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I like doing meats that require marinating overnight so I can prep the meat the evening before and when I get home I just steam some vegetables while baking or grilling the meat.

Example: http://www.ourbestbites.com/2011/05/asian-bbq-chicken/

This is our system, most of the time it works:

Our goal is to eat out no more than three times a week- we have a Wednesday date night, a weekend breakfast, and one floater night for when I am not in a cooking mood.

I have a 7 days of the week sheet on the fridge- I try to fill it in at the beginning of the week with ideas. I use a master list of meals and sides that I have made with success, also I keep an eye on Smitten Kitchen and watch The Chew for ideas.

I usually do two smaller grocery shopping trips: one on Sunday/Monday and again on Thursday-ish, so I don't overwhelm myself with ideas and I can get fresher food and make changes if something comes up.

One thing that helped greatly last week- I made a thai chicken dish, cooked the extra chicken, shredded it, and threw it in the freezer. Last night I defrosted it and threw together enchiladas, it saved me so much time to have it cooked ahead!

i batch prep all the ingredients for several meals then freeze them in ziploc bags. Defrost in the fridge overnight then pop in the crockpot the next morning. Easy peasy!

great thread! i definitely be checking out all the responses to this. This is a goal of mine for this summer. I want to start out the school year with a fantastic habit of cooking dinner, bringing my lunch to school, and just overall being together with life, etc.