We do freezer meals once every three weeks and use them on tough nights if work or kids drive us batty and late. We both work and I run a business. We use makeaheadmeals.com. We have mac and cheese from scratch that works from on there, chicken and bean burritos, and meatballs all from that website in our freezer right now as well as a chili and a chicken curry from recipes of our own. We also make homemade dough and pizza once a week and we do a double batch so we can freeze a few mini pizzas for the kids, especially the 13 year old for after school. Our kids are 13, 2, and one week old. The one week old is why we have so many freezer meals in stash right now...
We have a backyard so summers are good for container greens and herbs but it does run our water bill up...
The other thing the 2 and 13 year old love is chicken and biscuits using the crock pot for the chicken stew and then we make biscuits to bake on top.
We are lucky in that we live near a farmers market and we both love to cook. We also have learned to keep a very organized fridge and cupboard....this has helped tons. Since we both cook, we use the app cozi and update the grocery list constantly so the other can pick up ingredients on the go avoiding repeat trips...
I have to say - kudos to you moms who hate cooking but still put in the effort...If i didnt love cooking I would really have trouble doing this!

Anonymous wrote:5 pages and no list of go-to meals yet?

Please list! Thanks.


SN mom who WOH

I'm the WOH mom who hates cooking, but try to every night. My go to recipes:

Fish - almost any kind, but prefer flounder or salmon. over 325 / 25 minutes. rinse fish, pour a little olive oil, season with lemon pepper bake
Hamburger - again this goes in the oven. I season the meat and make one large square patty in the oven that I can cut up and put on buns. Bake in oven for about 20 minutes
rice pilaf as a side - follow directions on box
frozen vegetables - put in microwave
Chicken - this is a crock pot recipe. I put the entire chicken (or whole chicken parts) in crock pot - season with salt/pepper and 1 can of cream of mushroom soup
Chicken fingers - cut up chicken breasts and follow recipe on bisquick box

5 pages and no list of go-to meals yet?

Please list! Thanks.


SN mom who WOH

I WOH and plan my meals in advance. Produce box comes on Friday, I spend 15 minutes or so washing, drying, chopping. Grocery store Saturday morning - again, wash, dry prep. I cook a couple meals on Sunday at some point, takes 1-2 hours. Plan for a couple meals during the week that come together easy. I use six o clock scramble for good meal ideas, but also search for recipes elsewhere (and use many of my own cookbooks). DH usually cleans up.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Am I supposed to be impressed?

DH & I WOH and we cook just as often as you do. He works 60hr wks, I work 50. We don't use frozen vegetables or prepared anything. Sometimes we'll freeze chicken/meat if there was a sale but otherwise we keep everything as fresh as possible.

Well I am impressed with both of you but more impressed with the OP because she's cooler and nicer.

As a WOH mom with a DH who travels for most of the week (and serves homemade meals 6 nights out of 7), I have to agree...OP does sound cooler and nicer. OP, if you were my neighbor I'd coerce you into an occasional dinner swap (or I'd just invite myself over every now and then )