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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 262344" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Here's a list of what helped me the most as a single working mom:</p><p></p><p>1) Plan ahead and forget cooking everything from scratch.</p><p>2) Cook things that take longer and that are good as left-overs (casseroles, spaghetti, crock pot dishes) on Sundays. Then, have it for dinner on Sun. evening and Tuesday and freeze part of it if there's enough.</p><p>3) Not cooking everything from scratch means, for me, I buy pre-packaged salad greens and boil-in-the bag white rice and make things like spaghetti sauce by browning my own ground beef and tossing in onion and mushrooms, then mixing it with a sauce from a jar. I also add frozen meatballs (that I buy) to my skillet while I'm browning the ground beef.</p><p>4) Then, for instance, Mon. and Thurs. dinner might be something off the grill plus vegies done in the big toaster over (cooks quicker and takes less time and energy to heat than the big oven) or vegies cooked on the stove- spinach, zuchinni, etc. (Tip- when there are only a couple of people to cook for- throw 2 night's of meat on the grill at one time- ie, beef for tonight plus chicken for the next night or two- it saves time and resources.)</p><p>5) Then, maybe Wed.'s dinner is something quick and easy- a stir-fry and pasta or rice and salad or fish to stick in the oven. And one night a week- usually Fri. because I'd be the most tired- is what I call "wing-it" night. This means dinner is going to be something from the freezer or picked up on the way home or a bowl of soup and sandwich or pizza. It used to mean a possible dinner out, until finances got so tight.</p><p></p><p>Oh- I forgot Sat LOL! On Sat is when I would cook whatever I might really want that would take longer. If I could get left-overs out of it or freeze some of it, all the better! Also, I taught difficult child that if there's a dinner he particularly likes but it takes a long time to prepare, he probably won't get it mid-week, but I'd make it sometimes on a Sat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 262344, member: 3699"] Here's a list of what helped me the most as a single working mom: 1) Plan ahead and forget cooking everything from scratch. 2) Cook things that take longer and that are good as left-overs (casseroles, spaghetti, crock pot dishes) on Sundays. Then, have it for dinner on Sun. evening and Tuesday and freeze part of it if there's enough. 3) Not cooking everything from scratch means, for me, I buy pre-packaged salad greens and boil-in-the bag white rice and make things like spaghetti sauce by browning my own ground beef and tossing in onion and mushrooms, then mixing it with a sauce from a jar. I also add frozen meatballs (that I buy) to my skillet while I'm browning the ground beef. 4) Then, for instance, Mon. and Thurs. dinner might be something off the grill plus vegies done in the big toaster over (cooks quicker and takes less time and energy to heat than the big oven) or vegies cooked on the stove- spinach, zuchinni, etc. (Tip- when there are only a couple of people to cook for- throw 2 night's of meat on the grill at one time- ie, beef for tonight plus chicken for the next night or two- it saves time and resources.) 5) Then, maybe Wed.'s dinner is something quick and easy- a stir-fry and pasta or rice and salad or fish to stick in the oven. And one night a week- usually Fri. because I'd be the most tired- is what I call "wing-it" night. This means dinner is going to be something from the freezer or picked up on the way home or a bowl of soup and sandwich or pizza. It used to mean a possible dinner out, until finances got so tight. Oh- I forgot Sat LOL! On Sat is when I would cook whatever I might really want that would take longer. If I could get left-overs out of it or freeze some of it, all the better! Also, I taught difficult child that if there's a dinner he particularly likes but it takes a long time to prepare, he probably won't get it mid-week, but I'd make it sometimes on a Sat. [/QUOTE]
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