https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 01:23:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner/page/2#post-1860040 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:17:02 +0000 sunny 1860040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We eat super easy meals and we also ted to push back LO's bedtime later than most people. We get home at 6:15, eat by 7-ish and then bedtime is 8:30. </p> <p>We do things like frozen TJ meals, spaghetti, take out, stir fry, etc. I think one thing I need to start doing is cleaning the chicken when I get it on the weekend instead of waiting until the evening I am cooking. That takes up the most time right now with trimming the chicken fat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner/page/2#post-1859997 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 09:57:30 +0000 Pirouette 1859997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@abmamma: i totally agree. quality time is way more important than eating meals together!</p> <p>@looch: i had the same feelings about the crockpot when i got it and it's been unused for so long. i think i'm also terrified of totally overcooked, dried out meat. </p> <p>@Smurfette: that's a good point - it will be way easier to make multiple meals/proteins at once on Sundays when we have a grill! right now it's like tetris trying to fit all the pans in the oven at once haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner/page/2#post-1859657 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:35:06 +0000 Smurfette 1859657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I eat after LO is asleep. Since I am solo I have DH grill me chicken on Sundays for the week. So I do salad, turkey wraps, saute some fish, chicken sausage, sauteed spinach, and leftovers from the weekend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner/page/2#post-1859613 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 06:53:57 +0000 marionberry 1859613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Easy meals like spaghetti or tacos or grilled cheese usually, with takeout on occasion. I try to make a meal Sunday we can re-eat like chili or chicken broccoli braid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner/page/2#post-1859587 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 06:28:51 +0000 looch 1859587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: That's brilliant, I'd forgotten about those polenta logs!</p> <p>I am going to do some meal planning later on today, This week has turned out great because of some preplanning and I want to keep the momentum!</p> <p>I thought the crockpot would change my life, but it hasn't. Don't get me wrong, I still love it for pulled pork and pot roast, but it's not getting pulled out during the week, also because of our long commute times. I much rather the cook on Sunday/freeze method. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner/page/2#post-1859205 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 21:09:08 +0000 abmamma 1859205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I first went back to work after maternity leave, we ate a lot of crap and ordered in a ton. But eventually, once our routine normalized a bit, I would meal plan on the weekends and try to focus on quick/easy things that I could cook while DH put DD to bed (we still eat after she goes to sleep...I am hoping as she gets a little older/stays up a little later we can make the switch to family meals but right now it is too hard to come and spend quality time with her and put a meal on the table all in like an hour's time). </p> <p>I would really like to make better use of my crockpot but most of the recipes I see call for cooking 6-8 hours on low and with commuting and working full time, I'm out of the house for 10 hours. Would love suggestions for dishes that hold up in the crockpot under extreme cooking times-- so many WOHPs seem to use the crockpot, they must exist! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner/page/2#post-1859197 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 21:01:26 +0000 lovehoneybee 1859197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Serious meal-planning + making meals the night before whenever I can. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner#post-1859163 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:44:28 +0000 Pirouette 1859163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@QueensBee: yea the eating at 9pm kills me!</p> <p>@DillonLion: baked potato with crab?! That sounds delicious! Do you put other stuff in it? I love breakfast for dinner!</p> <p>@kentuckygirl: aww. Nothing wrong with sandwiches!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner#post-1858843 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 19:06:22 +0000 kentuckygirl 1858843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have been back at work just under 3 weeks and we have eaten a lot of sandwiches :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner#post-1858777 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 18:46:10 +0000 DillonLion 1858777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We both get home at 630/7 every day. We do a proper dinner (meat, sides) a couple of times a week, something easy (grilled cheese and soup) a couple of nights a week, frozen pizza, baked potatoes stuffed with taco meat or crab, tacos, taco salads the next night with leftovers, sandwiches, breakfast for dinner, pasta, casseroles.</p> <p>We never ever get takeout. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner#post-1858748 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 18:31:59 +0000 QueensBee 1858748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We usually grill a meat, because it's quick, and serve with a salad. Even still, we usually don't eat until 9pm because our days are so long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner#post-1858734 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 18:21:33 +0000 Pirouette 1858734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: that's totally doable! I feel like that's a great one to just always have the ingredients on hand and make last minute too. I don't think I've ever seen a polenta roll! Will have to look at the grocery store haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner#post-1858632 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 17:17:59 +0000 Anagram 1858632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pirouette: and I use frozen zucchini and bought polenta rolls, too (the kind that you buy premade in a big roll, and just slice it and grill/put it on the griddle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner#post-1858498 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:02:47 +0000 Pirouette 1858498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsog: oh i hear you! as it is now my LO has been going to sleep really early lately and i've been getting maybe 45 minutes if i'm lucky. but i'm hoping we can shift her back again so i can see her, which also leaves less time for dinner, but hey, i can't have everything. this WOHM thing is hard for sure! