My easy homemade spag sauce is-
olive oil
tinned crushed tomatoes
red wine
crushed garlic
grated carrots/zucchini/pumpkin/onions/mushrooms (any veggies you can grate, like and want to add)
tomato paste
beef mince
bacon (if I have it)
dried mixed herbs
salt/pepper
water if necessary
Generally I cook the mince, take it out of the fry pan, then add the oil, grated onion and garlic and cook that for a little while, add the rest of the veggies and cook for a few mins. Then add the wine cook for a while, tomatoes, bacon and herbs and add back in the mince. Simmer gently until you want to eat it! (LOL, re-reading that, sorry there are no quantities or times, I don't take notice of them, I just *know* how much and when...!)
Other easy dinners we have are
omlettes with capsicum/muchrooms/corn niblets/peas (again what you like and want to add!) bacon and grated cheese. Serve with salad.
Cobb Salad
Store-brought BBQ chicken, several different ways. Shredded into fried rice. Chicken noodle soup. Quick chicken curry. Chicken and salad wraps on mountain bread.
Breakfast for dinner- snags, bacon, fried/scrambled eggs, toast (if I'm feeling energetic, I might do some buttered mushrooms, tomato and onion and baked beans too)
Pumpkin soup with fresh crusty rolls
Marinated chicken legs (usually a store brought marinade) with corn cobs and salad/steamed veggies.
Savoury mince and potato and pumpkin mash
Bacon and egg pie
Beef mince rissoles with steamed baby potatoes and veg
I usually prep dinner when DS is napping as he's a cling-on - so meals have to be super easy here too. We are having lots of salads lately 'cos it's so hot but DS wasn't really eating much of the usual salad type stuff so we've had to expand our ideas:
Salad ideas - the usual cue, tom, lettuce, avo, spinach leaves plus asparagus or snow peas (m'wave for 30 seconds), beans, broccoli, cauli (M'wave a little too), capsicum, raw carrot, mung beans etc, spinach leaves, raw mushrooms, tinned corn/kidney beans/mixed beans/beetroot, olives, gherkins, sundried toms, cheese, boiled egg, some kind of deli meat (ham, roast beef, turkey etc). I'm sure there's other stuff but I can't think atm!
Honey soy chicken drumsticks (mix a spoonful of honey with a spoonful of soy plus a little chicken stock plus water and garlic, pour over the chicken and bake for 1 hour), served hot with cous cous and veg or cold with salad (can be cooked in the oven when DS is napping, so no danger there OR use an electric frypan)
Smoked salmon 'caesar' salad - the usual stuff plus cue, tom, avo, asparagus or whatever else happens to be in the fridge! Also good with BBQ or smoked chicken, or just the vegetarian version and it can be made all in advance.
Omelette (winner with DS) with whatever's lying around - cheese, tom, mushies, bacon etc
Savoury pancakes (pancake batter with grated cheese, carrot, zucchini, herbs and bacon for the meat eaters) and salad
I know it's an oven recipe but we also love lamb cutlets and baked mushrooms with a mix of breadcrumbs, parmesan, herbs and a little water (plus pine nuts and/or pesto if you're feeling adventurous). Smoosh on top of the cutlets/mushies and bake at 180 degrees for 10 mins. You can prep it all in advance and if you cut up some thin zucchini and pumpkin it'll bake in the oven at the same time too (or serve with....salad!). Meal done!
Pies and quiches - make the pie filling in the slow cooker and freeze it! Sometimes we just have the pie filling with pasta or rice
Fried rice in the rice cooker - love our $9 rice cooker
Frozen fish with veg or salad is my lazy meal and one of DS' faves!
im just bumping this.. DH came home is a bad mood because he has had to cook tea every night this week and I said I would cook something tonight then when I told him what (chicken kiev rice and vegies) he went off about there is no imagination blah blah
I can't cook very well, I am very limited in what I can cook, but am keen on learning more for when I am home all the time. Thats why I thought I would play it safe and cook something I know how to, because there has been times I have cooked his looked at it and thrown it straight in the bin =(
So I came here for ideas, EVERYTHING I have thrown at him he has said yuck too... its his fault he doesnt eat anything with imagination...
so... no lamb, mushrooms or corn, and no imagination. (there are more nos, like no seafood.. but those are the big bad ones)
Some quick and easy weekly meals for us are (mostly with some vegies on the side for me and DS, DH wont eat vegetables - Grrrr)
Tuna patties
Apricot Chicken
Stroganoff
Potato bake and meat (either lamb chops/beef skewers/steak)
Lime and Chilli Stir Fry
Tacos
Spag Bol
Meatballs and spag (DSs fav)
Chicken satays, baked potatoes
Cold Rolls
Butter Chicken (sometimes in the slow cooker from scratch which is awesome and sometimes with a Sharwoods cooking sauce)
Lasagne
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