Help With Dinner

[swittenauer]

I am looking for a few good REALLY SIMPLE recipes to make for dinner. Keep in mind that my husband loves steak & potatoes but we can't eat that every night. I'm not the greatest chef in the world but need a few recipes that are somewhat quick, tasty & don't have a zillion ingredients. Anyone have any ideas?

[hez]

A quick and healthy meal would be stir fry or fried rice. Just make sure you have the safe soy sauce (I do the wheat free San-J but Lay Choy is also gluten-free and cheaper)! I made a quick soup last night with gluten-free broth. Threw in some leftover beef, potatoes and vegies. Why not try breakfast for dinner! Eggs or fritata's, gluten-free toast or waffle, and bacon. When I first started cooking I just tried to keep it simple. Things that had few ingredients with little sauce. Try taking something rather dull, like chicken, and make a quick fresh mango salsa, tomato salsa, or gluten-free apricot jam as a sauce. I always keep on hand a jar of gluten-free spaghetti sauce and gluten-free pasta (I like tikyanda-sp). Finally, for those days that I really cant do anything I throw a Amy's Rice Crust pizza in the oven.

When you get bored and feel up to doing more check the archives for recipe's as well as the internet. Go to the library and check out a gluten free cookbook. That allowed me to see how much variety one can have with this diet.

[swittenauer]

Thanks! I thought I would try the forum first for some good quick recipes since everyone here seems to be so helpful & knowledgeable.

[happygirl]

Something that I use a lot is the Mccormick.com website. They are the company that makes a lot of the herbs, spices, and seasoning packets. In my opinion, they are really good about listing all their ingredients, even ONLINE. So if I find a recipe on there I like, I can check to see if the seasoning packet is safe. I like their tacos, enchiladas (with corn tortillas), fajitas, and then some of their pasta sauce mixes. A lot of their recipes include just basic spices, etc., things that you would probably already have.

Something that I made tonight is a knock-off of a meal at Applebee's. They call it "smothered chicken" - don't know if they still have it. Cook chicken breasts (season with s and p), and then I saute some mushrooms, onions, and green bell peppers. Place those veggie strips on top of the cooked chicken, and then add slices of whatever cheese you like (they use two of cheddar and one white cheese, I just use whatever cheese I have) and melt them on top.

[Guest Viola]

Oh my ... allergic to chocolate!

Omlettes with home fried potatoes are quick and easy. I like to add mushrooms and cheese to mine.

Ham chowder is another quick meal. It's basically potato soup with small cubed pieces of ham ... gluten free of course. Add a Kinnikinnick English muffin and yumm

[Guest Lucy]

dinty moore's beef stew is gluten free. It is nice and filling.

Mrs.Leepers has some gluten free "hamburger Helper" type meals. My whole family likes them.

Make a bunch of gluten free hotdishes on a saturday and freeze them. then you just have to take them out of oven for a meal.

potatoes(frozen hashbrown) ham and Progresso creamy mushroom soup and some shredded cheese in the crock pot on low about 4-6 hours before meal time. SO easy and such a comfort food. I throw a little garlic and onion in too.

Eggs and bacon. Frozen gluten free waffles. (we have this for supper).

Hope this helps. I am just like you. Simple Easy little ingrediants.

I use the tastfully simple magazines and convert alot of recipes to gluten free.

[happygirl]

x

[elonwy]

My favorite method for fast and easy dinner is poaching/pan steaming. I take chicken or beef or fish, saute it to seal in juices in olive oil, then throw in any veggies or potatoes or spices or whatever, some broth or water then cover and walk away for twenty minutes. If you need a side then rice ( I have a rice-cooker/steamer best invention EVER) or Kinnikinick toast with some butter and garlic. Sometimes I throw a salad on the side too.

Chicken A: Add a couple splashes of white cooking wine, some garlic, onions, mushrooms and bell peppers if you want em, a little basil and oregano, chicken broth and poss. some lemon.

Chicken B: Tomatos, potatoes, onions, mushrooms, garlic, sliced green olives ( trust me on this one) , garlic and some water.

Fish : White wine, Lemon, dill , vegetable broth, capers if you got em, maybe a little garlic ( that ones good on white rice with a little butter mixed into it.)

