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[silvercat17]

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[silvercat17]

Oooh, I can help with that. I live with my parents too and we take turns cooking. None of us have a ton of energy so we tend to do quick things.

There are a lot of recipe websites out there and it's pretty easy to find crockpot recipes. I have a couple of recipes on my blog - I should really add more. http://www.silversspace.com/category/shares/recipes/

Here's a couple of ideas:

- Fish tacos. Cook fish sticks as instructed on package. Make pico de gallo or buy it. Optionally chop up some cabbage. I like to have green or red salsa and Japanese mayo to. Everybody makes their own as they like it - we heat up street taco sized tortillas on a cast iron skillet.

- similarly, fajitas. You can get frozen fajita chicken which is really easy, or use rotisserie chicken, then just cut up an onion and a couple of green and red peppers. Fry in a skillet with a good amount of oil. Yum. You can even cheat by microwaving the onion a bit to get it started.

- Same principle for Philly cheese steak (steak-umms are good!) or sausage sandwiches (I use a chicken and apple sausage that's yummy with dijon mustard)

- Stew. Get stew meat, veggies (I do chopped carrots, a can of water chestnuts, red kidney beans, garbanzo beans, garlic, and onions), and a couple of bay leaves. Add them all to the crockpot with a can of French onion soup or beef stock. Let cook on low for six or so hours. Right before dinner time, season if desired (salt, parsley, oregano, and marjoram are all good starts), and add a bag of frozen green beans. Let it all heat up again and serve with crusty bread.

- chicken noodle soup. Cut up an onion or leek, celery, and carrots. Dump them into the water and set it to boil. While it's heating up, cook boneless chicken in the microwave (you can also use pre-cooked rotisserie chicken or even canned chicken). Let it cool a little, then cut into bite size pieces. Cook noodles in the water with veggies, then add the chicken. Add some bouillon powder if needed, plus salt, parsley, garlic, etc as you like.

- Boboli pizzas are simple and fun or if you want to get fancy, make calzones. If you can get frozen pizza dough that's best, but even regular dough works although. Grate cheese, add whatever toppings you like (I usually use green pepper, chicken or sausage, fresh spinach, etc), then wrap it in dough and bake.

I like making stir fry but it's a lot of work and clean up.

[silvercat17]

We regularly do 'Mexican food with meat', which is just a pound of hamburger microwaved (about two minutes and a time), drained, and broken up and then add red salsa. Cut up a tomato, optionally lettuce, advocado, and onion, dump cheese in a bowl, and heat up a can of refried beans.

Everyone makes their own burritos or you can warm up tostada or taco shells (Mom and Dad like to do Taco Bell style double-deckers as well). Or you can make nachos (everyone dumps some chips on a plate, adds however much cheese they like, then microwave for 15-45 seconds, and adds the toppings they like)

If I feel fancy I'll make guacamole. Get between one and three ripe advocados. Chop up an equal amount tomato and onion. If you like cilantro, chop some up. If you don't chop up some green pepper. Proportions I use are approximately: 1 part cilantro or green pepper, 2 parts onion, 2 parts tomato, 2 or 3 parts advocado. Here's the secret: add a bit of garlic powder, pre-chopped garlic, or fresh garlic - not enough to make it taste like garlic but enough to make everything else taste stronger. Add a couple of dashes of lemon juice and devour. If you don't finish it all, cover tightly with saran wrap. When you have it again, just stir in the dark bits - they're fine just ugly.