Aand another post from me- What's for dinner?

Steph0871

I need some inspiration for cooking dinner. It seems like H and I have gotten in a rut of cooking the same meals.

Consider this a Tasty Thursday, part two if you will.

graysquirrel

I'm not sure yet, but last night we had Alaskan pollock in butter sauce with broccoli & cheddar rice. It was delicious! 

musicalsunlight

I wish I could give you an inspiring recipe but I am the farthest from a good cook as you can get! Plus, FI is having some friends over to make them dinner and watch Thursday night football, and he's making fish, which I can't stand (sorry, not a seafood person! :P) ...so i think I'm stuck heating up some noodles. Blah.

jenn920

Leftover chicken wild rice soup!!!  It was soooooo good, and soooooo easy

Ingredients:

8 cups low sodium, fat free chicken broth

1/2 pound fresh mushrooms, chopped (optional, don't like them)

1 cup finely chopped celery (optional, didn't have any)

1 cup shredded carrots

1/2 cup finely chopped onion

1 cube chicken bouillon

1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes (optional - I didn't have any)

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

1/4 teaspoon dried thyme

1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted (I accidentally omitted this and, when the soup wasn't quite as thick as I wanted, I whisked in about 1/8 cup of corn starch)

1/2 cup dry white wine

3 cups cooked wild rice (one box of Uncle Ben's is perfect, no need to measure)

2 cups cubed or shredded cooked chicken (2 breasts)

 

Directions:

1. In a large saucepan, combine the first nine ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes.

2. In a soup kettle or Dutch oven, melt butter. Stir in flour until smooth. Gradually whisk in broth mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Whisk in soup (or corn starch, in my case) and wine. Add rice and chicken; heat through.

jesscmpls

If FI and I had the same schedule and I was able to make him dinner, I would make Fajitas with cilantro and lime rice. Yep, I hate working opposite schedules

jeepbaby54

I am a horrible cook...unless I have a recipe.

However, I love cooking things in the microwave!! The newest food I made in there was squash, I used acorn. I just cut it in half (best done with a searaded (sp?) knife using a sawing motion) and then place insides down on a plate. Heat for 12 (or so) minutes. When it's done I scoop out the seeds and throw them away, add a little brown sugar and serve.

I also have done fish with rice and cheese in the microwave. Takes about 10 minutes covered and then 2 minutes uncovered. (I have the exact recipe, but it's at home and I'm not.)

KateJ10

It was FI's birthday last night and I made him taco pie (cook a pound of taco meat, use the crescent roll dough in a pie tin, add a layer of nacho cheese doritos, taco meat, taco sauce, and another layer of doritos and a bit of cheese- bake at 375 for 20ish minutes)

So obviously super healthy but whatever! its delish- I don't really care for mexican food but I love the taco pie. Going to have myself some leftovers tonight!

hkiesling

Do you have a crockpot?  I have an easy roast recipe.

1 beef bottom round roast, seasoned with salt and pepper
1 onion, sliced
1 package Lipton onion soup mix
2 cups beef broth
2 cloves garlic, cut in half
2 tablespoons flour
1/2 cup cold water

Put onion on the bottom of the crockpot.  Lay roast on top of onions.  Mix soup mix and beef broth, pour over roast.  Throw in garlic.  Cook on low for 8 - 10 hours. Remove all solids and strain liquid.  Put liquid in saucepan and bring to a boil.  Mix water and flour well and whisk into liquid to make gravy. 

This takes about 4 minutes of prep work and 5 minutes for gravy.  Super easy and the roast is fall-apart tender.  I serve it with mashed potatoes and boiled carrots with brown sugar and butter.

beka0404

Jambalaya with turkey kielbasa. My husband is the opposite of excited, but this girl needs to drop the 10 lbs she gained on her honeymoon in New Mexico, eating green chile cheeseburgers every other day.

Here is my favorite cold day recipe: http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/11/beef-stew-with-mushrooms/

JeremiahsBabe

Not creative but yummy; I had a BLT for dinner... FI is at work

brink131

Hard shell tacos was dinner tonight. Except I used ground turkey instead of beef to make it slightly healthier. Last night I used the other portion of the package of ground turkey in a meatloaf. I always make mashed potatoes to go with meatloaf, but I was tired of that so I whipped up some glazed carrots to go on the side instead. 

I Want Cake

NY strip with garlic mashed potatoes and a glass of single malt scotch.  I had a hellacious week, so we're going to Outback for dinner.