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Melfie1222

Friday, November 15, 2002 - 05:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Chili with noodles (I like rotini but any kind works), cheese and onions.

Quesadillas - Flour tortillas, shredded cheese and whatever you want inside (black beans, sliced olives, chopped green chiles, chicken, sauteed sliced bell peppers, etc.), cook in a skillet or in the oven. Salsa, sour cream and chopped avocados on the side.

Bagel pizzas - bagels, pizza sauce, cheese, pineapple bits, Mrs. Dash italian seasoning. Bobolis are good too.

Mac n cheese - microwave a box of frozen chopped broccoli and mix in with the mac n cheese.

Car54

Friday, November 15, 2002 - 05:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My favorite easy easy meal is:

Rice/Frozen Veggies/Cheddar cheese

Make a package of Rice A Roni...easy..takes like 10 minute (I like the chicken flavor)follow directions on box to cook.

Put in the bottom of deep bowl or casserole

Put a package of your fave frozen veggies..I mix broccoli and cauliflower but any kind are good.

Grate some cheddar cheese on top. Sprinkle a little paprika on it for color.

Microwave about 8 minutes (enough to cook the veggies) The cheese melts down through the veggies and into the rice.

This is great, easy and cheap.

Whit4you

Friday, November 15, 2002 - 06:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Dra - he wouldn't have alot of patience for prepping the food (you know not like me - I used to spend hours cooking lol) but as far as waiting for a meal to be done he'd be fine with that.

I have an idea - not sure if I can do it till I am done working 40+ hours a week but here's my idea... I still don't know why I never got into crockpots - I had one sitting here for years and just never 'got around to it'... I think if he gets into it he'd probably use it a TON... so here's my idea

I can, when I have the time - look for crock pot recipes that the ingredients could be prepared ahead of time and frozen... right? Then I could make some of those and freeze them and send them with him to Montana - see? He'd have say 10 read to throw in the crock pot meals in zip lock baggies... along with the recipes for making them himself next time. I bet if I did this he'd get into it? Worth a shot hmmm? I personally do not eat healthy AT ALL - and maybe ...just maybe in doing this I might get myself hooked on a crock pot too? LOL.


Anyhow - I don't have time to do that now - a project I can take on in the spring when I'm working part time.

For now I'm still looking for basic ideas like the ones I listed. It really took me forever back then when I was 16 to come up with that list - not taking as long to recomplie it here cause well I'm alot older and more experienced lol. But it is helping your ideas - keep my mental juices flowing here.

He'll be here for thanksgiving - I want to have this list done by then. I don't have a printer (er I have 3 printers..but not a set up working one LOL) so I will have to hand write this when we are done.

I will make a spiffy copy for those here who might think of someone who could use it though - :)

By the way - as far as breakfast for dinner you'll see that on my list alot... cause well we didn't eat a 'real breakfast' and liked breakfast foods. SO at least once a week we'd have one of the dozen listed breakfast meals on my list. I especially like omlets and they are pretty nutrious.

Fruitbat

Friday, November 15, 2002 - 06:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tyson frozen Hot and Spicy Wings..to go side salad Chilis..finnish can of Pringles.

D'Gorios Pizza with peporoni..side salad D'Angelos..4 dill pickles.

Hungry Man Mac and Cheese, hunk of iceberg with Ranch dressing.

Taco Bell take out.

Hot dogs...chips..two Snickers...toast and jam.

Mac Donalds..pint Chunky Monkey..package of Twisters.

Grilled Cheese and Campbells Tomato Soup..3T peanut butter at counter on spoon.

Chip and Salsa.......Dominos Pizza at 10pm

Peanuts...beer...string cheese...baby carrots (to please mother)..gourmet olives and 3 wrapped processed cheese slices.

Car54

Friday, November 15, 2002 - 06:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Aw Whit, you are such a Mom! :)... this is the nicest idea I have heard in a long time.

Now don't be like my Mom....for like 10 years after I left home, she would MAIL me toilet paper if she got a good price!

Draheid

Friday, November 15, 2002 - 06:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whit: I can't tell you how convenient the 'pop-n-fresh' pizza dough is. They are fairly cheap ($1.50ea), fairly quick (14 minutes cooking time), and VERY tasty. Plus they allow you to put whatever you like on a pizza. Depending on your mood and tastes at the moment.

When we go shopping, we usually pick up at least a 1/2 dozen of these and a 2lb bag of Mozarella (or pizza mixed) shredded cheese and a jar of pizza sauce (if you don't make it yourself!). Then, when we can't decide what to eat, it's actually faster than ordering pizza delivered and a whole lot cheaper too!

Did I mention this makes great cheese sticks to go with just about any pasta dish? :)

Note: I am in no way affiliated with any manufacturer of these products, I just love 'em!

Edit to add: You could even 'brew' up some pizza sauce yourself and package it 'per pizza' in a snack-size ziplock baggie and freeze it too!

