Ideas for healthy and quick dinners?

[Staycalm]

It's cold weather here in Melbourne finally. I need some inspiration.
What are some good tasty meals you pull together on these sorts of nights?

Liz

[Amarantha]

Post by Staycalm
It's cold weather here in Melbourne finally. I need some inspiration.
What are some good tasty meals you pull together on these sorts of nights?
Liz

I've been making soups with leftover vegies and dry goods. And stews with
home-made stock. Pasta dishes are also good in winter, especially baked
ones like lasagne or pastitsio. Hmmm, what else... oh, curries! Fabulous
for winter, a nice curry. And toasted sandwiches are always good value.
Maybe a roast dinner with all the trimmings when you get time (depends if
by "quick" you mean quick to prepare or quick to cook). Um... pies! And
various sticky puddings for dessert. That's about all I can think of
atm...

K

[Nina Pretty Ballerina]

Post by Staycalm
It's cold weather here in Melbourne finally. I need some inspiration.
What are some good tasty meals you pull together on these sorts of nights?
Liz

my std kid favourite seems a bit lame compared to theother poster, but our
house's FAV meal is tortilllas - i cook some chicken, then grate up carrot,
whatever else, tomatoes cucumbers, cheese, avo, and every boy for
himself.....

can be souped up a bit for adults, but it is my fave meal for when the
adults are going out, DH wouldnt eat tortilllas too often...

c

[Staycalm]

Post by Nina Pretty Ballerina

Post by Staycalm
It's cold weather here in Melbourne finally. I need some inspiration.
What are some good tasty meals you pull together on these sorts of nights?
Liz

my std kid favourite seems a bit lame compared to theother poster, but our
house's FAV meal is tortilllas - i cook some chicken, then grate up
carrot, whatever else, tomatoes cucumbers, cheese, avo, and every boy for
himself.....
can be souped up a bit for adults, but it is my fave meal for when the
adults are going out, DH wouldnt eat tortilllas too often...
c

Sounds do-able. Are they with the soft wraps or the hard shells?
I'd do it with a mild chille con carne I think. We eat way too much chicken
some weeks.

Liz

[Nina Pretty Ballerina]

Post by Staycalm

Post by Nina Pretty Ballerina

Post by Staycalm
It's cold weather here in Melbourne finally. I need some inspiration.
What are some good tasty meals you pull together on these sorts of nights?
Liz

my std kid favourite seems a bit lame compared to theother poster, but
our house's FAV meal is tortilllas - i cook some chicken, then grate up
carrot, whatever else, tomatoes cucumbers, cheese, avo, and every boy for
himself.....
can be souped up a bit for adults, but it is my fave meal for when the
adults are going out, DH wouldnt eat tortilllas too often...
c

Sounds do-able. Are they with the soft wraps or the hard shells?
I'd do it with a mild chille con carne I think. We eat way too much
chicken some weeks.
Liz

we use the soft wraps, i just figure they are a bit less fat. mmm i like
ccc - good way to get some of those beans in too!

i think we eat too much chicken too. tonight i hvae sadly eaten too many
damm potato chips. GRRRR

c

[Chookie]

Post by Staycalm
It's cold weather here in Melbourne finally. I need some inspiration.
What are some good tasty meals you pull together on these sorts of nights?

Stir-fry, if you want speed. Or pasta.

Or get out your slow cooker and make a stoo.

[Jeßus]

Post by Staycalm
It's cold weather here in Melbourne finally. I need some inspiration.
What are some good tasty meals you pull together on these sorts of nights?

Hmm. I've been making a fair bit of cauliflower and/or broccoli soups
lately... I often throw in fresh asparagus as well if it is cheap (which
it has been here). I keep the asparagus tips and add them after
blending everything else. Pretty quick and easy to put together if you
have a blender. Many versions available via Google...

Also, what about chicken breast fillets with a pesto filling, wrapped in
proscuitto? Just cut a pocket in the breast and fill it with pesto, then
wrap each fillet in two to three thin slices of proscuitto.
Whack 'em in the oven for 20 minutes and theyre done. I've found these
survive freezing quite okay, so its easy to make an extra lot and freeze
them. After the first time, it's very quick and easy to prepare this...
making the pesto takes a couple of minutes all up, with a processor or
blender.

If you don't like Pesto, there's plenty of other easy to make fillings.

[Jonathan Wilson]

Post by Staycalm
It's cold weather here in Melbourne finally. I need some inspiration.
What are some good tasty meals you pull together on these sorts of nights?

Stir Fry is good, you can throw in whatever vegetables you have handy (or
whatever the supermarket has available). Just don't put as much chili in as
I did last time I made one :)