Need a quick and easy dinner idea?!


Question: Need a quick and easy dinner idea!?
O!.K!. Im so sick of the same thing over and over!. I am lookin 4 some ideas 4 something diff!. any ideas!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Chicken with Basil Cream Sauce

1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup dry bread crumbs (I used about 3/4 cup fresh bread crumbs)
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Salt and pepper
3 tbls!. butter
1 tbl!. olive oil
Sauce:
1/2 cup chicken broth
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1 (4-oz!.) jar diced pimentos, drained
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
1/4 cup fresh basil, minced
1/8 tsp!. black pepper
1 tsp!. cornstarch
2 tbls!. chicken broth or water
1!. Put milk and bread crumbs in separate bowls!. Lightly season chicken with salt and pepper!. Dip chicken in milk, then bread crumbs!.
2!. In skillet, over medium heat, brown chicken on both sides in butter and oil!. Set aside, keep warm!.
3!. Add broth to the same skillet!. Bring to a boil over medium heat and scrape bottom to loosen crumbs!. Add cream and pimentos, and bring to a boil, stirring constantly for 1 minute!. Reduce heat!. Stir in cheese, basil and pepper; cook until heated!.
4!. Mix cornstarch with broth into a paste!. Stir into cream mixture and cook until slightly thickened!. Spoon sauce over chicken!. For an appetizer, cut chicken into bite-size pieces and serve sauce as a dipping sauce!.

--The Advocate, June 2005
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Make your own pizzas:
Either buy the pizza dough already made or use the following recipe:
2!.25 tsp yeast
1/2 tsp sugar
3/4 cup water at 110 degrees F
1/1/2 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt

-Combine yeast and sugar with water and stir, let stand for 7-8 minutes
-Combine flour and salt
-Add yeast mixture to flour mixture and mix!. Knead using a dough hook for 2-3 minutes or 7-8 minutes by hand!.
-Roll out dough and place on pan
-Cover with toppings such as: tomato sauce or pesto sauce, chicken, pepperoni, tomatoes, etc!.
Bake at 500 for 5-6 minutes and then turn heat down to 350 until pizza crust is brown and cheese is melted

Other ideas:
-Grilled cheese sandwiches made with a flavorful cheese on sourdough bread served with a creamy soup (e!.g!. creamy tomato basil)
-Anything from one of the Rachel Ray cook books, she has recipes that don't require a lot of ingredients and take less than 30 min to make!.
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I make lots of quick dinners with store bought rottisserie chickens!. They make for a good short cut!. I use them in:
Chicken Pot Pies w/
1 -2 cans veg all and chicken gravy
sometimes shredded cheese
pillbury roll out pie crust
Shred chicken off of bones, mix all ingredients and fill pie crust!.
Cook according to pie crust directions

Chicken Tacos
1 can black beans
appx 1 tsp cilantro
about 1 small jar of salsa
appx 1 tsp cumin
Shred chicken off bone, combine all ingredients and simmer in skillet for appx 20 minutes!. Serve on tortillas with favorite toppings!.

Chicken Soup
carrots, celery, green onions, garlic, chicken broth and noodles (I like rice noodles), salt and pepper
cook carrots about half way first, add the rest of the ingredients and cook until noodles are soft!.

Another version of Chicken tacos
Pull the chicken off the bone, slap it on a taco shell and add cheese and sour cream

Chicken Casseroles
Any veggie (I usually go with broccoli - frozen), any starch (I like rice or taters), and any sauce (I usually do a cheese sauce), plus the rotisserie chicken meat (I also use keilbasa or browned grown hamburger sometimes)
Mix all your ingredients and bake for appx 30 min at 350!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Vegetable-Stuffed Oven Baked Sole with Brown RiceMakes: 4 servings
Prep: 25 minutes
Bake: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

2 tsp!. olive oil
1 bag (12 ounces) broccoli slaw
1 carton (18!.3 ounces) Campbell's? V8? Garden Broccoli Soup
1 1/2 cups water
Freshly ground black pepper
1 cup uncooked instant brown rice
1 bag (10 ounces) fresh baby spinach, coarsely chopped
4 sole fillets (about 1 pound)
1 tbsp!. lemon juice

Directions:

Heat the oil in a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat!. Add the broccoli slaw and cook for 5 minutes or until it's tender!. Stir 1/2 cup soup and 1/2 cup water in the skillet and heat to a boil!. Reduce the heat to low!. Cook for 5 minutes!. Season with the black pepper!.

