Easy and Quick Recipes

I love to cook and I always give this super easy, super yummy recipe at showers and things...I don't make it at home anymore 'cause my hubby's sick of it :( Hope you can enjoy it!

Chicken pot pie

1 pkg boneless skinless chicken breasted chunked and browned
1 can mixed veggies
1 can cream of potato soup
1/4 cup milk
1 ready-made pie crust (top and bottom)

mix the first 4 ingredients in a bowl (make sure you brown the chicken). Use the pie crust in a pie pan and make the pie...does that make sense??

Bake this about 45 minutes @ 350 degrees; cover the edges with foil if they get too brown.

1 mom found this helpful

I have a cookbook with "family fav. recipes" from when I did a fundraiser at my college. I have some extra ones if your interested. There are approximately 150 family favorites. We have found it useful because they are easy to make and most of them are kid friendly. Email me at ____@____.com if you are interested.

Try Rachel Ray's cook books. She has a quick and easy one, and one that is great for kids. The one for kids has receipes that I love and my kids really like too.

I like http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/

one of the best:
http://jas.familyfun.go.com/recipefinder/display?id=14131
Spaghetti Carbonara -- I use more cream / less bacon and add peas so the kids get more vegie's (I have used milk when I don't have cream, it works to)

Hi J.,
Not only do I go to kraftfoods.com I also go to bettycrocker.com. They both have easy and quick meals. I also like Rachel Ray's website as well as her cook books. I would just go online and google quick and easy recipes. You'd be suprise by all the hits you get. Good luck. -C.-

I like using Rachael Ray's recipies for 30 minute meals. She has a few cookbooks or you can download them from foodnetwork.com.

Hi J. -
I am new to the Mamasource site, and just saw your request -- I hope I can help --
I am the mother of two teenage daughters, and while they were little, I came to the humorous realization that I had to feed the EVERY DAY! (tee-hee!) --
Being a working mom, I had to get creative, and this lead me to create Lily On the Fly, Meal Planning system. The intent is to create Hearty, economicaly, Family Friendly meals, every day! You can get more information at www.lilyonthefly.com -- please let me know what yout think!

Hi J., I totally understand your dilema..I have one you take roots shredded chicken..can of cream of chicken soup mix it together in a crock pot or heat it up..whatever.. heat up biscuits or instant potatoes.. or both..pour it over it and walla you have chicken gravy and biscuits or mash..it takes as like 30 minutes altogether.

As a mother of six, buy a crockpot. They help take the effort out of some of the weeks meals and there are a lot of wonderful reciepes for crockpots.

All of the websites listed are great as well as just googling it! Crockpot recipes are great, too.

A girl at work just shared this with me:

Buffalo Chicken Pizza
Sour Cream
Cheddar Cheese
Can of chunk chicken (big can or two cans)
Hot sauce
Pre-made pizza crust-- baboli

Mix sour cream, she didn't give me measurements, I just filled a regular sized bowl from my dish set, sprinkled in some hot sause to taste, and stirred in the chicken. Spread it on the crust and cover with cheese. Cook until the cheese is bubbly!! I LOVE it! It tastes great and it couldn't be any easier!

I also do allrecipes.com, kraftfoods.com, bettycrocker.com, familyfun.com, foodnetwork.com and tasteofhome.com

We eat this often - hope you like it.

Chicken and Black Bean Chili

3 (15 oz.) cans Ranch Style Black Beans
1 ½ teaspoons Tabasco Sauce
1 teaspoon Cilantro
2 Large Chicken Breasts, skinless & boneless
1 cup Mild Old El Paso Thick ‘N Chunky Salsa
2 Tablespoons Sugar
1 Tablespoon McCormick Cajun Seasoning
Shredded Mild Cheddar or Colby-Jack Cheese

Sprinkle chicken breasts liberally with Cajun seasoning. Cook over medium heat until no longer pink in center, about 10 minutes. Do not over cook; chicken should be juicy. Using two forks, pull or shred chicken.

Combine all except cheese in medium pot. Bring to a low boil over medium/low heat. Simmer until heated through, about 10 minutes.

Serve hot with bread, or rolls and butter. Top each serving with shredded cheese.

Makes 6 to 8 servings.

Note:
If Ranch Style brand beans are unavailable, use any canned black beans and add a dash of salt, garlic and onion powder, and 1 tsp. olive oil to each can.

check out www.kraftfoods.com, they have a lot of quick and easy meals for working moms!

