What's for Dinner?

Many of us or maybe most of us are really tired or bored with cooking. Yes, I know of you few who still love to cook. You can stop reading right now...

Okay, now that they are gone we can get on with this. I asked for suggestions besides Busy Butternut and I got some good sources. Even Busy Butternut came up with a new plan. Here is what they are going to do.

Every Thursday Busy Butternut will set up a little store in our private dining room. They will bring various fresh, packaged dinners. The cost will be $5.00 and you can pay with cash, check or credit card. Any items that are not sold on Thursday will be placed in the Bistro refrigerator and may be purchased the same way we always purchase Bistro items. Just fill out a card and the charge will be added to your rent. They will begin selling at 3 pm to 5 pm every Thursday beginning on November 3. Pickup days are 11/3/22, 11/10/22 and 11/17/22 in November.
Once a month there will be a buffet-like spread similar to what we had on October 13. The cost for that will be $5.00 also. To me this is a dream come true. What could be easier?

I located a list of frozen dinners which are healthy and also tasty from a source I hope is reputable. I don't know if all of them can be found in local grocery stores but you guys can check it out.

 1. Jafflz Enchilada Toasted Pocket

 2 .Stouffer's Fit Kitchen Cali Chicken

 3. Performance Kitchen Creamy Cauliflower Mac & Cheese

 4. Healthy Choice Café Steamers Pineapple Chicken

 5. Bell and Evans Gourmet Chicken Burgers

 6. Applegate Well Carved Organic Asian Style Pork Meatballs

 7. Healthy Choice Café Steamers Cajun-Style Chicken and Shrimp

 8. Lean Cuisine Market place Chicken With Almonds

 9. Green Giant California Style Harvest Protein Bowl

10. Kashi Black Bean Mango Bowl

11. Amy's Brown Rice, Black Eye Peas and Veggies Bowl

12. Alexia Butternut Squash Risotto

13. Lean Cuisine Butternut Squash Ravioli

14. Lean Cuisine Marketplace Chicken Cashew Stir Fry

15. Kashi Sweet Potato Quinoa Bowl

16. Kashi Chimichurri Quinoa Bowl

17. Amy's Light & Lean Quinoa and Black Beans Bowl

18. Dr. Praeger's California Veggie Burgers

19. Kashi Blueberry Waffles

20. Gorton's Natural Catch Lemon Pepper Grilled Fillets

21. Caulipower All Natural Frozen Chicken Tenders

22. Amy's Black Bean Vegetable Enchilada

23. Trader Joe's Cauliflower Gnocchi

24. Boca All -American Veggie Burgers

25. Gorton's Natural Catch Classic Style Grilled Salmon

If you try any of these and find them satisfying let others know. Several people recommended Boston Market Turkey Medallions. I researched that and it looks like a good meal.

Meal Village in Lisle is a delivery restaurant. You do not have to sign up for a plan. You can just call up in the morning and they will deliver. I looked at their menu and they had some of the following items: backyard grilled barbecue chicken, meat lasagna with roasted broccoli, turkey meatloaf with scalloped potatoes, pan roasted salmon with garlic mashed potatoes and so forth. The prices ran around $11 to $13. Meal Village was suggested by several residents.

Pete's Market was touted by many of you. Greek chicken, brisket in bourbon sauce and barbecued ribs were favorites. Indian Harvest Carry-Out features northern Indian food. Others mentioned Casey's having a good selection of food.

Mariano's has a meal plan called Home Chef. At each store there is a small open refrigerated container that has many of what they offer in their plan. It is usually near the produce section. You can buy them individually. I've tried some of the offerings and so far I have liked what I chose.. 

The croissants at Costco were also recommended. You get a very large bag so most of us would have to freeze many of them. However the person who suggested them said to cut them the long way like a hot dog bun and they are easy to warm up. I did not do that when I tried them so I am ready to give it another go. I must confess this tip came from a guy.

Now please discuss this among yourselves. If better ideas come up, let's talk.