Those who say they dont cook during the week?

Id LOOOVE to stop cooking.. hahahahha.. but what do you and your kids do for dinners? Not snarky at all just trying to make life a little easier..and my biggest pet peeve is figuring out what to make and making dinner afterwork... so for those that dont...what do you eat??
thanks

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Ha Ha!
You know I don't cook. Poor DH!

Costco!! They have a great soup we get in the winter, their rotisserie chicken and they have great frozen chicken or turkey meatballs. Either do those steamed veggies in a bag, potatoes, etc for sides
Lots of breads/sandwich meats
pasta/sauce
order in
grill when it's warm out
sometimes cereal
nuggets and fries - in the freezer
sometimes breakfast for dinner - bagels, eggs, cereal
salad and soup for dinner
Oh, and we're 2 minutes from my parents who love to cook. My mom has made big batches of chicken noodle soup, paella, chicken francese, etc
DH makes a nice ziti too

You know my toddler doesn't eat at all. I make him sandwiches, oatmeal or steamed beggies
THe baby is JUST starting to eat.

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I don't know about NOT cooking...but if you have a slow cooker...make that your best friend. I make a MEAN pot roast in the crock pot.

1 can carrots
1 can sliced potato
2 lb pot roast
1 packet powder ranch dressing
1 packet powder italian dressing
1 packet powder brown gravy mix
1.5 cups water

put the carrots and potatoes in, then the pot roast on top...then the 3 packets then the water...cook on low for 6-8 hours (8 hours gets you more of a pulled beef type texture)

it takes 2 minutes to throw it all in...it cooks on it's own and when you get home from work you walk in to an amazing aroma of an already cooked dinner. (of course you could use fresh vegetables but for time crunch can is just easier) you can buy pre-made mashed potatoes and BAM thats dinner.

I love my rice cooker too!...rice in the rice cooker and throw a can of a meaty soup over it.

Message edited 3/9/2012 12:03:07 PM.

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We order out three or 4 times per week.

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If Dh is off we get take out for him and I.

DD really doesn't eat. I am not joking.
She will eat a yogurt, or a banana, or some cereal for dinner.
Not for lack of trying- she just is NOT a big eater and I feel like her bigger meals are breakfast and lunch.
When I offer dinner she usually screams and throws it on the ground.

If Dh is workign I will scarf down left overs, a sandwich, some soup, or just junk food for dinner.

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I cook in bulk on the weekends and freeze extra portions for weekdays. For example, I made beef chili in my slow cooker a few weeks ago and froze a lot of it. We have enough for dinner next week, and it'll taste fine since chili freezes well.

We also eat leftovers during the week, sometimes morphed into other meals. For example, a whole roasted chicken on Sunday may turn into chicken paninis with fresh mozzarella on a Tuesday. My deep freeze is full of home cooked meals so that I can avoid cooking during the weekdays.

Message edited 3/9/2012 12:22:08 PM.

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I cook BUT on the nights that we do order in - I will make DD something simple like pasta with ricotta or an omelette with ricotta or american cheese. . . or pasta with butter and cheese.

Now she eats what we do when we get take out but I will still give her this if we get sushi or something - this is only once a month though b/c its $