Please post the name of the dinners you cooked this week here...
Or even just the name of 7 of your favorites or often cooked meals...whatever, just post 'em please!
t is so hot here that I did hardly *any* cooking this week. I made lasagne tonight, but did it in the crock pot because I just refuse to turn the oven on.
Here is the list of the only things I can remember this late at night:
* Chinese take out (which I really didn't want to do, but I also didn't want to cook)
* cereal and toast
* lasagne
What *did* my family eat for dinner all week?
Anyway, please give me some new ideas. I am tired of the same old menus and so is my family. Also, if these new ideas do not require the oven then that is a major BONUS!
So, please help me with this if you can. I will post our favorites and other meals we cook often tomorrow morning when I get up. It is almost midnight here, so I need to use my sleep balm and go to bed!
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Mongolian pit barbeque stir fry - I love this, we go to a mongolian pit barbeque place and I love the food, it's so expensive so we make it a home a lot. I make angel hair pasta or regular ol spaghetti. Then I slice up a semi frozen steak in the food processor, very thinly sliced - though I was out of it the other day and used plain ol' ground hamburger (came out really good in the mix). Slice up lots of veggies - squash, zucchini, onions, broccoli, carrots, cabbage. Then I make little cups of liquids - sugar water, salt water, lemon juice, chopped garlic in water, and heavily watered down soy sauce. I heat up the wok and coat it with a little bit of canola oil. Then I throw everything in, add several spoonfuls of each liquid, extra of the soy sauce mixture and garlic because I love garlic. And cook til the meat is done and veggies are tender. You can do it without the meat too. It tastes so GOOD!!
Mon - Grilled hamburgers and hot dogs. Had beans and potatoe salad with it.
Tues - Macaroni and Cheese (a natural one that a fellow amity mama brought over, not Kraft-crap) with peas.
Wed. - Chicken tacos... just chicken breasts (3 of them) chopped in cubes and made with one of those taco dinner boxes that include shells, sauce and taco powder... they were buy-one-get-one-free.
Thur - Kielbasi (spelling???) and Saurkraut in the slow cooker. Had no egg noodles to serve with it so we made ziti noodles. LOL!
Fri - We were out all day! Tired! Hungry! Plus - father-in-law slipped us $20 when we stopped by to see him so we went out for pizza!
Let's see, I am only listing entree, we usually have salad, greenbeans, broccoli, or other veggie (no potatoes) along with, Connor will usually have applesauce or yogart because we cannot get him to touch veggies! ARGH! BTW, our family is on a low carb diet.
~Black Bean Soup.
~BBQ Ribs (made with sugar-free BBQ sauce.
~Puffy Chicken (baked chicken with a mayo/parm cheese topping that "puffs" when baked).
~Pork Diane (classic dijon pork dish).
~Cheeseburgers (made on good 'ol George Foreman).
~Honey Mustard Chicken (Tyson's in a bag from Sam's).
We went out tonight for Mexican, I just opened my burrito put the salad and topping directly on the meat (I asked for it on the side) and ate the insides liek a giant salad. I also ate the beans (not the rice) and we took along special low carb chips and dipped them in salsa! Yum!
Monday-Shrimp Stir Fry for dh I had omelette w/ tomato, broccoli and cheese. The omelette was made with egg substitute though.
Tuesday-really can't remember
Wednesday - Chicken Lo-Mein
Thursday- cereal, toast--it was late, dd was crying all night and sick, no time for anything.
Friday- Bean and Cheese Burritos and Salad- leaf lettuce, grape tomatoes, carrots, cucs, and Raspberry Pecan dressing..mmmh!
Dessert on Friday- Peanut Butter and Fudge cookies...my oh my I done bad!
-anasazi beans in spiced tomato sauce with tortillas
-spinach lasagne (leftovers the folowing night) and garlic bread
-veggie "chicken" soup (egg noodles in veggie broth that tastes like chicken with peas and finely chopped onions) and french bread
-cheddar potato soup and salad
-veggie burritos
-black bean quesadillas with mexican corn and spiced rice
Honestly, the only one of these meals that took any appreciable work was the lasagne.
I try to integrate the veggies into the meal itself do I know DH will eat enough of them. if I tell him to eat some peas, he will eat a tiny bit and fill up on the main dish. If the peas are in soup, they disappear along with the rest!
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NOTHING! I am still babymooning and I have 3 months worth of dinners in the upright freezer so everything just needs to be reheated, well a few things like lasagne needs to actually cook, but it's all prepared.
We had Cheesy crockpot chicken although I sub. cream of chicken soup for the mushroom (dh hates mushrooms )
Sloppy Joes
Chicken best (none of us really like this but I made 3 meals so we are eating it!)
Went for ds's b-day
Friday dh mans the grill always!
A tip: Cook in batches, if you have to be in the kitchen why not make extra?? I've also found I can stretch things allot farther that way too. Those 3 months worth of meals were done by just making extra every time I cooked, when I made lasagne I made 4, 3 went in the freezer, I made 5 gals of sloppy joes etc.
It's really hot here too, so we grill outside a lot, and use the crockpot and microwave whenever possible. Here's some of what we had this week:
Ginger-soy salmon made on the grill, stir-fry veggies with lo-mein (OK, it was leftover spaghetti!)
Turkey burgers made on the grill, corn, salad, lots of tomatoes from our garden!
broccolli-cheese pie for dh and I, omelets for the kids, with bagels, toast and fruit salad
Kosher hot dogs on buns, canned vegetarian baked beans, sliced tomatoes (again!)
Homemade pizza (with chopped tomatoes, LOL!) (I make the crust in the bread machine, but I do have to use the oven for this one. I know there is a way to make pizza on the grill, anyone know how?)
Tonight, roast chicken and carrots in the crock-pot, boiled red potatoes, those great French green beans from Trader Joes, challah (egg bread)
One night we ate out at Souper Salad for $7 for a family of 5. Last time we were there, the ice cream machine was broken (big deal!) so the manager gave us two free passes.
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Last edited by Desertmoon : 06-29-2002 at 02:18 AM.
Monday: Was supposed to be chicken fingers, mashed potatoes and salad, but at the last minute I realized we had no butter for the potatoes and the lettuce was wilty, so we had chicken finger sandwiches instead.
Tuesday: Crockpot Chicken (cut up chicken, onion, jalapeno, with a beer poured on top and cooked on low all day long) over rice
Wednesday: Dinner at Church every wednesday (this week was chicken fingers, rice, roll, green beans and banana pudding)...I forgot we were having CF's when I chose to cook them Monday!
Thursday: DH took me out for our anniversary (yummy!) and I had crab cakes over linquini, twice baked potato, tossed salad and coconut creme pie.
Friday: Homemade chicken salad (chicken, toasted pecans, cut-up apple, crumbled bacon, celery, mayo and sour cream) on croissants.
honey ginger glazed salmon
Taconni con ricotta - pasta tossed w/ ricotta and sauteed spinach
eggplant parmesan
flank steak
Halibut curry over jasmine rice
It's over the grill or something that takes less than 15 minutes to make. Tonight it's smoked turkey and stuffing. Butterflied so it cooks in half the time. Out on the grill so the guys can watch it
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