What are some of your go-to meals during the week?

[wannabmama]

Jun 22, 2015 13:28:04 GMT -5 awkwardturtle said:

I'm going to try to cook mussels tonight in a white wine broth with some French bread. I have heard they are easy. We'll see.

I'm dying to try mussels but I'm a wimp with cooking seafood, I want to hear how they turn out!!

[rablissful]

We're having meatloaf tonight.

Specifically this one
www.pipandebby.com/pip-ebby/2014/2/22/best-ever-meatloaf.html

[wannabmama]

In the summer we grill...a lot. We usually steam some spinach or kale with it and have some pasta or potato (H cannot abide no carb, ha...I do sweet potatoes usually).

We also do a lot of chicken thighs, cheap flavorful and easy to use lots of ways.

In the winter MH loves meatloaf and jalapeño Mac n cheese, we make it way too much.

I'd eat tacos or burritos way more if it were up to me, MH likes them but not as frequent.

I love the crockpot but can't leave it on all day with no one home but the dogs...they have no manners and won't wait for us to get home to eat on the weekends I use it a lot tho!

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Jun 22, 2015 17:07:48 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

Jun 22, 2015 15:00:12 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

One of the meals that has the highest delicious:easy to make ratios that we have is Italian Beef sandwiches.

Put 3ish pounds of chuck roast in the crock pot
Rub 1 packet of (zesty) Italian salad dressing mix on that bad boy
Pour 1 can o' beer (whatever you want) all over that bitch
Heat on low for 8-9 hours

Getcha some hoagie buns and your favorite condiments (peppers, provolone cheese slices, etc.)
Makeya a sandwich.

You should write for Thug Kitchen.

We have the "Eat Like You Give a F*ck" cookbook. LOL. 

[emc]

We do a lot of fish with a veggie or chicken with a veggie. Tonight we are eating blackened salmon with broccoli and rolls. Sundays I throw something in the crockpot, usually roast.

I liked Pinch of Yum's lemony chicken with asparagus. It's super easy and quick.

[paloslee]

thanks for the tips ladies. i enjoy crockpot meals too. i make a turkey chili, it super easy. my go-to meal is anything with chicken.

[jags8]

I make an Alfredo that only takes like 10-15 minutes. I use this general recipe, but I don't measure anything:

m.allrecipes.com/recipe/19402/quick-and-easy-alfredo-sauce/

ETA: it's all dairy, no flour. Creamy! And you can make it less fatty by using reduced fat milk and reduced fat cream cheese.

[ohinvrtedworld]

Jun 22, 2015 16:59:40 GMT -5 wannabmama said:

Jun 22, 2015 13:28:04 GMT -5 awkwardturtle said:

I'm going to try to cook mussels tonight in a white wine broth with some French bread. I have heard they are easy. We'll see.

I'm dying to try mussels but I'm a wimp with cooking seafood, I want to hear how they turn out!!

You can do it!! They're pretty foolproof, you know that any open ones before cooking should be tossed, and any that don't open after cooking them should be tossed. Definitely give it a shot!

[rooskie]

♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ - I'm going to have to try that. I have so much beef in the freezer still from Bessie.

We do breakfast a lot. Tacos, enchiladas, quesadillas, a lot too.

I lurve my crockpot.

[mazzola23]

Stir fry, Giada's bolognese, sausage sandwiches, shake and bake oven fry pork chops.

I tutor so late during the school year that I always have to make dinner the night before.

[rooskie]

Jun 22, 2015 19:39:29 GMT -5 ugaqueencity said:

Jun 22, 2015 18:32:32 GMT -5 rooskie said:

♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ - I'm going to have to try that. I have so much beef in the freezer still from Bessie.

We do breakfast a lot. Tacos, enchiladas, quesadillas, a lot too.

I lurve my crockpot.

Did yall buy a cow?? My husband wants to do that. I'm sure we would only get half at the most, but we have a deep freezer now and I think he wants to fill it up as fast as possible

We bought a quarter cow.  Sadly we go through ground beef like crazy, so now we have a deep freeze with a ton of steak and roasts....totally a problem I'm ok with having.

[rooskie]

Jun 22, 2015 19:53:47 GMT -5 ugaqueencity said:

Jun 22, 2015 19:50:51 GMT -5 rooskie said:

We bought a quarter cow.  Sadly we go through ground beef like crazy, so now we have a deep freeze with a ton of steak and roasts....totally a problem I'm ok with having.

If it looks like he's serious about this I might be PMing you some questions

Warning - talking about meat - Aren't there vegetarians here?

