Vida Winter Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I have been at the tire store with 2 littles (and the dog!) for the past 2+ hours. I am exhausted. There is absolutely no take-out in our small town. If there had been, this would have been the night for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Black bean soup and grilled cheese. I always have these ingredients on hand for emergency dinners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Sausage (pre-cooked, like bratwurst) on rice. Cook rice 1/2 way (white) or 3/4 (brown) and put sliced sausage on top to heat. Continue cooking. We do this in a rice cooker, but I'm sure it would work in a pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I have been at the tire store with 2 littles (and the dog!) for the past 2+ hours. I am exhausted. There is absolutely no take-out in our small town. If there had been, this would have been the night for it. oatmeal. rice with butter. dry cereal. pb&j sandwich. scrambled eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Breakfast for supper: eggs, sausage or bacon, pancakes - my kids love this! Nachoes: corn chips with shredded chedder cheese melted in the oven - takes about 10 minutes to prepare Burritoes: Can of refried beans & shredded cheddar cheese on ww tortilla wraps, lettuce and tomato - almost as easy as nachoes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 My potty-training 3yo just peed on her potty, the bathroom rug, and my foot. How? I don't know. I am just looking at getting these kids fed, and to bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I put the peppers on the GF grill with olive oil and garlic.....let them brown a little....then put some cheese and those same peppers on a sandwich and throw it back on Mr. GF......it is great! That is one way I get my kids to eat peppers, LOL! Tammy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio12 Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 flour tortilla heated and stuffed with scrambled eggs, cheddar cheese and salsa (or not salsa for the kids.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 flour tortilla heated and stuffed with scrambled eggs, cheddar cheese and salsa (or not salsa for the kids.) Breakfast burritoes - those are SO good!! How about grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 I have a couple of cucumbers so I am making a salad too. Thanks for all the help. I really need to plan some menus and get to the store tomorrow. DH is out of town for a couple of weeks so I've been putting it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Breakfast for supper: eggs, sausage or bacon, pancakes - my kids love this! My kids love this, too. We do it often when my husband is out of town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonia Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Omelettes with whatever you have on hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakblossoms Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I buy those big packs of Costco burrito size tortillas and wrap up leftovers in them. We eat them cold and they make a great fast dinner when we are overwhelmed. I really, really like to make Teriyaki Tofu with rice and the frozen mixed veggies that have brocolli, red pepper and other things. I make a side of coleslaw that has cilantro in it. I mix up the first three and put in a tortilla with some coleslaw on top. Wrap it up, wrap in plastic and it's good for a few days. You can do this with burrito stuff, too. The coleslaw keeps better than lettuce and it's good cold! But, you can pretty much take any leftover and rice and wrap it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAMom Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Well, tonight couldn't have been any easier.:) I had some carne asada meat (purchased already marinated) that I just cut up into small pieces and browned in a little bit of olive oil. I put that with some grated cheese in some tortillas on my electric skillets and melted them. Yum! Very quick and very easy! When I make spaghetti, I make a huge batch of sauce and freeze it in Ziploc bags. I always have noodles in the cupboard. On a bad day, I can whip up dinner in just a few minutes. Ronette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen sn Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 A bowl of O's and milk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neesek Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 My kids love this, too. We do it often when my husband is out of town. Wow. I am impressed. My general rule is that if Daddy doesn't come home for dinner, we have cereal. The kids think it is an incredible treat! (Of course, that doesn't apply if it happens several times in a week. I am not that bad.;)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H0MEFree Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Cereal. Spaghetti with sauce right out of the can... 14 minutes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Hey, I can beat that -- except no one but me will eat this: Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee Spaghetti with meatballs, right out of the can: 5 seconds. Cereal. Spaghetti with sauce right out of the can... 14 minutes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in Orlando Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Hey, I can beat that -- except no one but me will eat this: Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee Spaghetti with meatballs, right out of the can: 5 seconds. :lol: I LOVE this for dinner. Must be a childhood memory thing. My kids just watch in horror. ETA: Dana, how did your night end up?? What did you end up eating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 