July Dinners - What are you cooking?
 

Please share what you are eating for your main meal each day. Recipe links and photos are encouraged if you have them.



I am actively menu planning right now so will have to come back to update what we are having tonight. :)

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I believe tonight will be jambalaya at the request of ds16.

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I think I've decided on a chicken, rice, veggie casserole thing based on what I have on hand in the house since grocery shopping isn't until tomorrow. I'll serve a Greek salad on the side. Another strange combination but it will have to do. :doh

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Pasta primavera with grilled chicken tonight. Need to stop at the farmers market for the veggies tonight.

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I had been planning pork chops and roasted veggies but wiggle worm wants to make corn dog muffins because it is one of her stuffed animals birthday.

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I'm grilling sausage and making black beans in my IP. I think serving it with caesar salad.

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Nothing.
As usual.

I’m so ready for second trimester.

Tonight I ordered Noodles and Co from Door Dash :shifty I ate shrimp pad Thai and a salad, and DD has mac and cheese with chicken and apple sauce.




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I made chicken cutlets, sauteed spinach w/bacon, and spaghetti with garlic and olive oil.

Secunda has been asking for Chicken Friiiiiiiiied Chicken. We'll see if cutlets will suffice for now.

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Crockpot Salsa Chicken, which everyone picked at. :-/ The leftovers will probably turn into quesadillas or tacos in a few days.

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I'm committing to cook dinner every night in July. I made a plan for the entire month.
Tonight's meal was very fast but way better than I expected.
https://lifeasmom.com/creamy-chicken...-and-tomatoes/

Every one ate it, and two of my kids only usually eat plain pasta. It is going on the make again list for sure.

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We're going out of town tomorrow so I have to use up what's in the fridge. EEK!

Tonight is grilled chili-rubbed flank steak, broccoli, and whatever salad veggies are left over after lunch.

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I did that very successfully in January. So much so that I carried it over to February. Saved a lot of money!


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Crockpot spaghetti bolognese, gf spaghetti noodles, creamy corn, mixed greens salad

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Tonight is Greek Chicken Quinoa bowls.
https://www.cookingclassy.com/grille...-quinoa-bowls/
I am omitting the avocado, but adding some spinach.

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I think tonight will be pasta. :think

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Tonight is lental soup because wiggle worm really wants it.

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I'm making One Pot Paprika Chicken Thighs over brown rice. Probably should serve with a spinach salad since I have tons of spinach.

https://reluctantentertainer.com/one...hicken-thighs/

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Crispy oven tacos, roasted broccoli.

I'm trying to cook all month too, though I might allow for one pizza night when Dh is traveling.

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I buy frozen pizzas from Costco and we have those about once a week. They come out to $3-4 per pizza, so not too bad. We make 2-3 depending on how many people are home. I love having them because anyone in my family can cook them, everyone likes them, and they are cheap!

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I so so wish that I could do this! But between food allergies and the fact that I have the only children in the world who don't like pizza it doesn't work

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I didn't like pizza as a kid. I have figured out as an adult that I don't like the thick bread. I like thin crust pizzas. I'm sorry you deal with food allergies. We've been VERY lucky not to have to worry about food allergies.

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I grew up cooking from scratch and cooking for friends with food alergies (making wheat and corn free in the 80's and 90's) so dealing with food allergies hasn't been that bad for me. I can make an amazing pizza that we can all eat, some just choose to not. It just takes time. I can't out source much of my cooking.

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Would you be willing to share your amazing allergy friendly pizza recipe?

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I have a couple do you like thick or thin crust?

And I really feel like the key to good dairy free pizza is to use thinly sliced apples and skip any cheese substitute.

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We usually get Papa Murphy's if they have a special but I might just add those to my Costco list instead!

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I like thin.

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Korean Beef Bowls tonight. I had leftover bibimbap sauce that made them even better.

Last night dh grilled burgers and I had a big salad with some leftover steak sliced on top.

I think tomorrow we'll have a variety of leftovers.

4th of July we always throw things on the grill and have watermelon, sweet corn on the cob, and chips. Once a year we make "puppy chow" and take it to the fireworks.

We almost never eat out or order takeout. It doesn't fit into our budget. I get quite tired of cooking every day, week in and week out, all year. I try really hard to make enough for 2 nights, whenever possible. My DH has finally started doing some cooking recently and that has helped quite a bit.

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The plan for tonight is sausage and peppers sheet pan with cheddar polenta and asparagus.

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I'd love to try polenta sometime. How do you make it?

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Oops, I said the wrong thing.:doh I'm making cheddar grits. I just buy the canister of instant grits from the grocery, make them as directed (except I use chicken bone broth instead of water) and then at the end add a little half and half and lots of sharp cheddar cheese.

Polenta is a little harder. The recipe I use for it is 3 cups chicken broth, 1 cup cornmeal, 3 TBSP butter, and 1 tsp salt. Bring chicken broth, butter and salt to a boil, whisk in cornmeal, reduce to simmer and cover, whisking often. It has to cook for quite a bit of time like 30 minutes or more. Also if you like smoother, softer polenta, you can use up to five cups of liquid. Then at the end you can stir in cheese or whatever you want. If you have leftovers, you can put them into a square dish in the fridge and then the next day cut into squares and saute in olive oil in a pan to make the outsides crispy. I don't usually have as much success with making them crispy but just stuck to the pan. :doh Maybe you would have better luck than I. :shifty

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You can also buy cooked polenta. It comes in tubes and doesn't need refrigeration. It's much more expensive that way but I buy it when it's on sale. I slice it and either grill it or sautee it in olive oil. I prefer firm polenta, not the porridge consistency.


It's great grilled!

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Oooh, grilled polenta. Never thought of that. That sounds so good.

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I *love* grits, and I order them at restaurants all the time (shrimp and grits! Yum!!) but mine never come out right. I should keep trying.

I have seen the polenta tubes at Trader Joes.

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I have crockpot fajita beef cooking. I think I will make some brown rice and do burrito bowls.

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That looks heavenly!!!


I don't want to cook dinner. I don't want to feed the children.

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Last night I made another slow cooker called "Beef Obsession". Everyone loved it for once :giggle

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We are grilling with my best friend and her hubby today! So I’m making apple pie :) Yummm!!!

Fun story: I’ve known her since kindergarten. Her son and my daughter have the same birthday a year apart :heart


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Pineapple, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ginger, and garlic marinated grilled skirt steak, roasted potatoes, grilled veggie kebabs (zucchini, mushrooms, bell pepper, red onion), grilled corn on the cob, grilled pineapple.

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Steaks, sweet potatoes, salad. I wish I had planned for a fun dessert, but I think we will just pass out ice cream sandwiches.