quick meal ideas
Quick and Easy Meal Ideas
When it comes to cooking after a long, hectic day, everyone ends up settling for junk food that is available quickly and easily. However, when you have a busy schedule, and some easy-to-make recipes, you can easily stick to homemade healthy food.
- Planning the menu for the entire week, a day before the week starts, will save a considerable amount of time. It's essential to follow the weekly dinner menu strictly, where you can make some variations in it on the days when you return home, early.
- Preparing dinner in the morning will make cooking in the evening more comfortable and easy. For example, mashing boiled potatoes or peeling some vegetables, before leaving for the office, will save sufficient time in the evening.
- Cooking instant meals that don't require much time, that can be enjoyed by everyone, is another great idea. For instance, pasta treats, bread rolls with cheese, turkey and ham, pork spring rolls, meatballs, taco soups, etc., are not only easy to prepare, but also satiate everyone's taste buds.
- Employing modern kitchen equipment like a Crock-Pot, casserole dish, etc., will surely make cooking easier. All you have to do when it comes to cooking in a Crock-Pot, is add all the ingredients to the vessel and let the mixture stew for about 8 hours.
- 1 (15 oz.) canned black beans (rinsed)
- 2 teaspoons, extra virgin olive oil
- 2, medium-sized sweet potatoes
- 2 tablespoons, reduced-fat sour cream
- 1, medium-sized tomato (diced)
- ½ teaspoon, ground cumin
- ¼ teaspoon, salt
- ½ teaspoon, ground coriander
- 2 tablespoons, fresh cilantro (chopped)
- 1 (10 oz.) packet, winter squash (chunks)
- 8 oz., boneless, skinless chicken breast (thinly sliced)
- ½ cup, lite coconut milk
- ½ cup, water
- 1 teaspoon, Thai red curry paste
- ¼ teaspoon, salt
- 1 (6 oz.) bag, baby spinach
- 2 teaspoons, lime juice
- 2 teaspoons, brown sugar
- ½ cup, quartered dried figs
- ¼ cup, Marsala or port wine
- ⅛ teaspoon, vanilla extract
- ½ cup, part-skim ricotta
- 2 teaspoons, honey
- 1 tablespoon, toasted slivered almonds
- 1 teaspoon, sugar