Leave a Favorite – Find a New Favorite in This Quarantine Virtual Recipe Swap and Recipe Ideas List
Quarantine have you making the same thing over and over?!
Feel like you’ve cooked dinner about 413 times this month?!
Running out of ideas of what to cook?!
Seems like you’ve made the same meal 5 times this week already?!
Tired of all the pasta and meat sauce?!
Need a new way to jazz up rice and beans?!
Or just desperate for new ideas for fast and easy dinner?!?
WELLLLLL.
There is a real reason for this dinner hour tension.
Quarantine Recipe Ideas
WE ARE ALL SO STRESSED AND EXHAUSTED and we default to meals that we don’t have to think about making. We don’t have much mental bandwidth to spare right now, so we fix meals that we can literally make without paying attention.
So we eat pasta and meat sauce…and just change up the pasta shell to make it feel like new. But then it’s not new and it’s just too old.
You feel me?!
Because I feel you in this too.
And that’s why I want to help organize and coordinate a Virtual Recipe Swap that will help you discover new, simple meals to cook during this season of quarantine and eating so.many.meals.at.home.
- To inspire you with new meal ideas.
- To quickly connect you with new recipes to try.
- To re-discover the importance of having dinner together as a family. (Even in this stressful time! We have had SO MANY laughter moments together at the dinner table in the past month!)
Ok, onto the recipes…but first…
The Quarantine Virtual Recipe Swap CRITERIA
None of these recipes will call for exotic ingredients or a laundry list of ingredients. None of these recipes will require an elaborate cooking method or strategy. Here is the short list of requirements:
- Budget friendly
- Fast and easy to cook
- Pantry staple ingredients
- Freezer Friendly
I WANT TO KNOW YOUR FAVORITE QUARANTINE RECIPES AND FEATURE SOME BELOW!!!
Please add a link to your favorite recipe in the comments below, or email the link to support (at) 5dollardinners.com, and we will consider featuring it below.
(At this time, we can’t feature recipes that aren’t already posted on the internet in this virtual recipe swap post. You are welcome to type up/include your favorite family recipes into the comments below for others to cook.)
The goal: Leave a recipe, take a recipe.
THE QUARANTINE VIRTUAL RECIPE SWAP
And without further ado…some recipes that you could cook this next week…
The whole family will love this superb skillet meal! All your favorite taco flavors, in a bowl! A little bit of spice and a little bit of sweet! The BEST kind of comfort food! A rich and filling bowl of yum! You are your people and going to go batty over this pasta meal. If you love buffalo chicken, you will love this pasta dish! A fabulous tex-mex taco dish, made in just one skillet. Cheesy, vegetarian goodness here! A creamy and comforting five ingredient recipe! A simple, budget friendly meal! The best taco salad you'll ever have. Your favorite wing flavors...in a chili bowl! You need to try this one-pot Instant Pot pasta dish! Less messy, but just as delicious as your traditional burrito! A great way to jazz up your next beans and rice dinner! Familiar flavors that take quinoa up to the next level! Light. Easy. Summer. Salad. "I used homemade chicken broth from my freezer stash and substituted mozzarella for the Gruyere called for in the recipe (because who keeps Gruyere on hand?). The whole family loved it, even the super picky one that turned her nose up at the suggestion of quinoa." - Christy "Made these last night, and even my picky eater loved it. The sauce makes the whole dish." - Martin "We’re having this every 1-2 weeks! I throw it all into the crockpot on low for a few hours and serve over rice with lime juice and other taco fixins’!" - Emily "We had breakfast for dinner last night. Made this with scrambled eggs and bacon...delicious!" - Dawn "I’ve made this once a week during all of the madness. I add more brown sugar than it calls for and serve it with a fried egg. I’ll keep making it every week because we love it." - Megan "We make this without the chili sauce (or on the side) super easy." - Debbie "This was a new recipe and everyone loved it. We saved the rest of the “sauce” and added ground beef to it to make a queso for nachos the next day." - Lori "This recipe is a family favorite. I have made it for years!" - Sara "This is the best orange chicken and its paleo." - Rebecca "I added walnuts and this was the best banana bread ever!" - Sandy "These with a side of vegetables and some fried potatoes!" - Trinity "My family says they could eat it once a week." - Abbi "We tried this the other day." - Jessica "Double the recipe and freeze one loaf. Make with mashed potatoes (or rice) and fry some frozen okra." - Kristin "I made this without the tomato paste. "It was a hit with everyone including kids." - Mylene "Now bear with me, it doesn't sound like it, but this has been a family favorite for years. We always serve over noodles. Delicious!" - Traci "This is an easy and very good homemade bread." - Sheila "Our favorite Cheesy Chicken Enchilada recipe. Last time I compiled it all in the Instant Pot before assembling in the tortilla shell to bake. They freeze great! We've taken them on vacation before." - Alena Recommended by Leigh! "This one was super easy and delicious my kids even liked it I substituted chick pease for canellini beans Because that’s what I had on hand and it worked great. (Can’t taste the beans it just thickens it)" - Kira "I use lean beef sometimes in place of ground turkey." - Jamie Recommended by Lisette! Recommended by Tina!Pantry Staples Recipes
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Slow Cooker Taco Soup
Heat ‘N Sweet Chili
Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup
White Bean & Corn Chowder
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Buffalo Chicken Pasta Casserole
Twirly Taco Pasta Skillet
Black Bean & Corn Enchiladas
Alfredo Tortellini Bake
Honey Mustard Lentils & Rice Casserole
Doritos Taco Salad
Buffalo Chicken Chili
Instant Pot Pizza Pasta
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Fiesta Beans and Rice Recipe
Spicy Quinoa with Kidney Beans, Corn and Lime
Four Bean Salad with Quinoa Recipe
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Also, I added about 3 slices of chopped bacon to the ground meat." - Michelle
Easy Mongolian Beef
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Melissa says
THANK YOU!!!!! This list is awesome, lots of new ideas for dinner for the month.