Week Ten Meals: What to do when you don't have time to cook??!!

Making It Easy for Mom

I'm just a mom on a budget, trying to keep my family healthy.

It was teacher appreciation week at my kids' school.  I helped the kids to make cornbread muffins.  Perhaps cornbread and muffins don't belong in the same sentence?  Now you all clearly see why I stick to cooking, not baking. 

"If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee." Abraham Lincoln

We all have our weeks where cooking daily meals just isn't possible. This week my daughter had a terrible stomach bug. She was throwing up and spiked a high fever. We took her to get adjusted and she was fine within 24 hours of her adjustment. However, we all know that having sick kids makes it impossible to get anything else done. So I am going to share with you the easy ways I make a healthy meal that involve hardly any work. Sorry to not post a grocery list with a meal plan, but my priority was my baby this week.

Option 1: Chicken Nuggets

Chicken Nuggets

This is a winner in our house. Take a chicken breast and cut it into pieces. Dip the pieces into a mix of gluten free flour, turmeric, salt, garlic powder, onion powder and pepper. Fry them all up in a little olive oil until they're brown. 

Then to turn it into a meal, add whatever fruits and veggies you have in their raw versions.

A gourmet meal partially prepared by a preschooler

So here we have chicken nuggets, olives, apples and a side of chocolate for dessert. The kids helped me to make the sides and serve it all.

Option 2: Breakfast for Dinner

I had some leftover chili cheese and taco shells from the night before. I made a scrambled egg mixed with the chili cheese and stuffed it into the taco shells. Fruit salad was served on the side.

Option 3: Potpourri

Yes, this is pathetic looking, but healthy. I bought a rotisserie chicken from Costco and simply cut up the meat. I made some kale chips, and the rest is self explanatory. I find that when I simplify and serve the raw version, my time can be spent spoiling the sick kid that needs me.