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Figuring out what’s for dinner can be hard. You want to feed your family good food, but you’re tired and worn out at the end of the day. But with thee 7 easy way to get dinner done, you can make a great meal for your family.

Even if you are frazzled, worn out, tired or …

Making dinner each night can be difficult. There the thinking of what to make for dinner every night.

I saw this quote on Facebook this week…

And thought why is getting dinner done so hard? 

Is it thinking about what to eat? Or making the food? Or does a long day get the best of us and we just don’t feel like cooking?

Or is it a combination of these things and more?

As I pondered this more, I thought this would be a great subject for a podcast. And so here it is. 

In this episode of the Frugal Family Home podcast, I’m sharing easy tips to get dinner done. These tips can help you make dinner each night. 

Even if…

You’ve had a long day and are so tired but your family is so hungry too.

Cooking dinner is a struggle for you.

You have a hard time thinking of things to make for dinner. 

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7 Tips for Getting Dinner Done Every Night

If getting dinner prepared every night is a struggle for you, these tips below can help. Whether you are a frazzle stay at home mom that never has a free minute, not even in the bathroom. 

Or a mom who works outside the home and gets home and needs to make dinner but is so exhausted it’s hard to cook. 

Or a work at home mom that has a mix of both worlds colliding into one another all day long. 

These tips can help you get organized and get dinner done. Even if you are frazzled, busy, tired, or …

1. Let’s tackle what’s for dinner?

If you don’t know what you are cooking, you can’t make dinner. And not having a plan is bad for getting dinner done each night. 

Now I’m not saying you have to have everything planned out. I’m saying you need to know what you’ll be eating each night. 

You might find planning for a week or a couple of days works best for your family. But you need to have some kind of plan.

It doesn’t have to be elaborate either. Oh, no it can be a few dinner ideas scribbled on the back of an envelope of the junk mail you can’t seem to stop coming to your house.

But you might say, coming up with ideas for dinner is the hardest part. 

I understand. I have times when I have dinner block too. I try to think of something to add to our meal plan but can’t think of anything. 

The harder you try to think the worse it gets.

Here are a few tips to help you always have ideas for dinner at your fingertips.

Plan Your Dinner with Themed Days

Monday, meatless meals

Tuesday, taco night

Wednesday, breakfast night

Thursday, soup and salad night

Friday, Pizza night

Saturday, leftovers