We have a friend who has been hospitalized unexpectedly. Her DH does not cook-anything-at all. There are 5 boys and the DH at home who need meals. What are your favorite, inexpensive meals to share? Spaghetti is covered by someone else. I don't like to do pizza, and that's an easy one for dad. I may try to do two meals, but I will do at least one.
I recently took lasagna to 2 different families this last week. Otherwise, I had thought of a chili mac, hubby suggested chicken and dumplings, maybe an egg dish (I make a crustless quiche) with a fruit salad, or chicken noodle soup.
Barbecue Meatballs Ingredients: Meatballs: 1lb ground beef 1cup mince onion 1 egg ¼ cup milk ¼ cup bread crumbs 1 tsp salt ¼ tsp pepper Sauce: 2 8oz cans of tomato sauce ½ cup brown sugar 2 tbs vinegar 1 tsp Season salt Directions: Combine all the ingredients for the meatballs together. Roll or scoop out medium sized meatballs and place in a frying pan to brown the meatballs. Mix the ingredients for the sauce in a large pot (stock pot works well) or to a crock pot. Add the meatballs. If cooking on the stove it will take about 1 hr to cook on a low to medium flame. If you are using the crock pot you can set it to high. The longer it cooks the more flavorful the meatballs. If you are using the crock pot and would like a thicker sauce transfer the meatballs and sauce to a pot and heat on the stove on a low flame for about ½ hr-1 hr. Server over rice.
BBQ pork (shredded) on buns (make in the crock pot) bring a jar of pickles (sliced or spears) and a pack of buns ...... the only thing I do is use half a bottle of bbq sauce while cooking and the other half when I shred) .
Cook Italian sausage and onions and peppers..... serve with rolls or buns... Chili or soup might be good too, bring some crackers or rolls
I ended up just doing lasagna and salad tonight because of time. I may do soup this weekend if meals are still needed.
Easy to make, tastes great (even littles like it) and inexpensive.... Crescent Chicken 1 pkg (8 or 6 JUMBO count) refrigerator crescent rolls 2 cups chopped cooked chicken 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese 1 can cream of chicken soup 1 can of milk (using soup can) Preheat oven to 350. Mix soup with milk in bowl. Set aside. Seperate crescent rolls. Spoon chicken and cheese onto each crescent roll and seal to enclose filling. Place in a 13 x 9 baking dish. Pour soup over rolls. Bake at 350 uncovered for 30 minutes. (This is my go-to when friends have babies. It's friendly for breastfeeding moms and easy for dad to heat. I usually send a salad, mashed potatoes and buscuits.)
Jackie, I thought that, too. Three of the boys are 13 and older, so they should be able to help, too. This same lady had a double mastectomy and cancer treatments last year. You would think they had learned to survive. I also wondered why her church hasn't stepped up to help. She asked for help on facebook. I totally don't mind helping, but this is a great example of why our kids (girls and boys) should be taught basic housekeeping and cooking skills!
Oh I 100% agree. I would help in this situation mainly because it must be hard to think under these circumstances. As much as I am for women taking care of their families, there's situations where dad needs to step up, and so do children (of a certain age). My DH had to learn to cook! lol And my children when of age will too! They can already heat food up to a point! lol And make popcorn! lol Even Jim Bob Duggar can make sandwiches and a few things. I don't understand why a man or children would want to be that dependent on some one....I would want to eat weather or not I had to rely on some one else or not! lol haha Maybe that's why I'm fat....lol
That's a strong Mom, if she is able to cook every single day, every meal. DH has to help out with me a lot of times. Sheesh! Lasagna was a great idea.
My 8 yo DGS can make his own eggs and grilled cheese sandwich, and he's a champion at the microwave. Now I'm teaching him how to do his own laundry. My DH was trained by his mom VERY well to do for himself (or for others), and we trained our DS to do the same. There's nothing about a Y chromosome that disables a guy from cooking, laundry, or cleaning!
You could take a couple containers of cold meat like sliced ham and turkey, and a package of cheese, then provide a plate with tomato slices and lettuce leaves and a few pickle spears, and a package of hoagie rolls. This way they have something they can manage on their own for other times of day. Ham, mashed potatoes, or au gratin potatoes, with a tossed salad or some green beans is something most families will eat, and can be re-heated if they do not need it the moment you take it.