Stir the remaining soup, water and rice in an 11 x 8-inch shallow baking dish!. Top with the spinach!.

Divide the broccoli slaw mixture among the fish fillets!. Roll up the fillets and place seam-side down on the spinach in the baking dish!. Drizzle with the lemon juice!. Season with the black pepper!. Cover the dish!.

Bake at 375°F!. for 25 minutes or until the rice is tender and the fish flakes easily when tested with a fork!.
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a bunch of vegetables (zucchini, red bell pepper, green onion) thrown on a whole grain tortilla with a tiny bit of tomato basil marinara, fresh oregano, fresh basil and some italian cheeses!.

it's what i have for dinner when i'm too lazy to cook anything and don't feel like having the same thing!. (:Www@FoodAQ@Com

SLOPPY JO CASSEROLE

1 lb!. ground beef
1/2 c!. water
2 c!. Bisquick
1 c!. catsup
1 pkg!. sloppy jo seasoning
2/3 c!. milk

Brown beef and drain!. Add catsup, water and seasoning mix!. Simmer 5 minutes!. Mix Bisquick and milk to make a soft dough!. Spread 1/2 of batter in pan and spread meat mixture over it!. Drop remaining batter by spoonfuls on top!. Bake 30 minutes at 400 degrees!.
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taco casserole
lb Ground beef
1 pk Taco seasoning mix
1 cn Tomato sauce; (15 oz!.)
1/4 c Chopped green bell pepper;
3 c Corkscrew macaroni; cooked
1 c Cheddar cheese; shredded
1/2 c Sour cream


Method
Brown meat; drain!. Stir in seasoning mix, tomato sauce and green pepper!. Bring to a boil and remove from heat!. Combine cooked pasta, 1/2 cup cheese and sour cream and place on bottom of baking dish!. Top with meat mixture and remaining cheese!. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes
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Depends on what you usually have!. I personally have a stockpile of chicken that I will Marinate and Grill and throw on a salad!.
If you don't want the salad, Marinate and Grill the breast and throw it on a bed of rice!. If you get this going at the same time - you can have all ready in about 10-15 min!.

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Tomato Basil Chicken Breasts

Place boneless skinless chicken breast in a casserole dish!. Top with Dried basil and sliced tomato!. Drizzle with olive oil and bake on 350 for 30 minutes!. Serve on top of cooked, drained spaghetti that you have tossed with a little olive oil and dried basil!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

When I dont feel like making anything to complicated, I just slice and grill chicken breasts, boil some wheat pasta (any kind, but usually penne ) and toss some broccoli in the water to boil till al dente and toss some alfredo sauce on top!. Voila!.!.!.Chicken Broccoli Alfredo! Then I serve with a salad and garlic bread!.

Or!.!.!.!.tonight I'm making eggplant parmesan!.!.!.yummmWww@FoodAQ@Com

I like good ole fashioned, stick to your ribs, shepherd's pie!. sautee onion and green peppers!. Brown hamburger!. Throw it in a lasagna dish!. Add a can of brown gravy or juice!. Add peas or corn!. Cover with two tubs of mashed potatoes!. Spread out!. Dab of butter!. Cook at 350 for 1/2 hours!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Check the internet do a search for "recipes" you'll see soo many sites w/ different categories in each!. it'll suck you in!. For now i'd say choose a meat to cook, and veggies w/ a different seasoning that you'd usually go with!.
I think one is epicurious!.comWww@FoodAQ@Com

cook your choice of pasta, add a can of crushed tomatoes with garlic and onion or olive oil!. add garlic bread and you have a cheap and easy tasty meal!. enjoy!Www@FoodAQ@Com

Homemade French Fry Delight

French Fries
one can of chili
chopped onion
cheddar cheese
sour cream

I loved it so much that I had it for dinner 2 nights in a rowWww@FoodAQ@Com





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