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[quote=Anonymous]We usually eat dinner around 630, but that is since I took a job that is more flexible.  Before we ate closer to 7.  We probably cook in some form maybe 2-3 nights during the work week.  The rest of the time we eat leftovers or pre-made food.  NY Times Cooking has a meal plan newsletter that has 5 very quick meals (from which I might choose 2 to make), so I recommend that.  I also tend to make a big meal over the weekend (or during the week in the slow cooker) so we can have leftovers.  Some examples of pre-made food--we might buy a quiche or lasagna or ravioli and sauce and freeze it. For quick cooking, I like grill-fest (chicken thighs, veg (corn/zucchini/eggplant/portabellos/almost anything), sheet pan fish (usually from frozen) and sheet pan veg (cauliflower is my current fav, along with flat beans), or some sort of quick pasta (frozen peas cook in seconds!).  We've toyed with having someone come and help with meal prep, but we've got a quick meal down to a science, so it wasn't really worth it for us, but you could look into that.  Or I know some people hire help for the post-work to bed time shift, so you either are spending time on doing the pick up or the meal prep, but not both.

Good luck, and know that it is something we all struggle with.[/quote]

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