What's for Dinner Tonight? Quick and Easy Ideas Inside!

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Discussion Overview

This thread features participants sharing their dinner plans and experiences, highlighting a variety of quick and easy meal ideas. The discussions include personal anecdotes about cooking and dining choices, with some participants mentioning specific recipes and ingredients.

Discussion Character

  • Anecdotal
  • Opinion-based

Main Points Raised

  • One participant shares their experience of making a concoction with ground beef and Broccoli Augratin flavored Rice-a-Roni.
  • Another participant mentions finally preparing a pork roast, although lacking green beans.
  • One participant is celebrating their birthday with a meal at Bonefish Grill, expressing excitement about their favorite dishes.
  • Another participant discusses having refried beans and rice with tortillas, noting a preference for Mexican cuisine.
  • One participant mentions preparing frozen chicken cordon bleu and roasted red potatoes.
  • Another participant describes making a Deluxe Cheeseburger Salad and Easy Cinnamon Rolls.
  • One participant had a simple meal of Chex, while their partner enjoyed a tuna melt with potato salad.
  • Another participant shares a light meal of watermelon and leftover chicken.
  • One participant discusses making spaghetti with homemade sauce and garlic crescent rolls.
  • Another participant recounts a challenging dinner decision involving chicken and tuna melts, leading to a cereal meal for themselves.
  • One participant describes a meal of baked chicken breasts with various seasonings, baked potatoes, mixed vegetables, and baked beans, noting their kids enjoyed the vegetables.
  • Another participant shares their dinner of beef stroganoff on egg noodles with green beans.
  • One participant made fajitas with steak, receiving positive feedback from their daughter.
  • Another participant mentions trying a new Pampered Chef recipe for skinny chicken stroganoff.
  • One participant describes a meal of chicken and mushroom roll with buttery mash and Yorkshire puddings, followed by dessert.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

No clear consensus emerges, as participants share a wide range of personal experiences and meal choices without indicating agreement or disagreement on specific topics.

Contextual Notes

The thread reflects a casual sharing of dinner ideas among participants, with a focus on personal cooking experiences and preferences.

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Members of the consultant community looking for inspiration or ideas for quick and easy dinner options may find this thread engaging.

Bren706
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I did not see a thread started for today, so I thought I would post.

I had nothing planned, so at 4:30 I looked in my freezer and my pantry, and since I did not have a lot of ambition, I wanted something easy. Well, I am making my own concoction tonight, by browning some ground beef, and adding Broccoli Augratin flavored Rice-a-Roni to it, along with some extra broccoli. :chef:
 
I am finally making the pork roast I have been talking about it. Still no green beans but I do have some asparagus............
 
We are going out to eat for my birthday - any minute now!

My favorite - Bonefish Grill!

I know I'll be having Bang Bang Shrimp, and a house salad (their's is the best) and I'll wait til I get there to decide what I'm having for an entree - because they have the BEST specials.

I love this restaurant, but it's reserved for celebration dinners for us!

http://www.bonefishgrill.com/menu/wood-grilled-fish/
 
Wow, sounds good Becky!!

We are having refried beans and rice with tortillas tonight. I didn't take anything out of the freezer and this sounded good. I must be on a Mexican kick because this is the second night in a row. I just wish I had some of the guacamole I made yesterday left over. Oh well. Salsa and cheese will have to do!
 
Chicken cordon bleu (yeah frozen from the store... They were on sale)
Roasted red potatoes with our old bell pepper seasoning)
Some kind of veggie or salad.
 
Deluxe Cheeseburger Salad (without the onions)
Easy Cinnamon Rolls (using the PC Cinnamon Sprinkle)
Water with lemon
 
I had a bowl of Chex. DH had a tuna melt on marble rye with potato salad and pickles.
 
Wow Ann, we have the same caterer!
 
DS and I had watermelon and left-over chicken.
 
Spaghetti (I make the sauce) and crescent rolls dipped in egg white with garlic on them...
 
legacypc46 said:
Wow Ann, we have the same caterer!
I had chicken out but didn't feel like making it, and DH was being a real butt about what he wanted (I'm just now finding out, after nearly 14 years of marriage, that he can't stand pasta with tomato sauce - all of which is apparently spaghetti, despite the fact that I haven't bought spaghetti noodles in 12 years). He suggested tuna melts, which of course leaves no leftovers for his lunch in the morning. And the bread was large enough that there was barely any tuna after I put his sandwich together. So I just put all the tuna on it and grabbed cereal for myself. Luckily, I had a can of soup with some meat in it for lunch, or I would have been 3-for-3 on cereal meals today. Now I have to think of something to make with the chicken tomorrow, and cook something in the morning for his lunch.
 
I made baked chicken breasts, with jerk chicken, crushed peppercorn and garlic, greek, and a bit of chipotle seasonings sprinkled on it, with baked potatoes, mixed vegetables and baked beans. My kids are coming back in the kitchen for seconds! "Will you make some more of these vegetables tomorrow mom?" My kids love veggies.

We're going out to lunch tomorrow, no lunches to make. We're going out of town for my grandmother's funeral.
 
We are having beef stroganoff on egg noodles and green beans. Yummy!
 
I made fajitas with steak. Yummy!! I sliced, red, yellow, and red peppers with Mandoline and also the onion! My daughter kept saying this was the best supper ever!! LOL
 
I made a new PC recipe (for me) called skinny chicken strogannoff. It was yummy.
 
Last night we had an (out of the freezer) chicken and mushroom roll with buttery mash and Yorkshire puddings, followed by a puff pastry square with banana slices and chopped Fairtrade chocolate, all washed down with a nice bottle of Pinot Grigio.
 

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