Your family's Top 3 favorite dinners

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Anonymous wrote:When they were little, they loved those whole chicken roasters from Perdue already seasoned that you cooked in the bag. Penne pasta with butter and Dino nuggets were the next favorite.

Now that they are older they love 1 filet mignon sous vide with an avocado ranch salad on the side, 2. chicken pot pie made with a sherry bechamel sauce, celery, carrots, shallots / no peas and puff pastry top, and 3. smash burgers on pretzel buns or homemade bolognese sauce.

Can you give us the recipe/instructions?

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Salmon bowls with avocado, cucumber and nori. Burritos. Hamburgers.

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If making for dinners - I serve as is. If cooking for extended family, I also add starters and desserts.

- Goat biryani with cucumber-yogurt raita.

- Penang chicken cashew curry with jasmine rice.

- Roasted cornish hens with mushroom risotto.

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Anonymous wrote:Chana masala
Lamb biryani
Tan tan ramen with ramen eggs (time consuming only because they have to marinade over night)—we like The Woks of Life recipe.

I use the pressure cooker almost every day.

Yum! I looked up that ramen because our favorite local shop went downhill and it's so expensive anyway for something that probably should be simple. I want to be able to make something in between the restaurant and the package so I'll try this https://thewoksoflife.com/tan-tan-ramen/

Do you have a favorite recipe for the egg? The one time I tried ramen eggs at home (don't recall the recipe source) the egg wasn't that good.

Yes! The ramen is so good and easy to make because it’s not a bone broth. My favorite is https://www.justonecookbook.com/ramen-egg/

The key is the cooking time and ice bath. I do 7 minutes in boiling water because we like the yolk to be jammy.

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Egg roll in a bowl
Shrimp quesadillas with avocado salad
Spareribs, collard greens, and sweet potatoes with baked or fried apples.

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Like a lot of folks here, everyone in my family has different tastes but the stuff I make that everyone loves:

Butter chicken and rice by recipe tin eats

Any quiche by once upon a chef

Beef barbacoa bowls and tacos (cilantro lime rice, guacamole, shredded cheese to go with)

Chicken souvlaki (Brian Lagerstrom) with homemade fries and some kind of veg or salad

Homemade McDonald dupe chicken nuggets with homemade fries and a salad or veg on the side.

My homemade pita bread

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Anonymous wrote:Vietnamese chicken lettuce wraps (similar to PF Chang's)
Chicken Parmesan
Steak and potatoes

Can you share the lettuce wrap recipe?

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Roast chicken.
Steak and baked potato with broccoli
Spaghetti and meatballs

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Anonymous wrote:1) Any kind of slow cooked meat whether it's pulled pork, Mississippi pot roast, etc.
2) Creamy pasta dishes or Asian noodles
3) Salmon

Without ever realizing it before, this is my exact rotation. Throw in a roast chicken every now and then (sheet pan style with thighs or whole) and that's pretty much how we eat. I wish I had more veggies in our diet, so the sides with salmon and salads at lunch have to suffice.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly finding this thread kind of fascinating, mostly because there are some things listed that my household wouldn't touch.

It takes all kinds!

+1 Growing up I was crazy for my mom's lasagna. It was my birthday food choice every year. My kids will only eat it reluctantly.

I'm happy to see that for many other families it's their #1 too!

Why won't your kids touch lasagna? I'm assuming it's the dry texture of the ricotta cheese?

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My family loves chicken cutlets like I see many others do as well. But man, it’s one of my most hated things to make. It makes such a mess.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly finding this thread kind of fascinating, mostly because there are some things listed that my household wouldn't touch.

It takes all kinds!

+1 Growing up I was crazy for my mom's lasagna. It was my birthday food choice every year. My kids will only eat it reluctantly.

I'm happy to see that for many other families it's their #1 too!

Why won't your kids touch lasagna? I'm assuming it's the dry texture of the ricotta cheese?

DP! I make an excellent lasagna, but my kids won’t eat it either. One doesn’t like tomato sauce, one doesn’t like meat, neither would eat a “green” lasagna with pesto and veggie. Can’t win.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm looking for ideas, both quick and easy dinners and anything time-intensive but worth it. What does your family love to eat? What makes your kids say "yay" when they walk in the kitchen and see what's for dinner?

Makes my kids say "yay" with varying levels of effort:

Spaghetti Squash - highest level of effort but requires just time no real skill. This is essentially baked ziti with squash instead of pasta. Cook the squash earlier in the day, separate it and leave it in a colander to get most of the water out. Cook veggies (mushrooms, onions, peppers, etc.) and some Italian sausage, add in pasta sauce (homemade or jarred), stir in the squash and distribute everything well, then layer mozzarella slices on top and bake for 30 minutes or so. Very filling, pretty darned healthy, and my kids have liked it since infancy. One still won't eat pasta but loves this dish.

Enchiladas. Medium level of time but not really labor intensive. Technically I make "pastel Azteca" but I always call it Lazy White Lady Enchiladas. Great for using up leftover smoked pork shoulder. Everybody loves it, it makes lots of leftovers but they all get eaten.

Egg Roll in a Bowl. You can have this on the table in like 15 minutes as long as your meat is thawed. It's the only time we eat turkey outside of Thanksgiving. I like it to mix up the protein a bit, we always double the coleslaw mix and according to my husband the 'macros' are good. Everybody eats it.

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Anonymous wrote:My family loves chicken cutlets like I see many others do as well. But man, it’s one of my most hated things to make. It makes such a mess.

chicken cutlets like thin pieces of breaded and fried chicken?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vietnamese chicken lettuce wraps (similar to PF Chang's)
Chicken Parmesan
Steak and potatoes

Can you share the lettuce wrap recipe?

Similar to this - we usually use turkey in ours.
https://www.letthemeatgfcake.com/gluten-free-lettuce-wraps/