Breakfast for Dinner:::Jenn

How many times in my childhood I remember Dad fixing egg sandwiches and the like for dinner. I now realize that it's an easy, fast, hot, filling, crowd-pleasing, simple, and fairly cheap dinner option. When I got home with only 20 minutes to get dinner on the table, no leftovers, well...left, and no plan in mind, I turned to dear old Dad's tried and true. An egg, a slice of bacon, a piece of toast (because every thing is better as a sandwich) and some spinach (okay, I had to try and redeem the grease a little bit) and dinner was finished in 16 minutes. Total outlay for this all- organic meal for four, $3.75. How about that.

Involving the Kids:::Gina

Last night, Quinn took this book to bed with him.

He woke up determined to make pancakes for breakfast (even though he is, without fail, the last person up).

I'm not a big fan of big-production breakfasts, but he learned a lot doing this. Hopefully it won't be long before I have to have zero involvement (I already made him do all the dishes, lol). Though I preach involving the kids in household tasks, in reality I would much rather just do it quickly and efficiently. But, ultimately, if I can have three or four meal-preparers in the house, it's far more likely we'll eat in instead of going out because I'm too tired or busy to cook.

They were a big hit--enjoyed by all (except mom, who is determined to go no-carb until she gets the holiday weight off).