Sounds good - For what its worth I think we spent $4.90/# on the whole cow and got around 130# I think?  It was 60# ground beef, 70# steak/roast.  They said it was one of the biggest ones they had ever butchered.  The biggest part was knowing the farmer.  My cousins' family raises beef so it helped.

The taste is so much better.

[onesweetworld]

Jun 22, 2015 13:32:08 GMT -5 TheEleventhHour said:

I really need to invest in a nicer crock pot! I always find amazing slow cooker recipes but they never turn out well because my crock pot is old and gets way too hot (even on low) and way over cooks the food.

Burrito bowls (rice, beans, bell peppers, salsa, avocado)
Pasta with marinara and mozz
Chicken or tofu cooked in jarred Indian simmer sauce (Patak's is great) and served over rice
Pizza! (I make dough in advance and freeze it then put it into the fridge to thaw out the night before I want to use it, Sally's Baking Addiction recipe is my favorite)

Sally's Baking Addiction is my jam.


Can you be my BFF?

[awkwardturtle]

Jun 22, 2015 16:59:40 GMT -5 wannabmama said:

Jun 22, 2015 13:28:04 GMT -5 awkwardturtle said:

I'm going to try to cook mussels tonight in a white wine broth with some French bread. I have heard they are easy. We'll see.

I'm dying to try mussels but I'm a wimp with cooking seafood, I want to hear how they turn out!!

Turned out really well! They were so easy.

I did a combination of these two recipes:

www.lecreuset.co.uk/Mussels-in-a-creamy-sauce.aspx#.VWB0njC9KK1

www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/11/the-best-moules-mariniere-sailor-style-mussels-recipe.html

Soak them for about 20 minutes and rinse them first!

[twocents6708]

Some of our "go to" meals include chicken and steak fajitas (last nights meal), pot roast and potatoes in the crockpot, homemade pizza, stuffed peppers, chicken and quinoa casserole, and grilled salmon and squash. Really over the summer, we do a ton of grilling in general.

My new favorite recipe I have come across is stuffed, baked zucchini which is AMAZING!

[youdontsay]

If anyone has a pressure cooker, I made this last night and it was SO GOOD. I used sirloin tips instead of flank steak and trimmed the fat off: www.pressurecookingtoday.com/pressure-cooker-mongolian-beef/

I'm sure you can adapt this for the crock pot or just regular stove top, use the same ingredients and instructions and throw it in the crock pot!

[mustloveerica]

I own multiple crockpots. They are life changing kitchen appliances. Tonight I have coke BBQ ribs slow cooking in the crockpot.

Once a month a make up a bunch of freezer meals for the slow cooker. I cut, measure and combine all ingredients into ziplock backs and freeze them. Then all I have to do is put one bag of frozen ingredients in the crockpot and go. It's perfect for us because we are so busy but we still get to eat nice healthy meals even if we're short on time.

[shemarie82]

Jun 22, 2015 19:39:29 GMT -5 ugaqueencity said:

Jun 22, 2015 18:32:32 GMT -5 rooskie said:

♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ - I'm going to have to try that. I have so much beef in the freezer still from Bessie.

We do breakfast a lot. Tacos, enchiladas, quesadillas, a lot too.

I lurve my crockpot.

Did yall buy a cow?? My husband wants to do that. I'm sure we would only get half at the most, but we have a deep freezer now and I think he wants to fill it up as fast as possible

We buy a half and it is so nice! The quality is so much better than store bought. Luckily, we are able to store it at my MIL's, so we don't need a big freezer.

[youdontsay]

Jun 23, 2015 6:31:51 GMT -5 mustloveerica said:

I own multiple crockpots. They are life changing kitchen appliances. Tonight I have coke BBQ ribs slow cooking in the crockpot.

Once a month a make up a bunch of freezer meals for the slow cooker. I cut, measure and combine all ingredients into ziplock backs and freeze them. Then all I have to do is put one bag of frozen ingredients in the crockpot and go. It's perfect for us because we are so busy but we still get to eat nice healthy meals even if we're short on time.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who owns multiple crock pots. I have 5, MH thinks I'm crazy to have that many!

[rooskie]

Jun 23, 2015 6:20:01 GMT -5 youdontsay said:

If anyone has a pressure cooker, I made this last night and it was SO GOOD. I used sirloin tips instead of flank steak and trimmed the fat off: www.pressurecookingtoday.com/pressure-cooker-mongolian-beef/

I'm sure you can adapt this for the crock pot or just regular stove top, use the same ingredients and instructions and throw it in the crock pot!

I will have to try this. We got a pressure cooker as a shower gift 3 years ago and I have never used it. MIL lives by hers but I haven't gotten to help her use it to learn how.