what are some ideas (and recipes) for QUICK suppers?

Hooray for leftovers!

recipezaar.com

There's a kosher/Jewish section on the forums, too.
Quick favs of mine from there are the stuffed cabbage soup, 3 step biscuits (not same meal, as the biscuits are milchig), hearty cabbage soup...
Otherwise I do a lot of non-recipe stir fry with chicken breast or tofu.

Takeout.

That's what I was going to say!

Hot dogs
Cereal
pb&j

Pasta

We always keep pinto or refried beans, tortillas, sour cream, cheddar and salsa in the house, and bean burritos are our go-to meal. I throw in fake meat if we have it, sauteed zucchini or any leftover veggies.

Define quick. All my suppers take 15 minutes or less to prepare; some need cooking time, the others need attending time built into the 15 minutes. Stir fries are simple, as is ground beef browned with some sauce to go with pasta or put in a taco shell, etc.

Ditto, only diff is I use kidney beans and put a couple cans through the food processor at the beginning of the week, add spices, and keep them in tupperware.

quick= all preparation plus cooking time is less than 30-45 min

Go to www.foodnetwork.com and check out Rachael Ray's recipes, they're quick and easy.

Wise Man Say:

Supper only worth what you invest in it.

pizza bagels.
scrambled eggs in microwave.
chicken cutlets any way. with baked potato.
sandwiches - tuna, grilled cheese

how fast? pasta can take 30 minutes from boiling the water to draining the pasta.

Israeli style - falafal and pita / wraps baked for a few minutes makes them warm and toasty and are yummy with techina, hummus or salad.

Steak
Hamburgers
Hot Dogs
Chicken Cutlets
Fish


French fries
Mashed Potatoes
Corn
Beans
Salad (if you have bug free lettuce)

Most basic meat + veggie dinners are pretty quick to make. You don't have to make a 3 hour roast.....

Gotta love stir fries and pasta

Also, omelets are popular in my house.

Whatever the mexican delivery boy brings.

To add to others' suggestions:

Tuna patties
broccoli cheese, tomato, or french onion soup
nachos
paninis (if you have a george foreman grill)
fish with lemon or dill
mac & cheese
meatballs
wraps
stuffed blintzes
stuffed baked potatoes
baked ziti

Not food, nachos are what you eat when you are waiting for dinner to be ready


You have an interesting definition of "quick"... Unless you are reheating something....

another vote for Stir Fry... Thats tonights dinner.

bread, cheese, a vegetable, and a drink.

My husband would ask where the food is.

He doesn't even think quiche counts as a meal.

Quiche DOESN'T count as a meal.

Why not?

Here's an easy one:
Brown meat, add a can of tomato sauce, a can of water, spices (oregano, onion soup mix, whatever floats your boat), and raw macaroni. Cover and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally. I think it's done within 15 minutes. Can add veggies to it too (I sometimes put in stewed tomatoes also).

Another:
Homemade pizza. Am I kidding? Nope!
Mix 1 packet dry yeast, 1 C. warm water, 2.5 cup flour, 2 TBSP. oil, 1 tsp. sugar, 1 tsp. salt. Let sit for 5 minutes. Roll out. Spread with pizza sauce. Put on shredded cheese. Add any veggies you so desire. Bake at 425 for 15 minutes. If done right, I can do the whole thing in a half hour

Chicken cutlets strips over the fire, not even in a stir fry are also easy and simple to cook. Sautee with onion, garlic, peppercorns, and paprika. Cover and let cook 15 minutes. In the meantime make rice or couscous and serve with that.
Another recipe I've tried calls for sauteeing it with onion, and then pouring grape juice on it and letting it soak in that while it cooks.

I never make a weekday supper that takes longer than what your guidelines are unless it's a quiche or something, and that's rare. Fleishigs is always on the stove or grill (steaks are easy ); milchigs usually involve pasta.

Tuna Noodle Casserole:
Cook pasta and veggies if want. While cooking, mix up some tuna and (ceram of) mushroom soup condensed can version...when pasta cooked, add to the tuna mixture, mix, pour into greased pan, and bake a half hour at 350. Can cover with crushed cornflakes or french onion rings if want...

