Dinner is Served (Sometimes)
Since the dawn of time, women have been wrestling with that oh-so-annoying, age old dilemma: what to make for dinner? I can just imagine a couple of harried cavewomen commiserating about having to rustle up yet another evening meal out of some beast that their hubbies had clubbed and then dragged back home. Wild boar again? How boring.
Sure, today we have supermarkets, not to mention take-out, restaurants, and fast food, but somehow with all those choices, dinner chez moi often comes down to some variation of chicken, yet again. That’s why I was thrilled to be a part of a group cooking luncheon recently at which we prepared a gourmet meal to enjoy in honor of our friend Amy’s birthday. I figured there had to be some leftovers that I could take home and transform into dinner.
The cooking luncheon, by the way, was a blast. A young graduate of a culinary institute helped us prepare a Martha-worthy Middle Eastern feast. My favorite job? Working on the assembly line for the spanikopitas, those yummy pastry triangles stuffed with spinach and cheese. (If I may say so myself, they were to die for.) After the clean-up, I brought home a bunch of ‘em, planning to serve them up to the hubby and call it dinner.
It was not my finest culinary moment. Trying to multi-task, I had already exploded some hard-boiled eggs. And well, let’s just say in the excitement of dealing with the eggs-plotion, I forgot about the spanikopitas heating up in the oven, so they ended up coming out a tad crispy. Okay, they were charred beyond recognition.
I tried to come up with something different, I really did. But even the best laid culinary plans can go awry. I guess that’s why God invented pizza delivery.
PS: So what’s your answer to the Great Dinner Dilemma?
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Sometimes we do "breakfast for dinner"...cheese omelets, (frozen) has browns, toast. Also meatball subs...frozen meatballs (buy the bag from any supermarket) cooked on the stove with a can of tomato sauce doctored up w sugar, basil, romano cheese, salt & pepper ..slice a baguette, toast w garlic butter, pour meatballs, top w already grated mozarella...side of potato chips.
Number one: I don't sweat it!!
As long as I manage to get my kids to eat a fruit or vegetable(french fries don't count!) then I feel like I've done my job- if that means they're eating mac and cheese and chicken nuggets most of the time that's fine by me. The truth is,I'd rather serve them a sure thing, then sit there fighting with them to finish the food on their plates.
I'm not a mom, just a single woman who sometimes feeds her three housemates, but I've encountered the what-to-make-for-dinner dilemma often. Last night was homemade veggie pizza, which you'll find on my blog.
Thanks for all the suggestions, everyone. Love 'em, especially the breakfast-as-dinner idea, Avid. Thanks for reading and writing! Cheers, Laurie
We have our little fall backs, like Whatchagot stew... It's pretty much leftovers... *L* One pound of hamburger, green beans, corn, potatoes, carrots (whatever veggie you got) a can of tomato soup and water to make it soupy and some sort of cooked pasta... You can use diced up chicken as well, and use a cream of chicken soup instead of tomato.
This is why I like Whatchagot stew... It is a brainless way to make dinner and the kids love it.
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