Mealtime Blues

Do you ever get into a box dinner rut?  It happens to me from time to time!  I always need a place to go to be inspired.  I asked for dinner menu suggestions and here are dinner ideas many women around the world have shared!

-Shiloah Baker

I like to make Tator Tot Casserole: brown  ground beef, drain. Add cream of mushroom soup, stir. Coat bottom of a baking pan with hamburger mixture. Top with tater tots, Cook until hot.
-Sequin

Last night we had stuffed bell peppers, mashed potatoes, shells and cheese, and I also made peanut butter chewies. Tonight we had chicken and cheese quesadillas, and tomorrow we'll be having spaghetti, salad, and garlic bread!
-Stephanie

Tonight I made a pizza with feta cheese, basil, tomatoes, asparagus, broccoli and mushrooms.  Tomorrow I'm making chicken parmesan.

-Carrie
 

Today we had roast beef, French fries, avocado and tomato salad and
banana cake and canned peaches and fresh chocolate milk.

Yesterday we had roast beef, mash potatoes, canned grape juice, green beans salad, canned peaches and canned cherries with banana milk to drink as well as fresh bread.

Some other menu's included: fries chicken wings, home made sausages, canned beet salad, canned green bean salad, canned pears and peaches. 

Or have pizza and chocolate cake and fresh strawberries.

 We also had hamburger gravy, cooked rice, canned carrots with garlic and butter, canned fruit salad, canned grape juice and potato soup.

Another menu included: .noodles with home made meat sauce, chocolate cake and avocado salad..

For lunch: Tomato sandwiches, avocado salad, chocolate milk and chocolate cake

A dinner we had was: bake salmon with butter and garlic and French fries and pop.

Also, we made sub sandwiches and chocolate milk.
 

-Ally
 

Last night I did a ham stake, cheese potatoes, salad, carrot sticks, and rolls

Nancy

Let me see...Saturday I made homemade French onion soup, along with French bread and salad.

Tonight I made Mexican casserole, tomorrow we are having spaghetti, garlic bread and salad.

Wednesday night is soup and bread night, and tortilla soup.

Thursday, we are having sweet and sour Chinese noodles with salad.

-Sarah
 

Chicken cutlets, green beans & mashed potatoes & applesauce.

-Meghan

Well tonight I made Sloppy Joes and also some noodles they like.
Tomorrow will be chicken n Dumplings and also Chicken n rice because a few of my kids don't like dumplings and it is real easy to make chicken n rice.
We will also have chicken nuggets and tator tots this week.  These are easy for me to cook and also my kids will eat them.

-Diana
 

Today we had chicken burritos.  Throw some chicken breasts in the crock pot for all day with some cumin, salt and pepper.  Then shred some cheese, make some guacamole, add sour cream, lettuce, tomato and voila! 

Last night we had chicken pasta "salad".  Penne pasta with ranch dressing, bacon bits, black olives, shredded cheese and grilled chicken strips. 

-Laura

 

Quick stroganoff-brown about 1 1/2 lbs. of ground beef with some onion.  Drain the grease.  Add a can of cream of mushroom soup and a can of sliced mushrooms and stir really well.  Than add sour cream, usually about 1 1/2 cups and mix up.  Serve over rice, egg noodles, or mashed potatoes.

Also another really quick one.  Slice up a couple of large potatoes and fry them in butter/Crisco.  When they are brown and pretty well cooked, add sliced up hotdogs and cook until those are browned.  Serve with ketchup and mustard.

-Stacy

BBQ Teriyaki chicken with BBQ corn on the cob and raspberry lemonade.  Also, sweet and sour chicken with fried rice.

-Valerie

Oven Baked hobo dinner. 1 lb ground beef, then add sliced carrots and potatoes and celery and salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste. Place in a baking dish cover with foil and bake at 450 for 30-40 min until everything is cooked.

-Valerie

I put some chicken breasts in the oven with BBQ sauce. We will have leftover homemade macaroni and cheese, potato salad, and macaroni salad from yesterday with it.

Love,
Jamie
 

We had Hamburger/rice/cheese.  It is basically bell pepper stuffing with out the bell pepper.

-Nancy Jo

We are having Chicken Tender Strips, hash browns, salad, and who knows. Kind of like if you see something else you want to eat, get it and eat it.

Jodi

We're having a Mexican tater tot casserole with taco seasoned turkey (from last night's roasted turkey) instead of hamburger.  I think it will be really good. You put a layer of taco seasoned meat (turkey, hamburger, pork, chicken etc) I add a little extra water to the seasoning packet, maybe 2 TBSP so it helps melt everything.  Then a layer of frozen corn, if you have olives that's a good thing to throw in there too.  Then a layer of shredded cheese, tater tots to fill the dish, bake for about 30-35 minutes until the tater tots are browned (at 400 degrees F), then turn off the oven, throw some more cheese on top and as soon as it melts, serve!  Easy, quick and even better when you have leftover meat to use.  

-Jeni
 

  Tonight I had some bottled spaghetti sauce leftover from the weekend, so I poured it over some diced veggies (pumpkin, broccoli, green beans, carrot and fresh mushrooms) - I will cook it in the oven in a casserole dish and have it with spaghetti and parmesan cheese. For dessert we will have our winter "usual" dessert - canned fruit (apricots tonight)...I'll place it in a casserole dish, sprinkle with a few things (like walnut crumbs, cinnamon, coconut etc) and bake it until it's nice and hot.  It's winter here...so we like our fruit HOT at this time of year.

-Kathy

We had Chicken Sandwiches, corn on the cob and pasta salad.

-Naomi
 

A weekly menu usually consists of:

Monday- Chicken pie, mashed potatoes, boiled carrots and peas

Tuesday- Roasted root vegetables on a bed of rice with homemade tomato sauce

Wednesday-  Quiche Lorraine, salad

Thursday- Lentil Soup, bread and cheese

Friday-  Spaghetti Carbonara

Saturday- Chicken, Egg and Lemon Soup, chicken sandwiches

Sunday- Lasagna, Salad

Try to have some vegetarian meals in between meat ones for balancing your diet and keeping the cost down.

-Contributed by: Lisa Kartanou

 

When I come home and I really don't feel like cooking a whole lot, I take a pack of ramen noodles, add a can of tuna and a can of mixed vegetables... And Voila!  What a quick fix!

-Lucie

We had beef sirloin tips in teriyaki stir-fry over rice.  I also made some rolls. 

-Shiloah Baker

One of my favorite recipes, quick and easy to fix, but feeds about 6 people is called Cornchip Gabage'. Just remember:
 #2 2 lb hamburger browned
drain 2 cans of tomato soup
2 cans of vegetable soup
2 cans of chili beans

Mix all ingredients heat and serve. Use corn chips for crackers.

-Tim Dunahee

Tonight, we are having deer steak, mashed potatoes, noodles, or gravy, green beans, and apple pie.

-Kathy

My family loves hamburger soup.  1 lb hamburger browned.  In soup pot add corn, peas, carrots, green beans, potatoes (1 can each w/juice) and a can of V-8 (large) simmer add salt and pepper to taste.  Salad and crackers - yumm-o

-Tami

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