Monday, September 7, 2020

Around the Kitchen Table -- What We Cook When We Don't Feel Like Cooking + #Book #Giveaway



DENISE  Let’s talk about what we cook for dinner when we don't feel like cooking. What is your go to meal when you just can't think of anything else or can't stand the thought of making anything too complicated?

For me it depends on the season. In the summer, when our garden is producing, my go-to is BLT. We always have turkey bacon in the freezer and we usually have some sort of lettuce or spinach or kale, so if we have tomatoes we're all set.


In the fall or winter, my go to is toasted cheese and tomato soup.

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VICKI  Because I cook for one, and I generally like to cook, I regularly do big quantities of stews or curries in my slow cooker. I make enough for three or four meals at once, have a lovely dinner, and then freeze the left overs. So I always have something tasty in the freezer. Another bonus, is that the slow cooker doesn't heat up the kitchen, perfect in the hot months. Here's a link to one of my standbys in case you missed it the first time.  https://www.mysteryloverskitchen.com/2020/01/squash-and-lentil-curry-in-crockpot-by.html


Although I will add that Denise's sandwich looks mighty nice. 

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DARYL:  I love a chicken Caesar salad. I always have skinless roast chicken around because Sparky gets chicken breast added to his dinner. He ADORES chicken. I buy Romaine every week and a crisp cucumber. If avocados are in season, I try to have a ripe one on deck. And I keep a jar of marinated artichokes always at the ready. Add Paul Newman's Caesar dressing and a sprinkling of Parmessan cheese, and I'm set.  


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MADDIE: At this time of year, I'm all about my version of Greek salad, which I learned from my Greek friend Marios forty years ago when we were in graduate school. I pick gold cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, and fresh oregano in my garden. I always have Kalamata olives in the fridge, and I make a point of stocking feta cheese, too. Cube the veggies and cheese, add olives, and oregano leaves stripped off the stem, and toss lightly with a good olive oil. Add a crisp baguette to soak up the delicious juices and call it dinner!
  

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LUCY: If I feel overworked and undermotivated, it's spaghetti all the way. My new favorite jarred sauce is Lucini's Spicy Tuscan Tomato. Saute some onion and green pepper, simmer with the sauce, serve over good pasta (we always have Eataly pasta in the pantry) with freshly grated Parmesan chees and a green vegetable.

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LESLIE K: My go-to easy dinner is Roasted Everything. I’ll toss some chicken thighs, as well as potato wedges, and some kind of veg—broccoli spears or chunks of zucchini—with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic powder, and salt and pepper, and spread them all out on one large baking pan, and roast at 350 degrees F until cooked. And if you want to go all fancy, you can whisk some store-bought mayonnaise with lemon juice a bit of tarragon or sage (or whatever herbs you have on hand), and serve it as a garnish!

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PEG: I'm like Denise--it's BLTs in the summer.  Hubby loves them and it never feels as if I'm taking the easy way out by making them.  In the winter it's spaghetti with clam sauce. Clam sauce sounds fancy but this is a speedy shortcut: saute some garlic in about 1/4 cup of olive oil, add two cans (the size of tuna cans) of chopped clams, heat and pour over spaghetti. You can add chopped parsley if you suddenly get a spurt of ambition!


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MAYA: Like Vicki, I warm up leftovers when I don't want to cook. If I don't have leftover dinner food, I often have tuna salad in the fridge because I always make it with at least two cans of tuna. Using it for dinner, I make a variation on a Salade Niçoise with the tuna salad, tomatoes, and either green beans or canned artichoke hearts. Traditional Salade Niçoise often includes hard-boiled egg, potatoes, and anchovies. I sometimes add the egg, but I prefer crusty bread to potatoes, and I never put in anchovies, too salty for me. Though lettuce isn't necessarily part of the traditional version of the salad, I include it, along with whatever other vegetables I have around. 



 


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LESLIE B: Depends entirely on the season. In summer, I love having a big salad in the fridge -- a green salad, a pasta salad, or some other combo. It perfectly symbolizes the abundance of the season. In winter, I'm with Lucy -- pasta is the thing. We've picked up a few small Le Creuset baking dishes so when we make our gourmet mac and cheese, the recipe makes enough for us to have a dinner or two and fill four containers, each a dinner for two with a salad, and pop them into the freezer for winter evenings. Another option: Last winter, I was craving clam chowder, but it's a lot of work so we bought three varieties and did a taste test. I'd been rooting for Ivar's from Seattle, but it came in third behind the winner, Progresso in a can, and the Friday offering from the bar a couple miles up the highway!

