Make Easy Dinner Recipes

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Making speedy, simple dinner recipes depend on having a stockpile of food staples on hand. You can freeze leftover rice, noodles, potatoes & any other vegetable dish. Your every week grocery shopping list ought to include bulk items & multiple containers of sale items. Take advantage of sales items by stocking up when items you use often go on sale. Most recipes include simple items; a grain such as potatoes or rice, a vegetable, meat or other protein & a sauce. You can make up batches of these meals & freeze them for speedy & simple dinners.

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Here are a few speedy & simple dinner recipes with noodles that take 30 minutes or less to prepare. Freeze or store the leftovers for a speedy lunch.

Pad Thai Noodles:

8oz package of noodles

Frozen shrimp or prawns

(4oz) bean sprouts

2Eggs

2oz) tofu, cubed

¼ cup roasted peanuts, crushed

one tbsp garlic, chopped

one jar Thai Kitchen Pad Thai sauce

one tbsp vegetable oil

two tbsp lime juice

one tsp chives, chopped

one lime wedge.

To cook:

Cook the noodles in boiling salted water. Beat the eggs & pour in to a frying pan with1 tbsp of oil, cook as you would an omelet. When done, roll up the egg & push to side of the skillet. Add the shrimp & cook until pink, remove the eggs & shrimp from skillet & set aside. Brown the tofu & set aside.

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Add the remaining oil to skillet & cook chopped garlic for one minute, add cooked noodles & Pad Thai sauce mix well.

Add the sprouts, tofu, shrimp, eggs, squeeze of lime juice, & chives. Heat for 3-4 minutes & serve Top with chives, peanuts & lime wedge.

Chicken Chow Mein:

Leftover cut up chicken, or chicken from a can

Hot cooked noodles

two tbsp. cornstarch

Chicken stock

Frozen peas

Chopped garlic

Soy sauce

Minced ginger

Sauté garlic, ginger, peas & chicken in oil over medium heat. In a sauce pan add chicken stock & cornstarch & stir until thickened. Add sauce to meat mixture & mix in hot noodles. To serve, top each serving with soy sauce, sliced almonds or toasted sesame seeds. These speedy & simple dinner recipes save time & make a scrumptious meal.



easy dinner ideas