Great food for those who hate to cook, lack experience or time, or just like easy stuff

iamkeri1 · 01-30-2010, 11:49 PM

I have been posting on threads where there are some yummy recipes for us all to share, but some of them have tons of ingredients, and frankly, I don't want to work that hard. Most of the recipes I use (what am I talking about - I don't use recipes - I just throw things in the pot!) are very simple and have few ingredients. This thread will be for food that you can prepare quickly, or just leave alone once it has started cooking, or that maybe doesn't get cooked at all.

This is a snack my kids love, but I invented it as something quick to serve to dates after a night on the town back when I was a young Femme.

Ingredients for each treat
1 slice of bread
1 slice of bologna (make some one inch cuts around the
outside to keep it from curling)
1 slice of a medium sized ripe tomato
1 slice of the white stringy cheese of your choice.

Assembly:
bread on bottom,
slice of bologna on top,
slice of tomato on top of that,
and finally the cheese.

Sprinkle on a little paprika, or cajon spice if you like, and stick in your toaster oven. Toast until cheese melts - that takes about the same time as it takes to toast a slice of bread. Variations are endless - it works especially well with cappicola, ham, or genoa salami.

iamkeri1 · 01-31-2010, 12:01 AM

How could I have forgotten my favorite food, and the simplest of all meals? I was an adult before I started likeing spaghetti sauce. As a child my mother always fixed me a separate bowl without sauce - with a generous serving of butter (actually I prefer margarine)

Buttered Spaghetti

Boil about 3 quarts of water. Add about 1/4 lb spaghetti noodles; boil till "al dente" (cooked, but firm.) Drain it (I use a colander to avoid burning myself.)Put it in bowls (this will serve two people.) Add as much butter, salt and pepper as you like and start eating. Hubby liked it with chunks of processed cheese melted into it (one minute in the microwave). Several of my kids like it tossed with parmesan cheese. Me, I'm a purist - I just like it with butter.
Smooches,
Keri

Andrew, Jr. · 01-31-2010, 10:51 AM

Hi Keri,

There is a cookbook that is 1,2, & 3 ingrediants only. Also, if you go online you can pull up some of these online. Rosie does this alot. I am on a special diet because of my kidney disease. Everything is going topsy turvey for me now. But for you and your kids, I would check out the crockpot receipes as well.

Also, my Grandmother made spaghetti the same way you do! That sure did bring back some good memories! Thank you for posting that.

Love,
Andrew

Linus · 01-31-2010, 10:57 AM

I'll 2nd crockpot recipes. They are the easiest things to make. Basically, fill the crockpot early in the morning, set it to low-med and let it cook happily on it's own throughout the day. By dinnertime, it's ready.

I usually just search online for easy stuff.. http://busycooks.about.com/od/favori...itecrockpo.htm

Blade · 01-31-2010, 10:59 AM

OK I can do this too.

1 box elbow mac boiled
3 boiled eggs cut up
1 can small early peas

mayo to taste
vinegar to taste
celery salt, salt and pepper to taste
I also use garlic or garlic salt.

Yummy snack
You can put cubed ham, cubed cheese or olives or cherry maters or about anything else in there you like. At any rate it only takes as long as it takes the elbow mac to cook to prepare

Abigail Crabby · 01-31-2010, 11:13 AM

I like to cook

there are some things I shouldn't ever cook - fried potatos for one lol

but others I excel at

I workd 10 - 7 and I get hungry for something good - so I googled easy receipes and found a site dedicated to the hungry, and short on time college student lol

Here's a receipe I've tried and it worked well.

Oven Fried Chicken

Better than the Colonel's own!!! And you don't have to use all that grease to get crispy chicken-just the right topping will do. Wash and skin chicken. Beat one egg in a small bowl. Add spices to the egg mixture. Place bread crumbs in a plastic bag-that's right, a plastic bag. Dip each chicken piece in the egg mixture, then place chicken into the plastic bag. Shake the bag until the chicken is covered with bread crumbs. Bake at 350 for 45 min.

The_Lady_Snow · 01-31-2010, 11:32 AM

Rip bag open with teeth...

Boil water...

