Easy Cooking

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I guess then just try to pre-prep as much as you can earlier in the day so it's

ready to just heat 'n serve? Back in the (bad) old days when I had to work

away from home I'd buy hamburger in quanity packs and pre-make lots of stuff

like meat balls, poor man's chicken fried steak, etc. It would be raw, but

mixed with the seasonings, shaped in to the balls or patties, then frozen. If I

froze them out on a cookie sheet first, then I could throw them all in a bag

together and just take out the amount I needed. They would not be stuck

together. I found this worked with breading meat, also - rolled in flower, then

frozen.

Now days shoot - we live here, we work here, we home school here; we eat three

meals a day together. We have the whole damn day to socialize. NOT seeing my

kids is the treat ! LOL! By th e time dinner time rolls around - about 6:30 -

I'm ready to ship them off to the bath tub and the bed! LOL!

s.

Re: Trying to catch up!

We used to do the 6:00 dinner but my kids are habitual early risers

so bedtime is no later than 7:30. Doesn't matter what time they go

down, they are up right around 6am! If I push dinner to 6:00, then

bed is literally as soon as they finish. It just doesn't work for

us. Dinner is very social for us -- lots of chatting about the day

and laid back atmosphere. I love that part!!

Thanks for the suggestion. It may work as they get older.

Marilouise

9/9/03, LCF, DBB 14/7

Owen and 3/20/99

> Could you not knock dinner time back to 6? Let your dh come home

and spend some *quality* time with the kids while you cook

That's our system here, it works pretty good.

> s.

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> Hi Naomi,

> I call in the witching hour but we certainly go through it here.

My

> DH doesn't walk in the door until 5:00 usually and that's when we

> eat dinner so from 4-5 I am cooking dinner while playing referee

to

> the older two and holding a screaming who yells " huggy "

> (hungry) as soon as she sees food no matter what she ate 5 minutes

> ago. And my DH wonders why we aren't smiley when he comes home????

> I try my best but that hour can ruin a perfectly wonderful day

> otherwise.

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