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Hi, I'm just wondering in anyone knows/or uses a cook/service to prepare their weekday evening meals? I'm thinking of the sort of cook in advance for the week/fortnight ahead and freeze type of thing. I have a teenager and nearly teenager who are starving after school and by the time I get home and cook (usually not successfully because they never ever like what I cook) it's about 7.00pm or later before they eat - having typically snacked on pretty rubbishy stuff beforehand despite encouraging and providing healthier grazing. I've used Gusto/Hello Fresh etc but still takes ages to prepare. Also tried COOK meals but find them unappetising/mass markety. Any tips/leads/ideas welcome.

Thanks.

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We (my wife mostly) cook something the night before, and put it in the fridge overnight, specifically for the children to reheat and eat the next day - simple stuff like chilli, stir fry or pasta bake - seems to work ok, eldest was 15 when we stated so was ok to operate an oven / hob / microwave. and boil rice.


Just don't expect them to leave the kitchen tidy, not in our case anyway. But we felt we had gone past the age of needing after school childcare for the sake of a couple of hours.

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