Quick Ideas for Your Supper!
Using different cooking techniques, you really can put your dinner on the table quickly every night. Putting your family in the action plan gets the job done a lot quicker and with a whole lot more fun!
Make It Quick:
Dinner can be on the table in 15 minutes, 20 minutes, or 30 minutes with these speedy meal ideas from KraftFoods.com. Great meals like Simple Shrimp Stir-Fry and Saucy BBQ Chicken and Potato Skillet are just two of your choices.
BetterHomesandGardens.com has quick & easy dinners for you to try. Check out the effortless Turkey Steaks with Spinach, Pears, and Blue Cheese and Speedy Paella plus much more.
has a whole gallery of recipes using a variety of Deli meats, cheeses, and salads plus tips on making your choices the very best for your family.
My very favorite prepared Deli meat is rotisserie chicken. This convenience food can be used in many recipes. You can serve the chicken roasted the first night then follow with...
Buffalo Chicken Wraps by AllRecipes.com gives you a wonderful recipe for an easy, spicy lunch or dinner. Just wrap and you are ready to eat!
Pillsbury.com has 40+ recipes for cooked chicken including this Chicken and Black Bean Tostizza.
Make It with Moms Meal Connection 30-Minute Menus:
Moms Meal Connnection has Complete Menu Plans for you to make in 30 minutes - flat! A couple examples of the menus are Mexican Beef and Cheese Soup with Tortilla Crisps and Guacamole and Vegetarian Ravioli Mediteranea Supper are just a couple menus.
Make It Ahead:
I (almost) always have some make-ahead entrees in the freezer, fridge, or crock pot to heat and serve. Who has time to cook every night? Certainly not us moms!
BetterHomesandGardens.com had lots of make-ahead meal ideas for you from casseroles to soups and slow-cooker sandwiches. Mexi Chicken Soup and Slow-Simmering Barbeque Sandwiches.
No need to rush with these make-ahead recipes from MyRecipes.com. You'll love the ease of fixing their tasty make-ahead dishes. Check out the Shirred Eggs and Green Chile-Chicken Casserole.
The crock pot will make your life simple when using these recipes from CDKitchen.com. They have everything including seafood and pork chops. Take a look at their Shrimp Creole or Awesome Pork Chops
Fake It - Don't Make It:
Boston Market helps you answer the "what's for dinner?" dilemma by offering wholesome, convenient, great-tasting meals you can feel good about eating and serving to your family. Everything they make is not only delicious, it's good for you too. So stop in and pick up dinner and get to what's great about life. . .living. Boston Market. Time for something good. 
Carside To Go is the perfect way to make sure you and your family get the tasty Applebee's® food you love, even when you are in a hurry. Just call your order in - you can order anything on the menu, pull up and they will deliver your delicious dinner right to your car. You don't have to fuss with carseats or strollers at all. How easy is that!
Heavenly Ham gives you easy ideas for any occasion. You may choose from their recipes, find a store near you or shop online.
Dont't forget the pizza! Pizza Hut has been serving a lot of mouths in this world, and they want to please 'em all. That's why there are so many different pizzas on their menu - each as distinctive as the person who orders them. So if you've got a mouth, they've got your pizza! Order the thin crust to save calories and carbs.
Want More Information? Here You Go...
- 'Mom's Meal Collection: What's for Dinner? 30 30-Minute Menus' shows you how to create dazzling family meals in less time than a sitcom! Elizabeth Randall, the cookbook author and this website developer, has collected 30 of her favorite menus all in this one cookbook just for you! We’re not talking wimpy affairs here - Mom’s Meal Collection offers scrumptious menus like:
• Tuscan pasta with sliced tomato salad and peach macaroon cups;
• Bleu-cheese-crusted beef stew with apple dumplings a la mode;
• Spicy redfish with pineapple slaw and gumbo rice;
• Even elegant holiday meals in just 30 minutes!
- 'Cooking Light: Superfast Suppers - Speedy Solutions for Dinner Dilemmas' is indeed a lifesaver. Anne Cain's innovative recipes with carefully calculated ingredients (never more than 10) and short prep times (no longer than 20 minutes) get cooks in and out of the kitchen in record time.
- 'Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker' by Beth Hensperger will show you how to use your crockpot in the latest methods and recipes. Sides are included to help with your menu making.
- Food Network star Robin Miller gives Rachael Ray a run for her money with her new cookbook, Quick Fix Meals, focused on time-saving strategies for putting delicious food on the table including tasty recipes that can be on the table in 20 minutes.
- 'You've Got It Made: Deliciously Easy Meals to Make Now and Bake Later' by Diane Phillips is a collection of practical recipes that can be made ahead of time and baked later so you can spend your evening with your family rather than in the kitchen.
No Time to Cook? No Problem!
DineWise has family meals packaged in convenient quantities of four; just click on 'Family Style' to pick your entress and sides.
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Mix and Match for Quick Meal Prep
So how do you pull it all together on those nights when …one child has scouts, one has lessons or a game, you have a meeting, and everyone needs to eat – really quick! My answer is to mix and match!
Using different cooking techniques, you can put your dinner on the table quickly every time. Putting your family in the action plan gets the job done a lot quicker and with a whole lot more fun!
Here are some ideas on mixing and matching:
You see, the important thing is not that you fixed the entire meal from scratch but that you have time to eat together as a family!
Jump over to MMC 30-Minute Menus to see how I put it all together with complete menus for family meals and special dinners.
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