very busy. My dietary habits have suffered as a consequence. I am a really bad cook as well, which doesn't help.... Can anyone give/suggest me a good advice/recipes?? Thank youAnyone knows of a good cooking recipes/suggestions?? I live by myself. I study after work, which keeps me?
do you have a crockpot ?
Best Tuna Casserole
1 (12 ounce) package egg noodles
1/4 cup chopped onion
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
1 cup frozen green peas
2 (6 ounce) cans tuna, drained
2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of mushroom soup
1/2 (4.5 ounce) can sliced mushrooms
1 cup crushed potato chips
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook pasta in boiling water for 8 to 10 minutes, or until al dente; drain.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
In a large bowl, thoroughly mix noodles, onion, 1 cup cheese, peas, tuna, soup and mushrooms. Transfer to a 9x13 inch baking dish, and top with potato chip crumbs and remaining 1 cup cheese.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until cheese is bubbly.
MEXICAN CASSEROLE
1 pound ground beef, lean
10 1/2 ounces cream of chicken soup, * see note
10 ounces tomatoes with green chilis
8 ounces corn chips, crushed slightly.
1 small onion, chopped
1 green pepper, diced
8 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded
Cook ground beef until done. Mix together with the cream of chicken soup, tomatoes with chilis, onion, and green pepper. Layer corn chips then the meat mixture, repeating once again. Top with cheese.
Bake at 350 F for 30 minutes.
Serving Size: 6
NACHO CHICKEN CASSEROLE
1 cup cubed cooked chicken
3/4 cup crushed nacho cheese-flavored tortilla chips
2/3 cup condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted
1/2 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
1/4 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons 2% milk
1 tablespoon chopped green chilies
1/2 teaspoon finely chopped jalapeno pepper
1/4 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
In a bowl, combine the first eight ingredients. Combine the cheeses; stir half into the chicken mixture.
Transfer to a 1-qt. baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining cheeses. Bake, uncovered, at 350 for 25-30 minutes or until cheese is bubbly.
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Slow Cooker Beef Stew
4 carrots, chopped
2 potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
1 onion, chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
3 pounds cubed stew meat
1 packet dry onion soup mix
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed golden mushroom soup
1 3/4 cups water
Place the carrots, potatoes, mushrooms, onion and celery in the slow cooker. Place the stew meat over the vegetables.
In a medium bowl, combine the soup mix with the can of soup. Add the water and mix together well. Pour this in the slow cooker over the meat and vegetables.
Add water as needed so that the liquid comes just to the bottom of the meat.
Cook on low setting overnight, adding more water as necessary in the morning. Allow to cook all day.
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Cuban-Style Slow-Cooker Chicken Fricassee
1 large onion, chopped
6 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 green bell pepper, chopped
8 small whole peeled potatoes
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1/2 cup dry white wine
1/2 tablespoon cumin
1 leaf fresh sage
salt and pepper to taste
2 pounds chicken leg quarters
In a medium bowl, combine onion, garlic, bell pepper, and potatoes. Stir in tomato sauce and wine; season with cumin, sage leaf, and salt and pepper. Place chicken legs in slow cooker, and pour mixture over chicken. Cover, and cook on Low heat until juices run clear, about 6 to 8 hours.
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Slow Cooker Vegetarian Chili
1 (19 ounce) can black bean soup
1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
1 (16 ounce) can vegetarian baked beans
1 (14.5 ounce) can chopped tomatoes in puree
1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
1 onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 tablespoon chili powder, or to taste
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon dried basil
In a slow cooker, combine black bean soup, kidney beans, garbanzo beans, baked beans, tomatoes, corn, onion, bell pepper and celery. Season with garlic, chili powder, parsley, oregano and basil. Cook for at least six hours on low.
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Panzanella Panini
INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
1 French deli roll, split
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
2 slices mozzarella cheese
1 small tomato, sliced
4 fresh basil leaves
olive oil
DIRECTIONS
Preheat a skillet over medium-low heat.
Sprinkle cut sides of roll with balsamic vinegar. Layer one slice of mozzarella cheese, tomato slices, basil leaves, and the remaining slice of mozzarella cheese on the roll. Close sandwich; rub outside with olive oil.
Place sandwich in preheated skillet; top with another heavy skillet to press. Cook until bread is toasted and golden, about 3 minutes. Flip sandwich; top with skillet. Cook second side until toasted, about an additional 2 minutes
Tangy Ham Steak
If you like steak, then this is an absolutely lip-smacking, fast, and very easy ham recipe that doesn’t require many ingredients. With a spicy and sweet sauce this ham steak is soft, moist, and completely “smack-a-licious!” Try it as a main dish or make it on a day out, you’re sure to make it more than once!
