What's cooking in your house?

corbittm · January 2012

My news years resolution is to eat more home cooked meals and way less fast food. The problem is I didn't grow up with home cooked meals. I always had microwave meals or premade meals that just need the oven. I want to be healthier. So please share with me what your familes are eating during the week. How do you eat healthy? I only need dinner info. I have breakfast, snacks, and lunch down.

katattack · January 2012

If you've got an iPad, Whole Foods and Real Simple have good apps for recipes. I also get email newsletters from Better Homes and Gardens and Allrecipes.com with good ideas. And ditto the Pinterest.

mrs.wildman · January 2012

There's a new iPhone (maybe iPad) app too called Punchfork. It's pretty much like Pinterest, but all food. You can search based on recipes and ingredients as well as dietary restrictions. I love it.

GuavaGal · January 2012

mrs.wildman:
There's a new iPhone (maybe iPad) app too called Punchfork. It's pretty much like Pinterest, but all food. You can search based on recipes and ingredients as well as dietary restrictions. I love it.

(gasp!) Thank you for changing my life today, Mrs.Wildman.

Mrs.Froggianna · January 2012

This week we had/are having:

Beef Stroganoff
Tortilla Crusted Tilapia (from the freezer section of HEB) w/cheesy grits & a veggie
BBQ Chicken Tacos w/refried black beans
Lemon Bay Shrimp w/salad

I also have been in freezer meal mode and I've stocked the freezer with:

Chicken Pot Pie filling (dumbed down--roti chicken & premade pie crust)
Meat sauce for spaghetti
Chili
Creamy Chicken & Wild Rice Soup
Stuffed Shells (I add frozen spinach, thawed & drained to up the veggie content)

If you're looking for healthy recipes, myrecipes.com is a great resource. They list all of the recipes published in Cooking Light, as well as Coastal Living, southern Living and several others. Just be sure to select that magazine (tick box on the left) or you'll end up with the super fatty (but oh so yummy) ones from Southern Living, too. I also like that the reviewers almost always leave detailed replies and tips for making the recipe better.

Also, Flymanswife has a food blog that has loads of terrific recipes.

userdeleted · January 2012

This week we're had/are having: Brown sugar meatloaf, chili, baked penne with roasted vegetables, and enchiladas. I usually make enough for leftovers, so that will get us through the week, and provides lunches too.

I get most of my recipes from food blogs that I follow through google reader. Some of my favorites:

Skinny Taste
Elly Says Opa
Budget Bytes
Annie's Eats

Meal planning is a must for us. Also, especially with this pregnancy, I know I can't be cooking super fancy new stuff every night. I'll get tired and just want to order out. So I've been making a point to do easy staples most nights of the week. Meat loaf, pasta with garlic bread, chili - super easy and thrown together in minutes. Really once you get used to it, stuff like that is not that much harder than throwing a freezer meal in the oven. Maybe one or two nights we'll try something new that requires a little more effort. Plus, I try to make big batches so we can eat leftovers later in the week and I don't have to actually cook every single night.

NoeliaV · January 2012

Last night I made shredded chicken fajitas. I should have put the chicken in the crockpot before I left for work, but I forgot so they went in the oven for about 30-45mins. While those cooked, I sliced some onions and red bell pepper & cooked those on the stove top.

Maybe about an hour from start to finish, but a good weeknight dinner since everyone in my house can assemble their own, and you can load up on a lot of veggies.

I do a lot of a roasted/baked protein (chicken or pork typically. just rub with olive oil and your choice of spice/seasoning), a grain or starch on the side (quinoa, brown rice, sweet potato) and a veggie (salad, green beans, spinach).

Ruby44 · January 2012

I REALLY hate to cook. That said, I keep it very simple. Our meals are usually spaghetti, veggie, fruit; crock pot chicken, quinoa, veggie, fruit; chicken sausage, veggie, fruit, rice; pita pizzas (super easy) w/ olives & mushrooms. I buy mostly frozen veggies. Fruit is usually cut-up apples. They also eat boiled eggs, cottage cheese, peanut butter, raisins.

mlf625 · January 2012

KA's chicken tacos, at the moment. Ditto the Pinterest rec. I've found some really awesome recipes on there lately. Mainly crock pot recipes. Lasagna, buffalo chicken, ribs, etc.

A&Jmom · January 2012

We eat fairly healthy, very limited processed food, always have a veggie and no precooked or boxed meals. (well, ok the occasional mac n cheese from a box as a side- but I did switch to Anne's). Here are some of our regular go tos. Oh, and to make it easier I keep bags of frozen veggies (not as great as fresh but much better than canned) around when I don't have time to cook a side from the fresh. We also always have tons of fruits and thse are the kids "desserts."

Mini chicken pot pies- use muffin tins used pre-made crust or canned croisants

chicken taco soup- crock pot!

Med Chicken (skillet chicken with cherry tomatoes and kalamata olives served over cous cous)

pot roast- crock pot

spaghetti & meatballs

chicken quesadillas

rotisserie chicken (we have a rotisserie, but some of the posters here have raved about a whole chicken slow cooker recipe)

sloppy joes (not from a can, can make with ground turkey to be healthier)

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