Dinner ideas

[heatherbee]

I'm totally in a rut and barely cooked last week. I don't want to keep picking up dinner and paying $20 a night so maybe we could share either meal plans or go to recipes for busy nights here? I would appreciate it! I could really use an easy chicken breast recipe of anyone has one. I absolutely hate touching raw chicken so the easier the better

[starfishy]

We like to do Chicken Fajitas with chicken breast. In the crockpot. Super easy.

Some of our other go-to's are steak with peppers and onions. Sometimes the store already has this prepared. Cesar salad with chicken or steak, pork chops with a veggie side, mummy hotdogs (an easy favorite of Tommy's), pasta- all different kinds, steak sandwiches, breakfast for dinner.

We aren't the most adventurous with dinners but we are getting better. My mom made a crockpot steak the other night. It's really easy and only 3 ingredients. You can have it on sandwiches or on a salad. Or just plain! It's flank steak, brown sugar and hot sauce.

[xanthepants]

We do eggroll in a bowl a lot, crockpot salsa chicken, Thai chicken (the store bought sauce) with steamed cauliflower and rice, or crockpot teriyaki chicken as quick go tos.

[mightybee]

I do roast chicken thighs with carrots, onions, potatoes, and prunes often. Easy and really good.

Any kind of chili/taco skillet is pretty quick and extras freeze well. Bonus is D loves this meal lately. Sometimes I stuff extras into a pepper for something different.

Another time saver is putting a roast in the crockpot overnight.

You could roast a big pan of veggies over the weekend and have them for meals for the week. Squash, potatoes, beets, carrots, cauliflower are favorites over here.

[bantyrooster]

I have lots of one pot meals. Do you have pinterest? If so find me. I have tried all of my food ones and they are all pretty good. For no touch chicken put chicken, salsa, taco mix in. Cook. Come home and shred for tacos. Mini french dips. BBQ nachos (remade BBQ pork). Here is the link to the one pot meals. Dump and wait.
www.cleanandscentsible.com/2014/05/one-pot-meals.html

[bliz1712]

I'm going to sound really midwestern, so forgive me, lol but these are our regular meals in rotation:

Goulash
homemade hamburger helper
chicken breasts with rice or potatoes
bbq pulled beef sandwiches
beef and potatoes & then I used the left over beef the next night for beef and noodles
Tator tot hot dish
Tacos/taco salads
Tortilla pizzas or mini pizzas (you could switch it up and do mini bagels or english muffins)
Eggs rice and bacon stir fry
Meatloaf & baked potatoes

Here are things that v cooks to give me a break:
pizza croissants
Egg in the holes

[nursedesi]

We do egg roll in a bowl weekly usually. My favorite is with chicken!

This week were having:
Tilapia with broccoli, carrots and rice.
Shrimp stir fry
Chicken wild rice soup
Chili

No certain order. Just whatever I feel like cooking for the day.

I've done the wild rice soup in the crockpot and I didn't like it as much as doing it on the stove for some reason

[sarahandeddie]

Dec 12, 2015 6:53:59 GMT -5 heatherbee said:

I'm totally in a rut and barely cooked last week. I don't want to keep picking up dinner and paying $20 a night so maybe we could share either meal plans or go to recipes for busy nights here? I would appreciate it! I could really use an easy chicken breast recipe of anyone has one. I absolutely hate touching raw chicken so the easier the better

I bake chicken and just season it with lowrys seasoning salt. Most of the time I don't even thaw it ahead of time. Just season each side and wrap in foil, bake for about an hour.

[origamimommy]

This week we're basically having all chicken because it's the only meat I can stomach, and I hate crock pot meals. So I found some that are quick and seem pretty easy, and this is what we're planning on this week:

Sweet and Spicy Chicken Fingers:
www.theendlessmeal.com/sweet-and-spicy-paleo-chicken-fingers/

Chili Lime chicken:
rasamalaysia.com/chili-lime-chicken/

Roasted Red Pepper Tortellini:
tastesbetterfromscratch.com/2015/07/roasted-red-pepper-tortellini-pasta.html

Honey Dijon Garlic Chicken:
rasamalaysia.com/honey-dijon-garlic-chicken/

I am hoping to feel good enough for beef at some point this week to also make these:
www.carlsbadcravings.com/slow-cooker-honey-buffalo-meatballs-recipe/

[jennmm]

When I'm feeling really lazy, I pour BBQ sauce over chicken and bake it. Not Food Network worthy but not too bad, especially with rice and veggies.

[somethingcleverer]

Made this tonight and it came together really quick

www.skinnytaste.com/2010/12/spinach-tortellini-en-brodo.html

[origamimommy]

Update: I made the sweet and spicy chicken fingers tonight. I skipped the potato starch step, but OMG they are so good!!! I highly recommend.

[mrsplaydoh]

I put chicken breasts in a 9x13 dish and pour a bag of frozen veggies over them then drizzle Italian dressing or Teriyaki sauce over the whole thing, bake for 40 minutes and make some rice. Easy and good!
When my husband does it he also will sprinkle either some shredded cheese over it or fried onions over it too.