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I don't know about the rest of the world but when I walk through the door in the evening...I'm hungry!!! If I have to cook, which happens often, I like to deal with as few ingredients as possible and have my meal on the table in about 30 minutes. Why does that seem so impossible? It's not impossible, but it takes careful planning and a little prep work. I'm off on wknds, so I find that if I take some time on Sunday and prepare a few things ahead of time, my good quickie meals through the week work like a charm.
There are several appliances to make mid-week cooking a little easier. Off the top of my head, I can think of a few....such as: Microwave oven Crockpot Pressure cooker Steamer Deep fryer Bread maker Ice tea maker. Some folks don't mind buying vegetables that are already chopped, that's a bit extravagant for me. I did the next best thing and bought a chopper for about $10. Either way, no more crying over diced onions. Now the thing I love about my crockpot is that I can put in some goodies before I go to work, come home, whip up some cornbread, or biscuits and iced tea and in no time dinner's on the table. I have a wonderful recipe that I'll share with you, it's great for winter evenings: 2 lbs ground turkey 1 large onion 1 jar salsa 1 pack chili seasoning mix 1 large can of kidney beans 1 cup shredded cheddar, or monterey jack cheese Brown ground turkey in a skillet when it is just about done, toss in chopped onion and cook til onion is tranparent. Drain, then set aside. Put kidney beans in a large pot and simmer over a low flame until bubbling. Add chili seasoning packet and ground turkey mixture. Mix and season to taste. Sprinkle shredded cheese on top of each serving. This is a pretty basic recipe, you can add your own ingredients, depending how you like your chili. We usually like to have cornbread with this. mmmm mmmm good!! For a good summer meal, when I make pasta, I like to make extra. I put it in a zip lock bag, toss in a teaspoon of oil and some herbs and seasonings. Toss it around, mix it up and put it in the fridge for a quick pasta salad. The next evening I'll add some chopped tomatos, peppers, celery and perhaps I'll blanch a pack of frozen peas for good measure. You could add chicken, tuna, salmon, beef...whatever your heart's desire. Go To Page: 1 2
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