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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 529410" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>First of all, and please don't take this as criticism, my kids didn't have a choice to be "sick" of anything I cooked. They ate it, they liked it, or they went hungry. And trust me, they never went hungry, not for a single day. </p><p></p><p>How about sloppy joe's? I actually prefer Aldi's generic to the Manwich brand. Fast, easy and yummy. </p><p></p><p>Travis helped me develop a new recipe. Scrub potatoes like you're going to bake them, poke them with a fork and stick them into the microwave for like a minute or so. Take them out and slice them, peel and all. Take a pound or two of ground beef and crumble it up into a skillet, dice some onions (or use dried onions, is also good). Let it start cooking just a tad (to get some grease going), start putting in your potato slices, cook them together. Because you microed the potatoes beforehand it won't take them long to get done, and of course the hamburger takes no time at all. We're looking into what veggies might be good to add. I'm thinking green beans because those are good with bacon grease. Can't say I've tried many veggies with grease. lol Meat and potatoes in about 10 mins. </p><p></p><p>Easy beef and noodles (and yup it's crockpot)- put a pot roast type roast into your crock pot. (more fat the better) add 2 family size cans of cream of mushroom soup and 1/2 can of water. Let it cook all day. When you get home toss the noodles into the pan and cook them up. While this is cooking remove the meat from the crockpot and cut it up into bite size. (you can do this before cooking but it's much easier after). Once noodles are done, drain water and add meat and gravy. </p><p></p><p>I used to do a fast food type meal for my kids. Hamburgers (whatever toppings they wanted) with skillet browned buns, french fries, and whatever shake they liked (within reason, they had 3 flavors they could choose). The hamburger and fries were easy. The shakes......well.....you just put a couple scoops of vanilla ice cream into a blender with some milk and whatever topping they like, chocolate syrup, strawberry ect, and blend it up. Too thick, add more milk (a teeny bit at a time), too runny add more ice cream. My kids LOVED this during the summer. Which is the only time I made it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>But honestly? While getting some new recipes for variety is always a win/win...............your kids are trying to opt for fast food. Nothing you cook is going to be "good enough" if that is the case. At 11 and 14 it won't kill them to skip a few meals. Like I said though, mine might have complained, but they never went hungry. (there was also no snacks in the house to fill up on after a missed meal) When they complained I told them they needed to grow up and get a degree that paid enough they could hire their own chef and invite me to dinner. LOL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 529410, member: 84"] First of all, and please don't take this as criticism, my kids didn't have a choice to be "sick" of anything I cooked. They ate it, they liked it, or they went hungry. And trust me, they never went hungry, not for a single day. How about sloppy joe's? I actually prefer Aldi's generic to the Manwich brand. Fast, easy and yummy. Travis helped me develop a new recipe. Scrub potatoes like you're going to bake them, poke them with a fork and stick them into the microwave for like a minute or so. Take them out and slice them, peel and all. Take a pound or two of ground beef and crumble it up into a skillet, dice some onions (or use dried onions, is also good). Let it start cooking just a tad (to get some grease going), start putting in your potato slices, cook them together. Because you microed the potatoes beforehand it won't take them long to get done, and of course the hamburger takes no time at all. We're looking into what veggies might be good to add. I'm thinking green beans because those are good with bacon grease. Can't say I've tried many veggies with grease. lol Meat and potatoes in about 10 mins. Easy beef and noodles (and yup it's crockpot)- put a pot roast type roast into your crock pot. (more fat the better) add 2 family size cans of cream of mushroom soup and 1/2 can of water. Let it cook all day. When you get home toss the noodles into the pan and cook them up. While this is cooking remove the meat from the crockpot and cut it up into bite size. (you can do this before cooking but it's much easier after). Once noodles are done, drain water and add meat and gravy. I used to do a fast food type meal for my kids. Hamburgers (whatever toppings they wanted) with skillet browned buns, french fries, and whatever shake they liked (within reason, they had 3 flavors they could choose). The hamburger and fries were easy. The shakes......well.....you just put a couple scoops of vanilla ice cream into a blender with some milk and whatever topping they like, chocolate syrup, strawberry ect, and blend it up. Too thick, add more milk (a teeny bit at a time), too runny add more ice cream. My kids LOVED this during the summer. Which is the only time I made it. :) But honestly? While getting some new recipes for variety is always a win/win...............your kids are trying to opt for fast food. Nothing you cook is going to be "good enough" if that is the case. At 11 and 14 it won't kill them to skip a few meals. Like I said though, mine might have complained, but they never went hungry. (there was also no snacks in the house to fill up on after a missed meal) When they complained I told them they needed to grow up and get a degree that paid enough they could hire their own chef and invite me to dinner. LOL [/QUOTE]
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