Does Anyone Know Simple dinners to make?

[SarahlovesDavidH]

Are there some simple, not too expensive, but good tasting recipes you can share? Here's one that I like.


Alfredo Pasta

Cook a handful of spaghetti noodles in boiling water until tender. Drain without rinsing. Using one jar of alfredo sauce, mix in with the noodles.

I like adding either diced chicken breast or meatballs.  

[Hester Peche]

I prefer to make my own Alfredo Sauce.

But my favorite simple meal is:

Baked Potato Soup

-2 large potatoes, baked* (or you can use 4-5 small potatoes)
-3 ½ to 4 cups of milk
-1/4 cup of butter (1/2 a stick)
-Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste

First, dice and mash the potatoes—leave the skins on—and put them into a medium sized pot and turn it to medium heat and add the milk. Let it come to a simmer and add the butter. Then add the salt and pepper to taste. Lower the heat and continue to let it simmer until it thickens; continually stir it, making sure it doesn’t scorch or get a skin.

When it’s done you can mix in or garnish it with whatever you normally put on a baked potato, it all tastes good or just eat it by itself it can stand alone too!  

[faretheewell]

I will also duplicate my suggestion from another thread for you.

Ham and Potatoes in a Honey Mustard Glaze

Cut part of a cooked ham into large bite-sized chunks.

Cut cooked potatoes into large bite-sized chunks.

Put potatoes and ham into a frying pan on medium-high heat. Stir occasionally to avoid burning.

In a separate container, mix honey and mustard with lukewarm water. I think I used something like one part honey, one part mustard, three parts water. The key here is to mix this really well.

Pour the mixture slowly over the frying ham and potatoes. Try to get everything coated.

Keep stirring to avoid burning.

Continue to cook until all the water has evaporated from the mixture.

Serve with vegetables. Eat.  

[SarahlovesDavidH]

Mmmm. I LOVE potatoes! Two good potato recipes! It's too bad I'm not a fan of mustard... Is there some other kind of glaze you could make, do you think?

 

[faretheewell]

I have no idea. I made that recipe up as I went along, so I would imagine that substitutions could be made. Not sure what I would substitute, though.  

[Merines_Amara]

I believe you can use a brown sugar glaze.

1/2 c. brown sugar, firmly packed
1/3 c. light corn syrup
1/3 c. water
2 tbsp. lemon juice

Makes the glaze without mustard. =3  

[broken_bleeding_angel]

Veggie and Tofu Stir- fry.

You need a wok or a pretty big frying pan for this.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup each of zucchini, tofu- {super tiny cubes} (optional)
1/4 cup each of onions, mushrooms, celery, peas, carrots, water chestnuts, garlic, green onions (all optional and easy to substitute)
1 1/2 cups of cooked rice. (long/short grain, brown, which ever)
3 table spoons of soy sauce (amount is optional)
1 table spoon of sesame seed oil (olive/canola/vegetable oil will do to)
1/2 teaspoon of butter

Directions:

1. In the frying pan/wok on high, pour in the oil and place in the butter. Once the butter has melted, place in your onions, zucchini and celery. Once these are soft/opaque you may add in the rest of your vegetables and tofu.

2. See that all your vegetables are cooked first before adding in half of your soy sauce.

3. Once you have let the vegetables soak in the soy sauce a bit, you can add the rice. Add in the rest of the soy sauce. Stir and let cook for a little bit before serving.

Voila!  

[Wolffy-Silver]

Simple meals? Alfredo on penne with steamed broccoli and lightly grilled cajun chicken.

I saw you like alfredo too. Here is a good recipe so that you can make it yourself.

3-4 table spoon minced garlic
.75 (roughly. the ones I get at the store are like .64 or something.) ounces of parmasean cheese
1/2 cup half 'n half
1/2 cup butter
3 1/2 -4 ounces cream cheese
1 tbsp olive oil


Directions.

Cube and slice the cream cheese and parm

simmer the garlic -lightly-. Don't brown it. Seriously.
Mix in everything else. and just stir until it's all melted.
Add milk at about 1/8 of a cup at a time if you want to thin it out. it WILL be rich and it WILL be awesome.
Sometimes people stir in two whole bay leaves. I have not found it necessary though.  

[Wolffy-Silver]

Merines_Amara

I believe you can use a brown sugar glaze.

1/2 c. brown sugar, firmly packed
1/3 c. light corn syrup
1/3 c. water
2 tbsp. lemon juice

Makes the glaze without mustard. =3

My mom batters salmon in basil and cane sugar then fries it in a pan with a little bit of olive oil. It's really wonderful.  

[drink more ovaltine]

Fried Rice

3 slices bacon, chopped
3 cups cooked rice
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 T soy sauce
1 cup lap cheong, sliced
2 T oyster sauce
2 T Chinese five spice (optional)
2 eggs, beaten
2 stalks green onion, diced

Cook bacon, drain, set aside. Stir fry everything in a wok except the eggs, bacon, and green onion. In another pan, cook eggs into a thin omlette, cut into strips and add into the rice with the bacon and green onion. Mix, let stand a few minutes, serve.  

[PixeI Dust]

Merines_Amara

I believe you can use a brown sugar glaze.

1/2 c. brown sugar, firmly packed
1/3 c. light corn syrup
1/3 c. water
2 tbsp. lemon juice

Makes the glaze without mustard. =3

You can also use brown sugar and pineapple juice. It tastes yummy on baked ham <3  

[baobhan sidthe]

I can make spaghetti. Boil pasta until tender, and slather with either home-made or canned sauce.
If anyone wants my recipe for sauce here it is!
Cook ground beef (about a half-pound) in a skillet, make sure it's brown all the way through!
Get a pot, put 2 cans of diced Italian tomatoes in, add the meat and salt (at your discretion), then rub a handful of Italian seasoning through your palms into the pot. Put the stove on to about 7 and let cook, preferably for around 10 min.  

[The_Megal]

Omelet with pepperoni, pepper jack cheese, and tobasco sauce. Me and my friend just made it, it's yummy even though it sounds bad.