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[quote=Anonymous]We do pasta one night a week. Spaghetti and meatballs/meat sauce, or chicken parm with angel hair, or fettuccine alfredo with grilled chicken. Usually a bagged salad and some garlic bread with that. None of these take more than 30 minutes.

Another night I will do something that I can throw together earlier in the day and let simmer and be ready for dinner. Beef stew or beef tips in gravy or chili or something like that. That usually takes only 10-20 minutes of prep and then you serve it up at dinner time.

A third night will usually be a meat and potatoes or meat and rice meal (with a green vegetable on the side). This could be meatloaf or hamburger steak or grilled pork chops or steak bites (just buy sirloin tips and brown in a blazing hot skillet with some butter and Worcestershire for 2-3 minutes). Again, this only takes about 30 minutes or so.

I also make chicken pot pies (make a roux, add chicken broth and a bit of cream, frozen veggies and browned chicken, pour in a baking dish and top with cut up biscuits and bake), and every couple months I will make up a huge Crockpot of red beans or black beans, freeze the individual portions, and do red beans or black beans and rice on weeknights when I really just don't want to cook. Add a little smoked or Andouille sausage to the red beans and rice if your husband insists on meat with a meal like mine. Tacos and burritos are also insanely easy. Open and heat some black or pinto beans, brown some meat, and set out toppings. Everyone makes their own.

Friday night we always go out to dinner, and on Saturday we order pizza to watch football with. So I essentially cook Sunday-Thursday. [/quote]

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