Quick Meal Idea Six-Part eCourse - Pantry Meals

Today we’ll tackle one of my favorite quick meal ideas – Pantry Meals. To be honest, before I started planning our meals, I had quite a few days where I didn’t make it to the grocery store and had to make do with what I had sitting in the fridge and pantry. Over time I got pretty creative with these impromptu meals. Here are some of my favorites…

Mediterranean Spaghetti – heat a can of drained tuna with some onion and garlic in a little olive oil. Add some tomato sauce from a jar and a few olives or leftover veggies and serve over cooked pasta.

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Quick Meal Idea Six-Part Free eCourse Day Two

Cook Once Eat Twice

I hope you liked Day One Quick Meal Ideas Free eCourse about making soup for dinner. Today I’d like to share another favorite of mine. The basic idea is to cook something once and then make at least two meals out of it. The trick is to turn what you cook on day one into a different meal on day two so you’re not eating the same thing two days in a row.

 

Here are some of my favorite meal ideas for this. (let me be honest with you - these are recipes from Menu Planning.)

 

Chicken Breast

 

Day One: Place chicken breasts in a baking dish and pour some Italian dressing over them and bake until done. Take out a few of the chicken breasts for tomorrow, then serve the rest with rice and veggies for dinner.

 

Day Two: The next day, grab the leftover baked chicken breast from the fridge and turn it into a chicken Caesar salad, or make chicken salad sandwiches.

 

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