Good eats this week

Truth is, someday I'd like to be one of those people who plans their meals each week. But for now, we just fly by the seat of our pants and buy a lot of the staple ingredients over and over again. Some weeks it's spaghetti, breakfast for dinner and grilled sandwiches.

And other days, some creative, tasty and quick meals come out of this kitchen.

Pumped up Mac n Cheese

Mixed in and baked: broccoli, green pepper, mushroom, carmelized onions and tomater. Any combo you like works.

I was excited to find this reduced sodium Annie's mac at the grocery store last weekend.

Tonight, after Lifeforce Fit, our stomachs were growling, but we needed to pick up some food for both the dog and ourselves. We swung by the fish market to pick up the star of our dinner - fresh halibut and a crab cake!

Halibut Tacos

Fish tacos are ridiculously quick to make because the fish can be cooked in a pan on the stove with a little olive oil, lemon, onion, salt and pepper for 3-4 minutes on each side over medium heat. While it's cooking you simply prepare your other toppings (cheese, avacado, tomato, beans, veggies, etc) and bam! Mine was eaten without the tortilla because the taco insides were just too good to be masked.

Some of our KEY grocery staples include:
beans (black, pinto, kidney)
cheese
salsa
bananas
eggs
onion
bell peppers
marinara
whole wheat noodles

With these items on hand, it seems there's never the excuse that we don't have ANYTHING to make for dinner. Therefore, when we have weaknesses and kinda want to go out for dinner, it's easier to think of easy things we can whip up for super cheap at home. What are your grocery staples?

What's your favorite 20 min or less prep dinner?

Comments

Lindsey said…
Our staples are BEANS!, avocados, sharp cheese, sprouted corn torts, salsa, granola, bananas, tofu, tempeh, rice, ice cream, beer. Almost the same as you! When we're in a rut I reach for the 30-minute meals in Sunset magazine. Like tonight we had an amazing black bean soup with avocado, orange & cucumber topping! A delicious spin on our normal taco ingredients.
Amber said…
We had pumped up mac n' cheese this week too! With spinach and broccoli! SOOO good!
Gracie said…
Your staples are a lot like mine. Add tortillas and lettuce and they're identical!
Anonymous said…
that mac & cheese sounds great! love the healthiness of it!

my favorite quick dinner is black bean tacos. Just drain and rinse a can of beans, heat, place in corn tortillas and top with all sorts of goodies! It's like 5 minutes and healthy to boot!
Your grocery list looks scarily similar to ours ;) We just do staples, too and go from there! Sometimes I pick up a few rando purchases to inspire some cooking experiments... (like Fish tacos - yum!)

We usually Get: bananas, apples/pears/peaches (seasonal), spinach + salad veggies, oatmeal, pb/ab, granola, Kashi, beans (same line-up as you!), cheese(s), bread, and then a few dinner items!
Emily said…
all my quick meals involve frozen food. I'm SO lame in the kitchen. Must learn how to cook asap!
Lindsey-that soup sounds amazing! I just got a subscription to cooking light so that should be fun to get new recipes each month to try.

I love that everyone has similar staples. I guess we're a healthy bunch! Cereal is the other staple for us (manfriend goes through a ton and I switch between oats and cold cereal). And spinach of course for green smoothies and salads.
My favorite quick meal is this rice + corns + black bean dish that I made a coupe of weeks ago. So good!

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