Total Prep Time: 10 minutes
Serves: 3-4
Ingredients
1/2 cup ketchup
1/3 cup sweet pickle relish
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 fully cooked ham steak (about 1 pound)
How to Cook
In a bowl, combine the ketchup, relish, vinegar, brown sugar, and cayenne; set aside 1/2 cup for serving. Grill the ham steak, uncovered, over medium heat for 3 minutes on each side, basting occasionally with remaining sauce. Serve with reserved sauce
10-Minute Calzones
Calzone, which means ‘stocking’ or ‘trousers’ in Italian is a also called a folded or stuffed Pizza. Calzone stuffing can vary from meat to vegetables to cheeses such as Parmesan, mozzarella, Ricotta, and many others. This 10-minute Calzone recipe makes for quick, easy, healthy, and nutritious dinner. Nicknamed as a ‘readymade salad in a bag,’ if you enjoy non-fattening yet tasty food, then you’ll be hooked to this for good!
Total Prep Time: 10 minutes
Serves: 3-4
Ingredients
1 (1 lb) bag frozen pizza dough, thawed
1 (6 ounce) package pepperoni, chopped
1 cup ricotta cheese
1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 (16 ounce) jar pasta sauce
Grated Parmesan cheese
How to Cook
1. Heat oven to 400. Mix pepperoni, ricotta, and mozzarella.
2. Cut the dough into quarters and shape into 4 balls. Set aside to rest 5 minutes. Then, roll or pull each ball into a 7-inch circle. The dough will fight to remain in a ball but you must win that battle!
3. Spoon 1/4 of the filling onto the centre of each circle. Fold over and pinch the edges together. Place on a baking sheet and brush with the olive oil. Bake for about 30 minutes, until golden. Meanwhile, heat the sauce, and spoon over the baked calzones. Top with the grated parmesan
hope it helps you!!
you can try this site, theres over 40,000 free recipes on it
http://sharedrecipes.org
i would try a pasta recipe, even a pasta salad, you can throw in all the veggies you want into it to get those vitamins, also stuff like chicken for protein, makes a complete meal for those that are too busy, and can make alot of it and put ina container for lunch to take to work.
(pasta recipes are on the right marked in the catagories ';pasta';). at least thats one idea, and pretty simple to do, its hard to mess that up.
Pasta recipes can be very good for you. It requires simple steps to cook. And in fact it can last long as you put it in a fridge.
Salads will also help to counter balance your diet. All you have to do is to cut those pieces of veg and fruits and buy your dressing.
But, you cannot live by this forever, i suggest you find time to learn to cook dish for your to have lots of choices for your dietary needs
Check out the recipes at, http://frigidaire.stores.yahoo.net/recip… They have them categorized by Dinner, Appetizers, and Dessert recipes, which is great for browsing. I was just raving about this Salt and Pepper Chicken w/ Grinders, http://frigidaire.stores.yahoo.net/salt-… It's so delicious and so simple to prepare. Great meal if you don't have much time to prep.
Hope this helps and happy cooking!
* fajita
marinate the chicken breast with onion, salt and pepper then cook them on the grill until cooked, remove the chicken and put some green pepper on the same grill, then do the same with some onion slices
heat 2 table spoons oil in a pot then add juice of one tomato leave until boil then add rice and salt, put some water then on low heat until cooked
don't forget the sour cream is the best to eat with the fajita
*Chicken with lemon juice %26amp; cream
Season the chicken breast,
powdered them with bread crumbs,
fry them
put some whipping cream + one lemon juice with its zest in a pan
then add the fried chicken on it and put it in the oven for 10 min
* tuna with olive %26amp; lettuce
open a tuna can, drain it from its oil %26amp; wash it with vinegar (don't get the tuna with water its better this way the vinegar give a Sweet taste)
add 1 lemon juice, salt, pepper to the tuna cut some olive in small pieces %26amp; cut some lettuce too, mix all
eat with bread or without if u r on diet its easy %26amp; tasty
P.s: sometimes i add either 2 spoons of mayo or 1 cup of yogurt (yogurt if am on diet)
Enjoy
chicken tonight!! Buy 500gms of chopped chicken thigh from your butchers a bag of vegatables chicken tonight sauce and some rice. Cook the chicken untill browned and pour on chicken tonight sauce, put 1cup of rice into boiling water for ten minutes and also cook up you frozen vegatables. Pull it all of the stove and you have a healthy meal that will last you two nights!! You can save time if you have the water coming to boil while your browning the chicken.. Hope i was a help :)
Get a slow cooker. Basically you can stick what you want in it and you can never burn it meat comes out moist and soft everytime curry doesnt burn pasta is great there isnt any bad side to it I think and it saves on washing up!!!
Slow cookers are the way fwd for easy cookin.
All you have to do is drop your meat in it in the morning then when you get back afternoon it is done theycost about 20 quid.
what about veal or chicken parm. and Spanish rice
get already cooked Patty's
you will need
skillet
small sauce pan
med sauce pan with lid
4Patty's
4sliced mozz.
med jar pasta sauce
1/2 lb bacon
2 cups rice the one that cooks in 5min.
