Sometimes I Just Don’t Feel Like Cooking.
What’s in your pantry?
Some days you just want to pull something out of the freezer, throw it in the oven and call for dinner…somedays you want to make a fully from scratch meal. Somedays you want to let them starve.
Are there any meals that are your go to for easy mommys way out meals? For us Tuesdays are for Taco Tuesdays. I didn’t feel like making tacos. So I made frozen pizzas. Oh but I really jazzed them up! I added Italian seasoning! Boom gourmet!
I like to make my kids eat leftovers for lunches (at home), I like to make home made meals most of the time. I cringe when my kids ask for mac n cheese or ramen. On the occasion that I do make it for them, I like to jazz mac n cheese up with tuna and peas and make it a “casserole”. I like to mix it up and add taco meat to a cheese quesadilla… stuff like that to use up leftovers and add a little excitement to the ol palate!
Some of my easy lazy meals include Sh*t on a Shingle which is meat gravy over mashed potatoes (I hear it originated over toast or bread)(to make it that much easier I use boxed potatoes), Dirty Rice which is hamburger in rice (I use packaged beef rice), Chicken Alfredo (I use sauce from a jar and canned chicken) and there is always the good and loyal crock pot or instapot!
I’m lucky enough to have kids that eat pretty much anything and tell me how good a cook I am. Some of their favorites are: Quiche, homemade chili and corn bread, Split pea soup (used Christmas ham), Creamy Chicken and rice… Every time I make something new my husband say “we could have this at least once a week” There aren’t that many days or meals in the week!
Little things I like to do to make shit fancy or more flavorful: put tuna on a croissant, use broth instead of water (that will perk up your split pea soup), use garlic olive oil rather than regular, I add chia seeds/flax seed meal/cacao powder to my oatmeal and pancakes (sneaking in that extra).
Add BACON! Bacon makes so many things better (duh), I made grilled cheese with pepper jack, colby jack and bacon! Here’s the deal…I avoid certain things because I hate makin bacon… COSTCO! Precooked bacon crumbles! YAY save my “bacon” HA.
I’ve been adding bacon to my scrambled egg sandwiches, tuna melts, wraps, grilled cheese, more to my quiche and more to my breakfasts! I heart bacon and so does the rest of my family. So… more bacon it is!
There are several little hacks that I use and more that I add here and there. I love to create new meals, try new things and feed my family the yummy stuff! As I learn more I’ll add more. As I find what works I’ll share it. As I work to over come some lazy days I’ll let you know what corners I have found that I can successfully cut!
Lazy but true,
The Momma
