasta, return to pan. Stir in velveeta cheese mix, tomato sauce, meat until everything is well mixed. Eat.
KA chicken tacos are quick and easy, and I've got a recipe on my blog for Mexican mac & cheese, topped with leftover KA chicken taco meat.
Spaghetti with boxed noodles and jar sauce. Add frozen garlic bread and a bagged salad kit, and instant meal!
You could also buy a couple of Stouffer's family-sized frozen meals. They have lasagna, enchiladas, stuffed shells, and some other options. It's not perfect, but it's easy.
Meredith, 6-1-06 and Alex, 11-5-09
Fly, I second your sausage penne bake! It is so easy and I make it all the time, with a little modification - I sub the cream for extra tomato sauce because of my tummy.
Other easy recipes I make all the time:
Pizza (buy crust, sauce and ingredients and put together to bake, easy and fun)
Salads with meat component (flank steak salad with goat cheese and salsa, ahi tuna salad with mango and avocado)
Breakfast for dinner (pancakes, waffles, omelet, etc.)
I'll dig through my recipes later to see if I can find any more.
In the crock pot - 1 can each Rotel (undrained), Cream of Mushroom & Cream of Chicken. Add chicken - frozen or not, doesn't matter. Cook until chicken shreds (like KA's). If it's too watery, add a couple handfuls of crushed tortilla chips. Serve over tortilla chips and add cheese and/or sour cream. The original recipe has you putting cheese in the mix but you can't hardly taste it there so it's wasted calories.
Use leftovers to make tacos etc if you like. Just the sauce without chicken makes a good party dip too! Low cal!
Step 1: buy frozen skillet meal.
Step 2: cut open bag, pour contents into skillet.
Step 3: cook for 12-ish minutes.
Step 4: consume.
those frozen Bertolli meals are pretty good. Also HEB's frozen meatalls are really good. I throw some jarred sauce on top and you have spaghetti and meatballs.
I have some simple recepies but gotta go now. I will try to come back and post.
dude, i'd pay for a copy of that calendar/groceries/recipes to share with my husband.
seriously, he's welcome over out place anytime
YUMMMY!!!!
I made these yesterday - fairly easy and surprisingly yummy
Crispy Chicken Strips
Ingredients
Directions
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He's still planning on coming over the K household at least once a week while you're gone right?
Seriously, we'd love to have him.
Buy 7 or 8 boxes of different cereals. And milk.
Done.
Jay eats cereal when I'm gone. That boy could live off cereal.
When my mom would leave us with my dad when I was little? He'd make us toast. So maybe also throw in a loaf of bread. Then on HIS toast, he'd put a fried egg and ketchup and proceed to gross my sister and I out.
Vegetarian (or not) chilli - very easy
15 oz can black beans rinsed and drained
15 oz can garbanzo beans rinsed and drained
15 oz can hominy rinsed and drained (I use 10-15 oz frozen corn thawed and drained)
1 1/2 cups chopped tomatoes (basically 1 can)
1 can vegetarian chilli (I used spicy westbrae brand- you can use meat chilli)
1/4 cup chopped cilantro (not mandatory)
Combine the black beans, garbanzo beans, hominy, chopped tomatoes and chili in a large pot. Bring to a slow boil over medium heat and cook for 15 min.
I add some chili powder and salt and pepper and have been eating it with hot sauce and crackers. I also sometimes add brown rice. You can add japs or chopped onions, try it with different breads, etc to change it up. Very fast, easy and pantry stable recipe.
I will always remember the ONE night my mom was away when we were little. my dad gave us a bowl of boiling water and a raw egg to crack into the water. his version of egg soup.
I kept this link - I haven't tried any of the recipes so I can't vouch for their yumminess, but you might find something for him:
https://www.delish.com/recipes/cooking-recipes/quick-no-cook-dinner-recipes
if he likes salmon, super target sells individual packets in the frozen section. the sundried tomato one is good - we just throw it in the toaster oven for about 20 min and done.