Much easier than you think dinners

[Anonymous]

What are your favorite stupidly easy dinners? Like, 5 ingredients is way to many. Minimal to no chopping. Probably I didn't go to the grocery store lately. More assembly than "cooking."

One of mine is Instant Pot spaghetti - everything is from the pantry and I usually have a pound of ground beef in the freezer somewhere.
https://www.thekitchn.com/instant-pot-spaghetti-264230

[Anonymous]

Drained can of black beans (maybe two), juice of one lime, a bunch of cumin, heat and serve with chips, cheese, salsa, and sour cream. If you’re feeling ambitious, avocado and cilantro.

[Anonymous]

I think I post this one all the time, it does involve some chopping.

Get a big pot, chop up a kielbasa, put it in the bottom with about a half cup of water. Chop a head of white cabbage and dump in. Dump in bag of baby carrots. Chop up some onions, quarter them and dump in. Put on lid, simmer for 20 - 30 minutes. Serve.

Note: I have a large family, so if you a small family you probably don't need a whole kielbasa or a whole cabbage. It is, however, good left over.

[Anonymous]

Pasta/Rao sauce + salad

Chicken breast/ side of pasta/ side of broccoli

Rice/Beans

Quesadillas

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pasta/Rao sauce + salad

Chicken breast/ side of pasta/ side of broccoli

Rice/Beans

Quesadillas

How do you prepare the rice and beans?

[Anonymous]

Baked chicken breast or thighs coated in hummus, sprinkle with paprika. Comes out moist and the hummus makes a nice "crust" for the chicken.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think I post this one all the time, it does involve some chopping.

Get a big pot, chop up a kielbasa, put it in the bottom with about a half cup of water. Chop a head of white cabbage and dump in. Dump in bag of baby carrots. Chop up some onions, quarter them and dump in. Put on lid, simmer for 20 - 30 minutes. Serve.

Note: I have a large family, so if you a small family you probably don't need a whole kielbasa or a whole cabbage. It is, however, good left over.

I’m not OP but I appreciate your posting again. I hadn’t seen any of your previous posts.

[Anonymous]

Shrimp Scampi. So easy and yummmm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think I post this one all the time, it does involve some chopping.

Get a big pot, chop up a kielbasa, put it in the bottom with about a half cup of water. Chop a head of white cabbage and dump in. Dump in bag of baby carrots. Chop up some onions, quarter them and dump in. Put on lid, simmer for 20 - 30 minutes. Serve.

Note: I have a large family, so if you a small family you probably don't need a whole kielbasa or a whole cabbage. It is, however, good left over.

This is good with lentils.

[Anonymous]

Bean and cheese quesadillas is my 5 min dinner. If you have frozen butternut squash purée that’s great on it too. I smash the beans down so the cheese melts with them.

Shrimp scampi on spaghetti especially if you use the prechopped garlic in a jar

If you like mussels they are ridiculously quick and easy to make if you buy them precleaned. I never order them out anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pasta/Rao sauce + salad

Chicken breast/ side of pasta/ side of broccoli

Rice/Beans

Quesadillas

How do you prepare the rice and beans?

This is embarrassing with how easy it is but my kids love it and it's in heavy rotation --- rice in the rice maker; can of black beans into a pot, add cumin, a bit of garlic and some pepper. Nothing else. In fact, the less I add, the more they enjoy it. You could add salsa, sour cream and cheese as toppers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think I post this one all the time, it does involve some chopping.

Get a big pot, chop up a kielbasa, put it in the bottom with about a half cup of water. Chop a head of white cabbage and dump in. Dump in bag of baby carrots. Chop up some onions, quarter them and dump in. Put on lid, simmer for 20 - 30 minutes. Serve.

Note: I have a large family, so if you a small family you probably don't need a whole kielbasa or a whole cabbage. It is, however, good left over.

This is good with lentils.

Ooooh, I bet it would be.

I also like Italian sausage and onions with lentils, Brown some sausage, add lentils, chicken stock, bag of frozen mixed veggies, can of chopped tomatoes, cover and simmer.

[Anonymous]

Mississippi pot roast in the slow cooker or Instant Pot. Google the recipe, but it’s basically a chuck roast with a packet of ranch seasoning, packet of au jus gravy mix, butter, and some jarred pepperoncinis. Dump and walk away. I add potatoes and carrots later in the slow cooker part way through.

Slow cooker enchilada soup, also dump and go: https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/slow-cooker-chicken-enchilada-soup-recipe/

Sausage tortellini and broccoli bake (just have to cook the sausage): https://mixandmatchmama.com/2019/08/sausage-broccoli-tortellini-bake/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bean and cheese quesadillas is my 5 min dinner. If you have frozen butternut squash purée that’s great on it too. I smash the beans down so the cheese melts with them.

Shrimp scampi on spaghetti especially if you use the prechopped garlic in a jar

If you like mussels they are ridiculously quick and easy to make if you buy them precleaned. I never order them out anymore.

Where do you buy your mussels?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mississippi pot roast in the slow cooker or Instant Pot. Google the recipe, but it’s basically a chuck roast with a packet of ranch seasoning, packet of au jus gravy mix, butter, and some jarred pepperoncinis. Dump and walk away. I add potatoes and carrots later in the slow cooker part way through.

Slow cooker enchilada soup, also dump and go: https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/slow-cooker-chicken-enchilada-soup-recipe/

Sausage tortellini and broccoli bake (just have to cook the sausage): https://mixandmatchmama.com/2019/08/sausage-broccoli-tortellini-bake/

+1 for Mississippi Roast. I throw in baby potatoes and carrots toward the end. Boom, done and it takes 5 minutes of work, if that.