Thursday, January 12, 2012

Quick Dinner Recipes - Food


We all know that we require quickly dinner recipes to get dinner on the table swift. Exceptionally seldom do any of us have time to make every thing from scratch and spend hours in the kitchen. Here are some of my favorite quickly dinner recipes to get dinner on the table in a jiffy!

Salisbury Steak

This recipe doesnt take considerably prep time, but it does take a bit of time to bake, so program ahead for that. The sauce has a nice zip to it, thanks to the barbecue sauce and the stuffing mix adds a nice flavor to the patties and assists to make this a swift fix dinner. To make this recipe even faster, substitute dehydrated onion flakes for the chopped onion.

Ingredients:

1 lb ground beef1 package stuffing mix for chicken1 cup water, divided c chopped onion (or 1 tablespoon dehydrated onion flakes)8 oz fresh mushrooms, sliced c barbecue sauce

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In a big bowl, mix together then ground beef, stuffing mix, 1 cup water and the onion. Pat into inch thick oval shaped patties. Put in a big baking dish and bake for 25 minutes.

While patties are baking, spray a skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium-high heat. Saut mushrooms for five minutes, stirring every single once in a while. Add remaining water and the barbecue sauce. Turn heat down to low and cook 1-2 minutes or till the sauce is heated.

Serve sauce over patties.

To round out this meal, serve with green beans and potatoes baked in the microwave while the patties are baking.

Zippy Chicken & Pasta

This is a fun and colorful quickly dinner recipe that youngsters and adults enjoy. Its a exceptional way to get youngsters to enjoy eating their veggies. This is a total dinner on its own so its particularly quickly. Because its fairly light, dessert would be a good addition to this dinner.

Ingredients:

1 (8 oz) package fusilli or rotini pasta c Italian salad dressing, divided1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into chunks2 cups broccoli florets1 big red pepper, chopped1 small onion, sliced thin1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley (or 1 teaspoon dried) cup grated parmesan cheese

Directions:

Adhere to directions on package for cooking pasta.

While pasta is cooking, in a big skillet, heat cup of the dressing over medium-high heat. Add chicken chunks and cook about five minutes or till the chicken is cooked through. Stir occasionally. Add vegetables and parsley to the pan and cook five minutes longer.

Drain pasta. Add to chicken mixture and stir nicely. Add remaining cup of Italian dressing and toss to coat. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese.

A fun twist on this dinner would be to substitute shrimp for the chicken. If you make this substitution, you should certainly minimize the cooking time to about 2 minutes or just till the shrimp turns pink. Shrimp will turn rubbery if overcooked, so its critical to watch your cooking time.

Because this quickly dinner recipe is a total meal in 1 bowl, there honestly isnt anything to be added to round out this meal. But since its nice and light, a swift dessert would be fabulous. I would suggest a pudding parfait. Just take your favorite flavor of pudding, layer it with cool whip and some graham cracker crumbs in a pretty glass and there you have an hassle-free but fancy searching dessert.