My latest find is Real Simple magazine has great recipes in the back and a shoppinglist page that you can tear out and bring to the market with you--I haven't made anything from them that hasn't been great.
This one called
Chicken Curry in a Hurry
my son 17mos, daughter 3yrs, and my husband (a professional chef)all love- I have done it with chicken breast (cut up in chuncks, and sauted)but i'm sure the rotisserie is great and faster.
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
1 small yellow onion, thinly sliced
2 teaspoons curry powder
1/2 cup plain yogurt (whole milk with cream on top if available)
3/4 cup heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes, drained
1 rotisserie chicken
2 cups cooked white rice or enriched pasta
1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves, roughly chopped

Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, for 7 minutes. Sprinkle with the curry powder and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the yogurt and cream and simmer gently for 3 minutes. Stir in the salt, pepper, and tomatoes (if using). Remove from heat.

Slice or shred the chicken, discarding the skin and bones. Divide the rice (if using) and chicken among individual bowls, spoon the sauce over the top, and sprinkle with the cilantro.

Yield: Makes 4 to 8 servings

NUTRITION PER SERVING
CALORIES 180(60% from fat); FAT 12g (sat 6g); SUGAR 1g; PROTEIN 2g; CHOLESTEROL 33mg; SODIUM 136mg; FIBER 0g; CARBOHYDRATE 16g

Kate Merker

Another thing that I do is I buy a big economy pack of chicken breast and I wash and cut it all up then I portion it into freezer bags, poor Kraft balsamic vinegrette over it and put the bags in the freezer to defrost and cook up whenever I need- the dressing is a really good marinade.

Same with meatloaf- i always make two and freeze one in case of emergency:)
hope this was helpful!--S.

Hi J.,
I am a Pampered Chef Consultant and I can honestly tell you that they have a ton of quick and easy recipes. You can check my website www.pamperedchef.biz/christyure I would also love to teach you how to make some quick and easy recipes. If you're intersted in hosting a show, please let me know. Thank you.
C.

I have used the kraft website and they are awesome. The other thing that I have used a lot is my crock pot. They now sell the crock pot dinners in a bag and you can set it when you leave and it will be ready when you get home. My crock pot has a timer on it for whenyou want to start it. Another quick recipe that I found is , take grilled chicken, you can buy it in a bag precooked, instant rice, a bag of veges and chicken brooth, a can of the broth. Put it in a pan cook until the rice is cooked and eat. This is quick and healthy.

Hi, try kraftfoods.com. you can pick any kind of meal and they have great pictures to help you. They give detailed instructions , i love them. Good luck

A.

I love www.kraftfoods.com. Very simple. You can also sign up for their free recipe magazine - my favorite!

Hello J.. I have a 7 month old and I know how you feel, trying to cook and then the dishes with a baby. We love the Campels Supper Bakes, the chicken. I put it in the oven, 30 min later stir and cook another 20 min. One dish and little work. There are diff varieties for chicken and pork chops. Also, I agree that the crock pot is a good idea. I like Smoked Sausage, Peeled Potatoes, and Green Beans with some water in the crock pot. And Hamberger Helper and Tuna Helper are also one pan things, but do require stir time. If I am cooking something big I put my baby in her high chair with a Zwieback (sp) Toast and she eats it (great for teething) while I cook. COngrats on the new baby.

kraftfoods.com they have recipes that are easy & quick. you also can sign up to have there magazine sent to you 4x a year & they have really good recipes that you can make.....I use them & tweak them to my family's tastes

Well I have made my own cookbook off of the internet and books at the library if your looking for something in perticular I probably have it so let me know if you want anything

I would try allrecipes.com it is a FREE website that will give you recipes for anykind of food you type in or you can search for beef dishes, slow cooker dishes, etc. Also the little cookbooks that you get in the grocery store by the checkout are usually pretty good. Also, since you work you may want to check out a Rachel Ray 30-minute meals book. Hope this helps!!!

Yay for Kraft recipes, like the other moms said! You get a quarterly magazine in the mail with TONS of yummy and SIMPLE recipes.

I agree with the other ladies here. Kraft has an awesome website and you can also subscribe to the Kraft magazine (it is free). I get the magazine and as picky as my daughter is we can always find at least 3-4 recipes that are quick & easy & that she will actually eat.

I really like Racheal Ray. Most all of her meals can be done in about 30 minutes. A couple of my familys favs are Her Chicken mug pie, Shepherds pie. And if you have one day to cook for the week she has a week of chicken my family loved them all. You can check that one out on her website. www.rachaelrayshow.com

i love Rachael Ray he web site has tons of recipes on it! also allrecipes.com have amazing recipes too!! i recomend Rachael's Lemon Pepper Poppy Seed Chicken my 18 month old love it and so does my husband {who is as picky as a 2 yr old} hope this helps!!!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE www.recipezaar.com

www.allrecipes.com is a great website for recipes. I use it a lot. It has a category for quick meals. All of the recipes are rated on a scale of 1 to 5, and you can read people's reviews of them.

Another good site that I just found this past month is www.campbellkitchen.com the only thing I would recommend is that you season the meals to your taste (I love lots of garlic and seasonings) as some of the meals come across as good but rather bland (to me at least). They do have good ideas for you to start off from though.