{"id":36104,"date":"2017-08-30T09:14:04","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T13:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/?p=36104"},"modified":"2021-07-30T08:27:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T12:27:47","slug":"family-friendly-weeknight-dinner-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/family-friendly-weeknight-dinner-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Family-Friendly Weeknight Dinner Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"

The busy season calls for weeknight dinner ideas that are family-friendly, healthy, and quick to get on the table. Here is a list of my go-to recipes!<\/em><\/p>\n

Yesterday while I made lunch, I also put together a batch of my favorite stuffed shells<\/a><\/strong> (it makes two pans!).<\/p>\n

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Cooking dinner before noon was proof that summer days are giving way to school, activities resulting in a few odd dinner times each week, and for me, a need for more structure to keep up with it all.<\/p>\n

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For example, on Monday our afternoon was filled with tennis and music lessons. Yesterday? The first day of soccer practice!<\/p>\n

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Next week, we’ll add preschool and homeschool into the mix, sprinkled in with other occasional commitments and BOOM<\/em>, we’ve got ourselves a full on fall schedule.<\/p>\n

The late afternoon and evening practices are new to us, so I’ve been putting some thought into how to navigate those days (twice a week). Some guideline I decided I need to abide by are the following:<\/p>\n