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

Sachita · 02-03-2010, 02:09 PM

Ok this take a little bit of work but you can make a mess of them and simply take out, nuke one min and POOF awesomeness.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Fried-E...s/Detail.aspx#

Thats a basic dough for empanadas. If you have not tried these you're in for a huge treat. They are fried so they are fatty but use a good oil and follow a few tips to make lower fat.

use canola oil and let drain, even pat with paper towels.
Use very lean meats.

Stuff these babies with meat & cheese, shredded pork, chicken, veggies, spinach and feta (or goat cheese)

They are simply divine and super easy when you;re hungry and reaching for something quick.

iamkeri1 · 02-07-2010, 01:53 AM

Menu
1) Peeled shrimp and crab clusters on ice
(Soak each in cold water till defrosted. Place on separate sides of ice filled bowl)Shrimp sauce. One part horseradish to three parts ketchup. Tartar sauce One part finely chopped dill pickles to three parts mayonaisse.
2) Stuffed crab or crab cakes
(buy in Walmart frozen food section, follow baking directions)

3) Little smokies in barbeque sauce - also works great with chunked up hot dogs
(Boil wienies to remove some of the fat and salt. Drain and drown in your favorite barbeque sauce)
4) Swedish meatballs
(Make your own meatballs - 25 or more - or buy frozen, Brown in pan with chopped onions till cooked. Add can of cream of mushroom soup and about 1/2 can milk, stir till smooth. Add 1/2 to 3/4 cup sour cream, stir til smooth. Reheat (try not to let it boil) then serve, it's done.)
5) Bread with dip
(Bread: buy or make a round loaf of crusty bread. With a serrated knife, cut down into the top of the bread around the outside edge, leaving about an inch of bread around the outside of the opening you cut. Rip the bread out of the circle into the size chunks you prefer. I always place this in a good sized basket with the ripped up bread around it. Dip: In a glass bowl, put the cheese from one package of cream cheese, and one can of no bean chili. Microwave for a minute and then stir. Repeat in one minute intervals till the its all mixed up and hot. Pour this mixture into the hollowed out center of the bread and dip the ripped up bread in it. when done with the ripped up peices, rip up the bread bowl itself and eat it. What's left can be kept for several days in the refrigerator and can be reheated in the microwave)
6) Spicy Cheese Dip and tortilla chips
(Put 1/2 pound of your favorite cheese in a glass bowl, cover bowl with wet paper towel and microwave for one minute. Add one cup of your favorite salsa. Stir to mix up. Repeat in one minute intervals until the dip is well mixed and hot. Place in the center of a round container and pour tortilla chips around them.)

To complete the feast, add a a bowl of potato chips, corn chips and corn curls. I always pour them into one big bowl with a container of dip in the center. It helps if three people each hold a bag of chips and (on the count of three, LOL) pour them into the bowl at the same time. They stay separate, but all in one bowl.
Smooches,
Keri

Happy Superbowl Sunday

iamkeri1 · 02-11-2010, 12:24 AM

Fantastic Potato Soup

Fry three to four strips of bacon. Cut or break into bite sized pieces. Add 1/2 cup chopped onions and saute till translucent. Scrub four good sized potatoes, then cut unto very small chunks - 1/4 to 1/2 inch. Add potatoes to pan, (this can be done at any time, the onions don't have to be done.) Fry and stir until potatoes are mostly cooked- about ten minutes. Add 1 to 2 cans evaporated milk. (regular milk works too, but the soup will not be as thick.) Stir and scrape all the good stuff off the bottom and sides of the pan. Add pepper to taste and a couple of shakes of paprika (parsley if you want it) Cook for about another ten minutes. Eat and enjoy. This is for 4 servings. Just cut it in half to make less. It keeps well in the fridge for a day or so, but can't be frozen.
Variations:
1) Add an undrained can of whole kernel corn or 2 cups of fresh corn you have cut off the cob.
2) At the same time you add the milk, add an undrained can of clams for delicious clam chowder. (You can do this with or without the corn.) Once served in the bowl add a pat of butter.
3) At the same time you add the milk, add two cups of cooked and peeled shrimp, or actually any sweet cooked fish that you like, to make a yummy seafood gumbo.
4) a vegetarian version can be made by frying the onions and other ingredients in butter, but it burns easily, so it requires closer watching.To thicken any version, add instant potato flakes, or thin with milk.

