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Texannie
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07-16-2001

Friday, April 23, 2004 - 5:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
What do ya'll normally eat? We grill alot. Not too many casseroles, but tonite we did have Poor Man's stroganoff. But usually a meat, with veggies and a salad.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Friday, April 23, 2004 - 6:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, I am very organized. Every Sunday, I cook all the weeks dinners and freeze them. Our menu this week included crab cakes, chicken carbonara, chicken cacciatorie, pasta with a bolognese sauce, and veal parmigana.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Friday, April 23, 2004 - 6:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
monday night is "fend for yourself night" which means = whatever leftovers or frozen or soup or spaghetti is yours. and fix it yourself.

tuesday is mexican night

wednesday is usually chicken

thursday is a hamburger night (something easy since it's a big tv night)

friday is pizza/chicken/burgers (i do NOT cook on fridays)

saturday is usually steaks or grilled food.

sunday is sunday dinner. usually big (pork roast, chuck roast, something that takes awhile, since i'm usually home all day on sundays)


Tishala
Member

08-01-2000

Friday, April 23, 2004 - 6:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Maris, you're a regular Martha, planning ahead like that. I buy those salads in a bag and add some grilled chicken/fish or tuna salad to them and call it a day. Or I order out. I guess it's one of the pleasures of single life...but I do make elaborate dinners for friends every couple weeks. I don't want all that All Clad to go to waste.

Hippyt
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09-10-2001

Friday, April 23, 2004 - 6:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lol,this is a complicated question to me.I'm the only vegetarian in the family,so sometimes I cook two totally seperate dinners.
Luckily,since I am a veghead,my young kids love veggies and salads. They even eat salads for snacks.
We do a lot of grilling too,I'd rather cook out than heat the kitchen up this time of year.
We do hamburgers,steaks,chicken. The kids love Hamburger Helper,which is easy to do for them.
Usually,an Italian and Mexican night in there.
Course,Survivor night is throw together whatever night,or pizza.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Friday, April 23, 2004 - 6:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I don't have a set plan for dinners. I love to try new recipes so I do a lot of that. On Friday though, it's fend for yourself night. My kids are in and out and so it's either leftovers or some kind of microwave thing. Saturday and Sunday, now that the weather is nice, we usually grill something. But I really don't have a set thing for everyday.

Melfie1222
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07-29-2002

Friday, April 23, 2004 - 8:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I don't mind this part of single life either! Those salads in a bag are the best, whether I am making some baked chicken or ordering a pizza, those salads are often part of dinner. Some sort of pasta at least three times a week, always something simple and basic. Once a month or so I'll make a big pot of soup or chili, most of it goes in the freezer in those 1 or 2 serving size disposable Gladware things. I might do some "real" cooking on a Saturday or Sunday, meatloaf and mashed potatoes, or some sort of casserole or enchiladas. I like simple comfort-type food, and I love leftovers.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Friday, April 23, 2004 - 9:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I eat whatever Bigdog puts in the food bowl.

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 7:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Monday though Friday I cook "full meals", trying to vary meats, veggies and salad. Saturday and Sunday however is "fend for yourself!" That's when leftovers get used up (otherwise I make a leftover night during the week) or 2 desperate men let McCain's stock rise or actually cook from scratch (rarer). Now, I almost made them faint when I cooked one day on the weekend a couple of times these past few weeks. Must be the new kitchen, because it is totally out of character for me.LOL

Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 11:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have to admit...I am spoiled. I like to cook ..but he LOVES to cook, so consequently I, like Juju, eat whatever's put in front of me but I always know it's going to be delicious, as he's a fantastic cook? chef?

Hootyhoot
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12-18-2001

Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 12:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I eat Lean Cuisine/Healthy Choice entrees if I'm eating at home ... and fried clams, french fries and onion rings if I'm eating out! My diet involves not having dessert. And sometimes I just can't stick to my diet!

