I just made the fastest dinner ever!! ~~ What are you having?

[Breeze54]

I literally made dinner in five minutes! :P

Turned on oven preheat to 375 degree's.

Covered the bottom of a metal broiler pan with heavy duty tin foil.

Threw 6 rinsed and fork pricked potatoes on the pan.

3 on each side. Then I threw 3 rinsed half chicken breasts in the middle.

Squirted Italian dressing over all, sparingly and threw the pan in the oven!

Dinner should be ready in 45 minutes or close!

:D

[ceile]

1. Not bad!

I think we're having meatloaf. All I know for sure is that I'm not cooking it! yeah!

[Breeze54]

3. I've been craving

meatloaf sandwiches but I'm to lazy to make it.

I'll get there soon... maybe this weekend! ;)

[LSK]

2. I am seriously craving some pizza right now

The problem is that I had some last night.

[Breeze54]

6. I'm trying to stay away

from pizza and spicy foods in general.

My son is always buying pizza and subs and it gets old.

I like vegetables and chicken better.

It makes me feel better too! ;)

[bicentennial_baby]

4. DiGiorno Frozen Pizza

b/c we have to go out in a bit and won't be back until later, and have to go to bed early... :)

[Breeze54]

8. I had frozen Celeste one serving pizza the

other night. It's OK in a pinch!

Enjoy and have fun tonight! :hi:

[AlCzervik]

5. some kind of "Lift one corner to vent" thing.

[Breeze54]

9. Ugh! I battled with a

Marie Callenders roasted chicken dinner the other night.

It took longer to cook that TV dinner, than it would've

if I had cooked dinner from scratch! Never doing that again! :(

Hope it hits the spot! :D

[LSK]

13. I had that for lunch

[KitchenWitch]

7. It is leftover night!

We have leftover country style ribs, baked potato soup, kielbasa with baked beans, and pizza burgers.

[Breeze54]

11. Mmmmm! That sounds really good!

:)

I don't have any leftovers! :rofl:

I haven't been doing much cooking lately.

My son doesn't show up for dinner or buys it at work,with out telling me;

after I've already cooked it and the food was going to waste and then the

other night we sort of, had an argument, about how much I was shelling out

for groceries and so we decided that we'd "buy our own food" from now on! LOL!

I bought $25.00 worth of food for me and he immediately went for the TV dinners (2)

and I told him... "Hands OFF!! Those are MINE! You said we'd shop separate!!" :P

I'm waiting to see how long this lasts....

Today he asked me what was for dinner. :rofl:

He'll learn! ;)

[MissMillie]

40. your leftover nights always sound so good

I wanna come live w/ you.

Of course, that might mean there would never be any leftovers.

[trof]

10. chicken curry

[Breeze54]

12. I've never had curry.

Is that hot? What is curry?

Enjoy! :D

[trof]

41. Can range from very mild to waaayyyy hot.

There are several varieties, but I guess the main ones are Indian and Thai. And there's red and green.
Try some.

[texas1928]

14. This

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7118058

[Breeze54]

15. I was craving eggs all week!!

:rofl: Weird! I got up at 6 AM the other day (Tuesday) and went

to the store and bought a dozen eggs and a pound of bacon. :P

I love egg BURRITOS but I'll pass on the jalapenos.

Do you ever have scrambled eggs with Chorizo? I love that!!

Enjoy your meal! :)

[texas1928]

16. Chorizo, sausage, ham, you name it...

I will have it in a burrito. I love Brautwurst wrapped in a flour tortilla. With some really tangy mustard. :9

[matcom]

17. Chicken BLT salad (last night)

throw 2 chicken breasts on grill.

sautee some bacon bits.

dice tomatoes.

cut up chicken, place on bed of Romain. top with bacon and tomatoes.

pour blue cheese dressing and toss on plate.

ENJOY! :hi:

about 20 minutes total

[redqueen]

18. That sounds good...

no idea what I'll be eating.

[NightWatcher]

19. nilla wafers. I've got a real case of the munchies

[Breeze54]

22. Been there, done that!

:P

I didn't even eat dinner last night but I did have bean dip and chips! ;)

[Lex]

20. 45 minutes is fast?

Hmmm. I may have to recalibrate what I think of as a fast dinner.

[Breeze54]

21. 5 minutes throwing it together is fast!

:P

Cooking dinner can be a real chore sometimes.

I don't have to stand over it and stir or watch it

cook either and the clean up is super easy too! ;)

In fact, I've enjoyed DU and the news while dinner cooked!

I think it's ready too. I can smell it and it smells great!

[DS1]

23. marinaded steak

out the bag from the local butcher's, in the pan, rice cooking. put rice on plate, steak on rice, sauce over both. about 2 minutes work, 15 minutes waiting

[Breeze54]

24. Sounds really delicious!

Ummmm!

