Comments on: Captain Obvious makes dinner

By: Capt. Obvious enjoys family game night

Capt. Obvious enjoys family game night — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:02:46 +0000

[...] I thought it was a little dopey. We are fairly good at eating dinner together most nights, and after dinner we often spend more time together, just doing whatever [...]

By: farmerswife

farmerswife — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:57:22 +0000

Breakfast for dinner… love it! My kids drink alot of water, I should be drinking more…

By: magpie

magpie — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:24:00 +0000

Summer pasta. Cook a pot of pasta. Meanwhile, chop up some tomatoes, some fresh mozzarella, some basil. Toss that stuff with salt, pepper, olive oil and either balsamic vinegar or lemon juice. Let sit until pasta is done. Toss with hot pasta. It’s hard to call it cooking.

By: Summer

Summer — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:55:14 +0000

Making dinner at dinnertime is a real drag, isn’t it? Since I work from home, I try to use the crock pot as much as possible, as it allows me to do the actual food prep at lunchtime. When I make certain dishes in the crock pot, I’ll try to make extra and freeze it — I really don’t like much commercial frozen food, so it’s nice to have a stash of my own food in the freezer. Best thing to have in the freezer, IMO, is a container of my “taco meat” (slow cooked, shredded chicken with beans and veggies), which can easily be turned into taco salad.

I’m also deeply in love with my rice cooker. We eat rice at least three times a week, and it’s so easy to dump in the rice and water, turn it on and walk away. When I don’t know what to make for dinner, I’ll start some rice and work from there — add some beans or fried eggs or some pan-grilled fish, and that’s a meal.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:48:58 +0000

I enjoy the quesadilla as a last minute supper. You can always throw in whatever veggies are lying around. Some cheese and salsa and voila, cheap and easy.

i totally do breakfast for dinner as well.

By: Lady M

Lady M — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:20:57 +0000

Edamame! Thanks for the reminder. I have a whole bunch in the freezer and we haven’t had it in ages.

By: Jennifer (ponderosa)

Jennifer (ponderosa) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:02:05 +0000

Macaroni and tomato juice. This is one of my husband’s favorite comfort meals. You cook elbow macaroni, then pour tomato juice over it. Viola! If you want to be fancy you can put worcestershire sauce on it. We usually have ours with those bags of pre-made pot stickers.

Scrambled eggs in a burrito. You scramble eggs, the wrap them in a burrito that’s been gently warmed. Viola! We eat that for lunch about once a week. My kids will eat theirs with carrots or peas or an orange or something on the side.

By: C @ Kid Things

C @ Kid Things — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:52:54 +0000

We are very fond of the frozen food aisle at the grocery store. Particularly, the bags of chicken alfredo (we are not vegetarian, although I kind of wish I was) with included broccoli and peas and carrots.