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MARY JANE:  I must say I love everyone else’s ideas and naturally plan to steal them. Around here when we suddenly realize it’s time to eat and no one has given a moment’s thought to just what might be eaten, often the solution is breakfast for dinner.  This forgetting to plan meals seems to coincide with deadlines or edits or sometimes just life. We usually have some bacon in the fridge or freezer and are never without eggs. Crisp bacon sizzled on the grill and eggs scrambled in a very hot cast-iron pan take minutes.  We feel like we’ve gotten away with something. My husband always says: “We should do this more often”.  

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KRISTA:  An open-faced sandwich is always quick and easy for me. Ham, sliced chicken breast, or sliced salmon are just fast and easy with some fresh greens. I find baby kale lasts longer than lettuce, and it has a lovely peppery bite to it. My alternative is the same as Mary Jane's–breakfast for dinner. I love eggs for any meal. When the fridge isn't offering up anything special, I default to German pancakes.


CLEO COYLE: Fun topic, Denise! Cheeseburgers or hot dogs make for easy, quick meals for us, along with a nostalgic favorite from our childhood: the Pittsburgh-Style BBQ Chipped Ham Sandwich. If you’re from the Ohio Valley or Southwestern Pennsylvania, then you’ve probably heard of it. To learn more and how to make one yourself, click here, and eat with joy, everyone! 

The Pittsburgh-Style BBQ Chipped Ham Sandwich.
Click for recipe.






TODAY'S GIVEAWAY

Leave a comment about your go-to easy meal to enter to win these books, and remember to include your email so we can contact you if you win!!

The Key Lime Crime, Lucy Burdette 
Crypt Suzette, Maya Corrigan
Come Homicide or High Water, Denise Swanson
Candy Slain Murder, Maddie Day 
A Sprinkling of Murder, Daryl Wood Gerber






156 comments:

  1. My go to easy dinner is tacos. Just ground up and cook some hamburger meat, grate a little cheese, and heat the tortillas is the microwave and you have the perfect dinner after a long day.
    Kitten143 (at) Verizon (dot) net

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    1. Love me some tacos--any night of the week!

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    2. My go to easy meal is hamburger helper cause I can fix it in 10 minutes and my family will devour it. Thank you for this amazing opportunity to win this giveaway.

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    3. We love tacos too and have discovered that shrimp taco are easy and delish. Under ten minutes! Although sometimes that seems just too longs.

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  2. I forgot to put my email. It’s Mwutsey@aol.com

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  3. Geez now I don’t see my comment. I said salad, venison hamburgers, or chili on hotdogs as I have a recipe from my mama that’s easy and really good! Mwutsey@aol.com

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  4. In the summer it’s salad. In the winter I always have some type of soup in the freezer that I can pull out and heat up.

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    1. I forgot my email address
      sgiden at verizon(.)net

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    2. Soup often saves the day here too! We always have it frozen. My husband loves to make it, but he never labels it and so it's usually a surprise.

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  5. Mine's a tuna sandwich or hamburgers. Sometimes when it's been a long week at work and we're really feeling lazy we go get something at the bar. The one here in town makes pretty good food.
    kozo8989(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  6. I like to make Suddenly Salad. It’s pasta and a seasoning mix in a box but you can add in whatever suits you. On an easy day a can of already cut black olives and and a handful of cubed ham is quick. If it’s cold out soup in a crock pot is my go to.

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  7. I like Bertolli frozen meals. Just open the bag and dump it in a skillet. Done in about 10 minutes. Shrimp Scampi is the best one. ckmbeg (at) gmail (dot) com

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  8. Being creative with an easy meal. Roasted veggies with grilled salmon. Yummy and quick. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

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  9. I also like breakfast for dinner. In the summer I like salads with great garden produce. Thanks for a chance to win. ljbonkoski@yahoo.com

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    1. Breakfast for dinner--yum! And this time of year, salads are on the menu for dinner quite often.

