Tag: weeknight meals
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Pumpkin Veggie Stoup
Dump all this stuff in a big pot and simmer for 10 minutes. (Almost.) Ingredients 1 small onion (or 1/2 big onion), diced 1 can pumpkin purée 1 can black beans, drained & rinsed 1 can diced tomatoes 1 can coconut milk 2-3 cups vegetable broth (3-4 if you want it less stoupy,…
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F Side Dishes – Go All-Inclusive
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: F side dishes – Go All-Inclusive. If you’re a Hater or a cooking newbie, cooking is enough of a struggle without trying to get multiple components of a meal to come together at the same time, and all be hot on the plate when served. Plus, side dishes…
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Thanksgiving-Any-Day Casserole
“Sue!” Frank whisper-hissed at me, nudging me with his elbow. “We didn’t say grace yet,” my one-year-younger cousin quietly reminded me out of the corner of his mouth a millisecond before dissolving into giggles. I’m sure my cheeks, full as a chipmunk’s, turned dark red with horrified embarrassment. Meanwhile, Matt caught on just in time…
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Take a Gourmet Soup and Make It Your Own
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Take a box (or can) of gourmet soup and make it your own. Don’t get me wrong – I love a good ol’ fashioned can of Campbell’s Chunky Salty-as-Hell Chicken Noodle Soup when I’m sick, and even sometimes when I’m not. And I often keep a can or…
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Fancy Sandwiches!
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Fancy Sandwiches! Fancy sandwiches are one of my favorite kinds of quick/easy meals. Even when I don’t have leftover chicken to use, certain sandwiches can still be pretty quick. One of my faves is Martha Stewart’s Apricot Chicken Melt. I LOVE sweet and salt together, so this fancy…
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Taco Tuesday!
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Taco Tuesday! I need to get better at keeping tacos in regular rotation – So many good tacos, so little time! I love tacos hard or soft, and you can stuff em with pretty much anything. And they can be a pretty QUICK meal. Especially, for instance, if…
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Get to Love Leftovers!
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: If you’re a Hater, Get to Love Leftovers! Ok, typically, I don’t like leftovers. Many meals do NOT reheat well, plus I’d just prefer to have something fresh every night. But HELLO, I hate cooking, and my hate far outweighs my need to have something new every single…
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Semi-Prepared Foods
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: If you’re a Hater, buy semi-prepared foods! Ain’t no shame in my game!! As a follow-up to the menu planning post from a couple days ago, I mentioned picking “easy meals” to make… Easy GOALS, in general, is a solid step in the right direction for any Hater.…
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Menu Planning. Get On It.
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Menu planning. Get on it. Yes, Haters, I’m talking to YOU. It’s not as fancy as it sounds, I swear. It just means deciding what you’re going to eat for dinner for the upcoming week, buying the stuff, and cooking it before it rots in your fridge. Even…
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Splitting Up the Prep & Cooking
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Do some food prep the morning of or the night before. A problem many cooking haters (and even non-haters) have is that they just don’t want to come home after a long day of work and march directly into the kitchen for an hour… Or even a half…