I hate to cook, need advice
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I hate to cook, need advice
| Thu, 09-16-2004 - 11:13am |
Hi, I am one to not get to motivated at cooking meals for my family. DH is rarely home for supper, so I've fallen in a rut of giving the kids "kid friendly" food that doesn't take long to prepare. I admit that I should have introduced the "right" foods when they were little but didn't have much energy after my 3rd dd came along 18 mo after my second child. My kids eat well, but we are stuck on typical kid stuff like mac n cheese, hot dogs, corn dogs, hamburgers, pancakes/waffles, scrambled eggs, spaghetti. They eat fruit well but hate veges except for corn. I give them a multivitamin and they are within normal range for growth curve. I just don't like to cook! I'm afraid I'm setting a bad example for my kids. Help!

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PS you sound like a great mom to me.
I have found tho' that if I make more than I need, and either freeze the rest, or use it for the next meal in some other way (ie if I have roast chicken for dinner, I can make a chicken salad for lunch the following day...)
You might also try roasting - I find it easy to throw a few things together, and pop it in the oven. Slice a tomato or two, toss a couple of lettuce leaves and voila... a "fancy" meal.
You might also try sneaking some veggies into the burger...
But in the end, I wish I could have a live-in chef... LOL