What should I make for dinner tonight?

Question

This is what I make on a daily basis...
-Italian gravy and some sort of Macaroni (Pasta for all you Americans)
-Parmesean Crusted Chicken
-Tacos
-Baked Ziti
-Chicken Marslala
-Chicken Picante
-Flank Steak with a nice red sauce

I'm looking for something else..I dont know what..for a beginner cook.

Answer 1

I am making Potato soup tonight...Yummm
Oh and by the way I would love to have some of your recipes!

Answer 2

Ok, What I do when I'm looking to branch out a little (I'm a beginner too) is go to Bel Air or Raley's and pick up the free magazine Something Extra. They have tons of recipe ideas and most of their recipes work together so you can make a great new meal. I just hosted a dinner party using the recipes I got from Something Extra and everyone raved about how great the food was!!

Answer 3

Make a nice stew or soup. It's easy to make, and you will have a lot of leftovers. I like to make anything from the Moosewood Cookbooks, but AllRecipes.com is another great source for easy recipes.

Also, make some homemade garlic bread with it by softening some butter, roasting some garlic, and spreading these on Italian bread. Then, sprinkle some parm cheese on and broil until brown. Mmmm!

Answer 4

This is a simple italian beef recipe. Get a rump roast or bottom round roast. Put in crock pot and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours. When it is tender pull apart. Pour juice out of crock pot. Put beef back in the crock pot and add 3/4 water and 1 package of dry italian dressing. Slice up green peppers and add to pot. Cook until green peppers are tender. Serve on buns with swiss cheese. It's very easy. You just have to plan it so you can start it mid morning.

Answer 5

I made this last night for my family and it was very good.

Swiss Round Steak

2lbs of round steak
1/4 cup flour
oil
8 oz tomato sauce
1 envolpe dry french onion soup
1/2 cup water

Heat oven to 400 and put oil in casserole dish and heat oil. While heating trim fat off steak. Pound both sides of steak with flour. Take out the dish and put the steak in it. mix sauce and water together. Pour the mixture in with the steak. Top with dry onion soup. Covery tightly. Reduce heat to 325 and bake for 230-3 hours.

Answer 6

I don't know if you like Beef stew or not but my husband loves it and I don't. There is a couple of different brands in the store of beef stew in a can. I fix mashed potatoes (instant) and put them in a casserole dish and pour in the beef stew and top it with cheese and bake in the oven until it is hot and the cheese has melted. I love to cook but some days I just don't, this is as easy as anything you can cook. In fact it is so easy I don't even call it cooking. My family loves it.

Answer 7

SPICY STIR FRIED CHICKEN AND
VEGETABLES

1 lb. boneless chicken, cut into bite size pieces
1 pkg. frozen stir-fry vegetables
1/6 c. oil
1/6 c. vinegar
1/3 c. teriyaki glaze
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 tbsp. Tabasco sauce

Heat oil and vinegar on High in a Wok or frying pan. Add chicken and vegetables. Cook until chicken is cooked, stirring often. Drain oil and vinegar. Reduce heat to medium, add teriyaki glaze, salt, pepper and Tabasco sauce. Stir for 10 to 15 minutes. Serve over rice .

Answer 8

Since it's getting cooler outside, try something easy like this.Everyone I've ever made this for, loved it.

Firehouse chili (serves 4)

1Tbs olive oil
1 lg clove garlic,smashed
1/2 C chopped scallion (long green onions)
1/2 lb. of ground beef/turkey, or beef stew meat
2Tbs chili powder
1 can (15 oz.) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1 can (28 oz.) crushed tomatoes
1 medium red bell pepper, diced
1 C carrots, diced
1/2 tsp brown sugar
salt to taste

In a large saucepan heat oil over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking. Toss in garlic and all but 2Tbs of the scallions and cook, stirring frequently, for 1 minute.

Add ground beef/turkey or beef stew meat and continue to cook until browned. Stir in chili powder and cook for a minute. Add tomatoes, kidney beans, bell pepper, carrot, brown sugar, and salt to taste. Bring to a boil over high heat.

Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for about 15-20 minutes.

You can serve this with warm bread of some sort. I like to make corn bread with it.

If you like it to be spicier, add a chopped up jalapeno.

Answer 9

Pizza is easy. You have a lot of options.

Chicken pot pie but it takes some time. It is easy to make though.

We are making meatball subs tonight.

sweet 'n sour chicken (easy to make)
chicken stir fry (we add in green apples with ours, very good)
meatloaf (easy, lots you can do)
lazy man lasagna (boil pasta, we use rotini, layer of sauce on the bottom of the pan, pasta, ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, sauce, cheese on top, bake in the oven, 400 degrees, 45 minutes)
barbeque chicken
macaroni 'n cheese with hamburger

Answer 10

I'm making crawfish & sausage gumbo tonight. It's very simple. Mix up some dark roux, a couple quarts of water and bring that to a boil. Add onions, peppers, celery, and other seasoning. When you get that to the right consistancy add your crawfish and sausage. When that cooks serve over rice. You can also add some boiled eggs into it if you like.Good luck. 2D

Answer 11

Lasagne! With garlic bread. For a beginner cook, you make some yummy sounding meals.