I need cheap, quick recipes. Feed the Children 2008 is on. If I don't spread the word about this need, my children might end up malnourished or with warped taste buds. I must convince them that black bacon that crumbles when you bite it is NOT normal.
12.05.2008
Feed the Children Campaign
I'm wondering if it is possible to feed my children dinner without burning it or without it coming from a cardboard box? Here lately they are promptly getting hungry at 4:30 and the meltdowns begin. I must hurry to meet their immediate need. IF I cook, it gets burned. Happens every time. Or, I just don't know what to cook and it ends up begin a quick pizza in the oven. So much for organic eating.
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ok--I can't believe I am the one dishing out recipe advice...very uncharacteristic of me ;) but I wanted to tell you about a great cookbook I got from Southern Living at Home. It's called the Busy Mom's Weeknight Favorites (or something like that.) Anyway, lots of super easy (as in even I can do it) and pretty tasty recipes that Asher likes and my husband will eat, too.
Probably the healthiest, cheapest dinner I make is just beans & rice (& my kids love it). I just put a pound of raw beans (or the 15 bean soup) in a crock pot with 8 cups of water with a little bit of pinto bean seasoning, chili powder, or whatever you have around, and maybe a cut up onion (cut up very small) in the morning sometime. Then about 45 mintutes before we eat, I put brown rice in the rice cooker (can you tell I burn EVERYTHING too... crock pot, rice cooker to prevent burning). And then make some frozen veggies. A pound of beans makes enough for at least two dinners & you can put any other leftovers as a topping on a salad which is also yummy & super healthy.
Another handy kitchen gadget you might ask for for Christmas to prevent burning is a George Foreman Grill to cook chicken on.
And, I've learned that I will never remember to take things off the stove before the water is dried up and dinner is totally burned... so I just have to remember that I am going to forget & I use a timer all of the time! I can remember that I'm going to forget - but for some reason I can never remember to take the dinner off before it is scorched!
OK - probably more than you bargained for... good luck!
ok...another great cookbook i love...The One Armed Cook...it's designed just for moms with lots of kiddos!!! the recipes are fast and she tells you what to buy to speed things up even more!
and, i admire the fact that you even attempt to cook with three very young kiddos running around...i'd resort to easy mac everyday!!!!
When Caleb was little, Jason and I learned to spend one night a week (usually Sundays) cooking together. We would cook 5 different, easy but healthy casserole-type meals and put them in the freezer in oven safe containers. When dinner time would roll around, all I had to do was stick it in the oven to warm it up & we had dinner in 30 minutes or less that I didn't have to stand over the stove for. I will email you some of my easy recipes! (We haven't done this in several months now due to new house preparation & moving...thanks for reminding me!)
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