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[quote=Anonymous]This happens with increasing regularity now that most people are less covid cautious and our kids are older (still younger than yours though, OP).
Here are things that we do
-as PPs have suggested, stretch with bread, pasta, fruit, etc
-in summer especially, we tend to keep hot dogs on hand, easy to stretch a main protein.
-keep stuff for easy “meals for lots of people” on hand and scrap the original plan. I probably wind up doing this 3-4x/month. Spaghetti and jarred sauce, mac and cheese, pasta with (stuff) - the trick is to not have the main be a big chunk of meat. 
-Feed different groups of people (ie parents vs kids) at slightly different times, unobtrusively, and the adults get something that’s slightly different.  
-we always have ramen, box mac and cheese, and frozen chicken tenders on hand.

That said, I am the leftovers queen, and my younger kids thrive on a picnic “eat while you run around the yard” dinner - so a smorgasbord menu and/or leftovers doesn’t faze them at all.

And ITA with PP - you WANT to do this and be the house where everyone feels comfortable. [/quote]

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