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[quote=Anonymous]How quickly do you want dinner done? I get home around 5:30 - 6:00 with our older daughter and start dinner for the family to eat about 20 minutes to an hour later when my wife gets home with our 20 month old and then go into bedtime routine by around 7:30 -8:00.

Stir Fry - simple protein such as beef or chicken with green peppers, broccoli or asparagus with oyster sauce, garlic or soy sauce gravy thickened with corn starch served with rice.

Since both kids love tofu, maybe a mild ma po tofu which is basically tofu with oyster sauce and ground meat. Add peas for vegetable. Use hot sesame seed oil to spice up my own servings.

Generally challenge is for the rice to get done before the rest of the food as that is usually the slowest step.

Use leftover rice to make fried rice.

Roast chicken is an easy one. We always have bone in skin on thighs which you just sprinkle with some salt and pepper and sear on both sides to get a nice crust and then put in the oven with some onions and herbs to finish for about 20 minutes during which time you can get potatoes ready for mashed potatoes or microwaved baked potatoes and sauteed vegetables in olive oil or butter and garlic. Once you take the chicken out, you can use the roasted and hopefully carmelized onions with the chicken drippings to make gravy. Can be done in 30 minutes easily.

Can do something similar to above with pork chops, but do those exclusively on the stovetop or you'll end up with really dry pork. To change up starches you can use grits and adding cheese to grits or mashed potatoes can  add some variety. Also can mix chopped up leafy green vegetables to both.

Homemade pizza using pitas or lavash bread, tomato paste, mozzarela and other toppings. Fun to get kids involved in putting toppings on.

We keep some frozen flounder filets in the freezer and use those to make a variation on sole meunier which is really easy and fast since the fish cooks really fast. Dresge the filet in flour and pan fry in butter. Can also do simple pan fried salmon with just a little salt to taste. The other day, did an olive oil poached salmon filet. Most fishes can be done in 20 minutes or less.

Hope this is helpful.
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