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[quote=Anonymous]In the fall and winter, I use my crock pot a lot - beef stew, carnitas that can be made into soft tacos, etc.

In the cooler months, I make a big pot of spaghetti sauce or soup from scratch once a week.  We eat half of it for dinner or lunches and I freeze the other half.  Same thing when I baked baked ziti or chicken parm - I will freeze half of whatever I make.  Having a freezer full of good, homemade food makes it easy to pop something out for a quick dinner.

I try to make a roast chicken every few weeks on Sunday night.  It's super easy, just time-consuming in that it has to be in the oven for a while.  Then we can use the leftovers for chicken salad pitas, quick chicken soup, etc.

I also make a lot of stir fry with shrimp or chicken + loads of veggies.  The whole dinner takes 20 minutes or less.

Another easy, quick dinner - dredge pieces of chicken breast (I cut boneless, skinless breasts into quarters) in lemon juice then bread crumbs.  Place in a baking dish, drizzle with olive oil and bake at 375 for about 20 minutes.  Serve with a salad and rice pilaf or cous cous.

In the summer we do a lot of grilled fish, chicken, or flank steak with a simple salad.

Williams-Sonoma sells a really cool salad dressing carafe that has a whisk inside of it.  I make homemade dressing and just keep the carafe in the refrigerator - allows you to have homemade dressing without all the work each night.[/quote]

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