Italian Tomato Spinach Soup

Three cans Campbell's Tomato Soup
Three soups cans full of milk
One 16 oz can whole tomatoes
One package frozen chopped spinach
1/4 cup chopped onions
1/2 tsp basil, oregano, garlic powder or 1 clove chopped fresh garlic.
1/8 cup grated parmesan cheese (out of the can is fine)
Optional 1 pound ground beef

Saute the onions and spices (and the ground beef - if you include ground beef, you don't need to add buttter or oil) in butter or oil till transluscent, Add spinach, add tomato soup and milk, heat and stir till smooth add 1/8 cup grated parmesan cheese and stir till just starting to boil. Put in bowls. Just before serving, sprinkle shredded mozzarella cheese on top of each bowl and serve. This serves four to six hearty servings.

Stay warm.
Smooches,
Keri

PearlsNLace · 02-11-2010, 12:43 AM

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DressyFemme · 02-13-2010, 08:10 AM

You will need

1 pack of 2 shoulder or roundbone lamb chops
packet of rosemary
1-2 tsbp. olive oil (I use a capful)

Take chops out of package, rinse meat in warm water, put in skillet. Add capful of olive oil (about 1-2 tsbp.). Season chops with rosemary on one side, flip over with spatula, season with rosemary on the other side. Turn heat on high. Turn on stove fan, it can get a little smoky but the flavor is worth it.

Flip chops every 2 minutes until done (about 13 mins. for medium rare, 15 mins. for done).

That's it! and it's wonderfully flavorful!

morningstar55 · 02-13-2010, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DressyFemme

You will need

1 pack of 2 shoulder or roundbone lamb chops
packet of rosemary
1-2 tsbp. olive oil (I use a capful)

Take chops out of package, rinse meat in warm water, put in skillet. Add capful of olive oil (about 1-2 tsbp.). Season chops with rosemary on one side, flip over with spatula, season with rosemary on the other side. Turn heat on high. Turn on stove fan, it can get a little smoky but the flavor is worth it.

Flip chops every 2 minutes until done (about 13 mins. for medium rare, 15 mins. for done).

That's it! and it's wonderfully flavorful!

HeyYYYYYY ya there dressy.......
nice to see you here...

ok gang not sure if i already posted this .......
fresh corn on the cob made easy

1 cob
peel husk back .. NOT off.....
take off that hairy stuff.... lol
ok now pull husk back over cob.. snuggly
place in micro wave for ahhh 4 minutes
WELLA!!!
peel back husk .. makes a great holder ... and season corn with what ever.

key · 02-13-2010, 11:44 AM

of the George Foreman (or other brand) Grill???!!!

That is how I cook everyday. It is sort of like cooking crockpot style only more immediate. I am about 95% vegetarian, so this is super duper easy.

Plug in grill set to high.

Get big bowl.

Chop up veggies of your choice: I like super foods like broccoli, zucchini, red peppers, onions, garlic, ginger.

Chop up protein of your choice: I like tempeh.

Spray cooking oil on bottom tray of now hot grill.

Dump in chopped up ingredients.

Spray cooking oil on top of chopped up ingredients.

Close grill.

Go have cup of tea and watch MSNBC.

When you start to smell the onions it is ready.

Unplug grill

Spatula up all cooked ingredients put back in bowl.

Squirt Braggs or soy sauce over top.

Yummy and done!

If you need a carb/starch I like rice cakes or a tortilla (which you can warm on the cooling grill) and make it a wrap.

cinnamongrrl · 12-26-2015, 08:24 PM

I have two contributions. I may have posted them elsewhere here. Sorry if I repeat.

Easy pesto chicken.