Kstme
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08-14-2000

Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 1:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I 'usually' cook three big meals a week. The second day of each meal is a re-heat or variation of the big meal. I don't cook on Friday's. Some weeks we end up with a fend for yourself week. If the DH is working extra in the evening, I do appetizers for myself and Maesin. (Maesin doesn't cook or bake)

I'd rather just eat a big lunch and forget dinner!

Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 1:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm like you, Kstme.

We eat as the Europeans do...or did, when I was a kid.

Dinner is the big meal of the day but eaten early, between 1-3 say. Gives you more time to work off the calories.

And a smaller meal later on, if necessary.

I'm home in the afternoon, which is fortunate for me...so I can eat like this.



Texannie
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07-16-2001

Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 2:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Do you have kids at home Rupert?

Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 2:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
No, Annie.

They are grown & out on their own.

I was a *cough,cough* child bride ;)


Maris
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03-28-2002

Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 3:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
lol tish, but I forgot to also mention, that survivor night...its Pizza, chinese or indian food. We always do take out on thursday.

Sillycalimomma
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11-13-2003

Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 10:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh I have been so awful with dinners ever since I started working again! Honestly, it is a miracle if I remember to feed anyone before bedtime! I wised up this week though and started making easy things like casserole (which reminds me anyone who happens to have some great casserole recipes please please send me a pm or put it in my folder!!) We have had a lot of pizza and "food to you" I think the only thing I actually made this week was one of those skillet sensation things that takes all of 10 minutes!Lol

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, April 24, 2004 - 11:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Mondays and Thursdays are horrible days to cook! When the kids are in school, I volunteer in their classes in the afternoon, then we get out of school, run home for them to change clothes, and run out again to baseball practice. So on those days, its usually something quick and easy...tacos, spaghetti, salads, or sandwiches. Friday is almost always take out night. Sundays are the big family dinner night, lol. Roasts or steaks, it's usually Mow's night to cook and he's much better at the more complicated meals than I am.

Since we're getting hit now with summer, we'll be switching to alot of salads, sandwiches, and bbq. This is about the time it gets too hot to turn the oven on.

Secretsmile
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08-19-2002

Monday, April 26, 2004 - 8:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Meal planning at my house takes a chart, calendar and event planner LOL!

My husband is a firefighter, they eat large meals at noon, so the two days a week he's on day shift we have a light meat and salad supper.

On the days he works night shift he goes in before 6 so those nights I have larger meals, usually within a limited amount of time.

Always we sit down with the only child (he is 18 and a SR in high school) we have left at home for our meal, just as we insisted this happen when all 3 kids were home. He is rarely given permission to miss family dinner regardless of what activities are going on.

Since my husband's schedule is on a rotating basis, weekend's are not treated differently.

Once a week each family member chooses a meal, that has helped me with making menus plus I found early on that if a child knew they were going to have their favorite on a regular basis, they were less apt to complain if their siblings' favorite was something they didn't like. These meals that the kids choose vary between pasta, hot sandwiches, and full meat and potato dinners.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Monday, April 26, 2004 - 5:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
We plan each week's meals out...usually on Frid. night or Sat. so we can get the groceries on the weekend. I come from a long line of cookers, but with a full-time job, DS who has activities 3 nights a week and piles of papers to do at home, I like the quicker meals.

Each week we almost always grill some kind of fish, have at least one pasta meal (tonight it was spicy shrimp w/ spinach), a veggie meal (fried rice or veggies w/ pasta), and in the winters, we always have at least one soup night a week. We avoid red meats most of the time (DH has slightly high cholesterol so we can control it w/ diet), and chicken shows up frequently. About once a month or so, we'll do a "veggie" week and avoid meat altogether.

I get two magazines "Quick Cooking" and "Light and Tasty" that are FABULOUS! W/ each issue, I rip out the pages that have recipes we'd like, then pop those pages in a plasic protector sheet and keep them in a 3 ring binder. We get the binder out when planning our meals, so we get variety w/ little trouble