Meals during the week

nice. Hard to beat a good chuck roast.

meatloaf
baked chicken
pork chops (baked, grilled, smothered)
enchiladas
hamburgers (grilled or skillet)
hamburger steaks
sausage in red gravy
spaghetti w/ meat sauce or meatballs
meatball stew
tortilla pizza - can individualize for family, even varying tortilla sizes for little ones and older ones

Last night I made our favorite but easiest midweek meal.

Meatball poboys and Caesar salad.

This is just frozen small Italian meatballs and marinara sauce on a small pistolette, add mozzarella and provolone.
Add a salad, makes a great meal.

I'm the cook around the house and cook in big batches most of the time. That way I put stuff in quart freezer bags and freeze to use later instead of cooking every day.

Things like 4 lbs. of red beans with smoke sausage, ham, etc., 50 beef meatballs with smaller meatballs of Italian sausage and 4 gallons of red gravy, 3 gallons of chicken and sausage gumbo, large pots of soups, etc.

Then there's the quick stuff like tacos, panne' meat, chicken wings, grilling burgers/steaks/sausage......

We eat a hot meal every night and many times the only thing I'm cooking is pasta, rice or some form of potatoes to go with what I defrosted and heated up from the freezer.

We do a lot of grilled/roasted proteins paired with vegetables. Steaks, chicken (breast or thighs), pork chops, smoked sausage; paired with roasted carrots, steamed/roasted broccoli, grilled asparagus, etc...

Sometimes we'll do a cheeseburger salad, essentially ground beef on top of a salad with cheese, pickles, and other accoutrements.

interesting thread. we always seem to get stuck in the same rotation.

something with chicken, baked/broiled/fried

something with ground meat, burgers/meatballs/pasta

something with pork, pork chops/pork loin

don't usually have a lot of time after work.

I do big proteins on the smoker on Sundays...briskets, pork butts, chickens.

Then utilize that throughout the week...one night brisket tacos, brisket fried rice another, brisket hash with eggs, brisket ragu with pasta, brisket chili.

tacos, rice and gravy, and now this has been added to the rotation



From Sams... it's so damn good

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Or you can buy a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store.

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Costco sells their rotisserie chicken for under $5 and it's a great bargain, plus well cooked.

I can't buy a raw chicken from the store, season it and cook it for less than that.

Fix a couple sides to go with it and you've got a good meal.