Quick dinners while pregnant

I'm sure lots of us feel the same way right now but the last thing I want to do is spend lots of time in the kitchen!! I'm 31 weeks prego with and I'm on "strict bed rest". I can't stand for long periods of time but...my husband and I need to eat!! Ordering in is getting very expensive. What are some of you cooking these days??

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I'm so glad you posted this.. we order in wayyyyy too much these days

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Mostly stuff on the BBQ.
Since DH does the BBQ'ing in our house, it has now become his job
I will make very easy side dishes...fries, mac & cheese, Liption packages, stuff like that.

I am so done with cooking...and don't get me wrong, I love to cook...but I am just done for now

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Posted by PennyCat

I'm so glad you posted this.. we order in wayyyyy too much these days

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Posted by Marcie

Mostly stuff on the BBQ.
Since DH does the BBQ'ing in our house, it has now become his job
I will make very easy side dishes...fries, mac & cheese, Liption packages, stuff like that.

I am so done with cooking...and don't get me wrong, I love to cook...but I am just done for now

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Posted by Twinzmommy2B

Posted by PennyCat

I'm so glad you posted this.. we order in wayyyyy too much these days

I'm getting so tired of pizza and chinese food!! LOL

I'm so thankful for Peapod...food shopping hasn't been easy. It would be so great if we could all share one of our "quick and easy dinners" to get us through our pregnancies!

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taco / burrito night is always quick and painless.

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pasta with butter and cheese. don't laugh!

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I make a lot of Trader Joe's frozen meals...they're relatively inexpensive and healthy as far as frozen goes with no preservatives and low sodium. Last night I made their cheese and bean burritos and taquitos, I throw them in a casserole and open a jar of tomato sauce, put some chili, cumin, and paprika on it, and top with shredded mexican cheese and throw in the oven for a half and hour, and make a pot of yellow rice and beans to go with it, one of my simpler meals.

Also chicken fingers and fries, pulled pork or brisket sandwiches with fries or onion rings, chicken sausage and cous cous, always with a salad...those all are pretty much heat up and it's ready type dinners from Trader Joes.

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tacos

ravioli (or any type of pasta) with meat sauce (i use jar sauce with fresh browned ground beef)

i have been cooking boneless chicken breasts chopped up into chunks various ways with EVOO on top of the stove in a pan and then adding various sauce or mix in to make it different through out the week (add frozen veggies, bbq sauce, balsamic vinegar and tomatoes over whole wheat pasta, with tomato and avocado and ranch dressing, etc...)

sundays i make something big like shepherds pie, stew, chili, etc...

burgers

breakfast for dinner (scrambled eggs, waffles, pancakes)

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I have been going to a great market and getting good meats. Chicken sausage with onions and peppers on Italian bread, chicken burgers with feta and spinach. Toss a nice big salad and voila! lol

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I'm the queen of quick meals.

-Hamburger helper
-There's a kikoman packet by the Chinese food stuff in supermarket beef and broccoli seriously takes less then 20 Moin its home made Chinese food. And a bag of jasmine rice ( that's the kind you get at the take out place)
-tacos with goya yellow rice or my moms taco salad ( make taco meat. Make a salad lettuce tomato cheese olives onions and smashed up tostito chips, put tacos meat in the bowl with salad mix and add a bottle of catalina French dressing mix and eat with chips)
- Rachel rays 30 min shepherds pie this is the best ever I have a few ways to make it a 15 min meal if you want to know ask
- hamburgers and French fries
- Costco/ Boston market roasted chicken make mashed potatoes and corn
- homemade sauce. Can do 4 things from one pot
1. Ravioli 2. Baked ziti 3. Vodka sauce
4. Stuffed peppers- I make a modified version since dh hates too much peppers. 2 large green peppers cut cleaned and sliced into bite sized pieces.1lb chopmeat can use turkey or beef. Cook the meat all the way through. In a pot on the side make 4 servings of min rice. Drain the meat and add the completely cooked rice. Then add the sauce starting 1cup at a time. Until moist not soupy add he green peppers and put the lid on the pot so the peppers steam.

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I also loved beef stew over barley and beef strogenoff in the crock pot they are mccormick packets fix it and forget it style.

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Posted by PennyCat

Posted by Meggo613

I'm the queen of quick meals.

-Hamburger helper
-There's a kikoman packet by the Chinese food stuff in supermarket beef and broccoli seriously takes less then 20 Moin its home made Chinese food. And a bag of jasmine rice ( that's the kind you get at the take out place)
-tacos with goya yellow rice or my moms taco salad ( make taco meat. Make a salad lettuce tomato cheese olives onions and smashed up tostito chips, put tacos meat in the bowl with salad mix and add a bottle of catalina French dressing mix and eat with chips)
- Rachel rays 30 min shepherds pie this is the best ever I have a few ways to make it a 15 min meal if you want to know ask
- hamburgers and French fries
- Costco/ Boston market roasted chicken make mashed potatoes and corn
- homemade sauce. Can do 4 things from one pot
1. Ravioli 2. Baked ziti 3. Vodka sauce
4. Stuffed peppers- I make a modified version since dh hates too much peppers. 2 large green peppers cut cleaned and sliced into bite sized pieces.1lb chopmeat can use turkey or beef. Cook the meat all the way through. In a pot on the side make 4 servings of min rice. Drain the meat and add the completely cooked rice. Then add the sauce starting 1cup at a time. Until moist not soupy add he green peppers and put the lid on the pot so the peppers steam.