Put chicken breasts in a pan...I would put s tiny bit of water just because I hate dry chicken

Spread with prepared (or homemade) pesto

Top with sliced tomatoes (Roma are nice)

Sprinkle with cheese (mozzarella or any good Italian mix)

Cover with foil and bake til cooked through. I cook by smell because of stove variances..

I would want to add fresh spinach also...for color and extra veggieness

Shrimp

Melt a stick of butter in a jelly roll sized pan. It must have a lip of course

Spread a pound of uncooked shelled shrimp into butter

Sprinkle with dry Italian dressing mix

Top with lemon slices (one lemon)

Bake until shrimp is cooked through.

I think this would be pretty with linguine...maybe some veggies cooked in it...or its nice as an appetizer..

iamkeri1 · 12-27-2015, 02:05 PM

Thanks, Chad, for bumping up the thread.

Here's another easy-peasy recipe. In a 9-10 in frying pan, sauté about 1 pound of ground meat (hamburger), with 1/2 cup chopped onion, pour off excess grease. Add an 8 ounce can of tomato sauce and one canful of water. Stir and heat till it boils.

In a separate bowl mix up Jiffy corn bread mix according to recipe (use any brand corn bread mix, but it has to be a sweet variety.) Turn your meat mixture off. Start dropping spoonfuls of cornbread around the outside edge of the frying pan and then fill in the center if you have enough. Bake at 350 until cornbread is cooked through, Because of the liquid mixture underneath, this takes a lot longer than the mix box suggests - usually an hour.

When you serve it, cut it and flip it so the sauce is on top. It's yummy. Serves about 6. I call this Upside Down Sloppy Joes.

Smoooches.
Keri

catlady · 12-31-2015, 07:12 PM

For breakfast I love to make avocado toast! Mash avocado on slices of bread and top it with seaweed pieces and nutritional yeast.

02-03-2010, 02:09 PM	#1
Sachita Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Alpha Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Goddess Relationship Status: Completely in love Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southern Virginia Posts: 3,225 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,564 Thanked 8,992 Times in 2,247 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	Ok this take a little bit of work but you can make a mess of them and simply take out, nuke one min and POOF awesomeness. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Fried-E...s/Detail.aspx# Thats a basic dough for empanadas. If you have not tried these you're in for a huge treat. They are fried so they are fatty but use a good oil and follow a few tips to make lower fat. use canola oil and let drain, even pat with paper towels. Use very lean meats. Stuff these babies with meat & cheese, shredded pork, chicken, veggies, spinach and feta (or goat cheese) They are simply divine and super easy when you;re hungry and reaching for something quick. __________________ You either like me or you don't. It took me Twenty-something years to learn how to love myself, I don't have that kinda time to convince somebody else. ~ Daniel Franzese

02-07-2010, 01:53 AM	#2
iamkeri1 Member How Do You Identify?: femme woman Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: solo Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 905 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 302 Thanked 2,153 Times in 659 Posts Rep Power: 16642920	Superbowl snack feast Menu 1) Peeled shrimp and crab clusters on ice (Soak each in cold water till defrosted. Place on separate sides of ice filled bowl)Shrimp sauce. One part horseradish to three parts ketchup. Tartar sauce One part finely chopped dill pickles to three parts mayonaisse. 2) Stuffed crab or crab cakes (buy in Walmart frozen food section, follow baking directions) 3) Little smokies in barbeque sauce - also works great with chunked up hot dogs (Boil wienies to remove some of the fat and salt. Drain and drown in your favorite barbeque sauce) 4) Swedish meatballs (Make your own meatballs - 25 or more - or buy frozen, Brown in pan with chopped onions till cooked. Add can of cream of mushroom soup and about 1/2 can milk, stir till smooth. Add 1/2 to 3/4 cup sour cream, stir til smooth. Reheat (try not to let it boil) then serve, it's done.) 5) Bread with dip (Bread: buy or make a round loaf of crusty bread. With a serrated knife, cut down into the top of the bread around the outside edge, leaving about an inch of bread around the outside of the opening you cut. Rip the bread out of the circle into the size chunks you prefer. I always place this in a good sized basket with the ripped up bread around it. Dip: In a glass bowl, put the cheese from one package of cream cheese, and one can of no bean chili. Microwave for a minute and then stir. Repeat in one minute intervals till the its all mixed up and hot. Pour this mixture into the hollowed out center of the bread and dip the ripped up bread in it. when done with the ripped up peices, rip up the bread bowl itself and eat it. What's left can be kept for several days in the refrigerator and can be reheated in the microwave) 6) Spicy Cheese Dip and tortilla chips (Put 1/2 pound of your favorite cheese in a glass bowl, cover bowl with wet paper towel and microwave for one minute. Add one cup of your favorite salsa. Stir to mix up. Repeat in one minute intervals until the dip is well mixed and hot. Place in the center of a round container and pour tortilla chips around them.) To complete the feast, add a a bowl of potato chips, corn chips and corn curls. I always pour them into one big bowl with a container of dip in the center. It helps if three people each hold a bag of chips and (on the count of three, LOL) pour them into the bowl at the same time. They stay separate, but all in one bowl. Smooches, Keri Happy Superbowl Sunday

