your go-to easy weeknight meal

Yesterday evening, I asked the Instagram crowd what their go-to, weeknight, I have nothing to cook meal is. I said mine is hands down ALWAYS waffles and eggs. I always have the ingredients on hand. It’s fast, everything comes out at the same time, and my boys feel like it’s the best night ever.

I asked my Instagram friends what their go-to meal is when they have nothing planned…and I got over 50 comments. It was fascinating to see that most of us cook the same sorts of things.

From my casual observation, these are the top go-to, last minute, weeknight meals:

• Brinner. Breakfast for dinner. Some sort of pancake, egg, bacon, sausage mashup. We do waffles or pancakes with half of our boy delegation enjoy eggs over medium and the other half prefer scrambled.
• Quesadillas. This had never ever occurred to me, but SO GENIUS.
• Spaghetti
• Grilled Cheese with or without soup
• Snack Plate (we do this on the rare occasion we’re all kind of doing our own thing at dinner time)

What do you cook when you have nothing planned? When you’re down to the bare bones of your fridge and pantry? Tell us in the comments–because we could all use some new ideas! Also, make sure to check out the comments on that Instagram picture, because they will make you feel TOTALLY normal and well adjusted. Being an adult is so much fun! :)