quick and easy dinner favorites?

Question

what are some recipes that are quick to make for someone who has worked all day and wants to have something good for dinner?

Answer 1

Okay this might sound strange but it is one of my family favorites, alot of my friends now make it also... It is called Coke Chicken...
4-6 chicken breasts
1 can coke
1 onion chopped
pepper to taste
put everything in a pan together, bring to a boil, reduce heat to low-med.. simmer for 1-1 and a 1/2 hours enjoy.
Tastes very similar to BBQ chicken.

Answer 2

microwaved veggies with some sort of leftover protein served over ramens. It takes ten minutes from the moment I start filling the pan with water till I rinse the pan after. The veggies are usually whatever is going to turn soon, which lately has been a lot of greens and some asparagus because it's in season. onions, peppers, spices and shoot for a sixty-forty greens to pasta ratio. You said quick, healthy (no added fat or a teaspoon of olive oil), and easy and this comes out to a big bowl, fork, knife, and rinse a pan. It also keeps me from wasting produce. Lately I've been going for a spicy ginger sauce as the dish appears vaguely asian. Now if you'd said easy, I've been doing roast chickens with a lot of root vegetables lately. The only real work is peeling and tossing it in the oven. I use the beer can method so it's less fatty.

Answer 3

If you have a slow cooker, they are such a God-send! Come chicken or beef in a slow cooker with a little broth, cook on low all day, get home, shred the meat and add barbeque sauce and serve on buns with salad. Frozen meatballs in the slow cooker with pasta sauce, serve over pasta with bread and salad. Beef with chopped onions and peppers, jar of salsa, add some minute rice when you get home and let cook for 10 min, serve in tortillas with cheese and whatever else you like.
Another thing I like to do is buy a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store and a bag of caesar salad mix, and then shred the chicken and toss with the salad. I would eat the whole thing by myself when I was pregnant.

Answer 4

Easy Beef Stew
Ingredients
2 pounds boneless beef sirloin steak, cut into 1-inch cubes
3 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 package McCormick® Beef Stew Seasoning Mix
3 cups water
1 bag (24 ounces) frozen vegetables for stew or 5 cups assorted cut-up fresh vegetables

Directions
1. Coat steak cubes with flour. Heat oil in large skillet or Dutch oven on medium-high heat. Add steak cubes, 1/2 at a time; brown on all sides. Return all steak cubes to skillet.

2. Stir Seasoning Mix and water into skillet. Add vegetables; bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 15 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

Classic Beef Stew: Prepare as directed. Substitute 1 can (14 ounces) beef broth, 2 teaspoons Season-All® Seasoned Salt, 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Thyme Leaves and 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Ground Black Pepper for the Beef Stew Seasoning Mix and water.

Answer 5

I made this tonight: Honey Mustard Pork Chops with Spicy Green Beans.

2 tablespoons of honey
3 tablespoons of Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons of lemon juice
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 teaspoon of shallot pepper (from Penzeys; regular pepper otherwise)

Mix and coat 2 1 inch thick pork chops.
Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Spicy Green Beans
1 chili pepper, diced
1 clove of garlic, diced
1 tablespoon of cilantro (or lemon grass), chopped
2 tablespoons of fish oil
1/2 cup of coconut milk

Put in your food processor and mix until it's a paste.

Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a cast iron pan.
Brown 1 finely chopped onion.
Add paste, bring to a boil
Simmer until reduced by half
Add 1 pound of cut green beans.
Cook until the beans are tender.

Answer 6

Tuna Noodle Casserole
2 small cans tuna
1 can cream mushroom soup
1 can cream of celery soup
2 cups of milk
1 bag of egg noodles
1 cup breadcrumbs

fill 2 qt pan 3/4 with water add pinch of salt,bring to a boil.add noodles lower temp stir frequently.
drain and rinse noodles
Add soups,tuna and milk mix well. Add noodles.Pour into baking dish top w bread crumbs Bake 350 20 minutes

Answer 7

Here's a couple of pork chop recipes that are quick and delicious.

POLYNESIAN PORK CHOPS
Prep/Cook Time: 20 minutes
4 boneless pork chops (i have used bone in chops)
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tbsp. vegetable oil ( i use extra virgin olive oil)
1 small or medium onion, chopped
1 can Campbell's Golden Mushroom Soup
1 can (8oz) pineapple chunks
1/4 c. water
3 tsp. soy sauce
1 tbsp. honey
2 cups cooked instant rice (0ptional)
Sliced green onions
Season chops with garlic. Heat oil in skillet. Add chops and cook until browned. Add onion. Add soup, pineapple with juice, water, soy sauce and honey. Heat to a boil. Cook over low heat 10 minutes or until done. Serve with rice and garnish with green onions.

SAVORY HERB WITH GARLIC BAKED PORK CHOPS
1 envelope Lipton Recipe Secrets- Savory Herb with Garlic Soup Mix*
1/3 cup plain dry bread crumbs
4 pork chops, 1 inch thick
1 egg, well beaten
Preheat oven to 400'. In small bowl, combine soup mix and bread crumbs. Dip chops in egg, then bread crumb mixture until evenly coated. Arrange chops on baking sheet. Bake uncovered 20 minutes or until done, turning once.
* Also terrific with Lipton Recipe Secrets-Golden Onion Soup Mix or Lipton Recipe Secrets Onion Soup Mix

Answer 8

I do a lot of "cheat" cooking -

I use frozen meatballs from the grocery - pasta and jar sauce (Ragu parmesan is my personal fav) - takes 15 minutes start to finish.

We buy pre-cooked chicken breast meet - So I pair that with some Pasta Roni and veggies or pasta and alfredo - or my husband likes minute rice and chicken with either bbq sauce, teriyaki sauce, or cream of chicken soup.... it's super fast and easy.

Answer 9

cornbread [premade, just add water-kinda thing] and chili [can also be premade]

asian salad [the works: lettuce, mandarin orange slices, toasted almonds, asian zen dressing, etc.]

pasta [boil water and add noodles] and make a quick tomato sauce using a recipe usually found on every can or tomato sauce...

quesadillas [heat frozen chicken strips on the stove top first] and then warm up tortillas on the stove [in a pan of course] and add shredded cheese [and wait 'til it's melted] and then add cilantro and the heated chicken strips on top ... serve warm with pico de gallo or more melted cheese ...

etc. =-)

Answer 10

Green peppers, onions and thin slices of beef in chinese stir-fry sauce.

Fried egg sandwich

Spaghetti and bottled meat sauce with sauteed onions and garlic added

chili and canned corn (sorry, I like it)