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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sure, I'd love to.  Will you come over to my house and teach me how to cook?

They do eat real food - quite a bit.  Just not on rushed week nights.

I am a great mom and a good person in many, many respects.  But I never learned how to cook and I have no idea where to start, without spending a lot of time and effort making things that my kids then will not eat.

I'm looking for baby steps, here.

Sorry - this is OP, obviously.  Having a rough night.  Should have known better than to post here.[/quote]

That poster was nasty.  Wish I could come to your house and teach you to cook, I too am a busy working mom and would love to make a career out of helping moms like yourself. I think I have a pretty good system.  My kids are the same age as yours as well and healthy eating is sooo important, so I really do make the time and plan.  Here are basics I do:
-LARGE pot of lentils on Sunday nights. I often season with one link of sausage (andulille or chorizo). I make a pot of brown rice and we munch on this all week.
-LARGE pot pf Chili made with very lean grass fed beef and lots of beans. For a quick meal for the kids, I'll throw the chili over pasta (DH and I avoid the white carbs ourselves and just eat the chili)
-Large pot of split pea soup, often seasoned with ham hock. For t he kids I serve it with crusty bread.
-Home made pizza dough freezes up VERY well. I always have a few in my freezer and do think crust pizza at least 2xs a month.  Pizza can be very healthy if you put the right toppings on it.
-In a pinch I always have the panko breaded BAKED tilapia fillets from Costo.  Better alternative to  fish stix
-For a pinch, I always have in the freezer baked sweet potato fries.
-Broccoli is my best friend.
-I usually grill a couple of marinated chicken breasts once a week and have in the fridge to put on salads or quesadillas in WW tortillas for thethe kids. I marinate the chicken in advance and put in the freezer in 2 breast packs, unthaw and grill when ready.[/quote]

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