Do you struggle with what’s for dinner some weeks? I do! Below you will find easy meal solutions that help our family. I hope they help your family.
As a full time working Momma getting dinner on the table in a timely manner has always been a challenge. We have to have easy meal solutions. We generally get home from school by 4:30pm. When we get home I have lunch bag contents to clean/put away, I get my daughter situated with her homework load, keep up with my active son who does not yet have homework (yet) and anything else that might come up once we are home!
How much longer till dinner?
Oh! And then there is the ‘how much longer till dinner’ question. Seeing that we get home as late as we do I can totally understand their question. We are all hungry! Of course we have healthy snacks to help hold us over but it’s not dinner. Because most nights we do not just come home and stay home I knew early on that we had to explore other dinner options vs ordering takeout too often otherwise we were going to be eating dinner after 8pm when the kids should be going to bed! BTW: As I am writing this post it is 8:20pm and we are eating dinner! Spring is crazier than normal however. Ha!
Saving time in the kitchen
It is important to note that I LOVE TO COOK! I truly enjoy meal planning and trying new recipes. My kids are not picky eaters and for that I am very thankful. Meal planning, food shopping and prep/cooking takes TIME! I had to do something to speed up meal time – I did not want to spend my evenings in the kitchen! I want to be with my kids that I have missed all day! Cooking can wait till the weekend.
Here is a list of easy meal solutions that we have tried and why we love them or why we did not! I hope that one or more will help you get dinner on the table Monday – Friday (or all seven days of the week) faster so that you too can have more time to do what it is you need/want/love to do!
Easy Meal Solutions:
I hope this recap helps your meal planning for weeknights or every night! I would love to hear your weeknight dinner solutions for busy nights! Please share in the comments!
**This post is not sponsored, all meal services, appliances, etc. were purchased with my own money and not given to me.**
