20 Recipe Ideas for Coronavirus Self-Quarantine

20 Recipe Ideas for Coronavirus Self-Quarantine (and Make-Ahead Meals)

Here are 20 Recipe Ideas for Coronavirus Self-Quarantine I gathered that feature easy pantry-friendly ingredients. You’ll see great soups, delicious potatoes, homemade loaves of bread (easy), and desserts of course! I’ve placed all these recipes and more into the handy-dandy slide show below. Some of these recipes use fresh ingredients, but you can easily swap with canned or pre-made items (that I mention in the notes). I hope you find these helpful. Best wishes to you during this difficult time and stay healthy!

Don’t just survive; eat like a king during self-quarantine!

It feels so strange to write about this topic instead of the lovely spring recipes I was going to begin sharing with you. However, I want to serve you the very best I can, which means setting aside those springtime recipes and sharing these 20 Recipe Ideas for Coronavirus Self-Quarantine so you know how to use all those dry goods that are now stacked ceiling-high in your pantry. I do personally feel that this whole COVID 19 Pandemic is serious but we must keep our heads! There is a lot of misinformation being spread out there, and sadly I feel many media outlets are putting their best interests above those of the nation for clicks, views, etc.

After all of our lives fell apart last week, it has made me incredibly thankful for two things; having my family close around me, and having cooking skills! So now that we all have a stockpile of food to go with all that toilet paper, what will YOU be cooking?? Let me give you some fun and handy recipes so you can eat like a king during self-quarantine!

Quick Crusty Dinner Bread- A delicious loaf made with simple ingredients. Using Rapid-Rise yeast ensures this fresh loaf is on your table in an hour or less!
Easy Strawberry Pink Fluff will come in handy if you are looking for a last-minute side dish to bring to dinner! Made with Jell-O, marshmallows, Cool Whip and fresh strawberries (optional). You can make this with any flavor Jell-O!
This is THE Best Potato Bread recipe out there. So light and fluffy~ and easy because it's made with instant boxed potatoes!
Em's Chili- Made with ground turkey, canned tomatoes, canned beans, seasonings, and chicken broth (which I always use chicken bouillon cubes for).
Cold Buster Smoothie Bowl- Packed with healthy immune system building ingredients. Make this up ahead of time and pour into an empty ice cube mold and freeze. Break the desired amount of frozen cubes into a blender and let sit at room temp for 30 minutes, then blend until smooth
Black Bean Sweet Potato Enchiladas- Simply swap out canned sweet potato instead of fresh for a great meatless dinner.
Cherry Chocolate Cobbler is simply made with a can of cherry pie filling, chocolate chips and chocolate cake mix!
Tuna Salad goes from blah to wow thanks to roasted red peppers and capers.
Vanilla banana steel-cut oatmeal. Just mix in frozen mashed banana and a few drops of vanilla for a delicious and healthy breakfast!
Mini Peach Galettes are free-form pies that can be made with any canned fruit filling and store-bought pie dough!
Easy Fresh Flour Tortillas just need flour, water, and shortening to whip up a fresh batch!
Green Chile Apple Pie isn't just delicious, it's also full of vitamin C! Just substitute canned apple pie filling for fresh apples and spices.
Vegetable Rotini Soup is a great way to use up fresh produce, eat healthy, and have a homemade meal on the cheap!
Creamy White Chicken Chili is delicious and full of green chile which has three times as much vitamin C as an orange! Grab a rotisserie chicken from your local grocer, shred the meat and use it in this recipe.
This Creamy Chicken Biscuit Bake is another great meal that is made simple by substituting shredded rotisserie chicken in the recipe, along with a can of pre-made biscuit dough and a can of cream of chicken soup!
Cheesy Broccoli Cauliflower bake is a great side dish made with shelf-stable Velveeta cheese!
Make-Ahead Twice Baked Potatoes are sooo delicious and easy to make! I made up a batch of these just yesterday.
Make-Ahead Chicken Noodle Soup. Make it now so that if you happen to catch Corona Virus and you've got the aches, you have homemade soup ready to go!
Rocky Road No-Bake Cookies are a sinch to throw together. You just need peanut butter, rice crispies, chocolate chips, almond bark, and marshmallows.
30-Minute Chili Mac is as simple as cooking up some ground beef with onion, bell pepper, and spices. Then stirring in a bunch of melty shredded cheese for ooey gooey goodness!

What to eat during coronavirus quarantine

If you find yourself in a 14-day quarantine and don’t have a full pantry at home, thankfully in the US there are many options for getting food if you’re stuck in your house for two weeks. In my slide show of 20 Recipe Ideas for Coronavirus Self-Quarantine above, I included some healthy and delicious make-ahead recipes that I’m definitely stocking up on in case I get sick!

Grocery Delivery. In many areas of the country, Walmart is now delivering grocery orders for a small fee. They’re not the only ones too. Here’s a list by Good Housekeeping of 9 grocery delivery services you can try. Order your groceries and instruct the deliverer to place them on your doorstep so they don’t have to come inside or touch any door handles.
Freezer Meals. If you happen to own a large freezer, you can stock up on store-bought frozen dinners, meats and frozen veggies. But beware, some freezer meals have a crazy-high sodium (salt) content. try to stay away from those if you can. Eat healthy so you can stay healthy. :0)
Meal Plan. Create a meal plan NOW and purchase what you need beforehand, so if/when you get sick you’ll already have it, so you can focus on getting well. I try to meal plan a week at a time, so I can focus all my brainpower on more important things (like helping my kids with all this new homeschooling!) Who loves standing in front of an open fridge or pantry door wondering what the heck to make for dinner?! NOT me :0)

I’d love to hear about any ‘go-to’ recipes that you have found helpful in the last couple of weeks!

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