Kitchen

[Desertdi]

Piece of frozen fish.....half pkg frozen vegetables.....small amount of liquid -- nuke for appox 10 - 12 mins in covered casserole

[Campion]

I think, in answer to your really cool post for recipes (thanks!) my best one might be flank steak, my Mom's way.

Mix up red wine, some red wine vinegar, a chopped onion, some crushed garlic (if you like it) a dash of olive oil and a good slug of Kikkoman soy sauce. This is the marinade. You don't need to measure. It's about equal amounts except the vinegar and oil--those are about a 1/2 of the others. Just slug them in.

Put a flank steak in a ziploc with the marinade or just in a baking dish and cover with plastic wrap. Let it marinate for a few hours to overnight. Grill this on any grill--electric, charcoal, gas. The meat should be MEDIUM RARE even if you are a well done person, because flank steak toughens up. Med rare feels like when you press the bottom third of the mound below your thumb, and then press the steak (you know what I mean.)

You slice it on the diagonal, again, to make the grain more tender. My well-done only husband would get the end pieces and I'd get the middle. It's really delicious and flank is lean, and it's cheaper than strip steak. We'd serve it with Chinese style fried rice or wild rice and broccoli.

[depglass]

Jules 5280, what a hoot. I hate to say it ladies, but most of these recipes are what I call heavy prep, or at least medium prep. Personally I love chopping stuff up, but occasionally even that is beyond me. My answer for those days is LEFTOVERS.

[Mindy D]

I couldn't find my post until now. These recipes are just what I was looking for. Great taste, fast prep, homemade taste. I will be trying some of them soon. 

[VaBelle35]

Rice with butter.

[Nomore]

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@VaBelle35 wrote:

Rice with butter.

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I'll add to this, quinoa and butter, salt and pepper. 

1/2 cup quinoa, 1 cup water, cook like rice for 15 min.

Good protein.

(This is an old post appearing again, I know)

[AnikaBrodie]

Marinated Salmon  ~~~ About one lb. fresh salmon cut into individual servings;  1 Tablespoon each of olive oil, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce and hickory syrup.  Mix together and brush on both sides of salmon.  Let stand about 8 to 10 minutes.  Place in hot pan, sprinkle with almonds, and cook for 7 minutes per side.  Serve with side salad.  Delicious.

[HonnyBrown]

I buy little (4 pounds or less) whole chickens from Aldi's.  They fit perfectly in my little (4 quart) crockpot.  When it's done, I remove the skin and bones and put the pieces in the fridge.

They are perfect for lazy days: throw them in the microwave with frozen veggies and some fresh pepper, make a chicken salad or a casserole, tacos, you name it.

[novamc1]

I agree with the salmon/mayo/mustard recipe.  Posted one similar to that a while back, with the only difference being a "formula" of one part Grey Poupon Country Mustard (coarse grain) to three parts mayonnaise, and topped with panko crumbs (sometimes enhanced with a little melted butter) and a sprinkling of Old Bay seafood seasoning.

My husband liked it better than the salmon I usually baked with maple syrup/garlic clove/soy sauce and Worcestershire marinade.

Temperature and time for cooking: 400- 425 degrees for about 20 minutes, but teamp and  time depend on how much salmon you're cooking and whether you have another dish in the oven at the same time.

Meanwhile, my lazy summer method of cooking dinner is to:

(1) Send my husband out to the grill with steaks or loin lamp chops or top-quality pork chops, which I make him go to Costco or the local grocery to buy, because he's the meat gourmet around here.  (These meats  are often  marinated for a while in Lawry's Steak and Chop or Lawry's Signature Steakhouse sauce).

(2) Oven- roast in a 9x13-inch casserole some cut-up Yukon gold potatoes, chunks of carrots, chunks of Vidalia onions and maybe some yellow squash halves or asparagus or fresh or frozen whole green beans, all tossed with  a mix of olive oil and butter, garlic and various types of seasonings.  The best results seem to come from tossing them with McCormick Montreal Steak Seasoning.  A mix of herbs, salt and pepper also works.

Roast about one hour at 425 degrees. tossing and turning the vegetables once or twice during cooking.

I am REALLY sluggish in the summer heat and don't have much appetite at normal dinner times, so this is my favorite way to escape kitchen slavery.

[Lynneuk]

Stovetop Meatloaf is very easy. I usually throw it together in the morning and then just pop it in the oven an hour before dinner time and steam some green beans or broccoli.

1 cup water

1 egg

A pack of stovetop

11/2 lb meatloaf mix 

Mix water and egg, add stovetop and allow to sit for 5 minutes. Add meat, mix well. Shape into a loaf on a foil lined baking sheet. Bake for 50 minutes. Half way through add a glaze if desired.

I  use Trader Joes sirracha barbecue sauce as a glaze, very good!