How often do you make quick meals? I always feel so bad because a husband works all day and his wife is home. The truth is kinderlech and a home to clean is very difficult, maybe more difficult than his job but he still deserves to come home to a good good supper. Some men really don't care about suppers, but I always feel like a supper is a way to show appreciation for a husband. Since we all appreciate our husbands so much we have to make him the best suppers we can - 20 minutes less of h.com and then maybe we'll have more time for preparing supper.

Inshallah!!...


BTW the shuttle to Planet Earth leaves in 15 mins, get your suit on....

Don't know in which universe it is so common for wives to be home while husbands work all day, but even so, doesn't that assume the wife doens't work all day while she is at home? And even if she isn't earning income for her work, why does the husband deserve to come home to a good supper, while the wife does not deserve to have supper made for her? I am a SAHM and I try my darndest to make my husband a nice supper every night, but I surely do not view it as my payback for him being out working all day. For starters, he is way more likely to get a lunch break than I am.

I've got a lot more to say on this topic, but my guess is it's not worth my while.

She's Satmar. I worked in a chassidish day camp, of a chassidus slightly less distinctive than Satmar, and was astonished at the high rate of SAHMs- at least 80%.

What's astonishing to me is that she posts on a 99% non-Satmar forum, but the tone of her posts seems to assume that we're all on the same page as her.

Thank you, I too find that astonishing but wasn't sure how to say it in an inoffensive way.

Most of these suggestions don't count as meals.

Why was this surprising?

I didn't believe some things until I saw them. But yeah, it's not really surprising.

I agree with you. On my days off, especially if I have a few in a row (i.e. not Shabbos, Sunday, which I'm used to but lets say M-W, as well) - I end up calling an SAHM friend of mine and telling her that I look up to her and what she does. (She has 4 kids ka"h)

Of course she is working while she is home!! Do you have any idea how hard it is to manage a house and children?? Even after you clean it looks messy again - never ending laundry - etc. But I'm even of the opinion if a woman wants to go out an work and be a teacher or nurse or whatever she so desires, she should still make good suppers for her husband. There is something about a husband eating a supper in my opinion - it is a very special thing and he gives you so much, just make me the best supper you possibly can in the time alloted. In our community when girls are engaged and married they still often work up until they have their first child. They still need to make suppers for their husbands - and they need to make good ones - every once in a while they maybe call for take-out or a quick meal but that is hopefully not and should not be a regular thing.



I know you're not on the same page as me, but here I am speaking out being a wife and mother - aren't mothers found in all communities?



So then you should say it in an offensive way.



That is so nice that you do that (call her) - I'm sure she really appreciates it... everyone needs a "pat on the back" sometimes.

Which chassidis? just curious.

Or else...?


Yes, dear, mothers are found in all communities. Silly me, I must've forgotten.

It's becoming exceedingly difficult for me to keep my mouth shut, but I'll try.

Or else nothing. I'm just saying it is just a nice thing for a wife to make good suppers for her husband and while her husband should view it as a "plus" (and be very grateful for) and she should view it as an obligation.

I just don't understand how my posts assume the tone you described.. i was talking stam about mothers.

Yes, but wives relate to their husbands differently than in Chassidish communities. For example, most people on h.com would say that they should see each other as equals, that if the wife is working, then the husband has to help out in the house.

Onaas devarim on Erev Yom Kippur? Besides, I like you and don't want to offend you. And I know that if/as you get more exposure, you will see by yourself what not to say (note that that exposure is not necessarily a good thing and I hope you don't have problems from it).

I'd rather not say.

ILC, just because you don't realize how you sound, doesn't mean that it sounds okay.....It's obvious who and what you are. (And aren't.)

On another note who says that "a good dinner" = "time-consuming to make" ? Not everyone can spend $$$ on week night dinners....and some ppl have cholesterol or other (diet) issues that precludes many foods........

