Quote Originally Posted by thekarens View Post
Thanks for the suggestions Indy. Sounds yummy!

The problem/issue is that if I bike during the week I won't be home until probably 7 or 8. My partner gets home around 630 so maybe the idea of making something that can be frozen and then nuked is a better idea.
We have the same problem at my house, in that I'm the primary "chef" and I don't get home from my workouts until 7 or after. I workout in one fashion or another on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and some Thursdays, so that doesn't leave a lot of room for cooking for the better part of the week. Freezing and nuking is an idea, but I don't freeze anything that I make over the weekends that is to be served during the week as most leftovers can be safely refrigerated for the week. We just reheat on the stove or microwave, as necessary. I often leave it to my husband to start reheating just before I'm due home or do a minimal amount of cooking (like rice or pasta).

It takes advance planning for sure, and there are some nights where I do have to rush home and make something that hasn't already been prepared or prepped in some way. My husband is, thankfully, often available to chop, grill, etc. as needed on those nights. We eat very little packaged food; nearly every meal is made from stratch, so it is doable. Admittedly, though, we only have two mouths to feed. I think it's harder to get leftovers to stretch with more than two mouths.....