In related news, I'm about to clear out my fridge and make a meal plan and shopping list

[conuly]

Fridge clearing has to come first, because over the past two weeks between the family drama and the heat (omg the heat) nobody has cooked and now we need to clean the fridge.

So, anybody have any cheap-but-tasty recipes they'd like to share? They should be pork-free or at least pork-optional - the friend who needed the plane ticket and a place to stay doesn't eat pork, so we need to be able to prepare her serving without no matter what.

Recipes that are fast to prepare or use the slow cooker are appreciated.

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[siderea]

Siderea's 12.5 serving veggie-chicken curry:

Uses
• 6+ qt slowcooker
• A ladle or a mug or something for serving, plus a serving spoon
• a lot of tupperware or ziplocs for the leftovers

Ingredients
• ~4lbs boneless skinless chicken (thighs preferred, but whatever you got)
• 2 packs Kitchens of India Butter Chicken Curry Paste
• four 15oz cans chickpeas
• two 15oz cans peas (optional – or use any veggies in equiv quantity)
• two 15oz cans sliced potato (optional)
• 1lb sliced mushrooms (optional)
• six Tbsp butter (or any oil you like I guess)

Cook everything on LOW for 8 hours, stir to shred the chicken.

To double the number of servings, serve on rice.

I like to put the chickpeas in the bottom, then the curry paste, then a layer of chicken, then half everything else, then a layer of the rest of the chicken, then the rest of everything.

A spectacularly forgiving recipe, just so long as you have the two curry pastes in there, feel free to switch it up with whatever you have on hand that you think might be nice in a curry.