To say I love you right now would be an understatement. What great ideas!!!!!!!

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I've been doing a lot of BBQ'ing lately which isn't very time consuming! I'll also make a large quantity of sauce and meatballs for Sunday dinner then freeze half of it and use it for another meal during the week for a day I don't feel like really cooking. Or I'll make a large quanity of chicken soup in the crock pot and freeze half and same thing leave it for another night I don't feel like cooking! Taco's and Fajita's also don't take long to cook!

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These are all great!!! Thank you so so much!!

One of my specialties is lemon chicken...I think my husband would eat it every night if he could. Dip 4-5 thin chicken cutlets in egg then flour. Cook in a skillet with oil until lightly brown. In a small saucepan, bring 1/4 stick of butter, one cup of chicken broth, 2 chopped garlic cloves, 1/2 lemon (squeezed) and 1/3 cup of white cooking wine to a simmer. Place the chicken in a dish and pour the simmered mixture on top. Cover and cook for 30 minutes in the oven at 375. Serve with egg noodles. Heavenly! So easy and quick!!

Are any of you big Uncle Giuseppe's or Iavarone's fans?? I'm waiting patiently for the new Uncle G's to open up in Massapequa...I heard that they hope to open in time for Memorial Day!!

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Posted by Twinzmommy2B

These are all great!!! Thank you so so much!!

One of my specialties is lemon chicken...I think my husband would eat it every night if he could. Dip 4-5 thin chicken cutlets in egg then flour. Cook in a skillet with oil until lightly brown. In a small saucepan, bring 1/4 stick of butter, one cup of chicken broth, 2 chopped garlic cloves, 1/2 lemon (squeezed) and 1/3 cup of white cooking wine to a simmer. Place the chicken in a dish and pour the simmered mixture on top. Cover and cook for 30 minutes in the oven at 375. Heavenly! So easy and quick!!

Are any of you big Uncle Giuseppe's or Iavarone's fans?? I'm waiting patiently for the new Uncle G's to open up in Massapequa...I heard that they hope to open in time for Memorial Day!!

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Posted by PennyCat

Posted by Twinzmommy2B

These are all great!!! Thank you so so much!!

One of my specialties is lemon chicken...I think my husband would eat it every night if he could. Dip 4-5 thin chicken cutlets in egg then flour. Cook in a skillet with oil until lightly brown. In a small saucepan, bring 1/4 stick of butter, one cup of chicken broth, 2 chopped garlic cloves, 1/2 lemon (squeezed) and 1/3 cup of white cooking wine to a simmer. Place the chicken in a dish and pour the simmered mixture on top. Cover and cook for 30 minutes in the oven at 375. Heavenly! So easy and quick!!

Are any of you big Uncle Giuseppe's or Iavarone's fans?? I'm waiting patiently for the new Uncle G's to open up in Massapequa...I heard that they hope to open in time for Memorial Day!!

YES!!! BIG IAVARONE FAN!!!!!! The prepared foods from there save my life!! It just gets pricey.. I feel like whenever I get prepared foods I end up spending 20 bucks!! Do that enough and it adds up.. since cooking costs like half that.

Anyway LOVE Iavarone!!

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thankfully i'm still living at my mom's (waiting on the approval for our co-op) so my grandma cooks dinner everynight! so im spoiled at dinner time!

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Definitely lots of Trader Joe's meals.
Also, quick burger on the grill.
We also make a pot of suace on Sundays and use it for at least 3 meals (regular sauce 1 night, sausage and peppers or homemade pizza another night and penne vodka night #3).

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Trader Joe's has become my new best friend! They have lots of quick options and an awesome freezer section to choose from. I do not know how I've gone so long without this place!

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I love Trader Joes!! I just wish they would open one up in the Massapequa area.

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I have a quick one that I made last night:

Sausage Pasta:
1 package of Italian Turkey Sausage (hot or sweet, whichever you prefer)
1 Red Onion Sliced
4 cloves of garlic minced
1 large can of Crushed Tomatos
1 can of Paste
Dry Basil (to your liking)
8oz Rigotta Cheese
1 box of Pene

In a pot brown sausage and add red onion slices til soft.

Add garlic

Add Crushed Toms, Paste and Basil

Cook together til Pene is done

Add Rigotta to sauce and mix, add pene.

Done

YUM!!! Makes quite a bit so it will last a few days.