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[quote=Anonymous]Scrambled eggs with the filling of your choice -- doesn't get any quicker than this (unless you are my DH who takes forever to chop anything). Add a salad, bread, and/or fruit to go with. We often serve fruit as part of dinner rather than dessert. I find I eat more of it this way (if it's dessert I fill up on other stuff first and don't ever get to the fruit).

Salmon and catfish cook up quickly in the oven, 20 mins max. I turn the oven on to heat when I get home, and by the time I've changed and fed the cats, it is hot. Stick the fish in, then during the first 5 mins it's in there, wash and roughly chop a couple heads of broccoli. Spread out on a baking sheet lined with foil and drizzled with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Pop that in the oven and roast along with the fish for the remaining 10 or 15 mins, stirring once or twice. When fish and broccoli are done, serve up with lime or lemon wedges to squeeze over the whole thing. Add bread or a starch (bulgur cooks up very fast and requires no attention) if you want. I don't care for plain fish (though many people do), so I usually brush the catfish with a homemade cajun-type spice mix before baking, and with the salmon I might mix together some Greek yogurt, chopped dill, and salt to spread over top once it comes out of the oven. The lime and lemon go well with those too. I love citrus. :)

Salad with pre-washed greens and toppings of choice. I might do hard-boiled or poached eggs, or cheese, or any leftover meat-type protein. Olive oil and vinegar to top.

Soups are great if made in advance. Unfortunately my DH doesn't care for soup that much, but before I met him I used to make a giant pot of soup on the weekend, freeze half of it, and eat the rest for dinner throughout the week with some kind of vegetable.

Sometimes we do random self-assembly meals. Stick out plates of cubed cheese, sliced hard salami, some kind of vegetable (sauteed or roasted kale, sauteed chard, the aforementioned broccoli, sliced and baked sweet potato, etc), sliced fruit, and other random stuff. Let everyone help themselves to all or some of the offerings. This works well when there are some leftovers, but not enough to make a meal. As long as most of the food groups are represented, or I figure we'll hit the missing ones earlier or later in the week, I don't really care if it doesn't "go" together.[/quote]

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