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[quote=Anonymous]I have a lot of running around for kids after work-4-7 pm ish most days.  If I don’t have meals ready they lose their minds and their teens.  I do a lot of meal prep on weekends. Two big meals done on Sunday. One for that day and a leftover meal and another for a different day with enough for leftovers.  That’s four meals.   I have them take baggies of snacks for in the car to/from most of the car pool.   Protein and carbs so pretzel- peanut butter bits, cheese and crackers, fruit snacks and other fruit or veg that I portion out on Sunday to grab and go.  It does help.  Another thing we do is use the oven while we are gone.  Yes I set it at 300 ish and leave it with lasagna or whatever while I am gone but I have never had an issue in 16+ years of doing this.  It helps to pull out dinner literally within 5 mins of getting home.   I also make large salad bags so there is a salad option every day that I just toss in a bowl and dressings ready made.  I have a starving 14 DS, a picky but athletic 16 DD and a vegetarian 12 DD who all seem to manage ok with this set up.  It’s a lot of work on the weekend though.  I work from home two days a week.   Sometimes I cannot manage and dinner is homemade pizza or pizza subs with French bread and sauce.    Or cereal.   I do take out once a week also. Pizza or cava/ etc [/quote]

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