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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
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 Posted - Nov 30 2008 : 3:05:59 PM
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Now that I am transitioning to working full time, I need to pump up my recipe box. I need easy but healthy recipes that do NOT involve a lot of pre-made, boxed or otherwise ingredients. I don't mind paying a little extra for healthier choices, I just need some recipe ideas. Mostly dinner, that would take less than an hour from start to finish. Thanks!!!
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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prairielandherbs
True Blue Farmgirl
690 Posts
Maggie
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Nov 30 2008 : 4:00:36 PM
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hey Heather! I hear you. We went nearly all-local foods this past year, which means nothing out of a box! It requires some getting used to, but now I love it. I find that planning ahead works the best for me. In the summer, i make batches of "gravy" (marinara...pasta sauce) and freeze; then we can have pasta and sauce anytime for a quickie meal. I also make ahead batches of pizza sauce, and freeze in small plastic gladware pots. I try to keep frozen, homemade pizza dough on hand - if I pull a dough, and a pot of sauce out of the freezer in the morning before I go to work, they are both defrosted and ready to use when I get home. Some cheese and your favorite toppings, and you have a delicious homemade pizza at home in about a half hour's worth of work. The crockpot is my friend - with that and a bag of dried beans, i can concoct soups in just a few minutes in the morning, then leave them on to cook all day. If your family doesn't mind leftovers, you can eat this for several days, or, if you make the soup really thick, use it as filling for burritos, tacos, or crepes the next day or two.
Fritattas and omelets - yum, cheap, quick! You can fill with meats or cheeses, whatever you like.
We make our own bread from scratch. if you have a breadmaker with a timer, you can load the ingredients in the morning, go to work, and have the timer set so the bread is ready when you get home, or at whatever time you want to eat. OR, my new favorite - the bread from the "Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day" book - you make a batch of dough which keeps in the fridge, and you can use that to have fresh, homemade yeast bread, at home, anytime - it takes about 40 mins to an hour from the time you remove the dough from the fridge, until it is done baking.
I am a vegetarian so I'm not much help with meat-based meals, but maybe those will give you a few ideas.
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
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Posted - Nov 30 2008 : 4:40:49 PM
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Heather, you will find the healthiest food does not need a recipe. Grilled meat, a starch (rice, pasta or potato) and veggies (raw or cooked) Rachel Ray has some great recipes that you can make in 30 minutes. I find that her 30 min meals takes me at least an hour. She does not have to go out and get a green onion out of the garden. Or when she cuts into a veggie and it is Rotten in the center she dosen't have to clean her cutting board and start over. All she has to do is say "cut". Dosen't that mean stop when they are filming?
I have been preaching to my DD for months. She and her DH both work long hours. They are hitting the drive thru at McDonalds and KFC way too often. Wish I could do more than preach. Like tomorrow we will be gone all day. So I am cooking a pot of pinto beans tonight and will make some cornbread when I get off here. I think I just said that on another topic. We just do not do fast food. Well, hardley ever. Subway is our only vice. Except when our son and grandkids are here. They are "in love" with Toco Myo. When they go there for take out, I tell them to bring me 4 tocos. Better than a candy bar. Am I wandering off subject?? |
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palmettogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
571 Posts
sue
camden
south carolina
USA
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Posted - Dec 01 2008 : 06:11:30 AM
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| think crock-pot!! i brown (lightly) some pork chops the night before. throw them in the crock pot the next morning, open a can of chicken-&-rice soup, dump that over the chops and just turn on the crock pot. when you come home they will be so tender and tasty. oh, i forgot, i also throw in a scoop of rice and a little extra water and you have almost a complete dinner! |
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K-Falls Farmgirl
Chapter Leader
2096 Posts
Cheryl
Klamath Falls
Oregon
USA
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Posted - Dec 01 2008 : 12:14:35 PM
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Yes.. Crock pot. Meals are so easy. & left overs after. Make TV dinners on weekend or when ever there are leftovers even one serving. Freeze it and then bring them them out Buffet style. We call it Split Meal.. We share what was frozen.
http://www.k-fallsfarmgirl.blogspot.com/
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Farm girl sister
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