Posted by Becky
on 3/13/2009, 12:25 pm, in reply to "Re: Question for working moms..."
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I will say that although I don't work outside the home, prepping in advance (like cutting up a lot of veggies, prebagging veggies for lunches, etc) does help cut down on a lot of the work needed during the week. I also do love the crockpot, too. It's a great time saver and often times you can double the recipe and freeze or serve the left-overs for another day's meal.
Maybe you already do all these things and I don't mean to make you out to be an idiot (which we all know you aren't!). 
Just some thoughts...
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: Lots of caffeine!
:
: Granted, my kiddo is 19 but there was still
: a lot I had to attend to before she left
: home. A few of the things I learned were to
: prepare for the next week on the weekend.
: Laundry, housecleaning, and cooking, so the
: week started out relatively fresh. I went to
: the cleaners or made Target runs on my lunch
: break. I'd make doctor appts and pay bills
: on my 10 minute work breaks. If she had a
: doctor appt., I'd schedule it for late in
: the afternoon and work through lunch to make
: up my time. I used to go to the gym after
: work and I'd literally walk in, change
: clothes and walk back out, because if I sat
: down for even a minute it was over and I
: wouldn't want to get back out. I quit doing
: that because the job I had last year had
: such a big work load and was so mentally
: taxing that I was exhausted at the end of
: the day and just wanted to flop on the couch
: when I got home, but that was the best way I
: came up with if you are looking for some
: "you time" after work.
:
: A couple of tips on cooking, on Sunday I'd
: start marinating meat and put some in the
: crockpot and/or bake some as well and have
: that ready to go to help out with meals for
: the week and just have veggies to do after
: work. Say for instance, a 3 lb package of
: chicken, I'll do 1/2 in the crockpot with
: Mexican flavors & the other half gets
: baked for bbq chicken or whatever. This was
: somewhat taken from Robin Miller on Food
: Network. While I don't think her recipes are
: stellar, I like her idea of "cook once,
: eat twice". Earlier this week I was
: making hubby a salad (I'm personally not big
: on veggies) and cut up extra zucchini &
: celery and put them in a baggie in the
: fridge and made extra toasted walnuts so
: they are ready to go at anytime. The next
: salad was easy, just open the box of
: lettuce, add in sprinkles of goat cheese,
: and the precut veggies & nuts with a few
: extras and it was done in a flash.
:
: Hope this helps a little! Don't hesitate to
: ask anymore questions if needed. I'm sure
: you're just going through an initial
: adjustment period and I know it will be
: easier for you. Enjoy working in hubby's
: office!
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