Yes, this post is about food, and no, this blog is not about food. How many parents out there have things they want to do besides churning out three meals every day for the foreseeable future? No? It’s just me?
I’m not that picky. I want a healthy, delicious dinner on the table every night at a reasonable hour, it can’t take forever to prepare, and oh yeah, the kids have to actually want to eat it.
Here’s a sample schedule of dinner at my house.
- Sunday: Eat dinner at Grandma’s if possible, otherwise, pasta.
- Monday: Burritos
- Tuesday: Chicken, rice, vegetables from the freezer
- Wednesday: Mac N’ Cheese
- Thursday: Something in the slow-cooker
- Friday: Tuna Melts and roasted garbanzo beans
- Saturday: Left-overs
Is it boring? Yes. But these meals are inexpensive, quick to prepare, and generally healthy.
Not spending hours producing dinner means I might be able to squeeze in another 500 words that day. (See how I brought this back around to writing?)
What are some go-to meals I’m missing? Share, please!
Mariah Klein 
Dinner is the hardest part about parenting… it’s every night and for some reason impossible or roast chicken.
Agreed!
fish fillets (the ones you just pull out of the freezer, bake and are done) plus sweet potato fries (also from freezer, dump on tray, bake and done) plus baby carrots/celery sticks with hummus or frozen peas. my kids will eat plain frozen peas!
Yes! The freezer is our friend!