Whit4you

Friday, November 15, 2002 - 07:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Here are some more - I'm still really stuck on the side dish part - just sort of winging it here lol. It was the hardest part of the menu I made 22 years ago too :)

Salsbury steaks
Rice-a-roni
green beans
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Steak
Sueteed Onions
New potatoes

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Stir fried Shrimp
???

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Corn beef - potatoes
(help me on this?) I love corn beef but um tired after 10 hour day and can't even remember how to cook it - I know it has potatoes.. I hate cabbage so it didn't have cabbage)

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Baked Ham
Macaroni Salad

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Beef Terriyaki *
Salad

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Whit4you

Friday, November 15, 2002 - 07:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Dra - I've never tried pop-n-fresh pizza dough but it's a great idea I'll definately add it to the list - if he likes it - he will be making alot of pizza - when he was with his GF they ate pizza 3 nights a week lol, but this would be better about 500 bucks a month cheaper LOL.

Hippyt

Friday, November 15, 2002 - 07:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whit,about the crock pots,they come with a recipe book inside. My husband throws chicken parts in with a bottle of bbq sauce,puts it on low all day. Dinner!
Enchiladas are super easy,tortillas,meat cheese,and a can of enchilada sauce, throw it in the oven til the cheese melts.Team it up with beans and chips,salsa,quick and good.
Mmm,Fruit,I love a hunk of iceburg with blue cheese vinagrette!

Whit4you

Friday, November 15, 2002 - 07:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Does someone here know how to make columns? I was thinking it'd be handy to see what we have so far if we could put the ones so far into one list in 2 or 3 columns?

Draheid

Friday, November 15, 2002 - 07:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whit: Make your list, seperating each column with a comma. On the first line, place the tag \table{ and close the table with the closing }. Use as many commas as you want columns.

Whit4you

Friday, November 15, 2002 - 07:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Test Test2 Test3


Ok how do I put the multiple lines in each column?

I mean it should be like this

Test Test2 Test3
yada yada2 yada3
yada yada2 yada3

ug maybe this wasn't a good idea seems time consuming

Zachsmom

Friday, November 15, 2002 - 07:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whit..put it in an excel spreadsheet, copy and paste over between the \ table{}

Draheid

Friday, November 15, 2002 - 07:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whit:
\center{\table{Test,Test,Test
Test2,Test2,Test2}


Looks like this:
TestTestTest
Test2Test2Test2

Whit4you

Friday, November 15, 2002 - 07:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL ok never mind - lets just stick with thinking of quick meal ideas - if we have dupes we have dupes. Easier then trying to figure out which 'side dish' will end up under which item and what do do with the blank ones (some have 2 some have three etc see? way to much work lol!)

If I had dreamweaver installed I could just paste these all to a site we could quick reference but anyhow lets just not worry about duplicates and if you think of something list it - if it's already listed no biggy :)

Tonight if I have time I'll make one list post of all the ideas so far and we can reference that one.

Whit4you

Friday, November 15, 2002 - 07:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Breakfast Burritos

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Honey Glazed Ham
Scalloped Potatoes

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BBQd Baked Beans
Pinapple chunks
White Rice

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Taco Salad

Draheid

Friday, November 15, 2002 - 07:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Breakfast Tacos! Fry up some hashbrowns, pour in some eggs and scramble til done. Toss onto a tortilla with some cheese and salsa! Yummy!

Twinkie

Friday, November 15, 2002 - 09:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whit, one of my favorite side dishes is yellow rice with frozen sweet peas cooked in it.
Another side I like is canned yams.

Willsfan

Friday, November 15, 2002 - 09:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Grilled Italian sausage served with Black beans and seasoned Rice. (bell pepper and onion browned in olive oil & stirred into already cooked white rice.)

I could eat this once a week. Sometimes I substitute Hot Links - it tastes good that way too.

Bookworm

Saturday, November 16, 2002 - 07:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Don't forget the fruit.

Of course there is the old standby--fruit by the can. But you can do some easy things with fruit too.

Easy crisp topping for apple crisp, cherry crisp etc.--- box of white cake mix and stick of melted butter, mix it together and top a can of pie filling, bake 30 min at 350.

Easy fruit salad--- can of pie filling (I use cherry, but could try others), chopped bananas (could also do apples, pears, etc), canned fruit (drained) such as mandarin oranges, pineapple, whatever. Just have to mix these together and eat cold.

Crushed pineapple with mandarin oranges and bananas is good and easy too.

Don't forget jello with fruit. Prepare the night before and throw it in the fridge.

I have an easy apple dip recipe that my hubby loves (and can make himself). I will find it and post later.

Bookworm

Saturday, November 16, 2002 - 07:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I like to stir meat (tuna, browned hamburger, even chopped hotdogs, etc) into my mac and cheese sometimes.

Draheid

Saturday, November 16, 2002 - 10:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Buy the family pack of good quality ground beef and brown it without any seasonings, etc. Drain and let cool then portion it out into ziplock freezer bags and freeze it. This can save time when making other meals calling for browned ground beef.

