MPmomof3Quick and Easy Recipe Ideas
March 8th 2010 21:21
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How to cook when you are tired.
It's been a long day. You're tired. You really don't feel like cooking, but you know you have to do it. Everyone is hungry because it was another late day at the office for you. What do you do? There are actually several different techniques for dealing with days like this. Here are some ideas....
Slow Cooking
If you have just a few minutes to spare in the morning you can come home to a fully prepared meal. Dust off your crock pot and throw in some meat, vegetables, and maybe some chicken broth or a "cream of" soup (cream of celery, cream of mushroom, etc.). You may need more than one can of soup depending upon the size of your crock pot. I like to use "chunky' type vegetables that cook well for the crock pot. Examples are carrots, celery and potatoes. Allow to cook on low while you are at work.
Here is an example of a crock pot meal that my mother taught me....
Ingredients: A chunk of pot roast beef about the size of a football (Use chuck, brisket, top round, bottom round or rump, whatever is on sale), a one pound bag of baby carrots, 2 or 3 cans of cream of celery soup and two to three soup cans of water (depending upon the size of your crock pot).
Directions: Carefully dump all ingredients into the crock pot and cook on low for 8 hours.
This recipe will feed me and my husband for two days or more. I use canned or steam in bag vegetables for side dishes. They are quick and easy to fix.
Pizza, wraps or quesadillas
These are great ways to use up leftovers. I have written about these in a previous blog post, but I want to mention them again here briefly. These are my go-to "I haven't planned ahead and don't have time to cook" foods because they are so easy. You can find ready-made pizza crusts and sauce and flour tortillas in your local grocery store. If you are really pressed for time you can even find a loaf of pre-made french bread at your local grocery store's bakery and use that as a pizza crust.
Sub sandwiches.
You can create a buffet-style line in your household and serve sub sandwiches for a very quick and easy meal solution.
Freeze ahead meals
Meals such as lasagna can be pre-made, thawed and eaten. Do a google search for "freeze ahead meals" or "prepare ahead meals" for recipes, tips, tricks and suggestions.
Slow Cooking
If you have just a few minutes to spare in the morning you can come home to a fully prepared meal. Dust off your crock pot and throw in some meat, vegetables, and maybe some chicken broth or a "cream of" soup (cream of celery, cream of mushroom, etc.). You may need more than one can of soup depending upon the size of your crock pot. I like to use "chunky' type vegetables that cook well for the crock pot. Examples are carrots, celery and potatoes. Allow to cook on low while you are at work.
Here is an example of a crock pot meal that my mother taught me....
Ingredients: A chunk of pot roast beef about the size of a football (Use chuck, brisket, top round, bottom round or rump, whatever is on sale), a one pound bag of baby carrots, 2 or 3 cans of cream of celery soup and two to three soup cans of water (depending upon the size of your crock pot).
Directions: Carefully dump all ingredients into the crock pot and cook on low for 8 hours.
This recipe will feed me and my husband for two days or more. I use canned or steam in bag vegetables for side dishes. They are quick and easy to fix.
Pizza, wraps or quesadillas
These are great ways to use up leftovers. I have written about these in a previous blog post, but I want to mention them again here briefly. These are my go-to "I haven't planned ahead and don't have time to cook" foods because they are so easy. You can find ready-made pizza crusts and sauce and flour tortillas in your local grocery store. If you are really pressed for time you can even find a loaf of pre-made french bread at your local grocery store's bakery and use that as a pizza crust.
Sub sandwiches.
You can create a buffet-style line in your household and serve sub sandwiches for a very quick and easy meal solution.
Freeze ahead meals
Meals such as lasagna can be pre-made, thawed and eaten. Do a google search for "freeze ahead meals" or "prepare ahead meals" for recipes, tips, tricks and suggestions.
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