02-11-2010, 12:24 AM	#3
iamkeri1 Member How Do You Identify?: femme woman Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: solo Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 905 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 302 Thanked 2,153 Times in 659 Posts Rep Power: 16642920	SO DAMN COLD!!! Two easy soups to warm you. Fantastic Potato Soup Fry three to four strips of bacon. Cut or break into bite sized pieces. Add 1/2 cup chopped onions and saute till translucent. Scrub four good sized potatoes, then cut unto very small chunks - 1/4 to 1/2 inch. Add potatoes to pan, (this can be done at any time, the onions don't have to be done.) Fry and stir until potatoes are mostly cooked- about ten minutes. Add 1 to 2 cans evaporated milk. (regular milk works too, but the soup will not be as thick.) Stir and scrape all the good stuff off the bottom and sides of the pan. Add pepper to taste and a couple of shakes of paprika (parsley if you want it) Cook for about another ten minutes. Eat and enjoy. This is for 4 servings. Just cut it in half to make less. It keeps well in the fridge for a day or so, but can't be frozen. Variations: 1) Add an undrained can of whole kernel corn or 2 cups of fresh corn you have cut off the cob. 2) At the same time you add the milk, add an undrained can of clams for delicious clam chowder. (You can do this with or without the corn.) Once served in the bowl add a pat of butter. 3) At the same time you add the milk, add two cups of cooked and peeled shrimp, or actually any sweet cooked fish that you like, to make a yummy seafood gumbo. 4) a vegetarian version can be made by frying the onions and other ingredients in butter, but it burns easily, so it requires closer watching.To thicken any version, add instant potato flakes, or thin with milk. Italian Tomato Spinach Soup Three cans Campbell's Tomato Soup Three soups cans full of milk One 16 oz can whole tomatoes One package frozen chopped spinach 1/4 cup chopped onions 1/2 tsp basil, oregano, garlic powder or 1 clove chopped fresh garlic. 1/8 cup grated parmesan cheese (out of the can is fine) Optional 1 pound ground beef Saute the onions and spices (and the ground beef - if you include ground beef, you don't need to add buttter or oil) in butter or oil till transluscent, Add spinach, add tomato soup and milk, heat and stir till smooth add 1/8 cup grated parmesan cheese and stir till just starting to boil. Put in bowls. Just before serving, sprinkle shredded mozzarella cheese on top of each bowl and serve. This serves four to six hearty servings. Stay warm. Smooches, Keri

02-13-2010, 08:10 AM	#5
DressyFemme Junior Member How Do You Identify?: FEMME Relationship Status: MARRIED :) Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 36 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 15 Thanked 90 Times in 26 Posts Rep Power: 1208582	Lamb Chops a la DressyFemme You will need 1 pack of 2 shoulder or roundbone lamb chops packet of rosemary 1-2 tsbp. olive oil (I use a capful) Take chops out of package, rinse meat in warm water, put in skillet. Add capful of olive oil (about 1-2 tsbp.). Season chops with rosemary on one side, flip over with spatula, season with rosemary on the other side. Turn heat on high. Turn on stove fan, it can get a little smoky but the flavor is worth it. Flip chops every 2 minutes until done (about 13 mins. for medium rare, 15 mins. for done). That's it! and it's wonderfully flavorful!

