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Big salads or something grilled!

Last night we threw together grilled chicken and an apple pecan salad after the pool. It was really good and easy!

I think I am the only person in the world that thinks grilling during the week is a PITA...

I would do baked chicken thighs and vegetables. Prep the whole thing in a pan, bake at 400 for 20 minutes. Side of rice (Veetee is great and takes 2 mins in the microwave).

Pizza quesadillas - sauce, mozzarella, pepperoni or sausage or chopped up meatballs. With salad and fresh fruit.

Fresh tortellini with pesto, a splash of cream (or blob of cream cheese or sour cream), cooked chicken or fully cooked chicken sausage, and peas or cherry tomatoes or baby spinach tossed in at the end.

Tapas style dinner is easy - good bread, cheese, ham or salami, fresh melon or other fruit, hummus or other dips, crudités,
steam a bag of edamame pods, sparkling lemonade for the kiddos, wine for the adults.

On the side, this time of year I like to pre-make hearty salads that last a few days like cherry tomato, cuke, garbanzo beans and parsley tossed in lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. You can take the base and add other stuff to it (pasta, quinoa, olives, chicken, salami, feta), or just dump it on greens or eat as is.

@looch: I just think grilling is easy because it means my husband is doing the cooking

@Truth Bombs: I'm with you! DH handles the grill. I don't even know how to turn it on.

@Truth Bombs: haha, fair enough. When my husband grills, he has to clean it before he cooks on it, then he cleans it again after he cooks. It's a process, takes him at least an hour.

@regberadaisy: Yeah, he's meticulous, lol.