5 things that make for a pick up meal.

We have all  had those days.   Things just don't go as planned.  If you have a stock, you can wing it for dinner and come up with better than cold cereal.   We eat very little cold cereal.   It's expensive by the time you add milk.    That's how some families  go through gallons and gallons of milk.    Not necessary.   Milk does not build bones like they use to think.  

I digress....five easy dinners

1. Tacos, refried beans, and rice.  : my taco meat is already made in the freezer from my batch cooking.  Best the bag on the counter a couple of times and place it on a glass bowl with a couple of tablespoons of water to thaw and reheat.   Meanwhile, open a can of refried beans, place it on a small casserole, and top with a layer of cheese.   Put a small batch of rice in the rice cooker and turn it on.  Get out three bowls and chop tomatoes, lettuce and add cheese to one.   Your cheese should be already grated in a lock and lock.   This takes avoit 15  minutes . 
2. Spaghetti with meatballs, salad .  Put spaghetti on to cook.   Heat pasta sauce and defrost the already cooked meatballs you got out of the freezer.   Add a bagged salad and the karma cheese you already grated in the fridge.      
3. Hot dogs, French fries and fruit salad .  All cooks in record time.  Put the French fries in the oven....minutes, hit dogs took almost no time after the potatoes are almost done.  Wash and put any fruit you have in a bowl.  We have been working in a bowl of salad all week.  I just keep adding to it. 
4. BBQ chicken thighs and drumsticks, oven roasted root veggies. Salad.   The chicken parts Re already cooked from your batch coming and on the freezer.   Place the sealed bag in the sink and run cold water over it while you are cutting up carrots, potatoes and any veggie you can add.  Place them on a baking sheet with sides and toss with olive oil and salt and pepper.   Sometimes I add Rosemary. Put the chicken pieces on another own and spread BBQ sauce with a pastry brush on top.   Bake until the vegetables are done at about 375-400 degrees.   Our oven has only a top element, so I out the chicken on the bottom rack and switch midstream.   About 20 minutes. 
5. Tomato soup with some milk or cream, basil, and blue cheese or Romano ( parm) . English muffins topped with grated cheese and put on the oven to melt. Or French bread with butter or olive oil and parm broiled until the bitter melts and the cheese is toasted lightly.    I get tomato soup on a box at Costco.   It is tomato and roasted red pepper.   Costco also has a sour dough baguette that is about a dollar for a half a loaf.   English muffins are always 1.67 a dozen at Fred Meyers.    Another option would be cheese quesedeas. 

All these things I have in my stock except maybe the hot dogs that I don't buy often.   Both Hebrew national and Nathan's were on sale this week.  I opted for Nathan's because 1) Hebrew national does not have the same amount of hotdogs as a standard package of buns. And, 2) Hebrew national has soy protein and Nathan's has corn protein.   Corn was the least ofmthemevils because my granddaughters Doctor does not want her to have soy.   

After trying every method of cooking rice that I could find-- the microwave, the pressure cooker,mthe large rice cooker, the stove and having no luck getting the textile I wanted. I bought a 16 dollar black and decker rice cooker.....success!   

Radishes are wonderful added to oven roasted root veggies.  

That's about all......anyone have an idea of what dive list they want to see next?