Do not watch it boil, cause it will piss you off

add noodles...

Kick boy around

add secret season Ramen spices

enjoy feet propped on boy..

A nice orange kool aid goes good with this tasty treat

Blade · 01-31-2010, 11:32 AM

any meat in the oven is basically set it and forget it LOL.

I use country ribs, you know the thick ones w/wout bones
cup of water in a pyrex dish pour over BBQ sauce
350 degrees for about an hour or until tender.

Cube steak beef/deer
pyrex dish cream of mushroom soup or soup of choice
350 until done serve with rice or mashed taters

stew meat beef/deer or a london broil roast cut in half
any soup, best is onion soup or cream of mushroom or just regular brown gravy mix. Throw it in the crock pot with some water. Cook until done. If you use brown gravy or just use thickening put your veggies in there too.

Did I put this in the right thread?

morningstar55 · 01-31-2010, 12:34 PM

how about....... Applebees to go.........
there menu is on line .. and u can find a location near you.

http://www.applebees.com/

iamkeri1 · 02-01-2010, 09:45 PM

This will serve six as the entree.
1 pound Hamburger (a little more is good too!)
1/2 cup chopped onion or the equivalent in minced onions
1 tsp garlic powder or 1 clove grated fresh garlic
1 cup chunked fresh mushrooms or a six ounce can of mushrooms
1 can cream of mushroom soup, + 1 can full of milk or evap milk.
1 cup sour cream (low fat and no fat work just as well as whole fat)

Saute the hamburger and onions & garlic till brown. Drain off excess grease. Add the mushrooms. Saute for a minute or two if you used fresh mushrooms. If you use canned, they don't need to be drained, but be careful so the hot liquid doesn't pop out of the pan on you. Add the mushroom soup and milk. Stir and bring to a boil. Add the sour cream and then just heat for another minute or so. Don't bring it to a boil again as it will cause the sour cream to break down.

Serve over egg noodles (you'll need the whole pound for six people), plain white rice, or mashed potatoes of the homemade or instant variety. Goes well with peas, green beans, or asparagus,and a salad.
Smooches,
Keri

Lady Jewel · 02-01-2010, 10:06 PM

Get a saucepan of water to a rapid boil before you start anything.

Thennnnn....
One pound boneless skinless chicken breasts cut up into bite size pieces.
1/2 pound Portobello or crimini muchroom sliced thin
Fresh garlic to taste chopped up
Salt and pepper to taste
One cup lowfat sour cream
One pound fresh angel hair pasta that you get in the deli section

In a skillet, put two tablespoons olive oil. Add the chicken breast. Garlic, salt and pepper. Cook till almost done. Add two more tablespoons olive oil. Add mushrooms. Cook till tender. Turn stove down to low. Make sure that pot of water you put onto boil is at a rapid boil. Add angel hair pasta. Cook till al dente. About three minutes. Strain and put in serving bowl. Add sour cream to skillet that has the cooked chicken. Blend completely. Pour on top of cooked pasta. You have a quick, delicious stroganoff. If you dont like mushrooms, add any cooked vegetable that you like.

Galahad · 02-01-2010, 10:58 PM

Chop an onion in chunks,
fry in oil till almost brown.
Add a few apples cut in chunks.
Fry med. heat until apple is as done as you like.
Remove onion apple mix,
add some chopped cabbage and a little margarine and heat it up a bit.

MyzticReflection · 02-02-2010, 11:36 PM

This is good to make on the weekends for the work week

Get a muffin tin and spray it with cooking spray even if its a non-stick one

In a bowl mix eggs, cheese, seasonings, spinach... anything you would put in an omelet.
Pour mixture into the muffin pan and cover with plastic wrap, and place in the freezer. Once mixture is frozen pop them out and throw them into a ziplock freezer bag ( if you leave mixture in the muffin pan too long you could get freezer burn). You can pop out a pre-made omelet each morning and nuke it.

Also using muffin tins are great for freezing individual serving sizes of most leftovers. Just put one in a plastic bowl, take to work, nuke for lunch. Also good for freezing gravies, fruit, left over broths.. etc.

