When I was young, spaghetti was a special dinner we had only on Sundays. And it was the only meal we had that we were allowed to drink soda with, so it was a treat. I still do a similar recipe as an adult, but obviously no longer limit myself from having it only on Sundays.

Could be my cultural background but I’m a sucker for a traditional Sunday sauce or (even better) baked ziti, at least during most of the year.

Summer cookouts are also awesome with a spread of charred hot dogs, burgers, potato salad, pasta salad, and lettuce-based salad.

Saturday at lunch is the best. Everyone.makes thier own food and I don't have to cook. Thats the best weekend meal ever.

When I'm visiting family, I'll sometimes cook a huge breakfast.

Bacon, scrambled eggs, french toast (with cinnamon), etc

leftovers

I'm tired from work and don't want to cook

Chili and corn bread. My chili uses beans, but I’m not from Texas, so it’s fine. I use two kinds of beans (pinto, and dark red kidney) and two kinds of meat (ground beef, and hot Italian sausage).

If I wanted to make Texas chili, I wouldn’t use ground meat, I’d use stew beef, and I’d have peppers (Bell and jalapeño) and I’d omit the masa. I could make decent Texas chili, but my regular chili is awesome if you don’t hate beans.