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[quote=Anonymous]I used to be a fairly good cook and I like to cook. My oldest is 10, so cooking and meal prep has been a struggle for 10 years now. 
Challenges: 
*Picky eaters/food waste: I feel like I put forth the effort, make a meal, and then no one eats it. They eat dinner maybe 1 day a week.
*It's only the kids and me during the week (DH travels): I don't eat much dinner (lunch is my big meal) and the kids are picky and light dinner eaters. I fall back on giving them yogurt and cheese and crackers. It's hard to make a dinner that no one really wants.
*Don't know where to start: I really don't...so I just don't even start. It's a mental battle.

What I've tried:
*HelloFresh: Good, but no one ate the meals and it was expensive. We've gotten it on the weekends though and DH likes the meals and so do I.
*EMeals: love the grocery lists, but it was a lot of shopping and no one really eats the meals.
*DIY: I've tried making a menu, shopping, cooking...but it's a LOT of waste.
*Food therapy: Made some headway but not much.

Most of the time I am fine serving "kid dinners"...assembled Trader Joe's meals, essentially. But then I feel guilty.
DH think it's a mess of our making: we don't offer dinner, so they don't eat dinner, so they get more picky. Likely true, but it is SO hard to get home from work and make a meal that will get thrown away.

I'd love:
*general suggestions
*ideas for meals that are like "girl dinners" or "Kid dinners" but perhaps more hearty...meals even your picky eaters would eat.[/quote]

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