A husband and wife are equal, but with different jobs - While it is most definitely the wife's job to take care of the children and house her husband should still help her out. He should also understand if she needs to bring take out one night. It is his job to work (and learn of course) but if he is unaible to or the wife feels that she must, then she should. Marriage is about both people giving 100% of themselves so that is equal. Anyways, i dont really want to explain this whole thing now so ill just stop here but there is a lot more to say.


Ok no problem.



A good supper doesn't have to take time just some of these suggestions (not all) seemed anything less than a supper.

can you please elaborate what that something is?

My husband has made it clear numerous times that he'd rather have a pb&j sandwich than see a harried wife. (or some version of that, but I'm sure you get it.)

This doesn't mean I don't ever try to make nice meals (although usually from freezer and made when i have time) - but I go with the theory of better eat and be happy than get frustrated.

Yes it's fine, it's the "separate but equal" argument, which most people on h.com do not like.

I'm with ILC. (does chimrois mean chumras?)
Shalom bayis is a special mitzvah. I want to do all I can to make it more beautiful.
Life has been REALLY busy lately, and energy is low. My husband sees me struggle to shop and cook for yom tov meals. And sure, he SAYS, don't make it so fancy, don't go all-out, you don't have to pack my lunch if you don't have time. But if I don't - he feels neglected. It makes me so happy to pack his lunch and make him dinner. And it makes him feel cared for and loved.
You don't have to make a big potchke every night. But shortcuts just don't cut it. We eat real food that I cooked, on real plates on placemats with silverware. I think the key is being organized about meals, and planning ahead.
The bottom line is that we are both happy with each other's participation in housekeeping. Mostly.
I think what the message for the OP is that quick weekday suppers don't have to be nutritionally bereft or make anyone eating them feel that they were an afterthought or you're rushing through it to squeeze in more time at work.

Yes, I do have a very goo didea of how hard it is to manage a house and children-- please see my first post.

As for supper, I suppose what bothers me is that you seem to view it as a quid pro quo, as in "husband goes out and works all day, wife repays him with nice hot supper." If so, who is paying back the woman for her work, and how? And why is husband more deserving of being paid back with a hot meal than a wife? And no matter how many times you say that a woman works hard to, the very fact that you seem to believe that a husband is deserving of some reward at the end of every day implies that the woman is not deserving, or that she deserves less.

I see what you're saying. But the way I see it is, the woman is the main caregiver in the home. The man is the one who commands respect and authority. He gets the biggest chair at the head of the table, etc. etc. So he deserves the most caretaking and special attention. It's what we're both good at. Women are good at nurturing, and men like to be made the center of attn.

Thanks, you said that so well. ILC, my only problem with what you're saying is what younglady just described. I definitely agree with you (and rachel b.) that it's a wonderful thing for a woman to cook good meals for her family. It makes her family feel cared for, and it should make her feel good, if she's not putting too much stress on herself and if she feels appreciated. But the way you talk makes it sound like the husband has it "coming to him," even though you later claim that he shouldn't feel this way. What exactly do you feel?

i never said it was quid pro quo. im saying on top of the fact that she should make him a nice supper it just upsets me that a man could be out all day and come home and his supper is, less than satisfying. nebach. (if this is a regular thing it is sad)her reward comes from giving. there is a special feeling of serving your husband a nice supper at the end of the day. hopefully he will say thank you, but unfortunately some men do not - and even without this thank you, you still have a special feeling knowing what you've done. A woman's jobs is more on the giving side - she GIVES to her children, GIVES to husband, ETC ETC - she is more chessed based than a man - her reward comes from doing the chessed... she doesn't expect in return. A man is different by nature. Men, since they are descendents of Avrohom Uvinee do like to do chessed, but they work and make money, their main job (of course is learning torah and serving Hashem) but their main job b'gashmies is to make parnusa. So a man views a nice supper as part of a thank you - he should be pleased and not feel entitled but a woman doesn't need something like this - she gets enough reward just giving. (ideally both should give a 100% but still women tend to be givers in different ways than men and to need less reward etc)I feel the way i explained it... he should feel thankful like it is a plus (and it is a plus) but a woman should feel obligated to do this for him.