Maybe it's a little old fashioned but we don't eat dinner till dad gets home. But what do you do when the job runs late and the kids are starving? You feed them dessert first. So tonight when dad calls at six to say he won't get out of Job before 8:30, we had dessert (read kids burn off sugar before bed) and family dinner is still in tact, even if it doesn't happen till 9pm. So we take the pillsbury dinner rolls, break them into 2 or 3 pieces and cook them in hot oil till golden brown and shake in a ziplock of cinnamon and sugar. These are also called "little donuts" on Sunday mornings and they taste better than the plain old dinner rolls would have with our chicken.
So in a changing world where families rarely get to sit down and eat together, a little improvising is A-okay. Dad won't have to work late all the time, mom gets to be the hero instead of the bad guy for a change, and family dinner is still intact. Don't be afraid to shake it up a little. Had a cookout with a bunch of leftover burgers? Have a burger for breakfast and make breakfast for dinner, either way you'll still get your protein and no leftovers to throw out. And for the true traditionalist, fry an egg and stick it on the burger with some bacon. Now that's thinking outside the box. Don't be afraid to have fun and remember mom,you're the boss of your house. It doesn't have to be the way "mom always did it" it just has to work for you and yours. And by the way, my dad wouldn't ask my mom for an egg bacon cheeseburger for breakfast but he's never been known to turn one down at my house!
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