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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love the website skinnytaste.com. The woman who runs it posts weekly meal plans with grocery lists. Everything is healthy, easy, and ready in 30 minutes. There are a decent number of repeat recipes, but I think frequent rotation makes things easier anyway. [/quote]

Yes, Skinnytaste is great!

This forum is generally pretty helpful, but this post is a little martyrish.

No, I do not use canned vegetables. I rarely use frozen. I usually keep a bag of frozen corn on hand to throw into chilis, add to tacos, etc.

But my vegetables don't take long to cook. A couple of things I do:

1.) We have broccoli a few times a week. If I'm making pasta, I cook the broccoli in the pasta pot first. I fish it out with a slotted spoon and set aside. When the water returns to a boil, I cook the pasta. I like to smash a garlic clove, warm some olive oil, then throw the broccoli in for a few minutes to warm through. It's delicious.

2.) Roasted vegetables. Cauliflower is one of my favorites. I'll serve this with baked chicken. Start the chicken in the oven. When it's got about 20 minutes to go, put a sheet pan or baking dish with the cauliflower, olive oil, salt, pepper, and spices of your choice in the oven. This takes NO additional time.

3.) Just slice up a tomato.

4.) Or cucumbers.

5.) Quick saute of mushrooms -- takes 3 minutes to slice, 5 to cook. 
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