What's for dinner?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please post the recipe!

The recipe serves one. Double/quadruple as needed. Add about 15 minutes cooking time.

http://www.pbs.org/everydayfood/recipes/roasted_chicken_potatoes.html

OP here - thanks for all the suggestions! We actually made the chicken and potato recipe last night and it was delicious!!!

[Anonymous]

Kids have been sick all day, with God knows what this is.

They had chicken noodle soup.

DH and I had leftover mashed potatoes, mixed with a few eggs and fried as potatoe pancakes. I made a salad too but no one ate it.

It wasn't that great.

Now the less-sick kid is eating corn flakes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids have been sick all day, with God knows what this is.

They had chicken noodle soup.

DH and I had leftover mashed potatoes, mixed with a few eggs and fried as potatoe pancakes. I made a salad too but no one ate it.

It wasn't that great.

Now the less-sick kid is eating corn flakes.

I love this post! PP, you are brutally honest!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tonight I made parmesan crusted chicken - very easy recipe I'm happy to post if anyone is interested.

Slightly different question: I'm going back to work and my husband and I will never eat a homemade, non-microwaved dinner again unless I make some food on the weekend that I can cook or heat up during the week. The following are my only dishes that either (1) make ahead, or (2) freeze really well and can be saved for later:

spaghetti & meat sauce (well, the meat sauce is made ahead)
chicken & wild rice casserole w/ mushrooms & almonds
enchilada soup
turkey chili
tarragon chicken salad (good for weekly lunches)

I'm happy to share these if anyone is interested. Any one have other suggestions with recipes?

My mom makes us veggie lasagna and chicken pot pie all the time and both freeze really well - she makes "healthy versions." For the chicken pot pie, she does a pre-made crust and mixes in chicken with frozen vegetables - peas, carrots, lima beans, anything is good. She mixes it with Healthy Choice cream of celery soup (it's lower in sodium). Pretty easy and great to freeze.

For quick dinners after work that aren't from the freezer, my favorite is turkey burritos - throw some ground turkey in a pan and brown it, mix with taco seasoning, and while that is cooking cut up tomatoes and avocado. Put in a wrap, whole wheats are good too, and you can add spinach and shredded cheese.

We also get some good fresh bread and good cheese and make grilled cheese sandwiches - with a big salad.

[Anonymous]

Tonight's dinner - leftover caldo verde (kale and potato soup with sausage). It was delicious yesterday, and I imagine will better today...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tonight's dinner - leftover caldo verde (kale and potato soup with sausage). It was delicious yesterday, and I imagine will better today...

Yum, how do you make caldo verde?

[Anonymous]

Run a google search for meals to prep in advance and freeze. There's a term of art I'm forgetting, but it will become obvious soon after oyu start the search - here are a jillion websites out there devoted to recipes for meals that can be prepped in mass, frozen, and then simply defrosted/cooked when you need them.

[Anonymous]

TJ's turkey keilbasa (not sure what to do with this; it's fully cooked), rice and broccoli.