Top Go-To Meals from Cozi Fans

A recent Cozi Question of the Day featured this question: What’s your foolproof dinner dish? The one weekday dish that’s easy, quick and everyone eats to the last bite. Results are in and pasta is the winner.

Here are all the answers for inspiration next time you are out of family dinner ideas:

Pasta

• Pasta with butter and basil topped with spaghetti sauce and pork sausage. easy, filling and GONE
• Spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread!
• Spaghetti & green Salad
• Pasta of course!
• Angel hair pasta with butter and cheese, meatballs, garlic bread and a salad - they all love it and eat every last bite!
• Spaghetti, salad and garlic bread.
• Spaghetti with meat sauce and garlic bread... gone everytime!
• Pasta and meat sauce
• Faked baked pasta. I cook rigatoni then add low fat cottage cheese, browned ground sausage, mushrooms and red sauce. Then I layer it with shredded cheese in a casserole dish and microwave for 5 minutes. Everyone loves it and even company thinks I took the time to bake it.
• Turkey spaghetti. I finely chop broccoli or julienne zucchini and squash, add it to the sauce, and that is it. I get an easy dinner made, kids get their veggies and low-fat protein. Everyone is usually pretty happy with this one.
• Pesto pasta and grilled chicken.
• Pre-made pasta w/ pre-made pesto. Plus broccoli if it's available. We call it "the green dinner." 
• Annie's Mac & Cheese. Not terribly fast but easy and requires few ingredients (we use butter & yogurt). Plus it's somewhat healthy and everyone chows it down!
  
• Ditto on the Annie's Mac & Cheese. I add steamed broccoli on top to get some greens in. Btw, steaming broccoli in the microwave takes 3 minutes. My b-i-l, who is a chef, taught me that--much easier than steaming on the stove.

Chicken

• Just throw in boneless chicken breasts in crock put with bbq sauce let it cook for a few hrs and serve with plain white rice and frozen veggies. An alternative is put the chicken thighs with bone in the over instead of bbq sauce I use catalina dressing ad sliced onions and bell peppers and some spices and leave for an hour and its is yummy.
• Chicken tostadas!
• Chicken quesadillas.....tortillas filled with canned chicken and shreded cheese. I cut them in triangles and we dip them in salsa. Fast and most importantly yummy to my picky eaters!
• Chicken flautas, yummie...
• Chicken with cream soup gravy over rice.
• Spicy Chicken Mac
• Barber Foods Stuffed Chicken Breast: Creme Brie & Apple with a side of steamed broccoli (in the microwave) sprinkled with Garlic salt and butter.

Soup/Sandwiches

• Toasted sandwiches with chopped turkey, grated cheddar cheese and sliced tomato - delicious!
• Soup and Tosted Cheese or Toasted Tuna Sandwiches   
• Basil tomato soup and grilled cheese
• Grilled cheese and soup
• Grilled Cheese or Hot dogs - when I need a lazy night, I need a LAZY night. LOL
• Meatball subs. Inexpensive, and in ten minutes, it's ready.

Crockpot

• Throw a roast in the crockpot, pour a can of Coke over it, and let it cook all day. Then shred and add BBQ sauce. Serve on buns with frozen veggies and fruit! Yum, and super easy!
• Crockpot Parmesan chicken!
• Crock Pot Chicken recipe that I found from a recipe club. Frozen Chicken Breasts, Dry italian dressing packet, cream of chicken soup & cream cheese. Put it all in the crock pot and let it cook all day. Chicken falls apart and my guys will eat every last bit of it. I have shared this with my friends and it has quickly become a family favorite for them as well.
• Crockpot pork carnitas
• Crock pot pizza!

Mexican

• Tacos!
• Rice and Bean Burritoes!
• Taco skillet

Pizza

• Frozen pizza!
• Homemade pizza with green beans and pears. Both of my kids love it!
• Ordering pizza and salad
  

More Classics

• Banana vanilla french toast, yes breakfast for dinner but its oh so yummy!
• Fried hot dogs with mac'n'cheese
• Goulash & Mashed Potatoes w/Green Beans
• Hot dogs!
• Cheeseburger Macaroni (homemade, not from Hamburger Helper!)
• I make a "chili", ground meat, ranch style beans and corn...there are never any left overs!
• Sweet potato casserole.
• Matza Ball Soup and Meat Loaf and mashed potatoe and beets
• Shephard's Pie
• Homemade chicken pot pie... yummy always fast and cheap and filling and my kids love it....
• Taco Bake - basically mac and cheese with taco meat and cheese layered together in a dish . 30 mins or less to great meal the whole family loves!
• Ground turkey w/ taco seasoning, flour tortilla wraps, shredded cheese, lettuce, tomatoe, black olives, sour cream, taco sauce. w/ corn. they all love it!
• Grilled Chicken Ceasar Salad
• Do it yourself Tortilla Pizza: I set out the stuff, the kids make it, and I bake it. Take a 12" flour tortilla, cover shell with favorite shredded cheese (or slices), put A LITTLE BIT of your favorite red pasta sauce (we like garlic, onion, basil), put your choice of meat (leftovers work great)... we like chicken, pepperoni, and ham, put whatever... Read More else you like (son likes onions, peppers, tomatos) and then put more cheese. Bake until top is crispy, flip, bake until other side crispy, remove, let cheese solidify a bit, cut like pizza. Use a ranch or red sauce dip... YUMMY!! Easy use of leftovers!!
• Pizza grilled cheese. Sourdough or french bread, pepperoni and cheese with pizza sauce for dip. Just add a bagged salad and it's dinner.
• Tatertot hotdish
• Tuna casserole, for sure!
• Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole
• Salmon Quesadillas. Tortillas, cheese 1 salmon burger pattie chopped, spinach and that's it. soo easy.
• Cooked Ramen mixed with tuna fish, mayonnaise, mixed vegetables, and some sliced cheese
• We call it "slop" It's hamburger, cream of mushroom and corn all in one dish
• Chili (from a can) and cornbread (from a box). Don't tell my mother!
• When I'm on dinner duty, the easiest menu is sausages on the grill. Easy, fast and everyone loves them. 
• Dino chicken nuggets from Costco. Embarrassing, but true!

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