Steak ( I do little thin steaks) : Onions, chicken or vegetable or beef broth, red wine, salt and pepper, worchestershire sauce ( or BBQ), mushrooms, garlic. ( peppers are good with this too)

Watch the water level, if it cooks off too fast the bottom burns, but especially with the steaks it makes the onions all carmelized at the end.

It tastes like you cooked a gourmet meal and all you did was throw some crap in a pan and watch some tv while it cooked. My BF never complains ( I did this b4 gluten-free, I just changed the ingredients a bit) and he gets bored if he doesn't get variety.

REal nice n easy after a long day at work:)

HTH

Elonwy

[elonwy]

Oh yeah - the other thing I do is get the contessa ( or whatever brand as long as they don't put crap on the veggies) frozen stir-fry meal kits, throw away the sauce packet and use my gluten-free sauces. Then I put it on rice or I get rice noodles and toss em in at the last minute ( you only boil them for like three minutes so if do everything at the same time dinner is ready in ten minutes) for a chow mein effect.

My bf's favorite food is chow mein, and I'm slowly weaning him over to rice or bean thread noodles.

I also throw in a handful of peanuts at the last minute.

nummy.

Elonwy

[debbie-doodles]

shirley....have you found a gluten free potato soup? I use potato soup in cooking a lot and haven't found a gluten free one yet. I used to love the cheese and broccoli potato soup that progresso has. i don't beleive that one is gluten free.

[Guest Viola]

No, I really haven't looked for one. I make my own potato soup as it is so easy. I usually use a ham broth .. Just get a piece gluten-free ham, or even a big ham steak, rinse some of the salt off, then chop it up and boil it with onion, parsley flakes, pepper and a bay leaf. Make sure you don't add salt as the ham should give you enough, and you need to take the bay leaf out before you serve. Chop your potatoes up small and toss them in and boil. The potatoes will actually thicken it somewhat, but you can also add potato starch with a few ounces of milk just before you serve. You can make potato soup just using water without the ham, but I love the flavour the ham gives.

Another way you could do it, is make potato soup without the ham, then add a can of cream corn for corn chowder It's wonderful on a cold fall or winter day.

[Guest Viola]

Oops, forgot, If you make potato soup without the ham you NEED to add salt

[swittenauer]

Wow, thanks everyone....I'm taking notes....keep 'em coming.

[Carriefaith]

I've been making a lot of recipes from the Thai Kitchen website and they are very good!

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One of my favorites is their Original Pad Thai Stir Fry Rice Noodle Meal Kit.

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I just add bean sprouts and green onions. But you can essentially add whatever you want like meat or other veggies.

Most of their stuff is gluten free:

QUESTION:

Which products are wheat/gluten free?

ANSWER:

Most of Thai Kitchen products are wheat/gluten free. The exceptions are Hot and Sour Rice Noodle Soup Bowl, Peanut Sauce Mix, Peanut Bake, Savory Garlic Stir-fry Rice Noodles (5.3oz), Toasted Sesame Stir-Fry (New) and Curry Stir Fry (New). For a complete list click on Dietary Info

If you like spicy this one is really quick and easy

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I add more broth and sauce and I use their Spicy Thai Chili Sauce and I also add red pepper, garlic, and cherry tomatoes while cooking and serve it with rice or rice noodles. It tastes good with baked salmon

[Roo]

I have found tons and tons of recipes from a website www.glutenfreeda.com

it costs $5.00 to try it for one month or $30.00 for a year. I tried it for a month at first and then I turned it into the year subscription. But if you only want to pay the $5.00 you can sign up and just look through it and e-mail all the recipes you want to yourself. There are soooo many good ones I have made a ton of the Asian ones and others too. It took a little work but I was able to find all the Asian sauces that they ask for that are gluten-free.

They are pretty easy too, I have 3 kids and not much time to cook in the afternoon when school starts cause I am driving around so much, but I can manage these.

I hope you try it, let me know if you want to know which sauces are gluten-free.

Roo

[tarnalberry]

Steak and potatoes? How about stew?

1lb stew meat (cut smaller if you prefer), 1 onion (cut into large chunks), 3 carrots (cut into large chunks), 4 red potatoes (cut into large chunks), 2 cups vegetable broth, 1/4 tsp cumin, 1/4 tsp sage, 1 tsp garlic salt, and a sweet rice flour slurry to thicken if desired. Simmer all the ingredients together, covered, until potatoes are cooked through (about 40 minutes).

