I need some really easy abstinant dinner recipies to try to help a woman who is suffering from a serious disease so that she doesn't always have a lot of energy to cook. Things that could be done in a slow cooker might work. I have been cooking for her for almost a couple weeks now and she is feeling much better and will be able to take over for herself soon, but we need easy recipies. Anybody got any ideas?
Since this website just started, and you may not get replies quickly the quickest solution is this. On the website, if you go under the FAA Store, there are Online Literature products. Under that section is the Newcomer Packet. ($3) This will give you all the literature for the newcomer, but there are pages at the end that have a menu plan. It has one or two days that are quick and simple. There is also an FAA Cookbook there, that can be ordered, but I don't know how many of the recipes are easy. Good luck. I hope you get more replies. It might be wise if we added a "Crockpot Cooking" section. I know a lot of members do use these a lot.
I am a very busy person, and I try to keep it simple but also fun when it comes to food. I also enjoy rotating foods. Here are some suggestions:
Breakfast:
1cup cooked oatmeal (I measure 1/2 cup dry and top with water and microwave for 2-3 minutes)
1/2 cup cottage cheese or ricotta/ 1 cup yogurt
1 fruit ( my faves are: blueberries, cantaloupe, a big juicy orange, or a ripe apple)
2 scrambled eggs cooked simply with 1tsp oil and salt & pepper
I take the oatmeal and top it with the dairy and the fruit, and I eat the eggs separately.
Also, meat or other protein left over from dinner the previous night taste great in the AM as well!
Lunch:
grilled meat (chicken, beef, pork - secret to good grilled meat is high heat)
a steamed veggie (I again use the microwave, and just add about 1/4 cup water to a microwavable bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and nuke for 3-4 minutes)
salad - I prechop a big batch of lettuce (2 heads of romaine, 1 head green leaf, 1 head red leaf - love this combo), and put it in a big plastic container or ziploc bag in the fridge. I also prepare lots of salad veggies ahead of time in a big container: broccoli slaw or shredded cabbage, green onions, peppers, whole grape tomatoes, radishes, etc (things that don't leave a lot of moisture). Then, when it's time to eat, I just take the two containers and measure my salad. The vegetables last for almost a week in the fridge, and this way I save A LOT of time.
Dinner: same as lunch (this is the time I usually grill or bake a lot of protein so that tomorrow's lunch is covered as well), but add a baked potato or some brown rice or quinoa ( Costco sells big bags of frozen precooked brown rice. A real time saver. Hope this helps. :D
Tuna Cole Slaw
4 oz. Tuna
1/2 c. peas
2 cups shredded cabbage, diced onions, diced red peppers, diced celery
½ t. celery seed
½ t. basil
¼ t. sea salt
¼ t. pepper
1 T. mayo (or less)
1 T. yogurt
1 T. mustard
Mix all together and eat cold
1 cup brown rice or barley can be used in place of peas
Others have used 1 cup black beans, could really use any bean here!
(1 protein, 1 starch, 2 raw veggies, 1 fat, 2 T. condiments, 1 ½ t. spice)
tuna patty or salmon patty
3oz canned tuna or salmon
1 egg white
1/2 cup cooked short grain brown rice (the sticky kind)
seasonings to taste
I like 1 tsp dried onion, 1 tsp dried parsley, garlic powder to taste
This also tastes good with a green onion chopped up into it, in place of the dried onion
Mix this together in a small bowl and turn out on to a heated saute pan, sprayed with the clean cooking spray (the kind without the alcohol and I think Pam has alcohol - I usually get the house brand of olive oil). I like to spread the mixture out thin like a pancake and use one of those very large turners or just spread it out in two smaller patties. I cook it up very crispy and put a lid on it after turning it the first time.
I add the other 1/2 cup of brown rice to 2 cups of cooked veg and put bragg's aminos on top for dinner. And that day I have a the two cups of raw veg for lunch with my protein and dressing (appropiate amount of oil).
I'm not sure how to increase it for men, I would guess to have 4 oz of the canned salmon or tuna and a whole egg for the protein.
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