01-30-2010, 11:49 PM	#1
iamkeri1 Member How Do You Identify?: femme woman Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: solo Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 850 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 267 Thanked 2,014 Times in 610 Posts Rep Power: 14924929	Great food for those who hate to cook, lack experience or time, or just like easy stuff I have been posting on threads where there are some yummy recipes for us all to share, but some of them have tons of ingredients, and frankly, I don't want to work that hard. Most of the recipes I use (what am I talking about - I don't use recipes - I just throw things in the pot!) are very simple and have few ingredients. This thread will be for food that you can prepare quickly, or just leave alone once it has started cooking, or that maybe doesn't get cooked at all. This is a snack my kids love, but I invented it as something quick to serve to dates after a night on the town back when I was a young Femme. Ingredients for each treat 1 slice of bread 1 slice of bologna (make some one inch cuts around the outside to keep it from curling) 1 slice of a medium sized ripe tomato 1 slice of the white stringy cheese of your choice. Assembly: bread on bottom, slice of bologna on top, slice of tomato on top of that, and finally the cheese. Sprinkle on a little paprika, or cajon spice if you like, and stick in your toaster oven. Toast until cheese melts - that takes about the same time as it takes to toast a slice of bread. Variations are endless - it works especially well with cappicola, ham, or genoa salami.

01-31-2010, 10:57 AM	#4
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01-31-2010, 12:34 PM	#9
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02-01-2010, 09:45 PM	#10
iamkeri1 Member How Do You Identify?: femme woman Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: solo Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 850 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 267 Thanked 2,014 Times in 610 Posts Rep Power: 14924929	Stroganoff - hamburger style! This will serve six as the entree. 1 pound Hamburger (a little more is good too!) 1/2 cup chopped onion or the equivalent in minced onions 1 tsp garlic powder or 1 clove grated fresh garlic 1 cup chunked fresh mushrooms or a six ounce can of mushrooms 1 can cream of mushroom soup, + 1 can full of milk or evap milk. 1 cup sour cream (low fat and no fat work just as well as whole fat) Saute the hamburger and onions & garlic till brown. Drain off excess grease. Add the mushrooms. Saute for a minute or two if you used fresh mushrooms. If you use canned, they don't need to be drained, but be careful so the hot liquid doesn't pop out of the pan on you. Add the mushroom soup and milk. Stir and bring to a boil. Add the sour cream and then just heat for another minute or so. Don't bring it to a boil again as it will cause the sour cream to break down. Serve over egg noodles (you'll need the whole pound for six people), plain white rice, or mashed potatoes of the homemade or instant variety. Goes well with peas, green beans, or asparagus,and a salad. Smooches, Keri

01-31-2010, 12:01 AM	#2
iamkeri1 Member How Do You Identify?: femme woman Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: solo Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 850 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 267 Thanked 2,014 Times in 610 Posts Rep Power: 14924929	How could I have forgotten my favorite food, and the simplest of all meals? I was an adult before I started likeing spaghetti sauce. As a child my mother always fixed me a separate bowl without sauce - with a generous serving of butter (actually I prefer margarine) Buttered Spaghetti Boil about 3 quarts of water. Add about 1/4 lb spaghetti noodles; boil till "al dente" (cooked, but firm.) Drain it (I use a colander to avoid burning myself.)Put it in bowls (this will serve two people.) Add as much butter, salt and pepper as you like and start eating. Hubby liked it with chunks of processed cheese melted into it (one minute in the microwave). Several of my kids like it tossed with parmesan cheese. Me, I'm a purist - I just like it with butter. Smooches, Keri

01-31-2010, 10:51 AM	#3
Andrew, Jr. Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Me Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Unavailable Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Over the Rainbow in a House Posts: 5,072 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,004 Thanked 5,249 Times in 2,216 Posts Rep Power: 0	Hi Keri, There is a cookbook that is 1,2, & 3 ingrediants only. Also, if you go online you can pull up some of these online. Rosie does this alot. I am on a special diet because of my kidney disease. Everything is going topsy turvey for me now. But for you and your kids, I would check out the crockpot receipes as well. Also, my Grandmother made spaghetti the same way you do! That sure did bring back some good memories! Thank you for posting that. Love, Andrew

