Who doesn’t love a quick meal? Here are some of our favs! I try to keep a few of these in the house all the time for those nights when dinner just isn’t coming together in a timely manner. A lot of these are easy to pack in lunches, too. Happy Eating!
Main dish
Chicken, tuna, egg salad
Quesadillas- black beans, chicken, taco meat, cheese, pizza,
Naan pizza
Wraps,sandwiches, pita pockets – lunch meat and cheese, pb&j, cream cheese and jelly or ham, pb&apple sauce, pb &banana, pb and fruit,cream cheese and fruit
Mini corn dog muffins
Homemade lunchables pizzas
Cheese and crackers
Hummus and crackers
Pb and crackers/apples
Cheese and apples
Homemade taco nacho lunchables – make taco meat ahead of time and freeze in individual containers
Ants on a log (banana and celery versions)
Pancakes/waffles/french toast sticks with bacon/sausages
Cottage cheese with fruit or pasta and peas
Use waffles as bread for pb&j sandwiches
Cheese toast
Avocado toast with eggs
Kielbasa with veggie and potato (mashed, roasted, etc)
Protein with frozen veggie and Mac and cheese/instant potatoes/rice pilaf/veggie nuggets
pasta/ravioli with frozen meatballs and sauce
soup/chili – Instant pot makes this super fast
mac and cheese
chicken nuggets
Spaghetti
Beans and rice
Smoothie with granola on the side
Meatballs (marinara sauce, grape jelly and cocktail sauce, sweet and sour sauce, bbq, firecracker from hello fresh recipe, cream of mushroom)
Breakfast
Toast or crackers with butter, jelly, peanut butter, avocado, fruit, hummus, cream cheese
Eggs
Egg muffins/quiche
Breakfast burritos/taco
Breakfast sandwiches on bagels, toast, english muffins, etc
Waffles
Pancakes
French toast
Smoothies- alone or in a bowl with fruit and granola
Yogurt with fruit, granola, etc
Hashbrowns
Bacon
Sausage
Muffins
Toast with cream cheese, sliced fruit (strawberries and blueberries are my fave), drizzle with honey/maple syrup
Toast with cream cheese (the flavored ones are fun for this), sliced veggies (cucumber and peppers are my fav)
check out this post for snack/sides.