I need meal ideas.

[mrs.jacinthe]

My usual meal planning has gone out the window, since we'll be eating at the new house (on the fly) for the next two weeks.  Essentially, the kitchen is torn up for painting so TRUE cooking is out.  Also, I have better things to spend my money on than a million take-out meals.  We did a papa murphy's pizza for the last two days.  I've thought of Stauffer's lasagna - if I get the family size, we'll get like 4 meals out of it.  Anyone have other suggestions?

Help.

[munkii]

What about keeping salad and fixings around? Chopped veggies, canned beans, cheese, nuts, seeds, etc. Big salads have been life savers for us.

[mrspez07]

any type of sandwiches you can think of, including ones you can have warm (heat the ingredients in a microwave or toast bread in a toaster) such as meatball sandwiches, melts, etc. Pair with a cold pasta salad, green salad or chips.

quesadillas or tacos (again using a microwave to heat some ingredients)

[mrs.jacinthe]

Salad is good. I can make it here and take it there in plastic takeout containers. (Putting it together there would probably be disastrous. LOL)

[sjh722]

We probably did 50-50 takeout and homemade stuff when we were working on the house nearly 24/7.

Stuff like enchiladas or mac and cheese also makes a lot of servings and reheats well. I don't know how close you are to your new house - we were only about 5 minutes away so sometimes I'd make a frozen pizza at the old house then just transport it over here for dinner. Not totally homemade but cheaper than carryout.

Salads and sandwiches are good too.

[mrs.jacinthe]

sjh722 - we're about 15-20 minutes from the new place, so I can take cold stuff, but if it needs cooked or warmed, I have to do that over there.

[sjh722]

Feb 13, 2013 18:33:55 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

sjh722 - we're about 15-20 minutes from the new place, so I can take cold stuff, but if it needs cooked or warmed, I have to do that over there.

Oh, I was thinking you didn't have an oven, duh - if you have an oven and fridge, that makes it infinitely easier! We had no kitchen for 5 weeks.

[mrs.jacinthe]

Yup, cooktop, oven, microwave and fridge. I don't want to make anything that requires much attention, though - I've got other things that I could be doing instead of standing around stirring things. LOL

Also want to avoid anything that might splatter due to that whole "fresh paint" thing.

These ideas are great! I will hit up TJs tomorrow afternoon for frozen stuff. Also, I'll haul the george foreman grill over there for panini-style sandwiches.

[SusanBAnthony]

My only comment is that we ate chipotle for like every meal for a month when we moved.

It sucked.

[magdala]

I took the crockpot to the new house and used it to reheat my frozen homemade soups and homemade mac&cheese. I put the frozen cubes in when we arrived, turned the crock pot on low and then had a hot lunch in the mid afternoon. It helped me empty the freezer and provided a good meal.

[sierramist03]

Meatloaf wouldn't be too hard

[adhdfashion]

Toaster oven and a crockpot. I think you can pretty much cook anything with those.

[boiler717]

What about burrito bowls with rotisserie chicken, individually heated rice cups, etc?