Hello, everyone. I am in the midwest. Summer is starting to heat up and it's only going to get hotter. DH and I are talking about not doing any more cooking in the oven for the rest of the summer. So, I am sitting here with the beginnings of a shopping list trying to stuff to buy to make next week's meals. Here is what I have come up so far:
- Buy a rotisserie chicken and make chicken sandwiches with it (maybe 2 meals)
- Buy Some Already Cooked Beef at the Deli and Mix With BBQ sauce for sandwiches (1-2 meals)
- Egg Salad Sandwiches (1 meal)
- Peanut butter sandwiches (1 meal)
I just hate to eat sandwiches every single day, though. Any of have any good ideas for something besides sandwiches?? I should mention that DH hates what he calls rabbit food and he doesn't even want to cook pasta or hamburgers if we can get away with it. I just want to ask him if I have pointed ears and hop around on all fours.
For my lunches, I am thinking of possibly wraps with lunchmeat, lettuce, tomatoes, etc. along with a piece of fruit and a handful of nuts.
Suggestions For No Cook Dinners Anyone??
June 19th, 2010 at 01:18 am
June 19th, 2010 at 03:28 am 1276918114
Do you have a microwave that you could heat up turkey or chicken hotdogs or precooked brats? Tacos with beans or the deli meat you can buy. Your ideas are good ones. Good luck!
June 19th, 2010 at 05:36 am 1276925769
There are lots of recipes online for crockpot, and they are usually pretty easy, too!
We grill a lot in the summer, too. My mom even makes pasta, etc, on the grill because she doesn't want any heat in the kitchen.
June 19th, 2010 at 05:37 am 1276925826
What does your husband eat?
June 19th, 2010 at 02:30 pm 1276957815
June 19th, 2010 at 04:59 pm 1276966771
Oh, we also don't have a crock pot and given our recent decision to buy a house, we have decided to put off buying anything like that until after we move, both because we don't want to have to move it and also to free up some money for moving costs. We also need to thoroughly clean the rental we have been living in and fix a few minor things.
I would love to make lasagna, or anything else with cheese in it, but I am extremely allergic to all milk products. Hubby can eat all the cheese he wants, though.
So, to do our no cooking thing while it is so hot, I bought a package of 10 hamburger patties, package of velveeta cheese slices, relish, jar of peanut butter, mayonaisse, bread, an onion, tomatoes, canned chicken, Triscuit crackers, box of Cheerios, and packets of carrots and celery. Our dinners will be mostly either hamburgers, egg salad, or tuna salad sandwiches topped with usual condiments and possibly tomatoes and/or onion.
See today's blog for an update on the Lunch Challenge.
June 21st, 2010 at 05:18 pm 1277140685