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<blockquote data-quote="Calamity Jane" data-source="post: 693233" data-attributes="member: 13882"><p>I always thought it was fun to have "breakfast for dinner" when I was a kid, and I still think it's fast, different and fun. Waffles & link sausages or bacon, scrambled eggs, pancakes. You can't screw it up, either, and there's always something to love.</p><p>English Muffin pizzas are good, too. They make a larger, sandwich size English muffin, and I use my favorite jar sauce (Rao's marinara) and some shredded mozzarella. First, I toast the muffins to about medium in the toaster. In the meantime, I get the broiler in the oven going. When they're toasted to medium, I add the sauce and cheese (you can add whatever other toppings you & the kids enjoy) and slide it under the broiler for just a few minutes. Add a salad, you're done. You could get a rotisserie chicken at the supermarket, already cooked, and do a million different things with that, too, if they like chicken. Slice some on a Caesar salad, add a little BBQ sauce and pineapple chunks over microwave rice, chicken waldorf salad with-grapes, nuts, etc. Depending on how picky your kids are, they may not like any of these things, but you can give them the job to research some recipes on line that they like, and if it's affordable, you guys can make it together and they'll have a better chance of eating what they cook. Foodnetwork.com has some simple, affordable ideas. There's a cook on there with the last name D'Arabian who specializes in family dinners for under $10. Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calamity Jane, post: 693233, member: 13882"] I always thought it was fun to have "breakfast for dinner" when I was a kid, and I still think it's fast, different and fun. Waffles & link sausages or bacon, scrambled eggs, pancakes. You can't screw it up, either, and there's always something to love. English Muffin pizzas are good, too. They make a larger, sandwich size English muffin, and I use my favorite jar sauce (Rao's marinara) and some shredded mozzarella. First, I toast the muffins to about medium in the toaster. In the meantime, I get the broiler in the oven going. When they're toasted to medium, I add the sauce and cheese (you can add whatever other toppings you & the kids enjoy) and slide it under the broiler for just a few minutes. Add a salad, you're done. You could get a rotisserie chicken at the supermarket, already cooked, and do a million different things with that, too, if they like chicken. Slice some on a Caesar salad, add a little BBQ sauce and pineapple chunks over microwave rice, chicken waldorf salad with-grapes, nuts, etc. Depending on how picky your kids are, they may not like any of these things, but you can give them the job to research some recipes on line that they like, and if it's affordable, you guys can make it together and they'll have a better chance of eating what they cook. Foodnetwork.com has some simple, affordable ideas. There's a cook on there with the last name D'Arabian who specializes in family dinners for under $10. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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