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How often have you thought that you had your week all planned out to then get a phone call and one of the family have changed arrangements to their timetable, or even more surprising, have invited someone for dinner? By the time most moms get to the stage where they have teenage families they have learnt to become fairly flexible with their meal arrangements and in fact, when a sticky situation arises they are more than likely to shrug their shoulders in a "what will be, will be" kind of way.
There are many tricks to turn a four person meal into a six person meal so below are some that hopefully will help you if you end up in that situation.
- Quickly make a soup to serve before the main course and an onion soup, a vegetable soup, an asparagus or mushroom soup are great for this (not much preparation time to any of these)
- Cook a quick little entrée with something you have in the cupboard - could be a little salad, curried eggs, corn or vegetable fritters
- Make some savory pancakes for entrée
- Make a large salad to serve with the main meal
- Cook more vegetables so that you can reduce the serving of each of the vegetables and meat that you already have
- Add more vegetables to a stew by cooking them first them then adding them in about 20 minutes before serving so that they take up the flavor
- Make a fried rice dish and serve that as a side dish or even as an entrée as it is quite filling
- Pull some bread rolls out of the freezer and make them into garlic bread or alternatively serve individual rolls
- Make some pancakes for dessert and serve with banana and syrup
- Make some little jam tarts - pastry sheets with a blob of jam in the middle and serve with ice cream or cream
- Serve some cheese and biscuits
- Pull out a packet cake and make some little patty cakes (I have learnt to always keep a packet cake in the cupboard because they are so quick to make at the last minute and if you need to complete the cooking in a hurry the patty cakes cook so much quicker than a block cake)
- When all else fails, tell the person who made the invite to call past and pick up a takeaway of some sort: Thai, Chinese, Mexican or whatever it is that would complement your meal and it could always be served as your entrée
By keeping certain items in the cupboard at all times you will find that when you end up in a spot of bother with last minute guests you can usually pull something together fairly quickly.
One of the main tips in this situation it to always stay relaxed. No-one said you have to serve up a restaurant meal, after all this is a home environment. Last minute guests are often so grateful to have an invitation that they would be happy with whatever you serve. It is the environment that is important. To sit down and have enjoyable company at the meal time is the most important factor.
Working moms really do need a little help in caring for the family and by building up a range of easy meals that can be prepared quite quickly, the after effects of those busy tiring days will be made so much less stressful.
With over 10 years in the food industry and as a working mum Kaye Dennan has put together an ebook "Easy Budget Meals 4U" so that busy mums can cook quick and easy budget meals. Just to to http://easybudgetmeals4U.com for more information and photos but for heaps more discussions on food follow our blog at http://easybudgetmeals4u-blog.com/
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