When my mother visited not too long ago…
..she and Anton whipped up a scrumptious dinner: Ina Garten’s parmesan hen. You principally coat hen breasts with flour, eggs, bread crumbs, and parmesan cheese; then sauté them and canopy with lemon-y salad greens.
The hen was scrumptious and straightforward sufficient for the boys and me to make once more a number of nights after my mother headed again to Michigan. (We served it right here with mashed potatoes and inexperienced beans, however the hen and salad could be sufficient by itself, for those who wished to maintain it easy.)
A number of days later, Anton, Toby and I made rice and beans, plus a bunch of toppings: crimson peppers, tomatoes, lettuce, onions, corn, rotisserie hen, crushed taco shells, cheddar cheese, bitter cream, and scorching sauce. We piled all the things into bowls and ate collectively on the couch. “Mother, it is best to pat your self on the again for this dinner,” Toby mentioned, as Anton loaded up his third serving to. All in all, a crowdpleaser!
I’ve at all times teased myself for being a nasty prepare dinner — and it’s true, I’m not nice — however I could make a number of issues reliably. Listed below are 5 dinners in our rotation:
Coconut hen and rice (we omit the hen broth to make it extra like curry and fewer like soup)
Bonus: something — say, a frozen pizza, rotisserie hen, or spaghetti with tomato sauce — together with a caesar salad (my boys wolf this).
So, I’d love to listen to: what are 5 recipes you’ve got in your arsenal? That at all times prove nicely? That you simply even know by coronary heart? Please share beneath…
P.S. Dangerous prepare dinner, nice mother; and 9 household meals we’ve liked to loss of life.