1 med. onion
3 cups tomato juice
salt and pepper to taste
FOR VEAL
heat sauce in pan, heat Patty's (in oven,micro.,or pan)i like pan use a little oil like you would fry steak in it give it the crisp feel
FOR RICE
dice one half pound of bacon and one med. onion fry in med. sauce pan put in 3 cups tomato juice bring to rolling boil stir in rice cover and remove from heat let sit covered 5 min. then stir and serve
and dont forget to set the mood with candles
Cook big over the weekends, and freeze in portions appropriate for your eating habits. Have bagged salads on hand. Have canned soup on hand.
Also, invest in a slow cooker or crock pot. So very simple, and needs no attending to. A piece of meat, some potatoes, whatever, saving raw or frozen veggies for when you get home, as they don't take as long to cook. Soups, stews, and boiled dinners can be done in the crock. (I've done ribs, roasts and meatloaf in mine too.)
Soups season/flavor things, or can be eaten alone with bread and butter. Vegetable soups can have addition of fresh veggies too.
hope this helps
I would stock your freezer with homemade chicken soup. This soup is a full meal and tastes delicious. It makes about 2 gallons so you will want to have quite a few plastic containers available. Here is my recipe: http://www.eat-well-save-money-recipes.c…
Hope you enjoy!
Anne
Lasagna is easy and convenient. Make a whole pan of it. Let it cool, then cut it in to squares. Keep whatever you plan to eat soon in the refrigerator. Individually wrap the others and put them in the freezer. Take one out for dinner and microwave it. Put some sauce and cheese on top, heat enough to melt and you have dinner.
Here is an easy one dish meal.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article…
I suggest you check : http://4best-recipes.blogspot.com
I hope that resoloves your problem.
OK! I know a lot of recipes but I can give you one incase! I'll be giving you one recipe of delicious fresh pasta! yum....! How to Make Pasta - Step 1
To make one pound of pasta, you need 2 cups of unbleached flour, 3 large eggs, and a 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
Place the flour on a table in a mound and make a well in the center. Put the eggs and salt into the well.
How to Make Pasta - Step 2
Using a fork, gently incorporate the flour into the egg mixture a little at a time.
Mix the eggs together with a fork without disturbing the flour
How to Make Pasta - Step 3
Once you have incorporated all of the flour together with the egg using a fork, switch to a bench knife or use your fingertips to blend the mixture together well.
How to Make Pasta - Step 4
After the wet and dry ingredients have been combined using the dough knife, bring the mixture together with your hands to form a ball. If the dough seems to dry, add a little more egg mixture. If the mixture is too wet and sticks to your fingers, rub your hands with flour and form the dough into a ball.
How to Make Pasta - Step 5
Knead the pasta dough as you would bread dough. Pushing down and away from you with the palm of your hand. Turn the dough ninety degrees, fold the dough over on itself and push down and away again. Continue this until the dough is smooth, about 7 minutes.
How to Make Pasta - Step 6
Using the bench knife, cut the dough into 3 equal sections. Form each section into a ball. Cover the dough balls with a towel or bowl and let rest for 15 minutes.
How to Make Pasta - Step 7
A pasta machine is great for rolling and cutting the dough. They are inexpensive and can be found at major kitchen stores or online. If you don't have a pasta machine, a rolling pin will work just fine.
Flatten one of the dough balls with the palm of your hand until it's about 1/2 an inch thick and no wider than the slot of the pasta machine. With the slot of the pasta machine on its widest setting (usually 1), turn the handle while feeding the dough into the slot. Gently hold the flattened dough as it comes out of the pasta machine, but don't pull on it.
How to Make Pasta - Step 8
After the dough has completely passed through the pasta machine, turn the slot down to the next smallest setting and pass the dough through the slot. Continue to do this, making the slot smaller by one each time. Don't try to skip a number, as this will only cause the machine to jam and you'll end up with a mess and no pasta.
As you continue rolling the pasta, your sheet of dough will get longer and longer. Try to gently hold the dough as it exits the pasta machine so it doesn't tear. This is a great time to have an assistant help you.
Continue passing the dough through the machine until it's about an 1/16th of an inch thick.
How to Make Pasta - Step 9
After rolling the dough out to the desired thickness, it's time to cut the dough into pasta. Most pasta machines, come with an adapter that cuts the dough. If you are working on a table, you may wish to cut your dough in half to make it easier to handle.
Feed the dough into the cutting blades. Try to have your hand under the center of the cut dough, so you can pick it all up in one bunch.
Alternatively, if you don't have a pasta machine, you can fold the rolled dough into a square. Cut the open end of the square a quarter inch at a time. Immediately, unroll the pasta and lay flat.
How to Make Pasta - Step 10
Immediately after cutting the dough, hang the pasta on a dowel or other object (a clothes drying rack works great). You can also lay the pasta flat on a towel, but it is more likely to stick together.
The pasta can be used right away or will keep up to a week.
Well, isn't this the best answer? But the choice is upto u whom you'll choose!
