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[quote=Anonymous]Regarding dinner, something that works REALLY well for us is that 90% of our home cooked meals are designed to be eaten two nights in a row. We make double of whatever our main is, we prepare twice as many veggies (but if a salad, only dress half for dinner the first night), etc. The second night's dinner goes straight into containers as we cook it. This means that every other weeknight, no one has to cook. That frees us up a ton.

I know I basically only have to plan and prepare dinner one night a week, two tops. So a typical week is:

Monday night -- Eat Sunday's leftovers, each get in a 30 minute run before dinner (we will shower after kid goes to bed)
Tuesday night -- I cook, no workout. Usually kid helps me cook to keep her entertained while DH gets in a long workout
Wednesday night -- No one cooks, I do a barre class online while DH goes for a run and toddler gets 30 minutes of screen time pre-dinner
Thursday night -- DH cooks with DD, I get my long workout
Friday night -- No one cooks, I go to a dance exercise class after work (they have childcare), DH works out or doesn't, sometimes he (GASP) plays video games while we're gone

When you have small children, you need to prioritize and get efficient. Are our leftovers always amazing? Nope, but they are dinner, reasonably healthy, and homemade. We go out to eat once or twice a week. Everyone gets exercise. Everyone gets downtime. It is hard but we make it work, and I think it will get easier as our kid gets older and we don't have to do quite so much of the childcare shuffle (though then we'll have the activities shuffle, so maybe 6 of 1, half dozen of another).[/quote]

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