Dinner when you Just Can’t

[Anonymous]

sausage and mashed potatoes (fm the box)
cheese and cracker
hotdogs and chips
TJ frozen gnocchi
frozen Korean pancakes

[Anonymous]

Roasted broccoli. Pasta. Pesto sauce. Parmesan cheese. Toss together.

Everyone loves it.

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Anonymous wrote:I tell my kids to figure it out themselves. Eat whatever they want that's healthy. By age 6 they could put together something simple. Maybe they needed me to cut something or pour boiling water out.

A 6yo making their own dinner is sad. Once in a while, fine. But if that’s a regular thing, that’s really sad.

[Anonymous]

We go to the salad bar and make our own salads then buy a baguette

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tell my kids to figure it out themselves. Eat whatever they want that's healthy. By age 6 they could put together something simple. Maybe they needed me to cut something or pour boiling water out.

The thought of 6 year olds making their own dinner is sad to me. Really any kid under like 12. Geez.

My 5 year old does this occasionally. Or makes his own lunch on the weekend. Usually a tortilla with nut butter and toppings like fruit, granola, etc. I don’t find it sad…

NP. The occasional weekend lunch is fine. Dinner, that’s sad. Dinner should be family time. Dinner should be parents taking care of kids. Once in a while, fine. Not regularly. That is sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you make for dinner when you have no energy and are totally phoning it in? I’ll start:

Open-faced tuna melts, tomato soup from a can

Veggie “chicken” nuggets and oven fries, salad

Refrigerator-section ravioli or tortellini, jarred sauce, salad

Cavatappi with jarred light Alfredo sauce with frozen peas mixed in, asparagus

Make-your-own pizzas, salad

Each of these is a real dinner in my house. Not remotely phoning it in. Seriously, what do you consider a decent meal?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tell my kids to figure it out themselves. Eat whatever they want that's healthy. By age 6 they could put together something simple. Maybe they needed me to cut something or pour boiling water out.

The thought of 6 year olds making their own dinner is sad to me. Really any kid under like 12. Geez.

My 5 year old does this occasionally. Or makes his own lunch on the weekend. Usually a tortilla with nut butter and toppings like fruit, granola, etc. I don’t find it sad…

I agree it is sad. It is great they can do it, but sad that a parent is not willing to create a family dinner. I despise cooking. Hate it but still manage to throw something togethor.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you make for dinner when you have no energy and are totally phoning it in? I’ll start:

Open-faced tuna melts, tomato soup from a can

Veggie “chicken” nuggets and oven fries, salad

Refrigerator-section ravioli or tortellini, jarred sauce, salad

Cavatappi with jarred light Alfredo sauce with frozen peas mixed in, asparagus

Make-your-own pizzas, salad

Each of these is a real dinner in my house. Not remotely phoning it in. Seriously, what do you consider a decent meal?

OP here. Fresh but simple:
marinated roast salmon, steamed spinach, rice
Homemade chicken pot pie (weekend)
Homemade chili, soup or stew with cornbread and a salad
Eggplant Parmesan, salad, garlic bread
Roast chicken, mashed potatoes, asparagus (weekend)
Lots of things that would be considered “30 minute meals” or Pioneer Woman-level effort

Basically, two fresh/homemade things and maybe one phone-it-in side like Rice a Roni or frozen rolls

[Anonymous]

Quesadillas are a 5 min staple. If I’m too tired for that, cereal or frozen waffles. Or snack plate- pepperoni, cheese, cut up veggies, cashews, hummus/chips.

[Anonymous]

Frozen pizza and carrot sticks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tell my kids to figure it out themselves. Eat whatever they want that's healthy. By age 6 they could put together something simple. Maybe they needed me to cut something or pour boiling water out.

The thought of 6 year olds making their own dinner is sad to me. Really any kid under like 12. Geez.

My 5 year old does this occasionally. Or makes his own lunch on the weekend. Usually a tortilla with nut butter and toppings like fruit, granola, etc. I don’t find it sad…

NP. The occasional weekend lunch is fine. Dinner, that’s sad. Dinner should be family time. Dinner should be parents taking care of kids. Once in a while, fine. Not regularly. That is sad.

Im the pp that said a 6 year old making their own dinner is sad and that was my point too. I sit at the table and eat with my family every night. Even if it’s the quick and easy meal and even if nobody really talks to each other much. I feel like it’s minimal effort to show that you care and are there. Telling a six year old to figure it out is just sad. If it’s a once in a while thing like the migraine pp, fine, but if it’s a regular thing then 😔

[Anonymous]

Spaghetti with a jarred sauce. (Preferably a sauce that I made and canned or froze last summer, but sometimes a grocery store jar does it)

Hamburger patties - with our without bun, depending on what we have around - with sliced cucumbers and cherry tomatoes

Tuna melts - I'm with you on that one!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spaghetti with a jarred sauce. (Preferably a sauce that I made and canned or froze last summer, but sometimes a grocery store jar does it)

Hamburger patties - with our without bun, depending on what we have around - with sliced cucumbers and cherry tomatoes

Tuna melts - I'm with you on that one!!

🙄 are they handmade buns also? Lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tell my kids to figure it out themselves. Eat whatever they want that's healthy. By age 6 they could put together something simple. Maybe they needed me to cut something or pour boiling water out.

The thought of 6 year olds making their own dinner is sad to me. Really any kid under like 12. Geez.

My 5 year old does this occasionally. Or makes his own lunch on the weekend. Usually a tortilla with nut butter and toppings like fruit, granola, etc. I don’t find it sad…

NP. The occasional weekend lunch is fine. Dinner, that’s sad. Dinner should be family time. Dinner should be parents taking care of kids. Once in a while, fine. Not regularly. That is sad.

DP, but don’t find it sad at all. I think we’d be in a better place as a society if more kids were taught to be capable, contributing humans.

[Anonymous]

I make big omelets, with up to six eggs. Grated cheese, halved cherry tomatoes, sliced ham pieces, etc. Then divide the finished product into portions. Five minutes, fluffy, and delicious. It takes some practice to build up to six eggs, though; get really good with three or four first.