chili sandwiches with baby carrots and fruit lefotver soup (carton of organic chicken broth, any leftovers from the refrigerator or freezer, an onion diced, salt, pepper, diced garlic from a jar). I make this soup weekly. This week's soup was leftover spiral pasta, extra stew meat which I froze, a can of pinto beans from the pantry, some partial bags of frozen veggies, some celery from the drawer, and leftover veggies. When I make a dish which results in leftover veggies, pasta, rice, and meat, I throw the leftovers from that dinner into a storage container. I throw all of this into the weekly leftover soup pot. The juices from cooking meat also come in handy -- instead of throwing them out, save them for your weekly soup. If I don't have enough leftover pasta or rice, I throw some rice, barley, lentils, pasta or cubed potatoes into the pot. I try to always have on hand: rice, barley, lentils, small pastas good for soup, potatoes, onions, chicken broth, canned petite diced tomatoes, frozen mixed vegetables, diced garlic in a jar, salt, pepper, herbs. I made a very easy dinner this week. I had bought boneless chicken thighs (organic on clearance, which I stocked up on and froze). I put them in a roasting pan with a carton of organic chicken broth = 4 cups (which I buy 6 cartons at a time from BJs), 2 cups of brown rice, thinly sliced carrots, and a little Paul Newman's Italian Dressing, onion powder, diced garlic from a jar, pepper, salt and parsley. It sounds like a lot of stuff, but you can literally just dump it into a roasting pan. I cooked it in the oven until the carrots were tender, the meat was done and the liquid was absorbed by the rice. From this meal, I threw the extra rice and carrots into a storage container. They will be used for the next weekly "leftover soup." I had some leftover cranberry nut bread which I served with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Chicken + 1 can cream of whatever + 2 cans mixed veggies, drained in a pie shell, plus one on top. Bake at 350 for 30 min. Maybe more, maybe less. It just needs to get hot. I've actually started mixing my stuff *in* the pie shell so that I don't have a bowl to wash. Downside: you do have to have cooked chicken. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I make it up and throw in a bag of frozen spinach and a bag of mixed veggies and serve it with either Ken's Italian or Olive oil and salt and pepper. The great thing is that you can throw anything into this stuff that you have on hand. Pickled beets, chick peas, red beans, anything you have handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Pasta and a jar of Ragu.* My crew demands pasta several times a week (they would eat it nightly but I refuse to make it every stinkin' day!!!) Leftover pasta is reheated and eaten, too, by these 1/8th Italian kids and their 1/4 Italian dad. I can't stand the stuff anymore!!!!! *The kids eat Ragu. Hubby likes better quality imported sauces, or pesto, thawed from our large freezer stock (he grows a ton of basil each summer). We buy up to 40 lbs of pasta at a time. If you have pasta on hand, and jars of sauce, you have instant food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Cereal and fruit :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamalotsoftots Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Yum! What a great idea for a thread! Have any of you tried 30 day gourmet cooking? Oh my gosh! It's saved me many a day! Like those breakfast burritos I make up a ton of them (just like McDonald's makes them) wrap them in a paper towel then in foil then I freeze it! DH reaches in the freezer, pulls one out removes foil. & pops it in the microwave they are great for dinner too.!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lorna Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 'French' toast - although I am sure they don't really make it in France :D Take some eggs, whisk them and dip some cheap white bread into the whisked egg mix. Fry on both sides in a little oil. Serve with a little salt and pepper or honey and lemon or maple syrup Chick pea soup Blend two cans of chick peas (garbanzo beans), salty water and all, with some sprigs of mint. Heat and serve with good bread. Salad and cold smoked fish (such as trout, salmon or mackerel) We have this after swimming. Buy and put on a plate. ;) Cous cous For each cup of cous cous add one cup of hot stock. Leave covered for ten minutes. Add sliced olives, pine nut kernels, fresh basil and sun dried tomatoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Sorry this is too late for your dinner. I always try to have on hand cans of Progresso chicken noodle soup, a box of Ritz crackers, a tub of lite or whipped cream cheese, and green olives. Also saltine crackers (which dh prefers to Ritz). Dd skips the olives. Dh's favorite easy-to-make supper is omelets. (He makes them!