anyone have good, quick dinner ideas?? please??

Question

i just started back to work after having our first child. needless to say, our lives have gotten a little more hectic and i'm finding very little time to make a good dinner for my husband and i.
last night we did tacos, which wasn't too bad, and spaghetti another night, but i'm looking for some more variety!!

so, any timesavers wanna share some good, simple dinner ideas???

THANKS!!!

Answer 1

Check out these sites, they are great and I use them all the time!

http://www.quickeatsplus.com/

http://www.cheapcooking.com/recipes.htm

http://www.yummyfood.net/

http://www.fbnr.com/index.html

Answer 2

SMELTS WITH ALMONDS

If smelts are not available, young trout can be substituted

18 smelts
75ml single cream
seasoned flour
75g unsalted butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
100g flaked almonds

Lightly wash the smelts in cold water, cut of the heads and squeeze out the entrails. (Or get the fishmonger to do it for you!)
Dry the cleaned smelts on a cloth, dip the fish in the cream and roll in the seasoned flour.
Melt the butter in a heavy based frying pan, add the olive oil and gently fry the smelts for 4 minutes on each side.
Remove the smelts from the pan and keep them warm.
Increase the heat slightly and fry the flaked almonds in the fat in which the fish has been cooked until they turn light brown.
Sprinkle the smelts with the almonds and pour over the butter. Serve the smelts with thin slices of buttered brown bread.

Answer 3

If you don't have one, I recommend that you get a pressure cooker. P/cookers are a fast, fun and safe way to prepare meals in about one third the time of conventional cooking methods. For instance, you can have a corned beef and cabbage dinner with all the veggies done in under one hour plus thousands of other dishes like that for one pot and delicious meals as well as soups, stews, chowders, and roasts of all kinds.. Modern P/cookers are safe so don't let anyone scare you out of it.I recommend a programmable electric one that will turn on and off according to the control settings and you then don't have to monitor the cooking on the stovetop.

Answer 4

The crockpot is your friend. These are a couple of my favorites:

Pot au Feau
1 package polka kielbasa (I use healthy choice turkey kind)
1 1lb. package of beef stew meat
1 package of frozen mixed veggies
1 package of brown gravy mix
2 tbsp worshtishire (sp?)
2 cans of beef stock

Put on low and cook all day-8hrs

Sunday Chicken
1 2-3lb whole chicken
1 packet stroganoff sauce mix
1 package frozen mixed veggies
Place veggies in crock and mix with the stroganoff powder. Place chicken on top and season if desired (not necessary)
cook on low all day-8hrs

Arroz Con Pollo
1 15 oz package of yellow rice
1/2 jar of roasted red peppers
1 can mexican style stewed tomatoes
1 small box frozen peas
4 boneless chicken breasts cut up
1 large box (32 oz?) of chicken stock

Mix together, cook on low-7 hrs? This one is a little tricky as the sides may burn if left too long

Answer 5

Baked potato (microwaved), with frozen broccoli (also can be steamed in microwave), cheese of any kind, bacon (or ground beef or meatless), sour cream--makes a great, filling meal.

V-8 juice as soup base, throw in cooked ground beef, and any frozen veggies you happen to have, and/or pasta if you want, heat and serve. Very nutritious, especially with beef added for protein.

Brown rice (boil-in-bag is VERY easy), chick peas and jar of Indian simmer sauce like Korma or Tikka Masala. The sauces are not spicy, canned chick peas are super easy protein, and brown rice adds fiber. Just heat sauce and chick peas and serve over rice. Chicken or lamb can also be used instead of chick peas.

Stew or soup in crock pot--throw ingredients in the night before, turn on low before you leave for work, and dinner is cooked by the time you get home!

BBQ ground beef in pita pocket, hamburgers, chicken/bean/cheese quesadillas, fajitas, burritos, obviously salads are easy too. try to prepare as much ahead of time as possible, and keep things like frozen cooked chicken, beef, and veggies around!

good luck!

Answer 6

WHEN COOKING THINK AHEAD. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS MY WEEKS MENU:
Monday: Barbeque pulled pork sandwiches and coleslaw (Made from leftover pork roast we had on Sunday)
Tuesday: Pasta and sauce (I'm adding ground turkey to jarred sauce and making enough for leftovers)
Wednesday: Pizza (made with French bread, last nights leftover pasta sauce and mozzarella cheese)
Thursday: Roast Chicken (deli if necessary), mashed potatoes, acorn squash (cut into rings and coated with brown sugar and butter then baked)
Friday: Chicken Soup and chicken sandwiches (made from leftover roasted chicken)
Saturday: Baked potato stuffed with tuna salad, bacon, corn and cheddar cheese
Sunday: Deli Turkey slices, cheddar cheese, granny smith apple and honey mustard sandwiches on a crusty roll

Hope this helps!

Answer 7

I def would invest in a crock pot if you dont have one already. All you need to do is toss in the meat, veggies *whatever you desire* and it cooks while you're at work so you just need to worry about serving it. Other foods that cook fairly quickly are fish under a broiler *esp tilapita and salmon*

Kiss the baby for me, will you ^____^? I love babies!!

Answer 8

If your oven has a timer on it you could always put a pot roast in there and set it for a certain time to start cooking where it will be cooking before you get home. My mom does it all the time.

Answer 9

cream of chicken, bag of noodles, can of chicken (for chicken and noodles. 2. pour a can of bean and bacon, and on top of it fix according to direction jiffy cornbread mix, bake till cornbread is done, use two cans of soup and jiffy mix for more. 3. chili, and corn bread, fix similar to bean and bacon, but use chili 1-2 can's 4. chicken and dumplins, 1 can chicken broth, 1 can's uncooked biscuits, 1 can cream of chicken, use the chicken broth instead of water. drop biscuits in when the chicken broth is boiling.

Answer 10

How about Gluck?
Fry up some sausage... like a tube worth.
boil some cabbage and egg noddles, separate of course.
drain and combine with sausage. Salt and pepper.

Answer 11

I swear by the web site www.kraftfoods.com. If you registaer they send you weekly messages. You can search hundreds of recipes and they show you how long they will take. You can narrow your search by the amount of time you have. Have fun.