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  10. Sardines, sliced tomatoes and a baguette. Tasty and so appetizing. elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  11. Taco Salad is my go to! Thanks for the chance! Awesome Giveaway ��

    Jenandalana(at)gmail(dot)com

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  12. My go to is either a quesadilla, filled with leftovers or even just cheese, or a big plate of nachos!! Everything tastes good on a tortilla chip....
    sharonquilts@yahoodotcom

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    1. I love a quesadilla. Need gluten-free tortillas, which are pretty good.

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    2. Another one to try! I love quesadillas but never make them. Time to change that.

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  13. I always keep a bag of pre-cooked breaded chicken breast fillets or grilled chicken strips in my freezer. I throw a couple fillets in the air fryer for a quick meal. They are great on a brioche bun with mayo and pickle slices, or chopped in a salad. The grilled strips are great in salad or heated and diced for quesadillas, burritos, etc.
    Add store bought potato salad or chips and fruit for a fast lunch or light supper.

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  14. If there are no leftovers, then I'll have a salad, scrambled eggs, or a grilled cheese sandwich.
    turtle6422 at gmail dot com

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    1. I adore grilled cheese. I use my panini maker. Yum.

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    2. Oh, gosh. Love panino. We are real clear that we can't have a press, though, because I would eat waaay too much bread!

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  15. I'm so embarrassed, but I will admit to Red Baron individual pizza if it's just me at home. If it's both of us,I often do a big batch of chili, or a tray of oven BBQ chicken pieces, and add a side salad. Mrs.mergner@gmail.com

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    1. There's nothing wrong with that!

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    2. That's actually quite ambitious! And I'm with you on the Red Baron -- their pizzas aren't bad!

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  16. My go to easy meal is a grilled cheese, with ham if I have some in the refrigerator.
    diannekc8(at)gmail(dot)com

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    1. I love grilled cheese sandwiches so much that I have a pair of socks with them on it. :)

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    2. Grilled cheese is such comfort food for me. I think I'm going to steal Leslie Karst's socks. Shhh.

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  17. Sandwiches are the way to go when it's hot. That reminds me. I need to boil some eggs to make egg salad for tomorrow. Tonight it's hotdogs with warmed up sauerkraut and warming up a can of Amy's black beans chili. I have an avocado to slice up and some radishes, too. bluedawn95864 at gmail dot com

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    1. One of hubby's favorite dinners is hot dogs, baked beans and Cole slaw!

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  18. We generally have several options. One of our favorites is a quickie pasta dish; one of its names is pasta puttanesca - we always have canned crushed tomatoes in the pantry, and we love anchovies and good Italian black olives. My husband cooks all those with some garlic and capers, and we mix it into some whole wheat pasta for a hearty meal. I also like to make open-face tuna melts. It all depends on what I've got in the fridge and pantry. I personally love salads, too.
    teenlibn(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  19. There is always the possibility of take out!
    Otherwise, I browse my pantry, fridge, and freezer until something catches my attention. Then I'm off and running.
    libbydodd at comcast dot net

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    1. Take out is usually my go-to on Fridays--pizza or Chinese and a night off for the cook!

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  20. All yummy ideas. Tuna casserole always seems to be the go to when I can't think of anything else, but when it's hot then it has to be something quick and not baked. For today in the middle of the heat wave I think I'll go with the BLTs!
    sallycootie@gmail.com

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  21. Easy go to meal is take out because I cook everything from scratch. Today my husband asked for oatmeal raisin cookies. I’m on it after the laundry, grocery run, dog walks and as soon as we get to that point he wants to get to on that ceiling we’re putting up in his train room. I change my mind. Best go to meal is a glass of wine. Joliver284@yahoo.com 😁

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    1. I love your comment, Roving Oliver, and your "best go to meal"!

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    2. Love the way you think! Wine is always on the menu here. Takeout options are limited in a small town, but we've been trying to do Takeout Thursdays to help our local restaurants.

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  22. Mary Jame, breakfast for dinner was always a big hit when I was a kid. I bet I was past 40 before I realized my mother made it when she had no idea what to make and needed a little comfort food herself!

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    1. Too funny, Leslie! Now I realize that would have been the case at my home as well. We felt like we were getting away with something!

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  23. My go to meal is breakfast anytime, eggs, sausage, biscuits and gravy.

