What is the easiest recipe for a well balanced meal? A cassarole would work, but I mean really easy! Anyone?!
Answers: I hope I stressed the easy part. I am an excellent cook, but lately I am just not in the mood. It has reached the point that I pay someone to look up the number and dial for carryout food to be delivered.
You said easy, this one takes some non active cooking time but very little hands on time.
Take a roasting pan, slice some small potatoes into quarters, slice some onions. Put some butter salt and pepper into the pan and place in a 350 oven. Go do wrangle sheep for 45 minutes. Place any type of sausage you like on top, add a few halved tomatoes. Put it back in the oven and go rope a few calves for 25 minutes. Then it's time to ring the dinner bell.
4 large boneless skinless chicken breast, thawed.
1 box, stove top stuffing, roasted garlic flavor
1 14oz can diced tomatoes (italian flavor is best)
shredded cheese
put chicken in baking dish
mix stuffing together with 3/4 cup of water and can of tomatoes (including juice)
sprinkle cheese over chicken
cover with stuffing mixture
bake at 350 about 20 minutes. or until chix is done.
this is SUPERB
BRAISED LAMB SHANKS
4 shanks
Flour
Salt and pepper
1/4 tsp. thyme
1/2 tsp. rosemary
1 c. diced carrots
1 c. diced potatoes
1/4 c. diced celery
1 med. onion, chopped
Dredge shanks in flour. Brown well in hot fat in large skillet. Add seasoning and 2 cups hot water. Simmer, covered 1 1/2 hours. Add vegetables. Cook for 30 minutes longer.
Well, I'm speaking as a vegetarian Aussie here, but we have "Tiger toast", which is toast with butter, Vegemite, and cheese melted on it. It is really filling and really good, even if the cheese is a bit of a sin for me, being more or less a vegan.
Since moving here to America, I like Tiger toast made with the thick texas toast bread; now that's a real meal, mum! ;-)
Greek Chicken Casserole
1-1/2 t. olive oil
1 medium yellow onion, halved and sliced
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 lb. skinless boneless chicken breast, cut into 6 pieces
1 zucchini, chopped
14-1/2 oz. canned tomatoes, with juice
1 t. dried oregano
2 bay leaves
1 t. kosher salt
1/4 t. freshly ground black pepper
2 oz. Feta cheese, crumbled
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Heat the oil in a Dutch oven or large skillet. Saute onion and garlic for about 5 minutes over medium-high heat until the onion turns golden brown. Add the chicken and stir and cook until all sides turn white. Add the zucchini and cook for 10 minutes.
Pour the juice from the canned tomatoes into the pot. Break up the tomatoes and add them to the pot. Stir in the oregano, bay leaves, salt, and pepper. Simmer, covered, for 10 minutes. Top with Feta and place, uncovered, in the oven for 15 minutes.
Yield: 4 servings.
AH... you are not in the mood because you have alot of things on your mind, and a new keyboard.
if you have any leftover chicken, chop it up and put it in the bottom of a shallow pan, then pile some chopped up sweet peppers (all colours), alittle onion and put on top. Then sprinkle liberally with cheese and bake it for 20 min or so.
you can add some cooked rice if you have any around. If you have raw rice, just throw it on over the chicken and before the peppers and put in the appropriate amount of water
viola
Well, for me that would be a chefs salad with romaine lettuce, greens, celery, tomatoes, avocado, raw baby carrots, raw mushrooms, green onions, cucumber, thinly sliced strips of provolone cheese and thinly sliced strips of turkey breast. I'll also toast some whole oatmeal bread and that's my easy meal.
Tacos
Ramen.
Cook per package directions, but then add cubed tofu, chopped tomato and green onion. Stir it up, put a lid on, turn off the heat, and come back in 5 minutes ~ lets the noodles soak up most of the liquid and warms up the tofu & tomatoes.
Starch, protein, veggies/fruits ~ *my* idea of a balanced meal.
my wife is a excellent cook also.
and she has thought about writing a cook book for cheep easy recipes
since our family has shrunk to 2, but is enlarged at a moment notice.
quick and easy is necessary.
many times we use Country style ribs, instead of pot roast.
just put the ribs in a covered pot with potatoes and carrots and onions.
and cook on the top of the stove.
and everyone's favorite, it.
Enchilada soup.
brown seasoned ground beef in a skillet.
in a separate pan, heat canned Tomato soup.
serve in a bowl with
tortilla chips,
and layer with the ground beef.
chopped onions,
tomato soup,
top with grated cheese and salsa.
or you might try the ones on this link.
http://food.yahoo.com/everyday/dinner/
1-800-Pizza Hut. Well balanced, breads, vegetables, sometimes fruit, dairy and meat. Add some Vanilla Vodka and voila! Dinner of kings ( or at least college students )
foodnetwork.com 30 minute meals
I think this link can help you:
http://food.yahoo.com/everyday/dinner/
edit: sorry I didn't see uncle smiley answer, he already provided you with the same link.
if you mean 'really' easy, why not eggs and beans on toast (classic british fare)?
toast a slice of bread
put a fried egg on it.
pour some baked beans on top (warm or cold).
it sounds gross and it is! but mmm-mmm... you won't be hungry anymore
For easy meals - I LOVE THE CROCK POT
Most people think that stews and roasts are the only things you can cook in a crock pot, but it actually does well with a lot of things......
I cook my chicken breasts in my crock pot often. I will often put a few chicken breasts in the crock (Bonless, skinless, and FROZEN!!! JUST DROP IT IN THERE!), add just enough liquid to cover, spices, dried unions for flavor, and maybe some whole red potatos. Then set on high for 4 hours or low for 6-8 hours. Add any other softer veggies or herbs one hour before it is done.
Here is a great recipie:
chicken breast - frozen
1-2 cup chicken broth or beer (I sometimes do it as half and half broth and beer.)
1 packet lipton onion soup mix
Cook for 4 to 8 hours... Remeber low for 8, high for 4
When done, your chicken breats will be yummy and very tender and juicy! I steam some green veggies and potatos to go along with this....... To make it easier and less clean up, add your cut up potato (small bit sized pieces) one hour till done, then 30 minutes till it is done add in your brocoli florets.
Toss in the yummy juices just before serving...... I will sometimes add a thickening agent to the juice and make a gravey or just spoon a little of the juice on before hand..
For a crock pot all you need is meat, yummy liquid to cover, salt, pepper, other spices and herbs (adding herbs in the last half hour of cooking - any longer than that and they loose their flavor)
My crock pot hero ingrediants include:
Diced tomatos - your fav flavor (I love the mild green chili or Italian versions)
Beer, wine, chicken broth, even dr. pepper!
dried onions (pieces not powder) add in begining to make a nice tast... but don't use with a onion soup mix... duh.
Lipton soup mixes
ranch powder & mixes
BBQ sauce (add some beer and beans and maybe some hot sauce and OMG HERE COMES SOME GOOD FOOD! Add any meat you like to this one!)
Just don't use fish or whole chickens to crock pots... Fish doesn't do well as it will turn to mush, and whole chickens don't get hot enough in the center and can cause you to be sick if you eat it. They say not to use frozen chicken etiher, but I have done it for years with no problems... Just make sure you cook it at least 6 hours for low, and 4 hours for high.
Have fun cooking!