corn beef hash pie recipe
Please suggest some hearty home cooked, one pot meals?
Im trying to get into cooking home made food every night. Im going shopping later and thought this week i would plan some meals and buy what i need, instead of buying a lot of things that just end up going out of date!
I need them to be nutritous, hearty and most of all tasty. Traditional is good too. If you could point me towards a recipe you have used and has been loved by ALL your family that would be great!
Ive already got..
Cottage Pie
Corned Beef Hash
It would take too long to give you all of the actual recipes, but here are some things I make that are easy & done in one pot. Go to cookinglight.com, eatingwell.com, recipezaar.com, allrecipes.com or foodtv.com for actual recipes. Some of these recipes may call for cream, but I use lowfat milk and thicken the sauce with cornstarch if necessary. It doesn’t change the flavor, but gives the same creamy texture with less fat & calories.
Beef Stew
Chicken Pot Pie (done in one, large dutch oven & not individual pots)
Chili
Braised pork chops (also known as Smothered pork chops)
Soup (Chicken & Rice, Beef Vegetable, etc…)
Jambalaya (doesn’t have to be spicy if you don’t want it to be)
Chicken & dumplings
Another thing I do is to make a few batches of Italian meat sauce or meatballs and freeze them. Then, if spaghetti is on the menu plan, take the sauce or meatballs out of the freezer & put in the fridge to thaw a day or two before and then all you need to do on spaghetti night is to make the pasta add the sauce or meatballs and put a salad on the table.
I used to waste a lot of food & money years ago until I started menu planning. It’s saved me so much money and keeps me from staring into the fridge at dinnertime wondering what I’m going to make. I make a menu plan for whatever days I plan on cooking and then make an ingredient list and stick to that when shopping. That way I have on hand what I need and not a lot of extra items that spoil.
Hopes this helps! Enjoy and congratulations for cooking nutritious, loving meals for your family!