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  24. Weenies & Baked Beans!! I just cut up the dogs & heat them up in the beans. Wonderful comfort food 😻

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  25. Anything with ground beef. allessea@gmail.com

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  26. Generally eggs and toast or a fried egg sandwich is my easy go to. Thanks for the chance! Great blog and contest. :) staceysuesouther (@) gmail dot com

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  27. Generally eggs and toast or a fried egg sandwich is my easy go to. Thanks for the chance! Great blog and contest. :) staceysuesouther (@) gmail dot com

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  28. Generally eggs and toast or a fried egg sandwich is my easy go to. Thanks for the chance! Great blog and contest. :) staceysuesouther (@) gmail dot com

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  29. Chicken in the crockpot.
    bmedrano34@yahoo.com

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  30. In the summer it's soup I have in the freezer along with a salad. In the winter it's pasta.

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  31. In the summer it's soup I have in the freezer along with a salad. In the winter it's pasta.

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  32. In the summer it's soup I have in the freezer along with a salad. In the winter it's pasta.

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  33. tjstamas@gmail.com My easy meal is a huge chicken salad with lots of veggies and cheese!

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  34. tacos - thanks for the chance
    jlb12563@sbcglobal.net

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  35. Tuna melt and tomato soup. mgshepherd2003@yahoo.ca

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  36. All those recipes look delish! My go to meal is parmesan chicken thighs. Boneless, skinless chicken thighs covered with mayo and then grated parm cheese. sprinkle Italian bread crumbs on top. Serve with rolls and salad. Simple and tasty. Thanks for the chance to win! ladyofshalott03(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  37. BLT"s are the best. susanmccully@hotmail.com

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  38. My go-to quick meal is either hot dogs and baked beans (one of my husband's favorites) or pasta with browned butter and garlic. It has the added bonus of making the house smell great! aut1063(at)gmail(dot)com

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  39. My go-to easy meal is salmon patty sandwiches. We stock up on Alaskan wild-caught salmon patties and then broil them in the toaster oven. Put the patty on a favorite bread, add mustard, sliced tomato, and blue cheese crumbles, and it is heaven in your mouth!
    Lisacobblestone(at)aol(dot)com

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  40. My go-to easy meal is grilled cheese. I also do a grilled ham and cheese if I happen to have ham. I also love breakfast for dinner or a scrambled egg sandwich when I don’t know what to cook. cking78503(at)aol(dot)com

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  41. These are some great ideas! I usually Have everything on hand to make quick quesadillas! Thanks for the chance to win!
    JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

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  43. These all look like really fun reads

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  44. Our go to is my hubby’s delicious nachos with a pound of cheese. 😁

    Meljprincess AT aol DOT com

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  45. Breakfast for dinner is what we like too...poached eggs on English muffins.

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  46. Summer is usually fresh tomato slices and avocado slices. Add small raw asparagus spears. Some sliced cheese and topped with 1/4 cup either tuna or chicken salad. Winter is chili. Quick easy throw I. Crock pot and corn bread. Can you say Jiffy mix? Lol. pagfaery@hotmail.com

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    1. Great ideas! We do the tomato/avocado/cheese thing often. Never thought to top with chicken or tuna salad!

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  47. If I don't feel like cooking, we have a smorgasbord dinner. I take out all the refrigerator leftovers with small portions, divide them out on two dinner plates, and heat the plates in the microwave. If portions are skimpy, I'll add a small amount of sliced cheese, sliced cold cuts, crackers, bread, or fresh fruit. It's a great way to clean out the refrigerator and have a no cook meal.

    Nancy
    allibrary (at) aol (dot) com

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  48. I cook/bake from scratch, usually.. but when it's hot..well it's either some kind of sandwiches, grill something outside, or bake a ham (which either makes enough for several days of meals) or breakfast for supper. My hubby is a big foodie/eater, I am not, so a bowl of cereal is good for me, or a salad.. nani_geplcs(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  49. Go to usually is fried potatoes and fried onions. Mix with eggs. Enjoy

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  50. I'll make Chilean Sea Bass in the oven with olive oil and old bay, make some microwave rice and broccoli or BLTs are always a favorite! All is so easy to clean up. mountainsr4me@hotmail.com

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  51. For me it's a cold salad with veggies! lindaherold999(at)gmail(dot)com

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  52. For me it would have to be frozen lasagna. I know how creative I am. Lol

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  53. Sorry I forgot my email. Labyrd@msn.com. Thank you

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  54. Our go-to don't feel like cooking meals are tacos, salad, and Indian TV dinners. Thank you for the chance to win. Dmskrug3 at hotmail dot com

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  55. Chili in the crockpot. Just brown the meat and throw everything in! aydiniak (at) gmail (dot) com

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  56. Fried eggs and rice
    Wskwared(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  57. Tater tot casserole is the go to meal. We add taco seasoning to the beef to change it up.

