What is your FAVORITE meal you make at home?

gollywollypog · September 2013

Mine is these killer chicken burritos with homemade flour tortillas. They are SUPER easy and very inexpensive and guess how many I ate at dinner tonight? Three. Thirds. And I'm eating another one as a leftover right now.

I use pioneer womans tortilla recipe but I used butter instead of lard. These tortillas are SO EASY, and they are a slice of heaven and they cost next to nothing to make.

Filling: Chicken (either raw in slow cooker or canned is fine!) salsa (fresh or canned, any kind) can of rinsed black beans. Either slow cook all day or simmer in skillet (I always use cast iron) for however long you feel like, and I generally feel longer is better.

See how easy that is? Garnish with sour cream, shredded cheese, fresh tomatoes, onions, lettuce and whatever fixins you like on your mexican and GLUT OUT. I'm telling you, I am the cockiest cook on the block when I make this meal. I love it.

What is your most very favorite meal you make? Share the recipe with me!

jodegaard · September 2013

Homemade flour tortillas pretty much rule the earth.

I don't even know where to start with trying to think of my favorite meals to make. There are so many!

Cheerilee · September 2013

I make a chicken stew and add dumplings. I combine chicken broth, cream of chicken stew, onions, peas, carrots, celery, potatoes and chicken breasts in the crockpot and cook all day. I make a drop dumpling with milk, flour, salt, baking powder, and parsley and plop some on top for the last little bit.

I don't make homemade tortillas. BUT, I swear by Tortilla Land raw tortilla dough. It's pre-flattened and you just cook them in a skillet before you eat.

alake · September 2013

Three ingredient pulled pork.
Chicken and rib sauce
BBQ sauce
Pork Tenderloin
Cooked in slow cooker.
I love doing a turkey dinner with all the fixings. We are going to be in Ireland for American Thanksgiving. We are staying in Florida for Canadian Thanksgiving. I plan on cooking a full feast for us that weekend.

Bemyselfandi · September 2013

Golly that is so similar to my fav recipe! We.do chicken tacos..

Four chicken breasts frozen is ok. A can of diced tomatoes. A can of corn. A can of black beans. A taco packet mixed into the mixture (don't add water) and drain all can except for tomatoes. High for first few hours then switch to low. Shred chicken. Best tacos ever. I've made enchiladas with leftovers and its been good too. I could eat ten.

rp-chicago-mom · September 2013

I need to start making my own tortillas. There's nowhere good to buy tortillas in this town.

I don't know what my best meal is. I have to think about it. I rotate too much, which is one of H's complaints. Maybe empanadas? I love making those and they are definitely greater than the sum of their parts.

allardr · September 2013

My favorite is Tacos. No recipe needed for that one. But love it because I cook up and season the meat then we all put ours together to fit our preferences. DH does beans & chz in a tortilla, I do tomato/avocado/sour cream/chz scooped like a dip using tortilla chips. And DD does a mix of all the above. We pretty much eat it every week.

CrazyDaisy8 · September 2013

It is in the morning and I am now hungry for dinner after this thread! I love love love stuffed peppers! It sounds complicated but it is really easy! This is my favorite recipe.

https://allrecipes.com/recipe/stuffed-green-pepper/detail.aspx

I just use canned diced tomatoes instead of dicing my own to save time. I also use brown rice to make them a bit healthier.

davenh76 · September 2013

this post is making me so hungry! can i come have dinner with all of you?

rp-chicago-mom · September 2013

SpringMomv2 said:
I love this thread!

One of ours is polenta/shrimp. Just boil the polenta with chicken stock. keep mixing. once it's ready, add in butter and parmesan cheese.

While it's cooking, sautee some shrimp with a bunch of chopped or crushed garlic, add in cooked or canned diced tomatoes.

Put the tomato/shrimp mixture over the polenta and top with parmesan cheese. SO EASY and yummy!

Its the same concept and shrimp and grits only i've never had grits!

Polenta=grits. Well, hominy grits are one particular type of grits and I think that's what most people use. I also believe it can't be grits if you don't use milk but dry, they're the same thing. I made shrimp and grits for NYE. I used a Martha recipe. Howell loves cheese grits/polenta. I forgot that.

Tapthathank · September 2013

This is a tough one! One of my favorite meals to eat is Jambalaya - which is made in the crock-pot. OMG it is so mouthwateringly good. https://www.food.com/recipe/forgotten-jambalaya-285857 I use andouille sausage, I cube the chicken when it's still partly frozen and then throw in the shrimp when I get home from work. I'm not a huge fan of green peppers, so we usually use red bell peppers and yellow bell peppers too.

JayandEmm · September 2013

Salsa chicken tacos is my go to meal. So easy, too. I like to buy the homemade salsa and tortillas at the Mexican food store, sometimes I'll buy churros for dessert too. I just throw chicken breasts, salsa, corn, black beans, and whatever else in the crockpot, and it's ready in 6 hours.

rp-chicago-mom · September 2013

Oh another meal I love to make is Welsh rabbit with roasted red pepper tomato soup.

