Recipes on Facebook
One evening, after a full day of work and writing, I wondered: what do people make for dinner on these types of days? So I turned to our loyal Facebook fans to ask for some advice, and we received a lot of great comments. Here's what the original post said:
Anybody want to share quick meal recipes for those writing days when you or your family still need to eat?
Here are a few of the great ideas we received:
- Fry a couple eggs, top with ham and cheddar cheese, and serve on toast--a "brinner" sandwich. Total cooking time: 5 minutes
- A garden full of vegetables lends itself to large salads and stir fry
- Minute rice with black beans, seasoned with taco seasoning. Then you can add toppings: cheese, sour cream, salsa, etc
- Kristy from the website, PaidWrite, supplied a link to a post she did about 7 Crock Pot meals for when "you have to work nights". You can see that here.
- And Maggie Kate Harris said to check out her book: Travel Food: Recipes for Wanderers and Lazy Cooks
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Crock pot photo above by Janine on flickr.com
Margo--Quiche is one of my go-to meals. I can make them gluten-free (just use spray oil on muffin pan compartments) and whisk up some eggs, cheese, sour cream, and whatever veggies have been left-over during the week.
ReplyDeleteHow long do you bake those, Sioux?
ReplyDeleteTil they're done. ;)
ReplyDeleteI do them at 350 degrees, and they're usually done in less than 20 minutes if I do them in a muffin pan. Just poke around on the top of them. If they're no longer completely liquid-y, if they're pretty solid, they're done.
I make mini quiches for dinner (serve with a salad or other vegetable) and then send them in the kids' lunch boxes throughout the week. I make a version that has a little crust made out of flour and butter. My other go-to is crockpot chicken salsa. Add about a half a jar of salsa and can of pinto or black beans and can of corn on bottom of crockpot. Add three or four defrosted chicken breasts. Put the rest of the salsa on top and slow cook for about five or six hours. Add shredded cheese on top right at the end. Serve with rice if you want. It is so tender and falls apart on your fork. My kids love it.
ReplyDeleteRenee: That sounds delicious!
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