In a life as busy as ours it's really hard to figure out how to fit cooking dinner into your life. I will say too my boys still don't eat. As in one really won't eat and the other still requires my feeding him. My oldest who is almost 7 will not feed himself unless you hand him the fork and he has an ipad to watch while he sits at the table. My 4 year old still eats very limited foods. He will not sit at the table and most of the time we don't care as long as he eats something. Both boys are really small for their age. Part of it is genetics. Part of it is their Autism and not eating. So many nights I am preparing more than one meal. Usually I can modify my oldests to include part of what we eat and just add some gluten free stuff in when needed. He also eats applesauces with blends of fruit and/or veges and enjoys yogurt so he eats alot of that too.
What I prepare for us is easy but very good. We have taco night which consists of boxed El paso dinner package and easy blender salsa with scoops Tostito chips. We have spaghetti night which is Paul Newman's sockarooni which I had tomato sauce too and lots of extra seasonings and we buy Pillsbury's french loaf which is so good. Sometimes I add a salad and B really likes spaghetti so I just make him the guinoa noodles and he eats our sauce. We usually have white chili every week during the winter. It is so good and the perfect comfort food. I also fix deer chili alot in the winter. We love the McCarroll's chili mix and we add fire roasted tomato's, tri colored peppers and onions for extra tasty chili. These are our go to meal's and take very little prep time. Usually I will cook part of the meal during lunch while the boys are at school or do the shopping at that time. Any time B doesn't eat with us I fix him gluten free chicken tenders, a cheeseburger, or Udi's bread to make a grilled cheese sandwich.
The things I cook a few times a month. Parmesan chicken with spaghetti, skillet pork chops, skillet steaks. We usually get Bob Evans mashed potato sides and I eat a salad because let's face it it's the only way to keep weight off. I don't do potato's often anymore. It's meat and a salad. Very little bread if I can help it.
Over the break we had family come down and I let Publix do the Turkey. lol We ate on Friday so I was a little worried but they had plenty of fully cooked turkey and sides ready for us. It made a wonderful no stress meal and everyone seemed to really enjoy it. I am all about taking the weight off myself when I feel it'll pay off. It sure did because our youngest ended up sick and I got little sleep during their visit. It was nice to know all I had to do was pick up and warm up the food instead of having to cook it all. This is coming from someone who actually likes cooking.