01-31-2010, 10:59 AM	#5
Blade Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: TG Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: once in a while someone amazing comes along...and here I am! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Down on the farm Posts: 5,496 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,853 Thanked 14,410 Times in 4,054 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	OK I can do this too. 1 box elbow mac boiled 3 boiled eggs cut up 1 can small early peas mayo to taste vinegar to taste celery salt, salt and pepper to taste I also use garlic or garlic salt. Yummy snack You can put cubed ham, cubed cheese or olives or cherry maters or about anything else in there you like. At any rate it only takes as long as it takes the elbow mac to cook to prepare

01-31-2010, 11:13 AM	#6
Abigail Crabby Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Princess Relationship Status: Single, but sociable Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Mount Airy, NC Posts: 4,226 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 14,554 Thanked 9,667 Times in 2,484 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I like to cook there are some things I shouldn't ever cook - fried potatos for one lol but others I excel at I workd 10 - 7 and I get hungry for something good - so I googled easy receipes and found a site dedicated to the hungry, and short on time college student lol Here's a receipe I've tried and it worked well. Oven Fried Chicken Better than the Colonel's own!!! And you don't have to use all that grease to get crispy chicken-just the right topping will do. Wash and skin chicken. Beat one egg in a small bowl. Add spices to the egg mixture. Place bread crumbs in a plastic bag-that's right, a plastic bag. Dip each chicken piece in the egg mixture, then place chicken into the plastic bag. Shake the bag until the chicken is covered with bread crumbs. Bake at 350 for 45 min.

02-01-2010, 10:06 PM	#11
Lady Jewel Member How Do You Identify?: * Preferred Pronoun?: * Relationship Status: * Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: * Posts: 298 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 120 Thanked 322 Times in 124 Posts Rep Power: 790	Quick and easy gourmet chicken stroganoff Get a saucepan of water to a rapid boil before you start anything. Thennnnn.... One pound boneless skinless chicken breasts cut up into bite size pieces. 1/2 pound Portobello or crimini muchroom sliced thin Fresh garlic to taste chopped up Salt and pepper to taste One cup lowfat sour cream One pound fresh angel hair pasta that you get in the deli section In a skillet, put two tablespoons olive oil. Add the chicken breast. Garlic, salt and pepper. Cook till almost done. Add two more tablespoons olive oil. Add mushrooms. Cook till tender. Turn stove down to low. Make sure that pot of water you put onto boil is at a rapid boil. Add angel hair pasta. Cook till al dente. About three minutes. Strain and put in serving bowl. Add sour cream to skillet that has the cooked chicken. Blend completely. Pour on top of cooked pasta. You have a quick, delicious stroganoff. If you dont like mushrooms, add any cooked vegetable that you like.

02-01-2010, 10:58 PM	#12
Galahad Member How Do You Identify?: do I have to? Relationship Status: single Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: I.E. Southern California Posts: 425 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,300 Thanked 339 Times in 151 Posts Rep Power: 1446603	Vegetarian Chop an onion in chunks, fry in oil till almost brown. Add a few apples cut in chunks. Fry med. heat until apple is as done as you like. Remove onion apple mix, add some chopped cabbage and a little margarine and heat it up a bit.

02-02-2010, 11:36 PM	#13
MyzticReflection Junior Member How Do You Identify?: StoneFemme Preferred Pronoun?: She/ Her Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 15 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5 Thanked 14 Times in 6 Posts Rep Power: 171	This is good to make on the weekends for the work week Get a muffin tin and spray it with cooking spray even if its a non-stick one In a bowl mix eggs, cheese, seasonings, spinach... anything you would put in an omelet. Pour mixture into the muffin pan and cover with plastic wrap, and place in the freezer. Once mixture is frozen pop them out and throw them into a ziplock freezer bag ( if you leave mixture in the muffin pan too long you could get freezer burn). You can pop out a pre-made omelet each morning and nuke it. Also using muffin tins are great for freezing individual serving sizes of most leftovers. Just put one in a plastic bowl, take to work, nuke for lunch. Also good for freezing gravies, fruit, left over broths.. etc.