I’ve said it many, many times on this blog, but I feel like I need to reiterate it again: I hate cooking. I’d rather clean toilets that chop vegetables. I’m not even making that up. But alas, may family insists on eating dinner every night. Sigh.
We eat a lot of pasta dishes because I find them quick and easy. But on the rare occasion that I’m feeling like Donna Reed, I try to do something different. Before we had kids, Tom and I used to make foil packets of meat and vegetables on the grill. They are simple to throw together so we still eat these every now and then – but I put them in the oven these days since our grill bit the dust a while back and we haven’t replaced it.
I consider these foil packet dinners to be a use-what-you-have type of dinner. They always include ground beef, but the types of vegetables and seasonings change. One night, I used something odd from the pantry to try for a different taste, and we couldn’t believe how awesome our dinner tasted. Now, that ingredient is a necessity when we make our packets.
Here’s a {very rare on this blog} recipe for one of our favorite dinners on a lazy night….
