Easy Dinner Ideas Anyone?

JessAnnJ · June 2013

As I ponder what to make for dinner I thought I'd ask if anyone has any easy and relatively healthy dinner ideas to share?

One thing we make that is really easy are buffalo tofu wraps. We heat extra firm tofu in a pan with buffalo sauce and then serve with brown rice and a little bit of cheddar in a whole wheat wrap. Not the healthiest meal ever, and we eat more carbs than we should, but I don't feel guilty afterwards.

Beth.1212 · June 2013

We like pulled pork made from the loin. Calls for the tenderloin, but the loin works ok and is cheaper. We usually cut it in half, using one half and freezing the other.

https://m.allrecipes.com/recipe/141678/slowcookerpulledpork

You can use coke if the root beer doesn't sound good to you. Also, some will say to use the shoulder, but I am pretty sure the loin is much healthier.

JJ_13 · June 2013

I feel like ours are mediocre in terms of health, but not terrible; all of ours take less than 30 minutes and DH fixes them when I get home and nurse LO.

veggie burgers, sweet potato fries, salad

whole wheat mac n cheese with tuna and peas

fish tacos (tilapia or cod, cooked stove top with cajun seasoning, wholewheat wrap + toppings of choice - we do avocado, cheese, salsa) and sauteed yellow squash

chicken fried rice - sautee chicken in wok, steam-fresh broccoli bag, add broccoli to chicken and cook together with a little soy sauce; cook minute brown rice; add rice to wok and a whisked egg, cook together.

quinoa, add can of kidney beans and container of Jack's salsa, serve with salad

We do these kinds of meals all the time - simple, but we try to make sure we have a good veggie, a healthy protein, and a whole grain carb. With two working parents and a 6 month old, it's hard!

ExcitedAunt2b · June 2013

I use my crock pot a lot! I like to put chicken into it, even frozen, and add seasonings. When I get home I would add rice or a pasta, depending on how long we have before dinner. I also have the deep covered baker from Pampered Chef and that is a miracle pot! Seriously, you can cook a pork loin in it in less than 25 minutes!!

However, lately because of the low carb diet I'm on I will take out my meat in the morning to defrost and then cook that up with eggs.

I'm sure once Morgan starts eating more with us I'll put more time into cooking but right now, with just me and DH, I can throw pretty much anything together and it works alright.

rjeller32 · June 2013

I have some recipes for easy dinners we love in my siggy link.

minervacullen · June 2013

Pound of lean ground turkey mixed with soy sauce, chives, ginger, garlic, egg, bread crumbs, salt, pepper. Make into balls and bake at 400 for about 30min or less. Dip in sauce made with soy sauce, ginger, either rice wine or balsamic vinegar, a smidgen if brown sugar, salt and pepper, simmer until thickened.
Serve with rice or something similar and veg of choice.

I love to roast veggies and top them with various cheeses, goat is my fav with squash.

schumakr · June 2013

Chicken breasts baked with cheddar cheese on top and sprinkled with breadcrumbs. Bake in a dish covered with foil on 400 for 30 or so mins. Yummy!

jac409 · June 2013

We're having baked tilapia filets with pineapple salsa and some kind of veggie on the side. Super easy and very healthy!

laura1 · June 2013

I use the crock pot a lot - I make pulled pork (apple cider vinegar and pork tenderloin for 5ish hours) and salsa chicken - recipe here: https://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=141491

I also make lasagna with this recipe: https://www.food.com/recipe/really-easy-make-ahead-lasagna-for-two-321909?layout=desktop

jsoubel · June 2013

Meatloaf is pretty quick and easy. you can use any sort of ground meat to up the health factor. Here's my recipe which feeds 2 plus a left over lunch for one:

1lb. ground beef or buffalo
2tbs. chopped onion
1tsp chopped garlic
1 slice bread
3tbs milk
34 dashes of Worcestershire
1 healthy squeeze of ketchup
1 tbs of chopped chipolte in adobo
1 egg

Heat oven or toaster oven to 350. in a bowl, tear up the slice of bread into little pieces. Pour the milk over and let it soak. Chop onion and garlic. put everything in a bowl with the ground meat. Squeeze milk out of bread, and add bread to the bowl with everything else in it. Mix together. Add milk from bread bowl of you want and finish mixing. Put mixture into mini loaf pan or regular loaf pan if you doubled recipe. you can also just form a loaf ona baking sheet bake in oven for 45 minutes.

For flare, I sometimes boil an egg andtuck it in the loaf. DH gets really excited about it for some reason.

chicagobridelibby · June 2013

Lately, we have really been enjoying roasted cauliflower with dinner. It is so flavorful and easy. SO GOOD

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