Uh-oh! It's
"What are we going to have for dinner tonight?"
You can print this list to
hang on the inside of your cabinet door
to spark your
imagination when you are wondering:
"What are we going to have for dinner tonight?"
Dozens of Dinners
pamela spurling
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Leftovers:
don't forget to use what you
have in the fridge!
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Breakfast for dinner: bacon, eggs, pancakes, waffles, toast, French toast, crépes,
muffins, hash browns,
hushpuppies, Dutch-babies,
Eggs Benedict
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Egg:
Strata... with ham, with
beef, with bacon, with
broccoli, soufflé, Omelets
with cheese, or: chili, stir
fry vegetables, onions,
peppers, salsa; Quiche...
spinach; tomato & sausage;
broccoli & tomato, plain.
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Cheese:
Toasted cheese
Sandwiches-with soup,
salad; Quesadillas,
chili’s, meat and cheese
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Hors d’ Oeuvres:
“snacks” dinner: meats and cheeses,
crackers, snack-breads,
Smokies, vegetables and
dips, fondue, etc.
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Beef:
Pot Roast with vegetables
or baked potatoes, Stew,
Soup, Shish Kabobs, Ribs -
barbecued or roasted,
grilled steaks, French dips,
rolled roast, stuffed flank
steak,
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Lamb:
Chops broiled, roasted leg of
lamb, curried over rice,
kabobs, stew
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Fish:
salmon, salmon loaf,
fish-sticks & fires,
halibut, tuna melts,
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Ham:
sliced with baked or mashed
potatoes; with brown
sugar-pineapple glaze; With
sweet potato casserole or
scalloped potatoes with
Navy bean soup and
cornbread; sandwiches;
Cubed with almonds, red
grapes & rice mixed with
mayonnaise for salad
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Hamburgers/cheese
burgers – with trimmings, or
bacon & swiss, chili, veggie
patties, avocado,
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Hot Dogs:
in buns; with chili,
cheese, onions; or chopped
with beans
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Dinners made with ground
beef:
Tacos, Nachos, Tostados, spaghetti, beef gravy over rice or mashed
potatoes; Meatloaf, Sloppy
Joes, Tamales, Enchiladas,
potato bars; Stroganoff,
tater-tot casserole, beans
and rice in tortillas,
Spaghetti, Lasagna,
Cannelloni, Ravioli ---all
with green salad, garlic
rolls
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Mexican Food:
Enchiladas,
Rellenos, Tacos, Tostados,
burritos, Mexican rice,
Fajitas, black beans,
tortillas
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Chinese/Japanese food stir fry, rice, chow mien, soups; chicken pork or beef sweet and
sour; soups, steamed rice,
wontons, pork fried rice,
egg rolls
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Chicken:
Baked, fired, stewed, oven
roasted, in a casserole over
rice, pot pies, stir fry
over rice and vegetables, on
salad, with curry over rice,
enchiladas, grilled on the
barbecue, teriyaki or sweet
& sour, Chicken 'n stuffing,
crepes, Noodle soup and
biscuits
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Sandwiches:
(with salad or soup---or
both!)
Rueben, Dips, turkey, tuna,
ham, B.L.T.'s, Chicken,
meatloaf ---all with soup in
winter, salad in summer,
with deviled eggs, pickles,
fruits. "Submarine
sandwiches" or "foot-long"
French bread and cut into
portions. "Wraps!" these
are fun... you can
experiment with meats,
cheeses, lettuce, spreads.
Pita pockets with sprouts,
cream cheese, avocado,
tomato
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Pizza:
on your own dough, English
muffins, French bread, or
focaccia, or refrigerator
biscuit or bread dough
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Soups:
Split pea with ham, ham &
bean, vegetable beef,
tomato, chicken noodle,
chicken rice, beef barley,
taco, chicken chili, wonton,
black bean, Minestrone,
lentil, meatball, clam
chowder, cream of mushroom,
cream of potato, cabbage
patch, etc.
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Salads:
Taco, Spinach with bacon and
hard boiled egg, Cob salad,
Shrimp or Crab Louie,
Grilled chicken, Tuna in
tomato on lettuce, Caesar,
Grilled Chicken Caesar,
Pasta
Most all meals go well with
tossed salad, jell-O, mixed
vegetables. A dessert is
nice to prepare once in a
while and a change in dinner
beverage is nice, too.
Setting the table uniquely
is sweet for the family or
for yourself! Choose a
theme. Celebrate ½
birthdays! Eat outside or
in the living-room. Use
different cloths, china,
dishes, paper. Set out
candles, flowers, a cluster
of small photographs in
frames and a small plant...
Having a customary or
established day to have a
particular meal is also fun
for the family... like pizza
each Friday night or soup on
Thursdays or chicken every
Sunday... whatever makes
your family know and feel
like you are setting things
up for them! Keeping things
special will speak love to
them. Families like
traditions and things they
can count on! Let them
count on you… let them look
back on their days with you
and let their memories be
sweet. Be a sweet heart…
your husband, your children,
your family needs you.
"Every wise woman buildeth
her house:
but the foolish plucketh it
down with her hands."
Proverbs 14.1
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