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[quote=Anonymous]Some combos that have worked for us:

I often cook Saturday and Sunday and we have Saturday leftovers on Monday and Sunday leftovers on Tuesday.

I sometimes get a rotisserie chicken from Sam's Club (they're much bigger than the ones in supermarkets) for one meal.  After dinner, I make a rice cooker of rice, put in a ziploc bag and freeze.  The next time I need a meal, I defrost the rice in the microwave and can put together a chicken fried rice in about 15 minutes (chop onion or scallions, dice some Virginia smoked ham. scramble/fry an egg, cook onions in oil, add in ham, add in frozen peas, add in defrosted rice, season with a little teriyaki, soy sauce, and sesame oil, toss and add in egg at the end).  My 3 yo twins love the chicken and the fried rice.

I make a spaghetti sauce on the weekend.  After dinner, I make some salads in tupperware bowls.  Come home, make a pot of pasta, microwave some veggies (peas and corn) for the kids, reheat sauce in microwave and dinner in about 15 minutes.

Shepherd's pie can be made the night before and then taken out of the fridge and baked for about 20 minutes.  I make mashed potatoes (I have used boxed mashed potatoes when in a real hurry), brown ground beef with one package of beefy onion soup mix per lb of meat and add in some beef bouillon (I use the brand better than bouillon which is really good).  Put beef in bottom of a baking dish or pie plate, cover with a layer of frozen veggies (I use peas or peas/corn or peas/carrots/corn), then cover with mashed potatoes.  Everything is cooked, so just bake until warm.  You can do something like 400 for 20 minutes or 375 for 25 minutes.

You can prep veggies and meat the night before and then make a stir fry in 15 minutes.  You can make rice the nice before and then reheat in the microwave.

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