Couple easy, quick ideas for when on the road.

[Roy_Lynne]

Always looking for easy recipes for on the road and tried this last night.
Make a grilled cheese sandwich using mozzarella cheese slices and pepperoni slices and dip into pizza sauce. It was really good. Serve with a small salad

Another one is take a can of family style cream of chicken soup, add broccoli, (about 12 oz) I used frozen and nuked it in the microwave.
Heat the soup, add the broccoli and a cup of milk, and 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese. Very good.

If you ever buy those rotisserie chickens at Costco (I only buy them at Costco because they are $4.99 each and every where else they cost double) and have leftovers, but not enough to make a meal, make some chicken soup.
! cup of chicken broth
1/2 cup of shredded chicken
1/4 thinly sliced carrots
1/2 cup of small egg noodles*
1 T of green onions + 1 teasp
squeeze of lemon juice
I found some microwave bowls with handles and they hold about 2 1/2 cups. I cook the noodles and the carrots together in water in the microwave until the noodles look done. Drain off the water, add the broth, chicken, and tablespoon of chopped green onions, and heat for a minute or so in the microwave. Garnish with the rest of the green onion and a squeeze of lemon or lime juice. Makes one substantial serving
*In the Mexican food section of the grocery stores here on the west coast, you can find packets of tiny noodles, (alphabet, stars etc) for about $.50 a packet and that is what I use.
I have to mention I never measure anything and use what I have. I made the broccoli and cheese soup with cauliflower and had some leftover peas and added them to the chicken soup.

[DennisG9]

RoyB try half baking the spuds in the microwave before slicing them.

[Roy_Lynne]

Those packets of precooked rice that Uncle Ben makes would be perfect. I nuke them for about 90 seconds. I like the brown, the Spanish and the jasmine for when we have Thai or Chinese.

[D_E_Bishop]

This may not sound simple but believe me it is.

Creamy Chicken Tarragon

There are 4 ingredients, Flour, Tarragon, Milk and Chicken. Take enough chicken for number of diners, lay flat, cut into two slabs, pound to 1/4", cut into 1" pieces. This is easily done ahead and frozen. Put two or more TBLS of flour, add one or two tsps. of crushed Tarragon flakes, add chicken and toss to coat with mixture.

Brown chicken in oil until slightly golden, I use vegetable oil because I think EVOO covers up the flavor of the Tarragon. Remove chicken from fry pan and place in oven to keep warm.

Add oil to pan if necessary, stir in flour as need to absorb the oil, do this slowly and scrape pan to get all the drippings in pan. Add milk(I use 2 percent) to roué stirring until desired thickness is obtained.

Cover chicken with the sauce and sprinkle a small amount of Tarragon flakes over the top.

Serve over hot rice. Original recipe called for parsley rice, just use mild flavored seasoning to keep flavor of tarragon. Two 5 oz. breasts will feed us with maybe 1/2 cup left over.

[Roy_Lynne]

SwanInWA wrote:
Here's one I love to make at home and on the road. Super easy, hearty and filling. Pretty healthy, too. Approx. 4 grams fat / 200 calories per 1.5 cup serving.

WHITE BEANS WITH SAUSAGE & SPINACH
3/4 pound turkey kielbasa, sliced
2 cups low-sodium chicken broth
2 teaspoons garlic powder
2 teaspoons dried Italian seasoning
2 cans Cannellini beans
1 large tomato, diced
6 oz. bag baby spinach leaves
Freshly cracked pepper to taste

In large skillet, cook kielbasa until nicely browned. Remove from pan and set aside. Return empty pan to stove and add next five ingredients. Simmer for about 30 minutes. Add spinach, pepper and browned kielbasa, then continue cooking until heated through (10-15 minutes). Top with grated Parmesan, if desired.

OKay, that is now on my list. Thanks

[Shortie3]

They look like left over, cold sliced potatoes - I usually wait to add the onions until a couple of minutes before I add a sprinkling of cheese over the top. Sometimes, if we are looking for a hearty breakfast, I will add diced garlic, thin sliced left over beef, then a couple of beaten eggs, onions, then lastly the cheese. My husband likes his with A-1 sauce and I like a dab of catsup. Shorty

[NYCgrrl]

Lovely dishes above. I so enjoy when people get creative for a fast meal anytime of the day:).

Made this vid a few years back after rummaging through the cooler looking to use up leftovers. If I hadn't documented it doubt I could ever recall how I did it:

Leftovers Delight

Made a great brunch type meal and I dinna use "plums"; they were grape tomatoes and I think any kind of tomatoes would work.

[SwanInWA]

Here's one I love to make at home and on the road. Super easy, hearty and filling. Pretty healthy, too. Approx. 4 grams fat / 200 calories per 1.5 cup serving.

WHITE BEANS WITH SAUSAGE & SPINACH
3/4 pound turkey kielbasa, sliced
2 cups low-sodium chicken broth
2 teaspoons garlic powder
2 teaspoons dried Italian seasoning
2 cans Cannellini beans
1 large tomato, diced
6 oz. bag baby spinach leaves
Freshly cracked pepper to taste

In large skillet, cook kielbasa until nicely browned. Remove from pan and set aside. Return empty pan to stove and add next five ingredients. Simmer for about 30 minutes. Add spinach, pepper and browned kielbasa, then continue cooking until heated through (10-15 minutes). Top with grated Parmesan, if desired.

[RoyB]

We love cooking up thin sliced potatoes like this in the skillet...



While eating breakfast in Gatllinburg on one trip we found these on the breakfast bar with thin sliced up onions in them... Have tried to dupe this around the camp fire but never have any success doing it. I think it is when to add the onions does the trick...

Any ideas here...

Roy and Carolyn