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[quote=Anonymous]Here are some things we (mostly ME) do for our picky 7yo that has an opinion about everything when I'm in a jam. I do know how to cook and I have more time than I know alot of families do but sometimes you get stuck and it all comes down to the wire with soccer or dance and tough schedules.

Tacos - use premade tortilla shells, cook turkey hamburger meat, with cheese ... hubs and i add other stuff including salsa and whatnot but she just likes them plain.

Sometimes when I buy a rotisserie chicken I get 2 (fridays at giant - 2 for 10.00!) and we eat one and the other i pick all the meat off so you have shredded meat to use in any recipe possible. It keeps for a few days so generally on Monday or Tuesday you can use it in a casserole or in a stir fry or something. Or they can just eat the shredded chicken plain.

You can buy a box of brown rice that comes in premeasured bags and you just boil it for about 5 minutes in a pot on the stove. Then you could make a mini stir fry with canned or steam in the bag veggies. DC shys away from "stir fry" so she gets all the components not mixed together ... we do a lot of veggies fresh but I could care less about corn and broccoli so those things come in those steam fresh bags and I am totally siked about it.

I make our own french fries by cutting potatoes into slices and putting on a pan with olive oil and salt and pepper. I've also taken a packet of the dry ranch dressing or french onion soup mix and cut up a bunch of mini red potatoes into little cubes. Put both those things with a little olive oil in a ziploc bag and shake it up. Then put in a pyrex and toss in the oven at 350 for about 45 minutes (this is good to do right when you get home, then do other things around the house - get kids settled whatever and finish the rest of the meal).[/quote]

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