Welsh rabbit is this sharp beer cheese sauce on toast and it's so so good with the soup. Here's the recipe for the rabbit https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Welsh-Rabbit-108892

I add a pinch each of cayenne and Hungarian paprika and a dash of Worcestershire sauce.

I make homemade brown bread and broil it on one side, flip, put the sauce on and put back under the broiler to brown the cheese a little. The soup is from memory so bear with me. I may forget something.

Roast four red peppers and like five or six plum tomatoes. If tomatoes look bad, a can of whole peeled will work. Drain and reserve the juice if using canned. Roast together tossed with oil and S&P at 500 degrees in a roasting pan until the skins blister. I think this usually takes about 20 minutes. Once roasted, set aside to cool and once cool, chop and remove seeds from peppers. You can peel the peppers and tomatoes or you can be lazy like me and strain it at the end.

Meanwhile, sweat about three chopped leeks, or shallots or one onion in oil and seasoned with S&P about eight minutes. Add a couple chopped garlic cloves and red pepper flakes to taste (omit if you don't like spice) and two tablespoons tomato paste and stir about two minutes.

Add peppers, tomatoes and about five cups of broth or stock of your choice and bring to a boil. Simmer 20 minutes. Puree soup with immersion blender or in a blender or food processor. Strain out seeds and skin if you want a perfectly smooth soup. Don't if you don't care. Stir in about a teaspoon red wine vinegar and taste. Sometimes it needs a dash of sugar or salt. Serve.

Bemyselfandi · September 2013

@Baker_Bride I'm coming over for dinner. Yum.

BluepointToasted · September 2013

LOL at Glut out.

BluepointToasted · September 2013

I dont know what my favorite favorite meal is. I love to cook so cant pick just one! My favorite quick meal is nice whole grain toast spread with cream cheese, topped with smoked salmon, baby arugula greens, carmelized onions and a poached egg on top. Super fast and super yum.

vvvvvfee · September 2013

hard to pick!! these are some tried and true favorites, though:

quicker stuff-

leftover chopped grilled vegetables (usually mushrooms, onions, zucchini, eggplant, peppers) mixed with a jar or two of trader joe's organic marinara

african pineapple peanut stew - i usually double the kale and leave everything else the same and serve with white rice. very easy, especially if you get the prewashed chopped bagged kale

jap chae (stir fried korean sweet potato noodles)- i usually make a recipe that makes about double this, so there's a lot left over, it's great cold

things that are more elaborate-
smoked turkey breast - it takes a couple hours on the grill, though, so this is a weekend thing
chicken mole
vegetable enchiladas with chili gravy
cincinnati chili- i make it with ground turkey

i have to stop myself or i'd go on all day.

rp-chicago-mom · September 2013

SpringMomv2 said:

Baker_Bride said:

SpringMomv2 said:
I love this thread!

One of ours is polenta/shrimp. Just boil the polenta with chicken stock. keep mixing. once it's ready, add in butter and parmesan cheese.

While it's cooking, sautee some shrimp with a bunch of chopped or crushed garlic, add in cooked or canned diced tomatoes.

Put the tomato/shrimp mixture over the polenta and top with parmesan cheese. SO EASY and yummy!

Its the same concept and shrimp and grits only i've never had grits!
Polenta=grits. Well, hominy grits are one particular type of grits and I think that's what most people use. I also believe it can't be grits if you don't use milk but dry, they're the same thing. I made shrimp and grits for NYE. I used a Martha recipe. Howell loves cheese grits/polenta. I forgot that.

Yellow corn=polenta and white corn=grits I believe.

Gotta love about.com. Here's the whole thing explained.

https://foodreference.about.com/od/Ingredients_Basics/a/Cornmeal-Vs-Grits-Vs-Polenta.htm

MoFree · September 2013

Spicy cauliflower and lentil stew

https://www.quinoa.com/recipes/9-entrees-curried-lentils-and-cauliflower

rp-chicago-mom · September 2013

It is in the morning and I am now hungry for dinner after this thread! I love love love stuffed peppers! It sounds complicated but it is really easy! This is my favorite recipe.
https://allrecipes.com/recipe/stuffed-green-pepper/detail.aspx
I just use canned diced tomatoes instead of dicing my own to save time. I also use brown rice to make them a bit healthier."

I can't get out of the quote! Anyway, I love stuffed peppers. But then I have to have mashed potatoes and sour cream with it and that makes for a less than healthy meal. But so good. As soon as it's cold, that's going on the menu.

bigbootyjudi · September 2013

Pot roast.

Mmmmmm.

shakinros · September 2013

Moroccan chicken thighs: https://www.myrecipes.com/m/recipe/moroccan-chicken-thighs-10000001696612/

Serve with couscous and a green veggie.

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