02-13-2010, 11:44 AM	#7
key Member How Do You Identify?: androgynous, gender-queer, butch Preferred Pronoun?: depends on person addressing me Relationship Status: merrily single hopefully married one day Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: san francisco, ca and chama, nm Posts: 197 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 59 Thanked 430 Times in 136 Posts Rep Power: 885764	All these posts and not one mention of the George Foreman (or other brand) Grill???!!! That is how I cook everyday. It is sort of like cooking crockpot style only more immediate. I am about 95% vegetarian, so this is super duper easy. Plug in grill set to high. Get big bowl. Chop up veggies of your choice: I like super foods like broccoli, zucchini, red peppers, onions, garlic, ginger. Chop up protein of your choice: I like tempeh. Spray cooking oil on bottom tray of now hot grill. Dump in chopped up ingredients. Spray cooking oil on top of chopped up ingredients. Close grill. Go have cup of tea and watch MSNBC. When you start to smell the onions it is ready. Unplug grill Spatula up all cooked ingredients put back in bowl. Squirt Braggs or soy sauce over top. Yummy and done! If you need a carb/starch I like rice cakes or a tortilla (which you can warm on the cooling grill) and make it a wrap. __________________ http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ariation6t.jpg

02-11-2010, 12:43 AM	#4
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12-26-2015, 08:24 PM	#8
cinnamongrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: cleverly disguised as a responsible adult* Preferred Pronoun?: wild woman Relationship Status: No, thank you. Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Home in NC..gonna dig in like a tick this time… Posts: 7,662 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 15,233 Thanked 27,599 Times in 6,957 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	I have two contributions. I may have posted them elsewhere here. Sorry if I repeat. Easy pesto chicken. Put chicken breasts in a pan...I would put s tiny bit of water just because I hate dry chicken Spread with prepared (or homemade) pesto Top with sliced tomatoes (Roma are nice) Sprinkle with cheese (mozzarella or any good Italian mix) Cover with foil and bake til cooked through. I cook by smell because of stove variances.. I would want to add fresh spinach also...for color and extra veggieness Shrimp Melt a stick of butter in a jelly roll sized pan. It must have a lip of course Spread a pound of uncooked shelled shrimp into butter Sprinkle with dry Italian dressing mix Top with lemon slices (one lemon) Bake until shrimp is cooked through. I think this would be pretty with linguine...maybe some veggies cooked in it...or its nice as an appetizer.. __________________

12-27-2015, 02:05 PM	#9
iamkeri1 Member How Do You Identify?: femme woman Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: solo Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 905 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 302 Thanked 2,153 Times in 659 Posts Rep Power: 16642920	Thanks, Chad, for bumping up the thread. Here's another easy-peasy recipe. In a 9-10 in frying pan, sauté about 1 pound of ground meat (hamburger), with 1/2 cup chopped onion, pour off excess grease. Add an 8 ounce can of tomato sauce and one canful of water. Stir and heat till it boils. In a separate bowl mix up Jiffy corn bread mix according to recipe (use any brand corn bread mix, but it has to be a sweet variety.) Turn your meat mixture off. Start dropping spoonfuls of cornbread around the outside edge of the frying pan and then fill in the center if you have enough. Bake at 350 until cornbread is cooked through, Because of the liquid mixture underneath, this takes a lot longer than the mix box suggests - usually an hour. When you serve it, cut it and flip it so the sauce is on top. It's yummy. Serves about 6. I call this Upside Down Sloppy Joes. Smoooches. Keri

12-31-2015, 07:12 PM	#10
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