The Ten Best Made at Home Dinners According to the Hubby and the Kids:
It's amazing how many of these dinners are favorites of both the hubby and the kids! Here goes:
10.
Sandwiches--Besides me, the whole family prefers simple meals. I often try to jazz up these meals by cutting the sandwiches in cool shapes for the kiddos or frying an egg to add to the hubby's grilled cheese. They appreciate these touches (I think), but really, they are fine with just a pb & j or a simple meat, cheese, and mayo!
9.
Tuna Casserole--I always think of this one as just a very regular meal, but the hubby loves it and the kids eat it (almost) without complaining, so it counts as a great one around here. I made this one with my own cream base: 2T butter melted and 2T flour added. Then add 2 cups of milk (or Silk in my case) and 9 oz of shredded cheese. The hubby likes lots of sauce, so I usually add a little water to this as well. Then just add your choice of noodles, frozen peas, and 3 cans of tuna.
8.
Macaroni and cheese and hotdogs--I think this is quite sad, but it's so true. The hubby
thanks me when I make boxed mac and cheese and hot dogs! I make a mean homemade
mac and cheese which I like a lot better, but if I'm being honest, the hubby and kids would just as well have the box!
7.
Grits casserole--I use the recipe on the side of the Jimmy Dean package of grits and boy is it YUM! The only thing I change is that I don't put any cheese on top, I just put the extra cheese in the body of the casserole. This is the oldest's favorite and everyone else eats it just fine. (And it's one of my favorites too!)
6.
Green Salad (Okay, just kidding, that would be on my list but it really doesn't show up on theirs!)
Tuna Salad--this is just the tuna, chopped pickles, chopped boiled eggs, mayo and mustard plain old tuna salad, but they all like it, so I make it. I usually make
deviled eggs to go with it, and those get devoured as well.
5.
Cheeseburger pie is kind of my "signature meal." It's a great one to take when you're making a meal for another family because it uses a prepared pie shell in its own foil pan. The kids have to be encouraged to eat this one, but the hubby likes it a lot.
4.
Shrimp salad. 1 lb of salad shrimp, 2 cups of cooked white rice, 1/4 cup chopped green pepper, 1/4 cup chopped onion, 1/4-1/3 cup chopped green olives, and 2 T mayo. The hubby could eat the entire batch of this in one sitting, so I have to make it the day I serve it or else hide it from him!
3.
Crock pot roast--the kiddos are with me in not being absolutely in love with the veggies that go with this, but the potatoes and the carrots are part of the comfort food for the hubby, and of course, everyone gobbles up the meat.
2. Any kind of
baked meat (pork, beef, chicken), frozen
green beans/broccoli (cooked with lots of salt and butter), and
homemade rolls or
bread. The boy cracks us all up by asking for more "chicken" about a hundred times during this meal--no matter which kind of meat it is.
1. Hands down, the number one meal for the hubby and kids is a
taco salad. The ingredients for this are slightly flexible, but I get the most brownie points with the hubby if I make sure to include taco meat, bean dip, lots of cheese, and sour cream. I think he really likes it best layered together in a dish so that it's really just a dip, but I usually serve it as a salad.
If there were 11, I would definitely add my
homemade pizza in there somewhere.
So there you have it! I am sure that if the hubby and kids were to write this list it might have other things (like frozen pizzas, etc) on it, but this is as honest as I can bear to be!
Linked with Menu Plan Monday and MMMmonday.
Linked to Tempt My Tummy Tuesday, Tuesdays at the Table, Anything Related, Delicious Dishes, Slightly Indulgent Tuesday, Tuesday Twister, Two for Tuesday, Tuesday Tastes, and Tasty Tuesdays over at Balancing Beauty and Bedlam and A Beautiful Mess.
Linked to Top Ten Tuesdayand Lucky Linky Tuesday.
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