These are easy recipes so that you can have a Biblically clean meal on the table quickly, with minimal time spent on prep work! Made from wholseome, basic ingredients you can turn to these recipes when things are hectic or when you just don't want to spend much time in the kitchen. And they contain no pork or shellfish, and can be part of a Biblical diet.
For the most part, these are made from kitchen staples in their basic forms, meaning that these recipes aren't only simple or quick if you happen to have precooked chicken or hardboiled eggs or leftover rice. While I'm all about utilizing leftovers, these are for the times when you really have very little to no ready-to-go ingrdients in the fridge. These are legitimately easy dinner ideas!
Super simple Biblical meals:
Grilled Cheese in the Oven from A Couple Cooks
The oven method for grilled cheese means everyone's sandwich is ready at the same time. It also buys you a few minutes to jump in the shower, unload the dishwasher, or maybe even unwind!
Sheet Pan Smoked Turkey Sausage with Butternut and Brussels from How Sweet Eats
Take a turkey or chicken sausage, put it on a baking sheet with veggies and you've got dinner.
5-Minute Spicy Chickpea Salad from Pinch of Yum
Baked Eggs from Love and Lemons
One Pan Baked Cheesy Basil Pasta from Half Baked Harvest
This recipe takes some time in the oven, but you don't have to boil the pasta first!
Salmon Caesar Salad from A Couple Cooks
Recipes like this are a great reason to keep a can of salmon or chicken in the pantry. Make it even easier: Use your favorite bottled dressing.
Tomato Toast with Bleu Cheese Mayo from How Sweet Eats
Make it even easier: Skip mixing the cheese with the mayo and sprinkle it on top of the toast (or leave it out altogether).
Crispy Black Bean Tacos from Pinch of Yum
Make it even easier: Substitute canned refriend beans for the filling. Feel free to pass on the cilantro sauce too, and opt for salsa. Or mix salsa with yogurt for a quick sauce.
Easy Caprese White Bean Salad from This Healthy Table
Adding a can of beans to any salad is a quick way to make it heartier and more filling!
Pita Pizza from A Couple Cooks
This concept works great with homemade matzah instead of the pitas if you are in need of a fast meal during Unleavened Bread week.
10-Minute Quesadillas from Cookie and Kate
Chickpea Curry with Spinach from Pinch of Yum
French Baked Toast and Eggs in Cream from How Sweet Eats
Easy Egg Tacos from A Couple Cooks
Why I love this: The spices means this doesn't feel like you're 'just' eating eggs, and you can use any sauces and vegetables you have as toppings. Trying adding a can of beans in with the eggs too.
Smoked Salmon Cottage Cheese Toast from How Sweet Eats
Make it even easier: Smoked salmon can be frozen and it thaws quickly.
Easy Gazpacho from Love and Lemons
Baked Eggs on Roasted Tomatoes from Cookie and Kate
Loaded Hummus Havarti Veggie Sandwich from How Sweet Eats
Cottage Cheese Breakfast Bowls from A Couple Cooks
Savory cottage cheese bowls are a thing too! Put cottage cheese in your bowl, and top with whatever cooked or raw vegetables you like! Chickpeas, nuts, dressings are all great too.
More tips for realistic meals:
-Keep at least a couple of convenient staple ingredients on hand.
If you want to have a meal made from real ingredients in a hurry, all the dried beans, brown rice, and frozen chicken in the world are not going to help.
I suggest keeping at least two or three meal bases on hand, such as: eggs, cottage cheese, canned beans, bread, tortillas, frozen turkey sausage, canned chicken or salmon, etc. to turn to build a quick meal around.
-Take a realistic look at your calendar and plan around that.
When you know your day is going to be hectic or if you are in a busy season of life, don't give all your mental energy to debating complex dinner options all day long, when odds are strong that you'll have about 10 minutes to throw something together.
It's okay to plan on having something super simple for dinner, like baked eggs or chicken sausage and a frozen veggie.
-Take a note from all those super quick recipes.
I used to get really annoyed when I would see dinner ideas that were supposedly fast, but relied on having a bunch of ingredients already cooked. If I had cooked rice and roasted chicken in the fridge, why would I be turning to a book or website for quick meals?
That's precisely the point. When you do have time to cook, make extra so that you have leftovers to build further meals off of later.
-Keep something on hand that you can heat up and eat.
Home cooking is a wonderful thing, but you can cook from scratch and still have some convenience foods too. There will be times when you're busy, exhausted, or sick where having a meal in the freezer is a lifesaver.
Give yourself the gift realistic expectations and a few frozen pizzas. Or frozen burritos or casseroles, or cans of soup that you can just heat up and dinner is ready.
You also don't have to save those for emergencies. Use simple meals to create more margin and breathing room in your day.
More realistic Biblical meals:
The Ultimate Guide to Sabbath Day Meal Prep
Slow Cooker Recipes
Sheet Pan Meal Ideas
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