I found out an easy way to cook for the week: Have hubby grill several pounds of meat. It's delicious. It doesn't heat the house. It feeds us for a week. It provides fast, easy, healthy meals. It's awesome! On July 5th (we slept through the fourth), we bbq-ed 2lbs of hamburger patties, 6 chicken breasts, and 7 hotdogs. We ate hot dogs, hamburgers, hamburger steak, grilled chicken salad, chicken enchiladas, and arroz con pollo. D-licious!
What are your easy cooking ideas? Do you crockpot? Once a month cooking?
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Here are three easy family meals that have contributed to the development of three healthy teen boys over the years.... and one less meal-stressed mom... :o)
Coonan Beans -
Brown 1 pound hamburger. Drain.
Add
16 oz can of favorite baked beans with liquid
several squirts of ketchup to taste
Worcestershire sause to taste
Simmer til cooked through
(great camping recipe - in one frypan! Easily doubles with about 2 pounds h-burger and 28 oz can of baked beans. Experiment with proportions. Maybe add some molasses?)
Crockpot Cookery
(Love crock pots - it is not possible to "overcook" these meals - they just get better.)
Any meat, mostly thawed (chicken breasts, pork chops, or pot roast beef)
Place in crockpot in morning. No need to brown meat first.
Layer with 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup and favorite seasoning (we like ground black pepper; dry steak seasoning is good with pot roast beef, too)
Cook all day on low setting. Makes the house smell good!
The soup will turn into a nice gravy. Thicken if needed. Serve over white rice with parsley, wild rice, or mashed potatoes, with sause over everything!
"Stringy Beef"
This is a crockpot potroast - meat falls apart after cooking all day.
Potroast beef (1 to 2 pounds)
1 can or two of crushed or diced tomatoes (more cans = more sause)
If you like: half a medium onion, sliced; favorite spices - pepper or steak seasoning, italian seasoning
When done... remove meat and skim off some of the surface oil on remaining liquid; puree/thicken liquid to make sause.
Can also throw in a bunch of veggies in the morning - carrots, potatoes, etc, for a stew)
Serve with rice or potatoes with sause over everything.
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