favorite great meals that can be prepared fast?

[Anonymous]

My problem with fish is that fish is best fresh. So you need to cook it right away and i always shop once on a sunday (for the entire week using a meal plan which i highly recommend). Frozen shrimp though are great and about as good as fresh (as shrimp is frozen on the boat anyway).

Here's a an easy meal - fettucine with cream/proscuitto. mash together 2 T butter, 1/2 cup grated parmesan, 1/2 container of marcarpone (italian cream cheese) in a big bowl. Add 10 basil leaves sliced into small strips, about 6 thin slices of proscuitto ham cut up (1/10 of a pound or so). Boil 1 lb of fettucini. Set aside some plain for kids (add ragu sauce or butter for them). Rest put into big bowl and mix and serve. Salad / bread on side.

[Anonymous]

Trader Joes frozen fish is great. As good as fresh.

[Anonymous]

I tried a miso glazed salmon recipe based off of the Cheesecake Factory dish and it worked very easily and quickly.

Rice also is really easy to keep on hand. You can actually cook large batches and keep it frozen or in the fridge for a long time. Pop in the microwave for a few minutes and it's like it's fresh.

[Anonymous]

I found a great website called traderjoesfans where people give their favorite recipes that use ingredients from TJs. Most of the recipes are quick and inexpensive. Plus, people discuss their favorite things to buy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tried a miso glazed salmon recipe based off of the Cheesecake Factory dish and it worked very easily and quickly.

Rice also is really easy to keep on hand. You can actually cook large batches and keep it frozen or in the fridge for a long time. Pop in the microwave for a few minutes and it's like it's fresh.

Do you mean CF has a cookbook--where did you find the recipe for one of their meals?

(PS-Thanks for mentioning that site where people share TJ recipes! I love that store!

That pasta dish sounds good but I'm not a big cream sauce fan-normally makes me so sick. Any other good pasta recipes?

[Anonymous]

Pasta - very very easy....

Boil Fusili

Saute spinach, zuchinni, and asparagus (or whatever you like) with garlic and olive oil - in the summer I grill them

Add soy sauce, parm cheese and a little sesame oil to pasta, add chopped veggies, toss.

I guess you could eat with chicken breast, fish or tofu

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pasta - very very easy....

Boil Fusili

Saute spinach, zuchinni, and asparagus (or whatever you like) with garlic and olive oil - in the summer I grill them

Add soy sauce, parm cheese and a little sesame oil to pasta, add chopped veggies, toss.

I guess you could eat with chicken breast, fish or tofu

Yum-I'm getting more excited for dinner now vs dreading what I am going to make!!

[Anonymous]

The Six O'Clock Scramble cookbook (by Aviva Goldfarb) has a lot of great, quick recipes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tried a miso glazed salmon recipe based off of the Cheesecake Factory dish and it worked very easily and quickly.

Rice also is really easy to keep on hand. You can actually cook large batches and keep it frozen or in the fridge for a long time. Pop in the microwave for a few minutes and it's like it's fresh.

Do you mean CF has a cookbook--where did you find the recipe for one of their meals?

(PS-Thanks for mentioning that site where people share TJ recipes! I love that store!

That pasta dish sounds good but I'm not a big cream sauce fan-normally makes me so sick. Any other good pasta recipes?

It was a copycat recipe. If you google for copycat recipes, you can find a bunch and through user reviews... you can find pretty good ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here
I'm such a beginner-If you give me an idea (which I really do appreciate) can you give me a few steps on how to--like with salmon-what do you do-how long to cook, is the honey and spice brushed on and do you put it on foil?

I use a glass baking dish, sprinkle with chili powder, pour honey on, then bake at 400 for about 25 to 30 minutes. I usually add more honey - oh! put olive oil in the pan.

Salmon is also delicious basted in a honey dijon salad dressing then baked.

Salmon is also delicious with rosemary and olive oil. Fabulous!

[Anonymous]

We love the Soy Vey teriyaki marinade (sold at Whole Foods) for salmon. I also bake at 400 or 425 for about 25 minutes, but to make cleanup easier I put the fish on foil. If you don't like salmon, halibut is a mild-tasting fish.

[Anonymous]

Serve with rice and any vegetable. If you're going to make rice often, buy a rice cooker--I think you can get one for $20. It's idiot-proof and fast. Personally I've never found that cooked rice stores all that well.

[Anonymous]

OP, what about a pork tenderloin in a crock pot with brown sugar, mustard, pepper and a bottle of bbq sauce. At the end of the day it is pulled pork and can be served on whole wheat rolls. Yummy!

[Anonymous]

foodtv.com has great easy to make meals. I use it all the time.

[Anonymous]

For the earlier poster asking about a mild fish - I like Tilapia. And, I buy it frozen from TJs. I fry it in mild oil because I like the crispy parts.

There's also a great chili lime butter recipe on epicurious.com (it uses 1/2 stick butter, diced up small chili peppers (or any hot pepper), minced green onions and a tblsp lime juice). I nuke the butter and mix all the other ingredients in for a quick butter to drizzle over the fish.