Looking for an easy but tasty and somewhat healthy menu for the week...?
Looking for some simple recipes to make when i get home from work. My husband and I both work from 8am to 5pm, so we never want to cook. I'm a pretty good good, just lazy after work. Any ideas outside of anything frozen that would be an easy 20 minute meal? Recipes appreciated.
I have chicken, burger, pork chops, and pork sausage, but if I can get some ideas by the morning, I'll add anything new to my grocery list.
Thanks in advance.
Alema Pequoia2011-02-12T18:28:51Z
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Salmon Hoisin: makes four 6-oz servings; 400-450 degrees for about 15 minutes.
Heat oven to 400-450. Coat baking dish with nonstick spray; stir together hoisin, soy, vinegar, ginger, and pepper flakes. Put salmon in pan and cover with about half the sauce you just made. Roast for 10 minutes in the center of the oven. Spread the remainder of sauce on salmon; top with scallions; roast 5 minutes more. Garnish with lemon to squeeze over the top.
308 calories; 12 g fat (2 g sat); 39 g protein; 8 g carbs; 0 g fiber; 795 mg sodium; 107 mg cholesterol
Goes well with rice and salad or broccoli. The sauce is excellent on pork, chicken, you name it!
I rely heavily on lovely lovely legumes- chickpeas, fava beans, and kidney beans etc. Buy dried in bulk, soak them overnight in a big batch, and then cook 20 minutes. OR buy canned- they are good too, I prefer freshly cooked. Add grated cheese, salsa, some natural corn chips, sweetcorn (canned is fine), chopped onion, cilantro, a dash of salt and pepper, a squeeze of lime and toss the bean salad lightly. Serve with sour cream and the chips- of heated wholehweat burritos.
Rice and tuna Hot Salad. Boil rice- add 6 cups of water to a pan and boil, then add 3 cups of rice, stir the rice, add a few drops of butter into the surface of the water, cover the pan and take the heat down to a very gently simmer. Come back 20 minutes later- perfect rice. Add drained tuna, sweetcorn, diced apple, kidney beans, finyle diced onion and some vinaegrette- a light french dressing . Eat it warm with a few spinach leaves- it's such a good hearty salad.
Noodles with peanuts and omelette- this one is great and you can use ham in it too.
Boil some good chinese style noodles in boiling water ( they are thick "restaurant style" noodles,) Meanwhile beat 2 eggs and fry them in an oiled hot pan, to make an omelette. Remove omeltte from the heat and slice it into thin strips. Heat bacon or ham pieces in the pan- if you use bacon, fry til it's very crispy- the pork sausage will work well for this. Remove from the pan. Drain the noodles and add sesame oil ( or other oil). PUt the noodles in the pan to keep them heated. Add some toasted peanuts ( be toasting them in the oven while you do the noodles, or dry roast them to release the flavors), the chopped ham/bacon and mix lightly with the noodles, adding a few splashes of soy sauce. Place the noodles in bowls and top with the slivered omelette. This is a noodle dish that everybody LOVES. It never fails. Serve with a little more soysauce and/or oyster sauce.