{"id":1068,"date":"2012-09-26T14:45:21","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T20:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/suzistrauss.com\/?p=1068"},"modified":"2012-09-26T14:45:21","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T20:45:21","slug":"5-quick-and-easy-meals-for-a-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/susiestrauss\/2012\/09\/26\/5-quick-and-easy-meals-for-a-family\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Quick and Easy Meals for a Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On days when I&#8217;m exhausted after a long day at work or a day of fun for the family I loo for quick and easy meals to feed my family. \u00a0I have a few go to meals that don&#8217;t really take any time at all that the kids love and so do I.<\/p>\n<p>1. Pasta &#8211; all your have to do is boil water and toss in some pasta. \u00a0It&#8217;s done in about 20 minutes or so when you include waiting for the water to boil. \u00a0It is pretty effortless because you can walk away and do other things like change your clothes,\u00a0vacuum\u00a0 unload the dishwasher, or put away the laundry.<\/p>\n<p>2. Couscous, garbanzo beans and a veggie &#8211; couscous\u00a0literally\u00a0takes 5 minutes to cook. \u00a0I start the water for the couscous, open a can of garbanzo beans and toss them in a pan with a few spices and let them heat up. \u00a0I add a steamed veggie that I can put in the microwave to cook at the same time. Everything is done and on the table in under 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>3. Stir Fry &#8211; thinly slicked meats and veggies cook really fast and are delicious with your favorite stir fry sauce. \u00a0I like to serve it with minute rice on nights like these when I&#8217;m tired.<\/p>\n<p>4. Soup and\u00a0Sandwiches\u00a0&#8211; a favorite of my family is grilled cheese and tomato soup.<\/p>\n<p>5. Quesadillas &#8211; I always have lots of shredded cheese on hand. My kids also love to eat anything in a tortilla so I always buy them in bulk. \u00a0I can turn out a few quesadillas in minutes if I toss them under the broiler and then slice them up like pizzas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On days when I&#8217;m exhausted after a long day at work or a day of fun for the family I loo for quick and easy meals to feed my family. \u00a0I have a few go to meals that don&#8217;t really take any time at all that the kids love and so do I. 1. Pasta &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/worpal.com\/susiestrauss\/2012\/09\/26\/5-quick-and-easy-meals-for-a-family\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;5 Quick and Easy Meals for a Family&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12],"tags":[378,471],"class_list":["post-1068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-and-friends","category-food-and-dining","tag-meals","tag-quick-and-easy-meals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/susiestrauss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/susiestrauss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/susiestrauss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/susiestrauss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/susiestrauss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/susiestrauss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/susiestrauss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/susiestrauss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/susiestrauss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}