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  58. My go to meal us tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. bella_ringer@hotmail.com

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  59. I'm cooking for one also, and when I have home-grown tomatoes, it is definitely BLT's! But another quick meal with enough for several meals is to make seasoned taco meat from a packet -- I use it in a wrapped soft taco/burrito thing and then make taco salad for lunch the next day. I get about 4 meals out of a pound of hamburger and I don't get tired of it by changing it up! Easy peasy!

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  60. Pizza is always an easy meal to me or grilled cheese and tomato soup. Thanks for your great generosity. lindamay4852@yahoo.com

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  61. My go to is PBJ and popcorn, the cats don’t demand a meal and it does make life easy! Thank all of you for your generosity. You write amazing stories!

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  62. Taco Salad. Thanks for the chance! almaj80(at)suddenlink(dot)net

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  63. I love this topic! I'm stealing lots of ideas :) In the winter, my easy dinner is either soup from the freezer or spaghetti. In the summer, I might do cereal or pancakes. cindystamps(at)juno(dot)com.

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  64. Love the recipes and love the giveaway. I usually fix Reubens or paninis when I’m not in the mood to cook. Legallyblonde1961@yahoo.com

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  65. My go to easy meal is vegetable soup. I use frozen vegetables and add pasta at the end. Also scrambled eggs is an easy one. obriena73 (at) gmail (dot) com

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  66. My husband and I are old school..... bowl of cereal..... alfnstitches(at)gmail(dot)com.

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  67. Fried Spam and Mac'n'cheese
    Or breakfast - fried eggs, bacon or sausage

    donna (dot) durnell (at) sbcglobal (dot) net

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  69. Breakfast all the way! We always have eggs in the fridge. In a pinch we scramble up some eggs and add bacon for a quick dinner.

    jarjm1980@hotmail.com

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  70. When I REALLY don't feel like cooking, it's several nice cheeses, crackers, fresh fruit, fig jam, smoked salmon (if I have it in the fridge), proscuitto (if it's in the fridge), and a nice chilled white wine! sharonrizzo@hotmail.com

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  71. I have several go-to dinner ingredients almost always in hand...homemade chicken or tuna salad, breakfast for dinner, or any type of pasta dish (spaghetti/mac & cheese...)

    5VAJohnsons@gmail.com

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  72. Tuna casserole with peas and egg noodles with cream of mushroom soup. I grew up having it. Donakutska7@gmail.com Thank you for the chance📚🍝 or spaghetti and meatballs thank you for the ideas your books look like fun to read.

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  73. Usually soup or a sandwich.
    kfowler 4827 @gmail.com

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  74. I have a couple of easy meals. I make pasta sauce, meatballs and chili and freeze containers. All I have to defrost a container and a quick meal. Spaghetti and meatballs, meatball subs or a bowl of chili. Quick and easy. If I don't have anything frozen, I like to make shrimp scampi. Such a quick and easy meal.
    scarletbegonia5858(at)gmail(dot)com

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  75. Either salad or grilled cheese. Or shaved turkey sandwiches and cottage cheese.
    kathys2014@icloud.com

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  76. My go-to is usually grilled cheese sandwiches 🥪 or cream of tomato soup.
    Thanks for this opportunity.
    Dm _ Richards (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  77. I'm a cold sandwich lover in the hot days of summer but in the wintertime my go to quick meal is pasta. Thanks for the chance to win!
    sxygrndma48@yahoo.com

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  78. I'm a cold sandwich lover in the hot days of summer but in the wintertime my go to quick meal is pasta. Thanks for the chance to win!
    sxygrndma48@yahoo.com

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  79. Marilyn ewatvess@yahoo.com

    I cook a lot of broiled salmon and broccoli and when I need an easy to go meal I pull out my frozen leftover (I make enough for three meals) and put strawberries or cherries on the side for dessert...sometimes ice cream.

