Comments on: Variety is the spice of life, after all

By: Cameron Linburg

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By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:58:39 +0000

I just made a yummy dish last night that went over well with everyone and it was soooo simple. The only problem is that it is pasta. I’ll still tell you anyway because I believe in cooking whatever I like and my kids just have to deal with it. Either they eat it or they go hungry. Is that mean? Probably, but there is no way I’m buying/cooking two meals.

Ok, so here is the easy chicken meal:

Angel Hair pasta (I used the Barilla plus whole wheat to be healthier)
Five Brothers Mushroom Alfredo (surprisingly low in calories and no preservatives)
Chicken Breast (sprinkle with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and italian seasoning and grill–I put it on the Foreman)
Salad

Prepare pasta, warm up sauce, grill chicken and toss a salad. Simple, fast and really good.

By: Sheridan

Sheridan — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:51:08 +0000

Buy milk. Buy cereal. Pour cereal in bowl. Add milk to desired height in bowl. Consume. (Use of spoon suggested.)

By: Pickles & dimes

Pickles & dimes — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:30:28 +0000

You said you don’t like beef, but I’m assuming there’s such a thing as turkey meatballs. Anyway, Jason made this last week:

Toss some frozen meatballs in a Ziploc and put in the fridge to thaw. When ready to make dinner, throw meatballs into a saucepan with a can of Campbell’s tomato soup. Heat until hot and throw on some hot dog buns with some mozzarella cheese. Voila! Super-fast meatball subs. (You can also just use spaghetti sauce, but Jason hates spaghetti sauce with a passion.) Quick, easy and YUMMY.

By: Kristine

Kristine — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:00:04 +0000

Fast and Easy ideas for meals (these were a little hard for me considering that I like beef and eat beef 75% of the time):

Pita Pizzas – everyone gets their own pita, to use as pizza crust and creates their own. Put in oven 350-400 ish until cheese is pretty.

Chicken Fajitas – buy some southwest seasoning (ours is from Sam’s), sprinkle on chicken breasts, pan fry until cooked. Serve with fajita like stuff.

Pesto chicken – either make or buy pesto. Smear on chicken (also may want to pepper chicken). Pan fry. (I hope you know by pan fry I mean, tiny bit of olive oil and cook in pan, right?) (as another option in the sauce packet area of the grocery store near maybe near the pasta they have a creamy pesto sauce. Pan fry the chicken with just salt and pepper and using that as a dipping sauce is delicious.)

If you have a Mexican meat market in the area, don’t be afraid, go in and buy some of their pre-seasoned chicken parts, you can either bake or pan fry these as well – I would get the boneless kinds if they have them – I’d also recommend thier castillo beef short ribs…even my babysitter who says she doesn’t like beef loves them, but they do also come in pork.

Teryaki chicken – buy the sauce, soak the chicken overnight, either pan fry, grill or bake.

Buffalo Chicken Sanwiches – melt equal parts butter and Franks Red hot Sauce in a pan (say 1/3 cup each.) pan fry chicken, dip in sauce, put on bun with lettuce and/or tomato etc. (I make this less spicy by only drneching one side of the chicken if need be)

Hot dogs

Beanie weenie burritos. Cut up hot dogs into pork and beans. Serve in tortilla (Clint also puts cheese on his)

I have some other chicken and ham recipes, but they require some preparation and I’m not sure how much of that you’re really up for.