I am trying to avoid eating out so much and I have problems with meals. Okay...I have never been accused of being a good cook. I have a few basics that it seems we eat often. I need to add variety but it needs to be simple. Mondays and Thursdays we don't get home until 9:00. Throw in Tuesdays every other week not getting home until 8:30 and you will begin to see my problem. I have always heard that you shouldn't eat so late, but we don't really have a choice. Coming home before these activities isn't an option as we live 15 miles in the other direction from ANYWHERE!
I have tried crock pot meals and most of them turn out pretty good. But some of them get overcooked because we leave at 7:00 in the am and by the time we get home, they have been cooking for 14 hours!(Yikes, am I really away from home that long in one day???) My son is at home most of these nights and can start the oven or the meat, but it needs to be extremely easy for him to grasp(typical teenager!)
Any ideas you guys can help me with would be great!
I Need Help Planning Meals
November 13th, 2008 at 08:48 pm
November 13th, 2008 at 09:02 pm 1226610150
November 13th, 2008 at 09:14 pm 1226610865
Canned Soup/Salad/Roll
Tacos (meat can be cooked ahead)/Enchilada's
Eggs/Pancakes/Waffles/Cereal
Spaghetti-cook mix with sauce...reheat
Sandwiches...turkey, grilled cheese, tuna.
Eggs are quick, so are sandwiches. Casseroles can be premade and reheated by individual servings in the microwave. Waffles and pancakes can be reheated.
I think the main thing is to have a plan, make things ahead of time...evening before or on the weekends. Plan to reheat things. Write it down so everyone knows the plan. This is all off the top of my head...hope it starts to help!
November 13th, 2008 at 10:14 pm 1226614489
Lorie
November 13th, 2008 at 10:16 pm 1226614567
Sorry I spelled the website wrong.
Recipezzar.com.
November 14th, 2008 at 12:00 am 1226620816
November 14th, 2008 at 03:41 am 1226634074
November 14th, 2008 at 04:28 am 1226636904
For example, on Sunday I threw a dinner together in about 15 min of prep time and 20 min total time (cooking time for the patties): Salmon Patties, improvised Pea Salad (frozen peas half-cooked in microwave then shocked in cold water, minced onion, cheese cubes, Texas ranch dressing), steamed baby carrots, green salad, and steamed rice.
We have a rice cooker that keeps rice warm so we almost always have cooked rice on hand ready to eat. I usually make 1-1/2 days worth at a time.
When my husband's cooking and HE has not planned, he'll often make fried rice (egg & veggie) ... yum!
November 14th, 2008 at 03:54 pm 1226678063
November 19th, 2008 at 12:46 am 1227055571
other freezer meals i have are: spinach and fetta pie, lasagna, fresh tomato pasta sauce, mexican bean stew.