phaeton wrote:

>
> So I ask, what are some simple yet effective meal ideas that you enjoy
> or have enjoyed, or employed when time was scarce? Thanks for any input.
>
> -J
>

You will have to decide what you really like and can afford and what you
have time to make ahead. When I worked full time I cooked on the weekends.

Think about making meals that make good leftovers. On Saturday or
Sunday take some time and make spaghetti sauce, stew, soups, etc.
The sauce can be served over spaghetti, with meatballs or sausage on
hard rolls as a sub sandwich, in baked ziti or chicken or eggplant
parmesan. If you make two of the above, you can alternate them most
of the week and they won't get too boring.

Leftover beef or chicken-rice stew turns into soup if you add a few
vegetables and more broth and simmer for a half hour or so.

With chicken poached ahead, cut up and frozen in serving sizes you can
make a casserole, chicken salad, curry, cacciatore, or a sandwich.

If you make pizza crusts and freeze them you can top with sauce and your
favorite toppings, not that much work.


> Also..... if I come across a brilliant 20-something student in Calculus
> or Trigonometry, how much study time could I buy from them with a good
> home-cooked meal?
>

Depends on how persuasive you are and how good your cooking is!

gloria p