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lori in tx Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 baked potato bar frito pie (chili and cheese and fritos) Italian chicken (chix breast or whatever chix parts you want and bottle of Italian dressing-the cheaper the better bake and eat :)) that is it for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakmom Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Frozen breaded fish and frozen french fries. Heat, following directions and eat with fries (chips) with malt vinegar. We don't have this very often, but it's a good freezer meal for us to have on hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazycoffeechic Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Hey, I can beat that -- except no one but me will eat this: Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee Spaghetti with meatballs, right out of the can: 5 seconds. Whew...I thought I was the only one that done that:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay in Cal Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Ramen noodles, tofu and veggies. Boil water, then cook several packages of ramen noodles (I use "oriental flavor" of Top Ramen) and broth according to package directions (ie, for two-three minutes), drop in a bag of frozen veggies (I use "stir fry" mix), and wait a minute or two for them to thaw. While the noodles are cooking, cut a couple of packages of firm tofu into bite sized cubes, and put into the bottom of large bowls. Spoon noodles/broth/veggies over tofu. Fast, full of veggies, plenty of protein, super cheap (our family of four eats for less than $5--4 packs of ramen, 2 pounds of tofu, 1 bag of mixed veggies) total time: about 5 minutes, plus however long it takes water to boil on your stove. Plus, only one pot to clean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I have been at the tire store with 2 littles (and the dog!) for the past 2+ hours. I am exhausted. There is absolutely no take-out in our small town. If there had been, this would have been the night for it. Frittata and fruit salad. Use whatever bits of veggies you have on hand, and/or whatever bits of meat (ham, bacon, sausage) you have. Fruit salad can be fresh, frozen, canned or any combination thereof. It's very simple, but tasty and kind of elegant. Takes all of about 15 minutes from start to finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup is my standby for such situations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Chicken+ 1 can cream of whatever + 2 cans mixed veggies, drained in a pie shell, plus one on top. Bake at 350 for 30 min. Maybe more, maybe less. It just needs to get hot. I've actually started mixing my stuff *in* the pie shell so that I don't have a bowl to wash. Downside: you do have to have cooked chicken. :glare: Ah, but if you had canned chicken, you're set to go! That is, if you don't mind canned chicken. When we get our Hutterite chickens, I can most of them -- big ol' birds do well with canning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup is my standby for such situations. That's my favourite lunch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 That's my favourite lunch! Oh! And I use these--> dino sandwich cutters to cut the sandwiches. That makes it more entertaining. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I know it's probably too late, but I made Green Spaghetti the other night and the kids ALL begged me to add it to our regular dinner rotation: 1 lb spaghetti, cooked and drained 10 oz fresh or frozen spinach 1/4 c. broth 1/2 c parmesal cheese 1/2 c milk 4 T butter Steam the spinach until wilted or the frozen until warm. Put spinach and its liquid into blender. Add warm broth and liquefy. Stir cheese and milk into the puree. Toss spaghetti with butter, then with green sauce. Seriously - my kids loved it even though they HATE cooked spinach! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyBelly Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 In a desperate moment I just toss chicken nuggets and tater tots into the toaster oven for the kids. While that's cooking (8 minutes or so) I microwave a big bowl of frozen broccoli. I eat a bowl of cereal or a sandwich or leftovers of some sort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitful vine Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Egg sandwiches are always a hit. (on English Muffins are best):D Plus, brown rice with shredded cheese on top and a salad. It's an odd mix, but it works in a pinch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peri Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 I always keep a jar of spaghetti sauce in my pantry along with a box of spaghetti. If I have time to quickly drop into the grocery store then I grab a pound of ground beef. It only takes 10 mins tops to throw together. As I wait for the pasta to boil I cook the ground beef and add the sauce to it. Drain the spaghetti and add the sauce to it. Dinner in 10 mins. If I have bagged salad then that's another bonus. But so far that's my easiest dinner to put together at the last min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peek a Boo Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 cereal, frozen pizzas, and chicken nuggets are staples here. my rule is they can't have frozen pizzas two days in a row, and they can't have cereal for more than one meal a day. 6yos and 10yos LOVE the El Cheapo frozen pizzas. I like the Digiorno rising crust ones myself. we were on our way home one day and I was barking out marching orders in the car, telling each person their duties for when we got home. after telling 10yos to stick a pizza in the oven, 13yos groans and says "No!!! Not frozen pizza AGAIN!!!" 6yos has the strangest look on his face, and says but A, frozen pizzas are WONDERFUL!! they taste great!! He continues listening to oldest wail and gnash teeth over how horrible frozen pizzas are. He just can't figure out why oldest ds would revolt against this frozen nectar of the freezer. finally, something in his 6yo brain clicks, and he says to oldest --NO, silly!! we're gonna COOK them first!!! duh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted April 20, 2008 Author Share Posted April 20, 2008 cereal, frozen pizzas, and chicken nuggets are staples here. my rule is they can't have frozen pizzas two days in a row, and they can't have cereal for more than one meal a day. You gotta have standards.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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