Favorite Home-Cooked Meals That Aren't Pampered Chef Recipes

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Discussion Overview

This thread explores participants' favorite home-cooked meals that are not Pampered Chef recipes, focusing on quick and easy options as well as nostalgic dishes. Various participants share their personal experiences with meals they enjoy making or eating, often highlighting convenience and family favorites.

Discussion Character

  • Anecdotal
  • Opinion-based

Main Points Raised

  • One participant mentions enjoying Shake-n-Bake Chicken and cheesy broccoli rice, expressing a strong fondness for the dish.
  • Another participant shares a recipe involving Russian dressing, cranberries, and onion soup mix poured over chicken breasts.
  • One participant identifies garlic/dill shrimp and homemade spaghetti as personal favorites, with family members having their own preferences.
  • A participant describes a BBQ beef recipe passed down from their mother, emphasizing slow cooking and a mix of ingredients.
  • One participant reflects on their changing feelings towards Tuna Helper, noting a preference for seafood salad as a current favorite.
  • Another participant enjoys grilled chicken with potato pierogi and Ikea meatballs as easy dinner options.
  • One participant frequently serves spinach and cheese ravioli with pasta sauce and vegetables, noting it as a quick meal their child loves.
  • A participant shares their love for Salsbury steak with egg noodles, highlighting its appeal to their children.
  • Several participants mention enjoying fried chicken from the Publix deli as a go-to meal when they do not want to cook.
  • One participant describes a simple meal of popcorn and fudge, expressing a desire for more substantial food after a day of junk food.
  • Another participant shares their quick meal of chicken with Tastefully Simple Teriyaki sauce, rice pilaf, and veggies.
  • One participant enjoys a dish made with frozen broccoli, cheese soup, milk, cheddar, and rotisserie chicken, baked until bubbly.
  • A participant expresses a fondness for Taco Salad, noting it can last for multiple meals.
  • Another participant mentions Trader Joe's Orange Chicken as a quick dinner option paired with frozen peppers and rice.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

No clear consensus emerges, as participants express a variety of personal favorites and cooking experiences, with differing opinions on what constitutes their go-to meals.

Contextual Notes

The thread reflects a casual sharing of personal cooking experiences and preferences, with participants discussing meals that are easy to prepare and enjoyable for their families.

Who May Find This Useful

Members of the consultant community looking for inspiration or ideas for quick and easy meals may find this discussion relevant.

Chicken and Veg curry, or just vegetable curry with potatoes, onion, carrot, celery. Using "House Brand" imported (med hot-any of their mixes) curry roux. Rice in the rice cooker. Sometimes sub a can of low salt chicken broth for some of the water.

Fast, simple, savory, delish! Sometimes no rice :)

If it is too hot for that--other choice is big salad of romaine, chicken chunks (from deli or leftovers), golden raisins, almonds, and curry flavored plain yogurt or mayo for dressing.

Yah, I love curry...
 
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My favorite is Tacos....enchiladas. I love mexican food but I am 100% Italian. Go figure!!!I have been watching a TON of food network lately too, and making a lot of those recipes. I am surprised how easy some of them are. I think my favorite chef is Ina Garten.
 
Cindycooks said:
In the summertime: Grilled Boneless Chicken Breasts (Eastern NC Carolina BBQ style), tomatoes fresh from my garden drizzled with olive oil and fresh basil, roasted potatoes with onion & peppers, asparagus. MMMMMM

Winter - a good ole potroast in the crock pot - I just throw in an envelope of Lipton onion soup and 2 cans of cream of crap (mushroom, chicken, doesnt matter) and let cook all day. Sometimes throw in little baby carrots. Serve with mashed taters.

I guess these are sorta made from scratch.....

Not from scratch - ditto on the take out chinese or BBQ
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Actually, Cream of Mushroom and Cream of Celery are the same. Which label they put on the can is dependent on what color ths chunks in the soup happen to be today. If the chunks are green, it's labeled Cream of Celery. If the chunks are brown, it's labeled Cream of Mushroom.
 
Frozen pizza of any brand (whatever is on sale). Mostly DiGorno (sp?), Freschetta and store brand self rising. Kids like Tombstone stuffed crust. Occasionally, I buy that. We have pizza in this form at least once a week.
 
Smashie said:
My favorite is Tacos....enchiladas. I love mexican food but I am 100% Italian. Go figure!!!
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Haha...my favorite is tacos too...Ortega all the way! I love Mexican food too, but I'm 100% Chinese! Don't laugh and I'm not making fun of you...I'm telling the truth! ( as my 5 year old would say)

I also make a REALLY easy BBQ ribs in the slow cooker. Just throw in a pound or two of ribs with some BBQ sauce (Bulls Eye is my favorite), cook on high for 3 hours and serve with rice and frozen or canned veggies! Sometimes if I've got the time, I'll also chop up an onion and some garlic to throw in with the ribs and sauce. So easy!!
 
Oh - I thought of another favorite here - Quesadillas! I always have tortilla shells of various kinds - and we use a variety of fillings and make quesadillas. One of our favorites is leftover chicken (from the 30 minute roast chicken!:) ) with fajita sauce, corn, black beans, and red pepper sauteed together then layered with cheese and grilled inside the tortillas.
It's a way that we use leftovers and staples to create a meal. Serve them with sour cream and salsa on the side! Yummy!
 
Homemade meatballs with spag sauce and noodle and my homemade garlic bread!! YUMMY!!
 
Our favorite is my mom's lasagna. If the kids aren't driving me crazy and give me enough time to make it! Last time, my three year old snuck out the front door while I had two pots going on the stove!:eek:
 
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