Wargod

Saturday, November 16, 2002 - 11:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Dang, Dra, I never thought about cooking it before freezing it, LOL. We always buy the 10 pound chubs of ground beef and split it up. You can do so much with ground beef that it never stays in the freezer for long and its so easy to use that when you don't have alot of time or don't feel like cooking much you just pull out some and cook something simple.

Sabbatia

Saturday, November 16, 2002 - 11:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ya'll won't believe this, but I broke the can opener last weekend and haven't bought a new one yet. I have actually gone a whole week without opening a can except to punch open a can of tomato sauce with a church key.

Drah, as for the ground meat idea, it's a good one except the hubby wouldn't touch it....he won't eat cooked meat that's been frozen. Of course, he won't touch microwaved meat.....IF he knows it's been microwaved. A Sabby suggestion. I get a big pack of hbgr meat, and when I'm separating it into smaller packs cause there is only the two of us, I make a meat loaf and freeze it uncooked. That way, when I don't feel like cooking, the hubby can. BTW, since you've gathered he's picky, I have been known to give him a spoon of peanutbutter and a glass of milk for supper when he complained.

Wargod

Saturday, November 16, 2002 - 12:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Sab. I made homemade biquits a week ago. Hubby complained they were flat. And kept complaining and teasing. He hasn't had bisquits, toast, or rolls since then, hehe.

Curiouscat

Sunday, November 17, 2002 - 04:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
With the frozen pizza dough, after making a small pizza-sized dough disk, I spread canned spaghetti sauce all over it and then add a few pizza items on one side only, fold the near-naked half over and pinch edges together to bake up an easy panzerotti (warm up extra spaghetti sauce for dipping.)

If you have a couple cups of cooked plain spaghetti or rice, beat 4-6 eggs, add spaghetti or rice, a cup each shredded cheese, canned or frozen veggie, salt and pepper, then put it in an oiled frying pan to cook up on stove and finish it under the broiler to make a frittata (it's like an easy quiche.)

Frozen perogies are inexpensive, filling and easy to fry up as a side dish - don't forget the sour cream :)

A simple spinach dip with a package each of chopped frozen spinach, dry vegetable soup mix and a tub of sour cream with crusty bread/buns cubed up and chopped raw veggies for dipping is nutritious.

Halfunit

Sunday, November 17, 2002 - 07:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Mmmmm.. perogies!! I love them and you can boil them, nuke them, deep fry them!

Speaking of deep frying, Whit, make sure your son has a Fry Daddy fryer or something like that. While it may not be super nutritious, it can help speed up cooking. French fries, egg rolls, pizza rolls, onion rings, and you can roll some flour over fresh fish fillets and fry 'em up.

I saw a reference above to sausage sandwiches, and my hubby makes a great one.

Italian sausage, cooked in large frying pan.
Red, green, yellow peppers (sliced/chopped)
Onions (sliced/chopped)
Italian salad dressing
S&P to taste
Cover and heat until veggies soften up
Pile it all in a hoagie bun

We love one dish meals that can be eaten on paper plates!

Lumbele

Sunday, November 17, 2002 - 09:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
After catching up on this thread I will never again have a guilty conscience for taking shortcuts in the kitchen.lol

Whit, I hope your son is keeping in good shape with this diet. Having said that, let me also contribute to his clogged arteries:

leftover macaroni (or any short pasta)
leftover ham, cubed
grated cheese
2-3 eggs beaten with a little milk and salt
Butter ovenproof dish, layer pasta, ham, cheese, pour egg mix over top, sprinkle with more cheese and bake at 350F for appr. 30 mins until eggs have set and top cheese layer is golden and a little crusty. Serve with *green* salad.

Goddessatlaw

Sunday, November 17, 2002 - 02:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whit: for the crockpot:

Pork Chops:

Get 4, 6 or 8 porkchops of any thickness
1 can of Campbells Cream of Mushroom Soup

Layer the porkchops and cream of mushroom soup in the bottom of the crockpot

Cut as many potatoes as you like into cubes or quarters and layer on top.

Cook for 4 or 8 hours, per your preference. The soup and pork chop drippings make gravy to pour over the potatoes. Tastes awesome!!


Crockpot chicken:

Get a packet of chicken thighs, breasts, whatever you want;
One can of Campbells Cream of Chicken Soup

Layer the chicken and chicken soup in the crockpot, cook for 4 or 8 hours, whatever your preference.

The chicken drippings and soup make awesome gravy to pour over mashed potatoes (you can also dice potatoes in the crockpot if you'd like, per the above pork chops recipe).

Hope this helps!!

Whit4you

Sunday, November 24, 2002 - 03:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well I have to get busy in the next few days getting this written up for him, he'll be here on TDay (I think)

Thank you all for your help - and if you have any more ideas before Tuesday please post them! :)

I'll post a final copy on here for those who'd like one :)