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  80. I am cooking for one so I always have bagged salad mix on hand. I will cook some chicken tenders and top/dress up the salad, usually with Asian add ons. Or, pepperoni & shredded mozz if I am in the mood for an "antipasto". My quick, "lazy" dinner is scrambled eggs with added items, usually salsa & cheese. These books all sound like great reads, thanks for the chance. egoehner(at)roadrunner(dot)com.

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  81. I eat lots of frozen meals. Just pop them in the microwave.
    Catbooks72(at)gmail(dot)com

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  82. Salad,or if I really don't feel like making anything at all, take away
    Carsonsmum@gmail.com

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  83. My Go to is angel hair pasta with a tomato basil roasted garlic and soy meat sauce. I love the comfort of this meal and it's so fast to prepare.i am vegan and it's one of my favorites. abeachlifesc at Yahoo dot com

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  84. My easy go to summer meal is a good salad with fried or grilled chicken. It helps with the heat and I don't feel sluggish the rest I'd the night.
    hollystover13(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  85. I almost always have ingredients for a homemade pizza. I make the crust and put whatever I have on top from olives, diced up tomato, leftover bacon or hot dogs, peppers and mozzarella cheese. I it makes a big pizza so I only cook once for at least 2 meals.
    Bleakney750 at Yahoo.com

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  86. Chili cheese hot dogs kids love them and super easy

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  87. Whatever I can throw in the air fryer. Shrimp, fish sticks, french fries, pierogies...that's my go-to.
    kkcochran (at) hotmail (dot) com

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  88. Grilled cheese is always a good quick meal for us. My husband likes to make tuna cakes, but I don't like them that well.
    smurphee@yahoo.com

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  89. Mississippi Pot Roast tpeewee555@aol.com

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  90. We both are beat by the time it comes to dinner on Mondays so our go to is BLTA it's bacon tomato lettuce and avacado then i throw fries with it and we call that dinner. peggy clayton ptclayton2 at aol dot com

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  91. My easy to go meal would be tacos. sclickner at juno dot com

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  92. Salads in summer, and kale chips in the toaster oven, soup or stew in winter. I tend toward easy prep. to have more time to read. <3

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  93. My usual suspects are also BLTs, breakfast-for-dinner, salads, soups or various kinds of sandwiches/wraps. I also rely on frittatas, and we love pasta with garlic butter and olive oil sprinkled with lots of Parmesan. lola777_22 at hotmail dot com

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  94. I like the BLT sandwich. I add a slice of cheese to mine! When I don’t want to cook (especially in hot, humid weather) my go to is a salad or sandwich with fresh in season items such as tomatoes, lettuce and some roasted chicken from my freezer. A simple cheese sandwich with fresh tomatoes is always good.

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  95. I'll be really real with you. When I don't feel like cooking (which isn't often), I don't! �� it can go two ways, I convince my boyfriend to toss in a frozen pizza, call it "fend for yourself night" which usually means leftovers that are too small to be meals on their own or cheese and crackers.

    But as the question really is what do we 'cook when we don't feel like cooking'? I go for quick recipes; Vegetarian BLT, or a quick quiche. Can never go wrong with a quiche!
    -JC

    CURRANPRINT@GMAIL.COM

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  96. Sun-dried tomatoes with melted mozzarella on Italian bread is so satisfying

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  97. Corn chowder. I use a Frontier soup mix and add a few extra ingredients (red peppers, a little bacon, and some red pepper flakes) and we have meals for a few days. Add a salad and We are set. FabriCatz@aol.com

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  98. Penzey's chicken soup base, dried garlic, leeks, dill black pepper. Add kale, chard or spinach and have a filling soup. cheddar cheese chucks on the side
    Mcfitz44@yahoo.com

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  99. Tomato soup
    kkat(dot)edwards(at)gmail(dot)com

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  100. I love to make a big pot if chili and always keep.sime in the refrigerator for a quick heat up and some in the freezer as a backup
    lindalou64(@)live(dot)com

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  101. I love reheating leftovers! If that is not an option I boil some pasta and have it with one of the many yummy Barillo jarred sauces. A soup, salad, or veggie sandwich with; spinach or lettuce, vegan mayo, mustard, fresh tomatoes, sliced bell pepper, banana peppers, black olives, green olives, and dill pickles on wheat bread is both satisfying and yummy too! Love all of your ideas as well. Great books! Thank you!! oh_bother88@hotmail.com

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