The more I try to simplify my life - the busier it gets!

I’ve been having a hard time deciding what’s for dinner that fits into my budget and time constraints. I’ve tried making dinner from scratch, and I mean scratch. In fact I used to do this every single day, back when there were kids still in the house.  I’ve tried frozen entrees, I’ve tried pre-cooking ground beef and freezing it, I’ve tried pre-cooking chicken breasts and freezing them, I’ve even tried OAMC (Once a month cooking).  None of them worked for me.

The frozen cooked ground beef tastes just as long to cook as the frozen uncooked.  Same with the frozen pre-cooked chicken breasts.  The OAMC was a disaster!  The frozen potato dishes (of which there were several) didn’t freeze/thaw/cook well.

The other day I bought an already marinated turkey tenderloin and put it in the freezer until I was ready to cook it. It came out for dinner one day last week and I was surprised to learn that it had to bake an hour and a half.  Who has an hour and a half on a weekday?

I thought about digging out the crockpot, but I really don’t like to leave it cooking all day long. What if I get tied up and can’t get back on time?  So, I saved it for a weekend…

Tonight, I’ve got some frozen pre-cooked meatballs simmering in some store bought spaghetti sauce.  In another pan I’ve got some salted water starting to boil.  I’ll put some dried pre-made raviolies in it in a few minutes AND I’m in here writing on my blog….  Where does the time go???