"Go To" Dinners

Actually, I will eat lettuce on occasion but the meat sounds like it would go much better with cabbage. I like Ceasar salads (with romaine lettuce of course) but a lot of times I prefer other salads with fresh spinach. Has more flavor and is better for you.

Every time I post on one of these kind of threads I forget something. Cheese quesidilla. Cooking as we speak.

Omelette, salad. Potatoes if I have some left over, good bread otherwise.

Or pasta. Maybe with tomato sauce if there is some in the freezer, as there usually is. Or puttanesca, or carbonara. Salad.

Edited by: VinnyD

Steak dinner is very easy/quick to prepare and makes for happy family. Thaw steak in microwave, then cook 7 minutes per side under gas-oven's broiler. While steak is thawing, wash and slice 8 oz of mushrooms. And wash and prep 2 baking potatoes or sweet potatoes. While steak is broiling, cook mushrooms in skillet with butter and garlic. Use microwave to make "baked" potatoes. Also steam frozen green beans in microwave & top with slivered almonds and sometimes a bit of finely grated orange or lemon rind.

My other go-to meals could generally be called "chicken something". I always have a package of 3 - 4 skinless boneless chicken breasts in the freezer. I open the Dinner a Day cookbook, look through the current week's recipe for a chicken meal (or week before/after, if needed), and make that with one of the suggested sides. Last week the meal was chicken with sauteed onions and garlic in a mustard-broth-wine combo. Finished by stirring in fat-free sour cream (recipe called for plain yogurt but I was out of that) to create a sauce. Suggested with rice, but instead I served with cubed potatoes cooked in broth and also a side of sauteed mushrooms.

I live alone, so when I cook I almost always have leftovers. I freeze them, then take them out when I have a taste for a particular dish. Right now I have lamb chops in the refrigerator, and in the freezer I have one or more servings of the following: spaghetti with meatballs; salmon salad with new potatoes; Polish sausage and sauerkraut; chicken drumsticks. As side dishes, lentil salad with onion and bell pepper; pickled beets with onion; carrots; broccoli.

Oh, as I was mentally going through the contents there, I remembered that I do, in fact, have a "go to" meal in the freezer: White Castle cheeseburgers. When I don't feel like defrosting one of the other meals mentioned (any of which take six to eight minutes to defrost), I can put a couple of sliders in the microwave and have dinner in one minute flat.

Quesadilla as mentioned or noodles w/fried eggs.

It's only just gone 8am here (UK) and already - after reading all your tasty posts, I'm looking fwd to peeling a bitta scrag off - and munching with coleslaw and salad.
Incidentally, who likes coleslaw? I do, but it 'Has' to be made with salad cream and 'Not' mayo. Hate the stuff.

Rice paper, rice noodles, a bit of meat and some herbs from the garden. Quick and easy vietnamese rice paper rolls. Even easier when you have people around and serve it do it yourself like burritos or tacos.

Tummy's rumbling

:-)

Slice garlic, julienne onions, slice tomatos, add salt, crushed spices (your choice) I rotate my spice mix from caribbean, indian, thai, puerto rican adobe etc. add olive oil and zap in micro wave for 3-4 minutes.

On a buttered toast, or pita bread, or medium taco spread the mix with sprinkling of either Olive oil or mustard oil (if you want pungent nd sharp flavor) - The sandwich is ready.