what meals do you make? looking for new ideas.

[nic18]

stalking this !

 

[Eleanor ace]

I meal plan and shop for 2 weeks too. At the moment my meals are:
Honey chicken with egg fried rice
Chicken, leek and tarragon pie
Ceaser salad (with the left over chicken from the pie)
Butternut squash and bacon risotto
Pasta alla Medici (pasta with cream, peas, and ham, plus I put toasted pine nuts in because I love them lol)
Cauliflower and chickpea curry (with naan and pilau rice, neither of which I made myself )
Fish cakes with buttery rice
Spicy sausage casserole
Lasagne (which we'll have twice)
And I can't remember what else

 

[kmbabycrazy]

Stir fry
Spag bol/cottage pie (never both in the same week)
Sweet and spicy chicken
Corned beef hash
Fritatta
Salmon with philly chives and black pepper
Tuna Pasta bake
Sausage casserole/sausage and mash
Fish and chips (store bought fish and homemade chips)
Homemade burgers
Roast chicken dinner

A really cheap meal from mine is the sweet and spicy chicken. It's just diced chicken breast (as much as you need), 1 cup of ketchup, 1 cup of water, tsp of cayenne pepper, 1/2 tsp salt, 2 tbsp of brown sugar and 2 tbsp of apple cider vinegar. Throw it all in the slow cooker on low for 4 hours. I have done it in a wok as well but you don't really get the sauce you do if you cook it in the slow cooker. It's really versatile too because you can serve it with whatever you fancy like pasta, chips, rice. I usually serve it with rice and steamed veg x

 

[TTCabundle]

This thread makes me soo hungry haha!

 

[mellyboo]

These are some of my recipes:

Taco Pie

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Ingredient List
• 1 (8 ounce) package refrigerated crescent rolls
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 (1 ounce) package taco seasoning mix
• 1 (16 ounce) container sour cream
• 8 ounces shredded Mexican-style cheese blend

Directions
• Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
• Place crescent dough singles in a muffin pan and bake according to package directions.
• Brown the ground beef in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the taco seasoning and stir together well.
• When dough is finished, take out from the oven and place meat on top, followed by a layer of sour cream and cheese, and then top off with the crushed nacho chips.
• Place back into oven and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 10 minutes, or until cheese has melted.

Nutrition
Calories: 687kcal
Carbohydrates: 50.6g
Cholesterol: 100mg
Fat: 43.4g
Fiber: 3.6g
Protein: 24.4g
Sodium: 863 mg

Homemade Spaghetti Meat Sauce

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Ingredient List
• 12 ounces spaghetti
• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon white sugar
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
• 2 tablespoons dried minced onion
• 2 1/2 cups chopped tomatoes
• 1 1/3 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
• 1 (4.5 ounce) can sliced mushrooms

Directions
• Cook beef over medium heat. Drain off fat.
• In a large pot, combine beef, salt, sugar, oregano, pepper, garlic powder, onion flakes, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, and mushrooms.
• Simmer at a low heat setting for 2 hours, make sure to stir occasionally.
• Cook pasta according to package directions. (I prefer angel hair.) Drain.
• Serve sauce over spaghetti.

Nutrition
Calories: 557 kcal
Cholesterol: 68mg
Fiber: 6g
Sodium: 1002mg
Carbohydrates: 65.7g
Fat: 20.3g
Protein: 28.2g

Baked Lemon Butter Salmon

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Ingredient List
• 1 lemon
• 4 salmon fillets/1lb of salmon
• Butter or margarine
• Salt & pepper

Directions
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Cut salmon filet width wise into about 1-1½ inch pieces.
• Spread a thin layer of butter/margarine over each salmon steak.
• Cut lemon into pieces and place 1 slice on each steak.
• Squeeze juice out of the remaining lemon over each steak.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes.

Nutrition
Calories: 408kcal
Cholesterol: 146.2mg
Fiber: 0.4g
Sodium: 238.7mg
Carbohydrates: 1.3g
Fat: 14.0g
Protein: 65.3g

Mashed Potato Chicken Bowl

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Ingredient List
• 1 can of corn.
• 1 packet of country gravy.
• 1 bag of popcorn chicken.
• 2 pounds baking potatoes.
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 bag of shredded cheese.
• 1 cup milk.
• Salt & pepper.

Directions
• Wash, peel, and cut potatoes.
• Mashed-Potato-Bowl-2
• Boil a large pot of water. Add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, appx 10-15 minutes.
• Mash potatoes using a potato masher or electric beater, slowly blend milk and butter into potatoes until desired texture.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Prepare gravy, corn, and popcorn chicken as per instructions.
• In a small bowl, add mashed potatoes, corn, chicken, and gravy. Cheese is part of the original but I’m lactose intolerant.

Nutrition
Calories: 552kcal
Cholesterol: 55mg
Fiber: 7.7g
Sodium: 836mg
Carbohydrates: 75.7g
Fat: 18.2g
Protein: 19.6g

This remind me of the kfc chicken bowl only difference kfc has cheedar cheese on it ... I think im actually going to make a home made version some day i dont no why i didnt think of this ..

We make
Sweet and sour meat balls
Pineapple meat balls
Meat loaf
Shake and Bake chicken
Chicken wrap
Steap wraps
Salads
Hamburgers
Chicken burgers
Spaghetti
Macaroni, ground beef, onions, green peppers and tomatoe sauce baked with cheese on top.
Roast beef
Pork roast
Chilli
Taco's
Fajitas
Home made pizza
Pork chops
some times very rare we have ribs not a huge fan of them though
Ham
Lasenga

for sides its either, rice, mashed, baked, salad, potato salad, macaroni salad, noodles, scallop potato... something in those lines.

 

[x__amour]

This remind me of the kfc chicken bowl only difference kfc has cheedar cheese on it ... I think im actually going to make a home made version some day i dont no why i didnt think of this ..

It does normally have cheese, I'm just lactose intolerant. DH & LO have cheese on theirs! I first had chicken bowls from KFC but I prefer country gravy rather than brown gravy.