Twit­ter Moms has posed the ques­tion: With Our Busy Sched­ules, What Are Your 3 Valid Tips for Get­ting Din­ner Ready in a Flash?

I thouhgt that was a very valid que­si­ton that many moth­ers answer every day. Here’s my response.

I’m a pretty good cook. I don’t enjoy cooking-not really-not unless I’m in the “mood” to cook. If I’m in a cook­ing sorta mood then I can lit­er­ally cook all day.  How­ever most days I’d pre­fer to get in and out of the kitchen instead of spend­ing time in front of a stove when I could be off doing some­thing far more enter­tain­ing.  To get din­ner on the table in a flash I’ve devel­oped three sim­ple steps that have helped me pre­pare a meal with hardly no trou­ble at all.

1. Pre­pare in advance. I’m not one to plan out my meals each week or month-I’m not that dis­ci­plined. Also, the thought of pick­ing what I’m going to eat on Thurs­day evening on Sun­day after­noon just doesn’t bode all that well on my psy­che. I do how­ever choose three meals that I know my fam­ily enjoys and always have the ingre­di­ents needed on hand to make when I feel that I’m pressed for time-or when my muse is call­ing my name and a quick din­ner is all I can do. These meals are usu­ally easy to pre­pare — less than thirty minutes-and require lit­tle clean up.

2. If I know I’m going to make a chicken soup later in the after­noon for din­ner that morn­ing I do all the prep work so that when cook­ing time comes I don’t have to worry about chop­ping veg­eta­bles. I also take out all of the ingre­di­ents like spices, tomato sauce, or broth and set them out on my counter so that every­thing is at hand.

3. I keep an orga­nized kitchen. Not hav­ing to look for the can opener, or the vanilla saves time. Every­thing in my kitchen has a place-I get kind of annoyed when things aren’t put back, where as my hus­band get’s annoyed when I move things around after he’s finally learned where every thing goes!

Thank you to Twit­ter Moms for inspir­ing this post!

Tweet This Post