as I mentioned, I do this with butter chicken sauce. We’ve also done Thai style coconut curries.
I could see fajita rice bowls, potato broccoli chicken with mustard sauce if you had small enough potato pieces. I’ve seen frozen ramen bowls.
when I’m looking for inspiration, I’ll check out Blue Apron and places like that. They often provide the recipes on their sites, so it really is just doing the purchasing, and substituting for things that you only need very small amounts of
Five things I make from a freezer full of vegetables
Each works on a weeknight and tastes like more effort than it took.
30-Minute Saag from a Bag of Frozen Spinach (RECIPE BELOW) Brown an onion, add ginger, garlic, tomato paste, and spices. Drop in the frozen spinach and let it all simmer together. Finish with cream or coconut milk. Tastes like you simmered greens for hours.
Brown-Butter Frozen Pea Pasta with Lemon and Parm Brown the butter, add pasta water, toss in the peas to thaw. Once warmed, add your pasta and emulsify in the cheese. Brighten with a final flurry of lemon zest. Ten minutes, no chopping.
Coconut Curry with Frozen Vegetables and Chickpeas Sweat chopped onion, ginger, and garlic in oil. Add curry paste and cook until aromatic, then pour in a can of coconut milk. Add a can of chickpeas and a bag of frozen veggies (dealer’s choice). Simmer until tender, then adjust the final seasoning with fish sauce, sugar, and lime juice.
Frozen Corn & Crispy Egg Skillet Char frozen corn in a hot skillet slicked with oil until blistered and popping. Push the corn to the sides, crack a few eggs in the center, shower with grated jack, cover, and cook until the eggs are set and the cheese is melted. Top with salsa and diced avocado. Serve with freezer tortillas charred directly over the burner.
Potatoes O’Brien Bhaji I’m sure this mix of diced potatoes, onions, and peppers was designed for breakfast hash, but it truly shines as a bhaji. Sauté in ghee with turmeric, coriander, cumin, and mustard seeds. Finish with lemon juice and cilantro. Serve with a dollop of yogurt and scoop it all up with roti.
I have meal planned! Do you all have a go to drink that feels like a little treat that is not caffeinated and not carbonated? My mom doesn’t drink sparkling water and I’d like to do a better job of offering fun treats to try.
Okay my meal plan:
Monday- greekish salad with the dressing I made and didn’t use last week, kids mac n cheese
Friday Tacos
Tuesday Rice bowls with soy sauce, boiled eggs/edamame, carrot, cucumber, any other veggies that look good
Wed- Pasta with tomato sauce and broccoli
Th- Ground beef and rice/peas / whatever curry I want
Anyone have ideas for make ahead breakfasts?
Ideal: has fiber, not hot, not super spendy. Cereal here is spendy.
I have made oatmeal bake before and liked it! With apples and raisins etc. but I don’t want to use the oven or stove right now. Too hot.
A classic Costa Rician dish that we make for breakfast (or dinner!) is Gallo Pinto. It’s basically rice with black beans and you add whatever other toppings you want. I’ve eaten it cold, sometimes I’ll try an egg to put on top and eat it warm too. Make it in bulk on the weekend!
For the ice tea queens do people like iced herbal/fruit teas? I do but I like fruit teas more than most people? I think I got my stop caffeine early in the day gene for my mama
Ty all for the ideas!! I think immediate term I’ll do peanut butter or hummus on seedy bread.
Then when we get a break in the weather do some cooking.
Medium temperature is exactly the phrasing lololol
Sounds like most of the sheet-pan meals I’ve seen. Chicken, a veg and maybe a grain with a sauce is most of what I’ve seen. Country Living has a nice selection.
Overnight oats can be microwaved! You could totally cook them for just long enough to make them medium temp. I usually add ground flax, hemp hearts, and chia seeds to mine. Very good for cheap + fiber.
I also often have a toasted whole wheat bagel with butter (would also be good with the hummus or peanut butter). I buy a dozen from the good bagel shop, slice/freeze, and pull them out one at a time. You can put them in the toaster without having to heat up an oven/stove.