[Jnkmnky]

Tinkyada spaghetti and meatballs

Meatball pizza on Kinnikinnick crusts

Sloppy pizzas Kinnikinnick crusts, sloppy joe sauce with chopped meat and mozzarella cheese

Split pea and ham soup

Chicken cordon bleu....pound out chicken, layer thin ham & fav cheese close with a skewer..bake. Make a gluten free gravey with the pan drippings and cornstarch

chili

stuffed green peppers. fill with chopped meat, spag sauce, rice, onions

steak fajitas on corn tortillas. grill steak, slice thin, saute onions, green/red peppers. Season with garlic salt. Make or buy a salsa and sour cream on side...also add cheese.

Lasagna with tinkyada noodles.

BBQ chicken smothered with kraft bbq sauce.

Pork chops are easy

[musikate]

My favorite simple dinner:

chicken breasts or fish fillets, dipped in beaten egg, rolled in a mixture of cornflake crumbs and nut meal (almond or walnut is available at Trader Joe's) with salt, pepper, and spices. Fry it till it's golden brown and drain on paper towels. Takes about 20 minutes from start to finish. Serve with veggies, salad, or mashed potatoes. The kids love it.

Kate

[misskris]

I posted this elsewhere, but it may be easier for people to find here. I can elaborate if anyone is interested. These are all uber easy recipes.

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Dinner ideas:

*Ground turkey or beef salisbury steak with garlic mashed potatoes and green peas

*Tinkyada pasta, either penne or fettucini, Classico Alfredo, Grilled Chicken, chopped steamed broccoli

*Quinoa spaghetti, Classico Basil Tomato Spaghetti Sauce cooked w/ black Olives, Mushrooms, Onions, Peppers, Diced Tomatoes, Garlic and Oregano

*Tacos - Just use Old El Paso seasoning mix in the BOTTLE, cook diced steak or ground turkey/beef with seasoning, top with whatever you like and remember to use corn tortillas - we have a Mexican Tortilleria here that makes em fresh daily

----I make fresh salsa for these too...just throw onions, peppers, tomatoes, garlic, cilantro and a dash of lime in a food processor

*Beef Stew - In a crock pot, throw in stew beef, cut potatoes, whole baby carrots, sliced onions, cut celery, gluten-free soy sauce (La Choy is actually even ok to use in this! Though I don't prefer it normally), a splash of red wine and cook it till it's done. I start it in the morning on warm/low and it's done by dinner time.

*You can also use the same recipe as above with a whole chicken instead of the stew beef - oh, but minus the soy sauce. And I like to add in some garlic, basil, orgeano and thyme with the chicken.

*Manwich Sloppy Joes - we mix with ground turkey. We also use corn tortillas for our bread here. Top the tortilla with the sloppy joe meat, some shreaded cheese and salad mixture (if you like): diced tomatoes, chopped lettuce, mayo and Mrs. Dash. It's sounds a bit odd, but it's really awesome. Just stir all the salad mixture together when you start making the meat. The longer it sits together, the better it is.

*AMAZING PIZZA topped with olive salad- Chebe garlic breadstick mix - just roll out like a pizza crust. Top with pizza sauce, thin-sliced ham, pepperoni and proscutto, provolone, swiss, and olive salad: chopped black olives, green olives, onions, mushrooms, capers, green peppers, garlic - mix with just a dash of olive oil. This is SOOOOOO AWESOME.

[mytummyhurts]

Something that I made tonight is a knock-off of a meal at Applebee's (I worked there during college). They call it "smothered chicken" - don't know if they still have it. Cook chicken breasts (season with s and p), and then I saute some mushrooms, onions, and green bell peppers. Place those veggie strips on top of the cooked chicken, and then add slices of whatever cheese you like (they use two of cheddar and one white cheese, I just use whatever cheese I have) and melt them on top. I think its sooooo good (I always liked eating it at Applebee's)

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We made this last night and it was really good! Good for lunch the next day too.

Thanks, Laura!

[swittenauer]

Those were all great ideas for dinner. However, not only does my husband have Celiac & is allergic to shellfish & chocolate but he is a picky eater also. Ha! Not a good combination. He doesn't like carrots, peas, mushrooms, etc. We are working around it all though & doing pretty good.