I've gained ten pounds just reading this thread.
I've gained ten pounds just reading this thread.
Just reminded me that I am on dinner detail tonight.
Doing lemon pepper chicken thighs on the BBQ. I de-bone the thighs, soak in lemon juice for 10 minutes while the BBQ warms up and then grind a whole bunch of black pepper on the meat side. (OK remembered the NO PEPPER bit, this also works with fresh ginger, just grate it in to the lemon juice and give the chicken a swab of honey towards the end) Grill and serve with a green salad.
Other wife favourite is Steelhead fillet on the BBG. Give it a quick rub with soy sauce and them pat dry, light smear of BBQ sauce and toss on the grill. Serve with rice and or salad.
You need boobie tassles.
Lemon and herb chicken with garlic, rosemary and Parmesan mashed potato and wilted greens.
Take two chicken breasts, season them with salt, oregano, thyme and some lemon zest (pepper for those that want it) and a little olive oil. (You can slice the Brest in half so it isn't as thick to reduce cooking time)
Boil some potatoes(you can microwave potatoes in less than 10 minutes when time isn't on your side). Once cooked, add Parmesan and rosemary to taste along with garlic if it's OK for the wife. Mash through with some butter and milk till smooth and creamy.
For the wilted greens, take your pick, spinach, chard, asparagus, green beans, broccolini or whatever else you like. Plunge greens into boiling water and cook briefly untill they begin to soften. Remove from boiling water and run under cold water.
Cook the seasoned chicken in a hot pan Along with a little butter until nicely browned on both sides and cooked Through, then squeeze half to a whole lemon over the chicken to deglaze the pan, move the chicken around to get it thoroughly coated.
Serve the mash, place chicken on top and the greens on the side. Drizzle remaining pan juice over the chicken.
You can make this start to finish in less than 20 minutes if need be and can alter any of it to taste.
Alternatively maybe a warm chicken Caesar.
Cos lettuce, you can cheat and buy crouton's and dressing, bacon, parmesan, chicken tenderloin (I like to bread mine in a seasoned crumb) and a poached egg on top.
Again, it's quick and easy, fairly light, and I can't say I've met many women who don't adore a good Cesar.
Could you throw a pot roast together a few hours beforehand?
Ok so a lot of you guys missed the timeline. I'm home already and have been for an hour.
I promptly threw both wine bottles on the floor and broke them open on the tile. Great start to the night so far!
Ouch, sounds like your doing well then. So what's for eats?
Crab cakes and asparagus, and, uhhh, wine puddles
tuna55 wrote: Ok so a lot of you guys missed the timeline. I'm home already and have been for an hour. I promptly threw both wine bottles on the floor and broke them open on the tile. Great start to the night so far!
Two gallons of wine? That's just crazy talk.
Just through a bunch of stuff, your choice, into a crock pot. Ready when you are.
tuna55 wrote: Ok so a lot of you guys missed the timeline. I'm home already and have been for an hour. I promptly threw both wine bottles on the floor and broke them open on the tile. Great start to the night so far!
The first time I went to a big gathering with my girlfriends family, her mom put me in charge of carrying two one-gallon jugs of wine in from the car. I was carrying one in each hand, until I went to shake hands with her uncle and went to shift them both to the left hand. Jugs collided and shattered, leaving broken glass and wine all over the driveway. With the whole family looking on. Oops lol.
Sometimes all you can do is laugh at your own stupidity 
tuna55 wrote: Ok so a lot of you guys missed the timeline. I'm home already and have been for an hour. I promptly threw both wine bottles on the floor and broke them open on the tile. Great start to the night so far!
Dude, get the box wine. Far safer and stays fresh if you only have a glass or two in a night (the bag collapses as the wine is poured and no air can get in to oxidize the vino). I prefer the Black Box brand.
And no tassels!!
Given those food requirements you should find that grilled cheese thread from a while back and bookmark it. Several of the options in the thread are date quality.
One option my wife really likes is home made pot pie. Precooked chicken (rotisserie, baked, even fried) plus chicken stock, frozen veggies, and a frozen pie crust. Strip the chicken off the bones and chop/rip it up into chunks. Add veggies and into the crust, pour stock, gravy, cream of something soup and/or a little rue or tapioca to thicken and your seasonings of choice. Top with either another crust or mashed potatoes and bake until the crust is done. Ten minutes of prep tops plus 30-45 minutes in the oven and it's going to taste like you worked on it all day. It's even better with leftover pot roast instead of chicken, so good that my wife prefers it to the regular pot roast.
Just a suggestion from my own meal planning...
My wife and I did BlueApron for almost a year and we learned a lot of great cooking skills. Its also taught me how to whip together a great meal.
The BlueApron recipes are all searchable online, by ingredient. I use it all the time for my meal planning to keep from always making the same thing. They also don't always use the most expensive proteins, but always turn out delicious.
That said, when you're short on time for both prep and cooking I would go with either seafood or some kind of noodles.
Check out some of the fish recipes and also the asian noodles.
tuna55 wrote: Ok so a lot of you guys missed the timeline. I'm home already and have been for an hour. I promptly threw both wine bottles on the floor and broke them open on the tile. Great start to the night so far!
Im late, and you probably aready know this, but....booze works best when ingested.
For the future - I love making Thomas Keller's whole roast chicken on nights I'm time crunched. Heat oven to like 425. Dry chicken inside and out thoroughly. Season inside and out with coarse salt and pepper. Toss it in a roasting pan for about an hour. Let it rest 10 mins. Done and amazing. I can put the kids to bed while it roasts.
I'll do a steamed green vegetable and maybe potatoes or mashed cauliflower for a side. It's perfect and takes no babysitting.
Fettucini Alfredo from scratch is easy, she'll be impressed.
BBQ chicken on one of those George Foreman grills.
Done. Easy. Cheap. Impressive.
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