Bon Appétit'! :D

[peacefreak]

25. Pork Tenderloin with apples & onions

in a balsalmic glaze with green beans on the side. Prep time 5 minutes, cook time 20 min.

[Breeze54]

27. Awesome!

Just 20 minutes for pork? :shrug:

Sounds delicious! :hi:

[peacefreak]

29. I ended doing the pork a little longer.

But, it is dynamite (she says modestly). This one goes into the recipe file.

[DemoTex]

26. I broke down and bought a rib steak today.

Grilled rib steak
Mashed potatoes and gravy
Spinach salad with Ginger-Soy Vinaigrette

[Breeze54]

28. I love grilled steak and smashed potatoes!

Umm-umm good! :D

I saw a great gravy recipe on Rachel Ray yesterday.

Garlic gravy with cheese... I'll have to look it up.

It looked really, really good! :)

We're having cole slaw with our dinner too.


Here's to good eating!

[DemoTex]

30. Here is my recipe for sauce (gravy)

Meat drippings and scrapings, if you have them
Olive oil + pat of butter
Sherry vinegar
Minced shallot + minced mushrooms
Chicken stock
Veal demi-glaze

Saute the shallots and mushrooms in the oil/butter in skillet. Add a couple of tablespoons of sherry vinegar to pan. Stir. Add a cup or so of chicken broth. Stir in a couple of tablespoons of veal demi-glaze. Reduce over medium heat. Keep adding chicken stock and reducing for richer sauce.

Go to The Hotel Pastiche (link below) for a recipe for a flour-thickened version of this sauce (in fried chicken recipe), and a recipe for the ginger-soy salad dressing/marinade. Scroll down .. right side.

[Breeze54]

32. Thank you so much!

:D

That was very thoughtful of you!

I'll make copies! :thumbsup:

[fudge stripe cookays]

31. I managed to duplicate a salad...

I had at the Hyatt in Denver a few months ago.

I like the Organic Herb Salad in the package at the store, so bought some of that. On top, I sliced part of a Bartlett pear, very thin, then some raggedly sliced up Asiago cheese.

I did pretty well on the dressing. It was lemon-thyme. I mixed up some white vinegar, olive oil, lemon juice, dried thyme, and just a little sea salt.

Yum! :9

[Breeze54]

33. You're a genius!

I don't know if I'd have remembered all that! ;)

That sounds like a great salad!

[fudge stripe cookays]

38. The ingredients just really stuck in my head...

because I wouldn't have thought of putting them together.

And "lemon thyme vinaigrette" seemed pretty basic. Turns out it's pretty easy. The ingredients are just what they sound like!

[Arugula Latte]

34. Thai!

My favorite is Pad See Hew -- those wide, smoky noodles with broccoli, a fabulous sauce and a protein (I like it best with tofu rather than chicken) :9

[Breeze54]

36. Is Thai food hot?

What you're having does sound very appetizing and I like noodles with broccoli!

I'll have to try to make that too, one of these days!

Enjoy! :D

[Arugula Latte]

42. There is a whole spectrum of Thai food, from mild to very spicy.

Usually you can specify how hot you'd like your order -- mild, medium or hot.

Some foods are just naturally mild, like pad see hew and pad thai.

[sciouscience]

44. ???drunken noodles???

[Inchworm]

35. Yours sounds much better than mine

Spinach cassorole from Monday mixed with Chicken and Yellow Rice from Wednesday topped with goat cheese.

Ok.. so I'm a garbage disposal :)

:hi:

[Breeze54]

37. That sounds like a great dinner!

"Garbage disposal" :rofl: You and my son! :P

I'd eat that and I love that yellow rice. I buy it in small packages.

I'll pass on the spinach though....Blech! But goat cheese is great!

[MissMillie]

39. I made chicken marsala

over cavatapi pasta and steamed green beans.

It also took about 45 minutes, including all prep (I had more dishes to do than you did though.)

[yellowdogintexas]

43. so far, nothing. Couldn't get interested in anything in particular

I think I'll go eat up some of my fruit before it's too old to eat.

[Left Is Write]

45. I gave my daughter macaroni, my son a sandwich, and I had eggs and sausage.

[SoCalDem]

46. Whew !.. I'm glad I read on to the 45 min part..

5 minute chicken is not healthy for ya :)


sometime when you want another quick meal,
try Salad Supreme on chicken breasts in the oven.. Less oil than dressing and simply mahhhvelous tasting :)

and you can cube the potatoes , sprinkle a bit of olive oil on them in a baggie..shake shake shake and the Salad supreme again..bake and pig out !!

[u4ic]

47. Leftover Vietnamese food from last night's dinner

with a friend.

Coconut rice, lemongrass chili chicken and stir fried veggies. :9

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

48. A Tang sandwich is the fastest dinner ever

I was eating in under thirty seconds.