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Cooking & Baking

wryter2000

(46,039 posts)

6. When I have no time to cook

Reply to spinbaby (Original post)

Thu Mar 4, 2021, 07:52 PM

Mar 2021

Costco lasagna with a veggie on the side.

When I have more time, I love to make homemade pasta. I usually have tomato sauce I made over the summer with my homegrown tomatoes in my freezer. Or some pesto I froze. I eat those a lot.

Also, I love the Indian simmer sauce from Costco. Stir fry some meat, onion, bell pepper, and cauliflower, add the sauce plus a bit of cream. Serve over rice. I also use the simmer sauce plus cream as pasta sauce. It's weird, but it takes good.

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What are your dinner staples? [View all] spinbaby Mar 2021 OP

Ground turkey. Burgers, tacos, enchiladas, meat loaf, Phoenix61 Mar 2021 #1

I often have little time, FoxNewsSucks Mar 2021 #2

I add small shrimp to Progresso gumbo nt XanaDUer2 Mar 2021 #11

That gumbo is pretty good, FoxNewsSucks Mar 2021 #15

I always have some frozen Marie Calendar's Pot pies handy if I'm real lazy. Mr.Bill Mar 2021 #3

I love those spinbaby Mar 2021 #5

I like to make a big crockpot full of whatever and eat leftovers all week. Binkie The Clown Mar 2021 #4

When I have no time to cook wryter2000 Mar 2021 #6

Pasta is always a simple standby PJMcK Mar 2021 #7

I have a really easy mac and cheese spinbaby Mar 2021 #8

Sounds good PJMcK Mar 2021 #12

I made mac and cheese with broccoli for dinner 🙂 if I don't have a dinner plan it's usually pasta Luciferous Mar 2021 #9

Things we make the most include various sausages... CaptainTruth Mar 2021 #10

I can make a good spaghetti out of just about anything. Laelth Mar 2021 #13

I will do a pasta or oven-braised cube steaks smothered in cheese. sinkingfeeling Mar 2021 #14

Breakfast AKwannabe Mar 2021 #16

flat enchiladas is a regular Kali Mar 2021 #17

Alas, I have no standard dinner staple. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #18