Favorite Weeknight Recipes

What recipes do you like to cook during the week after a long day of work? Bring it on!

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Easy pizzas using a Boboli crust once a week usually.

Tomorrow I'm making one with pesto (unc, I use Classico too), mozzarella, sliced plum tomatoes and asparagus.

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My favourite easy meal is tuna steak with buttery rice. I soak the tuna steak in lime juice, cover it with black pepper, then grill it. Prepare a portion of rice, then melt in a little butter, and season as required. Add a bit of salad on the side if you can be bothered. SO easy, but SO tasty! I'm normally terrible at cooking fish, but I haven't failed at this one yet. :)

Failing that, jacket potato with as much cheese as my arteries will stand. Or nachos. Don't buy a kit, just keep a stock of cheap tortilla chips, salsa, jalapenos, guacamole, etc. Then arrange on the plate, cover in cheese, and microwave for a couple of minutes. Goddamn I could go for some nachos right now...

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Shake and bake tofu! Just cube it, shake it in a baggie with a mix of wheat germ and seasoning and bake it for 15 minutes or so. Goes great over a green salad with goat cheese.

Put together a marinade before you go to bed and put it in a ziplock bag with chicken breasts. Let it sit until you get home the next evening and cook it.

An easy marinade is to take orange juice, dry italian dressing powder, a little lemon juice, and a touch of olive oil. Add red pepper if you like heat.

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Joe that sounds like the white trashiest thing a person could ever make and I want them SO bad.

Reminds me of home.

Joe, what is it with you and tater tots?

That does sound pretty yummy though.

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Today for lunch I made Brown Rice Risotto!
I took my leftover brown rice from last night and put it in a microwave dish. I poured chicken broth in to about a half an inch over the rice and stirred it. I microwave it in increments of 3 minutes (uncovered on high), stirring after each time, until I got risotto. I then shredded in some steamed chicken and broccoli, and had lunch!

I love Tots and we almost always have them in the freezer.

When my son was about 3 he liked them, so I'd sometimes eat his leftovers (and any that got a little burnt). But now he says he only wants french fries.

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I always end up ravished around 2 or 3 AM and my favorite thing to make is something between an omelette and a pizza that I call a piz-omelet. It's quite healthy, too, depending on how much cheese you use.

I put 2 or 3 eggs worth of Egg Beaters in a pan over medium high heat and add parsley, red pepper, salt and pepper and let it cook until just done, about 5-7 minutes. Then I put shredded mozzarella around the perimeter, some very aged Gouda in the center and a dollop of goat cheese and let it firm up in the pan for another 3 or 4 minutes. I then transfer the disc to a piece of parchment on a sheet pan and put it in the oven under the broiler for 5 minutes or so. I always make sure the rack is no higher than mid-oven as the cheese puffs up a good 6 inches and burns too quickly if set too high. (Many nights, favorite late night entertainment is watching it grow as it bakes!) Then I remove it from the oven and cut it into 6 pieces like a pizza. Occasionally, I put a whole wheat tortilla on the plate with a little ricotta and set the piz-omelet (my word) on top and let it melt the ricotta, sealing the tortilla to the omelet, then cut it as usual. Very high in protein and low-carb!

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You are right Jane, they are not smooth.

I also like buffalo fries. If they are out of them at the market, I make them myself.

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What are Buffalo fries?

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