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner#post-1858476 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:54:48 +0000 mrsog 1858476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pirouette: one night last week I literally had a single pork chop at 9:00. After being away from him all day and then commuting I really only get like 1.5 - maybe 2 hours with him at night and spending time with him is more important to me than cooking dinner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner#post-1858455 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:45:12 +0000 Pirouette 1858455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsog: this is totally how i've been feeling lately, and I haven't even started commuting yet!! as i sit here planning meals for our new life, we're totally ordering sushi tonight lol.</p> <p>@Anagram: we've been trying to do that too (give LO for lunch what we have for dinner), except when we eat shellfish. i've been planning meals with her in mind which will only get easier as she gets older. also, turkey sausage on polenta with zucchini sounds delicious! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner#post-1858427 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:36:45 +0000 Anagram 1858427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, and our dinners are usually LOs lunch for daycare the next day. We eat a lot of repeats. Almost every week we have chicken meatballs in some form, chicken breasts in some type of curry, Italian turkey sausage used in some form, like homemade pizza or on top of polenta in sauce with zucchini. And salmon with a vegetable side. Every week! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner#post-1858421 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:35:25 +0000 Anagram 1858421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pirouette: I only cook 2-3 night during the work week, but make bigger portions so we can eat the same dinner two nights in a row. And it's pretty much always easy stuff like pasta with meatballs, a veggie (like broccoli) and jarred sauce. Or a curry with bought curry sauce (from Trader Joe's) and a frozen veggie thrown in, that way all I have to do it cut the chicken and make the rice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner#post-1858413 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:31:15 +0000 mrsog 1858413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dinner? whats that? I used to love cooking nice meals when i got home from work but now its frozen meals made on the weekend, leftovers, or takeout. Very rarely do I cook when I get home unless its something easy like tacos or salads. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner#post-1858405 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:28:00 +0000 Pirouette 1858405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: if it was just me, that's what i'd do every night! DH is much more of the mind that we have to sit down and eat a full meal with a protein, veg, etc. every night. but the cleanup...ugh! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner#post-1858377 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:18:38 +0000 ShootingStar 1858377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We both WOH and we generally manage to get dinner on the table most nights. A typical meal for us is a protein (steak, chicken, pork, fish, etc), with steamed/microwaved veggies and a starch (potatoes, rice, or pasta).</p> <p>We generally buy pre-marinated chicken and steak because it saves time. It's a little more expensive but it saves us from take out. Most meals take about 30 minutes to cook, so we eat between 6 and 6:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner#post-1858372 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:18:06 +0000 tipperella 1858372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do what @sarah.clarisse does! We cook meals on Sundays and then have a frozen meal (pizza, frozen spaghetti sauce w/pasta, soup, etc) on Thursday and pick up takeout on Friday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner#post-1858363 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:12:50 +0000 matador84 1858363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I make a lot of quesadillas, mac and cheese with stuff thrown in, other pasta, pizzas.</p> <p>I just got a pressure cooker and that makes it easy to cook. I just don't have a lot of time for clean up at the end of the day so I eat a lot of cereal after kids are in bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner#post-1858352 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:09:16 +0000 Pirouette 1858352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarah.clarisse: ok that makes sense! we do this usually with one meal (make a meal sunday and have it on tues) so i feel like it wouldn't be that hard to do 2 meals. or at least make the veggies ahead of time like you said and then just have to throw a piece of fish in the oven mon and then leftovers of that on wed. i like it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner#post-1858327 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:01:23 +0000 looch 1858327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I cook on Sunday, with adouble duty meal, like grilled steak on that night and steak salad on Monday. Wednedsay is a freezer meal, Friday is pizza night. Tues/Thursday we eat at my parents. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner#post-1858324 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:00:44 +0000 blackbird 1858324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Crockpot and leftovers and partially prepped meals. I get home at 530 some nights and we eat right away </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner#post-1858292 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:49:03 +0000 sarah.clarisse 1858292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pirouette: normally we make two meals on Sunday that will provide two nights each (sun tues / mon wed ) then Thursday we pull frozen pasta sauce or enchiladas or something and microwave that.<br /> What we make depends on how busy we are on Sunday. Sometimes we just roast a whole chicken and grill some pork chops or fish and make some potatoes and a ton of veggies... Then it's just mix and match buffet style for the week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner#post-1858290 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:47:58 +0000 Adira 1858290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do easy 30 minute meals + leftovers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner#post-1858281 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:45:45 +0000 Pirouette 1858281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ElbieKay: haha i hear that. DH is a much better cook than i am, but at the moment he has a longer commute (this may change) so it's on me :(</p> <p>@snowjewelz: we'll definitely be instituting at least once a week of "figure it out for yourself from the freezer/pantry" once all my breastmilk stops taking up the entire freezer lol</p> <p>@.twist.: oh i imagine this will get really hard once LO stays up to eat when i get home! hope it works for you!</p> <p>@NovBaby1112: ok, that's what i thought. that sounds very doable. thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-who-commutewhat-do-you-eat-for-dinner#post-1858259 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 14:29:57 +0000 NovBaby1112 1858259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pirouette: I cook the meal, freeze it in 1-2 portion bags (only me and LO eat dinner together, DH works late) and then take it out of freezer night before and put in fridge so it is semi-thawed when we get home...then I just warm it up again. </p>