What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood

What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood


Episode 37: Go-To Dinners

January 24, 2018

What makes a “go-to dinner”? One pot is good. 30 minutes or less is better. But we’ll use every cookie sheet and pot in the house if it’s 1) not pizza and 2) all of our kids will actually eat it.
Here’s links to all of our own go-to recipes that we discuss in this episode, plus the ones our listeners swear by:
Margaret’s Go-To Dinners
Beef Empanadas  (use refrigerated pie crust for the dough)
Green Soup (Margaret adds chicken)
Slow Cooker Pork Shoulder 
Savory Muffins 
and, believe it or not, Lobster Thermidor (Lego Batman’s favorite, natch)
Amy’s Go-To Dinners
Roasted Broccoli with Shrimp (ten minutes, one pan. If you don’t have the spices, skip em.)
Sheet Pan Fajitas
Taco Night (this is a super-easy recipe from Laura Fuentes)
Our Listeners’ Child-Approved Meals
Rebecca’s Loaded Potato Soup
Mollie’s Chickpea Tikka Masala
Diane’s Asian Noodles (kudos to this brilliant bit of improvisation):

and Nancy’s Spanish Rice (thanks, Amy’s mom!)

Here’s some of our favorite places to get go-to dinner inspiration :
Amy’s sister loves the  Weelicious website
Margaret’s favorite cookbook: America’s Test Kitchen: The Best Simple Recipes
Amy’s favorite recipe app: Treehouse Table
And our new obsession! Our podcast’s latest sponsor: HelloFresh. HelloFresh delivers weekly recipes and fresh ingredients straight to your doorstep. Last night Amy made their Veggie-Loaded Orzo with Sausage. Margaret and her husband made the Chicken Cheddar Fajitas. People, they were devoured. No planning, no shopping, no complaining. We are huge fans! We think you should try HelloFresh for your family-and you can get $30 off your first HelloFresh delivery by going to  hellofresh.com and entering the code mother30.
What’s your go-to dinner? Tell us in the comments or on our Facebook page!