And guess what? It worked! Now for two nights each week we don't eat until 7:30 (we ate later Monday night too), and with a little foresight, planning, and the crock-pot, we made it happen. What a difference it made to have dinner simmering, leave to take Caroline at to tennis at 5:15 while Ryan stays home to set the table and get things ready for our late dinner. I even got a relaxing 6-mile run in while she had her lesson and Chris still gets to catch up on the news. THEN (this is the best part), because we all eat together, everyone is there to help clean up . . . it is actually easier doing it this way - I don't feel like I'm running a cafe and feeding everyone as they walk up to the counter!
I thought I would share tonight's recipe - one of our favorite (and easiest) meals:
Cranberry Chicken
4 Chicken Breasts, cut in half lengthwise
1 can whole berry cranberries
1/2 c. Russian dressing
1 pkg. onion soup mix
salt/pepper to taste
- Arrange chicken at the bottom of crock-pot, sprinkle w/S&P, mix remaining ing. and pour on top, cook 3 hours on high or 5-6 hours on low. Serve over rice.
Like I said, EASY - your kids can do it! Tonight we just had it w/rice and some fresh fruit - perfect :-).
4 comments:
Mmmm...this looks so good, I can't wait to try it. BTW, I love your Hawaii photos!
It really is true what the Prophets have always said about the family... and you just proved it!! :-D
♥ the recipe, and will be trying it soon...
That recipe sounds awesome - I'm totally going to make that.
I understand the dinner dilemma. Sad how busy things are, even after I've tried to simplify our activities a lot. Your solution is very smart. 7:30 isn't too late - you probably avoid the 10:00 pm snack-time clean up too! Hope it keeps working great. Crock pots are a good thing. My mother-in-law taught me something cool that helps me. She found a nice serving tray that fits on the refrigerator shelf and keeps bowls of cut fruit, cut vegetables/dip and condiments they always take to the table. Arranged nice on the tray - and then pulls it out when it is time to eat. I'd never heard of that before and thought it was cool. Target has some nice melamine trays and Pottery Barn has plain white ceramic ones-that work well.
Your trip to Hawaii sounds heavenly. What a fun memory and family wedding.
Good for you for making the effort. Your life seems so busy to me. We eat at 5, and my younger 2 are in bed by 7, so I don't know what I'd do with your hectic schedule. Oh wait, I'd have said NO from the get go. I'm just not going to win mother of the year this year....
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