I am a working mom and hate to spend my evenings cooking, instead of spending quality time with my daughter. I want to think of meals I can make on Sunday and heat up throughout the week. Thanks for any suggestions &/or recipes!
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Try my broccoli slaw tacos. It can be made ahead of time and re-heats well. Here is the recipe: http://www.ehow.com/how_5363662_make-healthy-broccoli-slaw-tacos.html
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Insanely Easy Vegetarian Chili
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 cups chopped onions
1-1/2 cups chopped carrots
6 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups chopped green bell pepper
2 cups chopped red bell pepper
1-1/2 cups chopped celery
2 tablespoons chili powder
3 cups chopped fresh mushrooms
2 (28 ounce) cans whole peeled tomatoes with liquid, chopped
2 (19 ounce) cans kidney beans with liquid
2 (11 ounce) cans whole kernel corn, undrained
2 tablespoons ground cumin
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon dried basil
Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Saute onions, carrots, and garlic until tender. Stir in green pepper, red pepper, celery, and chili powder. Cook until vegetables are tender, about 6 minutes.
Stir in mushrooms, and cook 4 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, kidney beans, and corn. Season with cumin, oregano, and basil. Bring to a boil, and reduce heat to medium. Cover, and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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Convenient Vegetarian Lasagna
2 (12 ounce) packages lasagna noodles
2 pounds ricotta cheese
4 eggs
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/3 cup chopped fresh parsley
2 teaspoons dried basil
ground black pepper to taste
1/2 cup olive oil
1 1/2 cups chopped onion
1 cup sliced carrots
1 1/4 cups chopped green bell pepper
1 (16 ounce) package chopped frozen broccoli, thawed and drained
3 cups chunky-style spaghetti sauce
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain and set aside.
In a large bowl, combine ricotta cheese, eggs, Parmesan cheese, parsley, basil and ground black pepper. Stir to blend; set aside.
Heat oil in a large saucepan over high heat. Saute onions for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally; add carrot slices and saute about 2 minutes, then stir in green bell pepper and broccoli. Stir all together, reduce heat to medium and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Scrape veggies into ricotta mix and mix well.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Ladle 1 cup of spaghetti sauce into a 9×13 inch baking dish and spread evenly over the bottom. Place 2 strips of lasagna lengthwise in the dish, then spread about 4 cups of the filling over the pasta. Sprinkle 1 cup of the mozzarella cheese over the filling; repeat layers.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour; let stand about 15 to 20 minutes, to firm up, before serving.
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Butternut Apple Casserole
Ingredients:
1 butternut squash, peeled, seeded and cut into chunks
3 medium apples, cored, peeled and sliced (I use Granny Smiths)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1/2 cup apple juice (I use no sugar added juice)
Instructions
1 Preheat oven to 350°F.
2 Coat the inside of a 1-quart casserole dish with cooking spray.
3 Combine squash and apples with lemon juice and cinnamon in a large bowl. Toss to coat well. Place in casserole.
4 Sprinkle with brown sugar. Pour apple juice over mixture.
5 Cover casserole with lid or foil and bake 1 hour, or until squash is tender.
Fried Rice.
Cook rice. Normal serving per person of rice.
Brown/cook up some meat (anything which is chunk shaped that you have Chicken, steak, shrimp, pork, Sausage)
Scramble some eggs. Maybe an egg per 2 people depending on what kind of eaters you have.
Steam some fresh vegetables or heat up canned veggies or both (onions,carrots, broccoli, kenneled corn, mushrooms, peas, water chestnuts, basically any vegetable you and your family like chopped into bits)
Then mix everything together in a large slightly oiled pan.
Mix together some Soy sauce, maybe some Worcestershire sauce, sesame seed oil, maybe some sort of seafood sauce/juice/oil Oyster, fish whatever, some pepper, garlic (fresh or powder) together in a little bowl and then pour and mix into the rice mix. Put enough to where you can taste the mixture lightly over the whole mix.
This is really simple and heats up wonderfully. Everything is able to be changed to suit your tastes and what you have in the house. Mostly the rice, egg, some sort of Veggie, meat and soy sauce are needed. And then again meat isn’t necessary.
Have fun with your daughter!
This is what I often do to make my weeknight meals easier. This site offers suggestions for make ahead ground beef that you can plug in to different recipes.
http://www.easy-groundmeat-recipes.com/Easy-Ground-Beef-Recipes.html
I like to cook on the weekends too. It makes for a much better time during the week. Plus, it’s hard for kids to eat late.
I would start by making my homemade chicken soup: http://www.eat-well-save-money-recipes.com/chicken-soup-recipe.html
You will make about 2 gallons, so that is quite a few meals to store in your freezer. And this soup is a meal, serve it with a salad: http://www.eat-well-save-money-recipes.com/homemade-salad-dressing.html and you are all set.
Your next weekend, make my tomato sauce recipe: http://www.eat-well-save-money-recipes.com/Homemade-Spaghetti-Sauce-Recipe.html Again, you will make about 2 gallons, and it will be a base for many types of meals, least of which is really good macaroni with sausage and/or meatballs.
There are other recipes for you to create, but the soup and sauce will really put in you a good position.
Hope that helps,
Anne
http://www.ivillage.co.uk/food/cook/fast/articles/0,,177267_536607,00.html
on the ^ link there are some lunch breakfast and dinner recipes aswell as some healthy snack ones aswell. hope you like them x
Make a bunch of chicken and keep salad in the house, chicken salads are easy and very healthy. Then you can just add some fruits and veggies, some soup or a sandwich to keep it quick and simple