Easy Recipes for DH?

[Anonymous]

Can anyone share good but easy (think 5 ingredient, 15 minute type recipes) for me to share with DH. I've been placed on bed rest (with modifications, but not enough to allow me to make dinner), so he's the chef for the next several weeks. He's got a couple of good recipes under his belt (green curry chicken, baked chimichangas and he made pork chops with dijon cream sauce the other night), but don't think it's quite enough to get us through 5 to 7 weeks. TIA

[Anonymous]

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/02/drip-beef-two-ways/

http://www.foodpeoplewant.com/

http://www.copykat.com/

http://www.notakeout.com/

http://www.supercook.com/

[Anonymous]

you may want to order a cookbook for him - like Bake Until Bubbly

[Anonymous]

We do salmon at least once a week for a quick and easy meal. Preheat oven to 450. Put aluminum foil in bottom of glass baking dish, spray/coat foil with a little olive oil, place salmon skin side down, and rub in 1/2 tablespoon (or more) olive oil and any spices you like (salt, pepper, minced garlic, onions, etc etc). Roast until fish is cooked and flakes easily, about 14 to 18 minutes depending on how thick it is. We serve with steamed vegetables.

Tacos are easy, cut up chicken breast in small pieces and saute in oil and taco seasoning (make your own or just get the pre-made packages). Then just serve with tortillas, chopped tomatoes, salsa, sour cream, shredded cheese, etc etc.

Salads are nice now that the weather is getting warm. Marinate boneless chicken breasts for 1 hour (or longer) in ziplock bag using salad dressing of your choice (fat free vinagrette works nice). Broil on high about 7- 8 minutes a side. Cut into slices and serve on fresh spinach or greens of your choice with whatever salad fixins you like (tomatoes, cucumbers, goat cheese, feta cheese etc etc).

[Anonymous]

Grill or broil chicken, lamb, hamburgers.
Salads as PP said.
Spaghetti with meat sauce.
Chili
Cous cous is fast and easy.
Rice in a rice cooker is pretty hard to mess up.

Do you have a crock pot?

[Anonymous]

Do you have a Costco membership? Lots of quick and easy options there.

[Anonymous]

I'm a big fan of the recipes on realsimple.com. They have kid-friendly recipes. They have easy weeknight recipes.

My DH is pretty good with throwing something on the grill (marinate the night before for something extra yummy). And simple veggies steamed, nuked, or grilled.

[Anonymous]

Can he read a cookbook or do an internet search?

[Anonymous]

sigh - should have known better than to think the Food, Cooking and Restaurants forum would be free from the snarky comments. To those of you who posted helpful responses - thanks.

[Anonymous]

Martha Stewart "Everyday Food" recipes are pretty good and not too difficult in our experience.

[Anonymous]

Cook's Illustrated cookbook "The Best 30-Minute Recipe" is a lifesaver for me! It tells you exactly when to do what (i.e. start boiling water for pasta now, chop onions while browning chicken) so that you're as efficient as possible. Not a coffee-table cookbook with gorgeous pictures, but it's incredibly useful.

Good luck with your pregnancy!

[Anonymous]

PP spot on with "Real Simple" magazine:

http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/dinner-15-minutes-main/index.html

Done!

[Anonymous]

Just heat up a ham steak in a skillet, serve with steamed veggies (or roast asparagus) and rice or couscous on the side.

And ice cream after every meal.

[Anonymous]

Crockpot tacos - put 1.5 pound chicken, 1 can chopped tomatoes and taco seasoning in crockpot and cook on low 6 to 8 hours. Serve with taco shells, corn, rice and whatever else you like on tacos

Black bean tacos - just heat up a can of black beans and add few seasonings (cumin, garlic, chili poweder) or use 2 cans and add an evelope of seasoning.

Take chicken breast or chicken tenders, dip in either egg or milk, and then bread crumbs and bake.

Do breakfast for dinner (eggs, bacon, pancakes). Add cut up fruit.

Does he like to grill? Just have him grill some meat and marinated veggies. Add some rolls or rice or couscous (couscous is super easy to make).

Can he he do a run to Trader Joes and get some nice frozen convenience foods also? They have lots of stirfrys, pastas and pizzas. You wouldn't want that every night, but overall they are pretty healthy, and very doable (even in my could barely boil water days I could "cook" stuff from there).