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[quote=Anonymous]We eat quesadillas at least once a week—
I smash canned black beans on a tortilla, shred cheddar or jack cheese on top, cover it with another tortilla and fry in olive oil.  Top with chopped tomatos and avocado if we have it.  I add chopped scallions for the kid who likes it, or mushrooms or leftover meat if we have it.

Fried rice —  I use combo of olive oil and sesame oil.
Heat oil in pan while you chop a carrot.  Put carrot in to sauté.  Chop white parts of one bunch of scallions and add.  Chop garlic and add it.  Add shredded ginger (I use the preformed cubes).  Addd a cup of frozen peas.  When all heated through take off stove.  Add a lktt more oil and make an easy omelette of 3 beaten eggs.  Take off stove.  Add a little more oil and heat.  Add a bag of TJ precooked brown rice (or just any precooked rice) intil it’s cooked through.  While it’s cooking chop the green part of scallion bunch.  Add back in veggies and sliced omelette and stir.  Drizzle in one pack of soy sauce and a few drops of sriracha if you have it.  I like to top with chopped pwanuts but my kids don’t like the peanuts.

Grilled cheese or egg sandwich with side of fruit or spinach-mango smoothie.

I remake an easy casserole which is leftover bread ends, beaten eggs, cooked sausage, garlic powder, cheese.  It can sit in fridge for a day and It takes about 20 min to cook .  Serve with side salad or soknach smoothies.

Fish cooks quickly.  Maybe once a week we salmon.  We get the single packs pre marinated at Costco.  Put the packs in bowl of water to defrost while you heat grill or oven..  at same time put water on to boil.  Out salmon in oven or on grill and add rose to rice.  A minute before rice is done, add a cup or more of frozen peas.  Drain it, then add a pat of butter and let that melt in.  The salmon will now be done.  The whole thing takes llle 20 minutes including preheating.  If you can remember to defrost the fish before work it’s a little faster.

If your kids will eat canned tuna that’s a whole mother list of stuff —- sadly my kids won’t.

Shrimp scampi is also so quick.  Heat water.  Chop garlic.  Put frozen shrimp in some water to defrost a little.  Heat butter in pan — when it’s hot, add shrimp and then garlic.  When it starts to brown. I add a splash of white wine.  I like to add some chopped tomatos and a little spiced salt (we use creole style seasoning) at the end.  I would also add parsley from my herb container but the kids are irritated by that.  If you get something like angel hair, it cooked in like 4 minutes and the whole thing is done in 15 with ge water boiling.  [/quote]

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