What is everyone eating?

[Deleted]

I have basically no appetite and am totally uninspired to cook. But, I’m still down -11 lbs and I need to eat, plus I feel bad that my kids have been eating so much boxed Mac and cheese (usually a once a week thing), fast food or pizza because I can’t get it together.

By the time I feed them I usually end up eating a piece of fruit or worse, nothing at all.

Spam me with your easy meals, please!

[sasam]

We did shredded enchilada chicken over top diced sweet potatoes for dinner tonight. One of my current go-to easy meals. I have an instant pot, so I do chicken breasts, seasoning (salt, pepper, chili powder, cumin, and paprika) and a 10 oz can of enchilada sauce on high pressure for 18 minutes then shred. This could also be done in a crock pot. For the sweet potatoes, we always get the package of already-diced ones and roast that in the oven for 20-25 minutes. Serve shredded chicken over the sweet potatoes with sour cream, cheese, and guacamole. So good and it makes a ton!

[notmoose]

Crockpot is my go to for easy meals.

Cream cheese chicken chili
1 lb chicken thighs (or breasts if you prefer)
1 block cream cheese
1 package dry ranch dressing
1 can corn (or frozen)
1 can rotel
1 can black beans

I don't drain the corn or rotel but I do rinse the beans.
Put chicken in crock pot, cream cheese on top, ranch packet, then the 3 cans.
Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
Shred chicken and return to crock pot.
Serve over rice/quinoa/noodles

[notmoose]

Chicken pot pie (or stew)

1 bag frozen corn or about 2 cups fresh
4 potatoes peeled, diced, and cooked
1 bag frozen veggies or about 2 cups fresh
1 can cream of chicken soup (or make your own but I think canned is good 🤷‍♀️ )
1 cup milk
1 chicken breast cooked and shredded
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Garlic powder to taste
Mined onion to taste
(I don't measure my spices sorry)
1 can Biscuits

Put biscuits in oven. Dump in a big pot. Cook on medium/high heat until boiling, stirring occassionally. Switch to low for 10 mins or until biscuits are done.

[vvvvvfee]

i posted this once before on Jul15, but here are my most-used quick meal ideas:

-spaghetti squash with your favorite jarred pasta sauce and ricotta/parmesan (cut in half, scoop seeds, microwave cut side down approx 10-15 minutes, or until tender)
-egg noodles tossed with canned tuna, frozen peas, butter, and parmesan cheese
-grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup
-quesadillas (use up leftover meat and veg from your fridge). sometimes i make pizza quesadillas- use mozz, onion, pepper, pepperoni, dip into sauce. i also used to frequently make ones with soy chorizo (t joe's), spinach, and mexican blend cheese
-dumplings + mixed frozen veg (toss with garlic, soy sauce, sesame oil)-- i get a big bag of each from costco. i get the veg mix in the black bag- i think it's called stir-fry blend
-meatloaf muffins (i use ground turkey)
-egg muffins
-tuna melts
-sometimes we do an "antipasto platter" dinner- cheese, olives, cherry tomatoes, roasted red peppers, lunch meat, and bread or crackers
-veggie burgers with oven fries (reg potato or sweet potato). sometimes i do veggie burgers as a wrap- sliced up with lettuce, tomato, onion, ranch dressing, and hot sauce
-tacos-- season ground turkey and cook, top with tomatoes, lettuce, sour cream, shredded cheese, salsa
-breakfast for dinner- pancakes with eggs or bacon
-loaded baked potatoes (prick potatoes, microwave for about 5 minutes, flip and microwave for about 5 minutes more, or until soft), top with shredded cheese, sour cream, chopped scallions, crumbled bacon, or various leftovers. an excellent combo is sweet potatoes with chili and cheese
-reubens/turkey reubens
-instant ramen (toss soup mix and use chicken broth seasoned with garlic/ginger if you'd prefer)-- poach an egg while the noodles cook, top with any quick-cooking veg you have-- ex. shredded carrots, spinach, cabbage, arugula
-french bread pizza or english muffin pizzas- do it under the broiler
-greek salad- mix in crushed pita chips so it's more filling. i also use a very generous amount of feta

sides are either bagged salad or microwave steam-in-bag veggies if main isn't veg-heavy

[notmoose]

Do you like chopped salads? This probably won't be something your kids want but I've been eating a bunch of those chopped salad kits lately. The ones that come with the toppings and dressing. They're so easy and I'm lazy.

I've seen a bunch of different kinds too. It'd be something that would be easy for you to make real quick and a good meal for you without much effort.

[kaeguri]

Instant pot almost every meal these days. I made chicken soup in it last night (cooked noodles separately), Japanese curry the night before. Threw in chicken, potatoes, and veggies with lemon juice and dill this past week too.