Comments on: How a stay at home parent can make a 100% home made dinner in 3 minutes

By: Mathew

Mathew — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:08:24 +0000

Hi Nicole –

Holy COW! I commend you on your ability to keep it together in such a crazy house

Leftovers are a great idea – though we usually don’t have them. I love my wife immensely, though, she is not much of a fan of leftovers

-Perhaps I just need to learn to cook better!

Thanks Nicole
-Mathew

By: Nicole Ward

Nicole Ward — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:08:54 +0000

I have two toddlers age 3 and age 1. To add to the mess I have two kittens and a dog. Guess what happens during dinner time? I agree with the previous poster I found that giving a healthful snack during prep time for dinner is a good distraction point. Other than that I’ve perfected the art of the five minute dinner. Thank god for flash frozen chicken breast and fish. Other than that I find that doubling up meals is a good way to go. I cook enough one night for two nights and freeze the other half for another night when I just don’t have the time.

By: Mathew

Mathew — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:50:52 +0000

First – welcome to the club. As I am sure you can attest to, it can be both fun and the most frustrating thing you can do – being a stay at home dad.

Distraction with a snack is a great idea – I also happen to be OK with a well timed cartoon to afford me some time to get something done!

Thanks for stopping by!
Mathew

By: JFo

JFo — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:41:35 +0000

Dinner time is the witching hour, for sure, and it’s the prep that gets me. One of the keys I’ve had to learn is timing my toddler’s pre-dinner snack before he gets to The Point of No Return. If he’s had a small bowl of pretzels, I get a lot more time to focus in the kitchen.

I have not slow-cooked a dinner since I started this lifestyle three months ago, but a while back, we borrowed the Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Cookbook (http://www.amazon.com/Your-Mothers-Slow-Cooker-Cookbook/dp/1558322450) from a friend and found several good recipes in there.