Exhausting Days

I'm right there with you darling.  It's been a long day and there's about an ounce of energy left, only enough to get a quick meal on the table before putting the kids to bed before your sanity tips.  Or maybe you're feeling under-the-weather and your ounce of energy is more like an eighth.  The solution is preparing for these times ahead of time.

Things you'll find in my freezer are:

-Dough for wraps or pizza
-Soup in Jars
-A casserole 
-Supper Pies

Always in my fridge you'll find:

-An array of veggies and fruit

My Reserves:

-Granola
-Rice
-Pasta

Warm something up from your freezer and put your feet up for half an hour or deal with the muddy feet and hands, clean up what the dog tore apart.  Soon your home will fill up with the smell of a good meal and I promise you, you'll relax a little knowing you've got this.

If you didn't prepare: You're not swimming up dump creek without a paddle, you can still get through with some grace.  

You'll look to your reserves and throw some rice or pasta on.  You'll chop up any veggies and mix that in.  

If you're on your way home, duck into a grocery store and fill up your bag, jar or containers with sandwich supplies or drop by a restaurant and get your food put into your own containers. 

Best solution is Preparing ahead of time though.  Trust me, you'll thank yourself on that kinda day.

Pizza Dough Recipe - from my good friend Cathy, the baker by love:)

(I make double this and freeze half of it for one of these days)

1 1/2 cups warm water
2 1/4 tsp yeast 
Mix these two together and let sit for 10 minutes

2 Tbls olive oil
4 cups flour 
1 1/2 tsp salt

Mix these together with your yeast/water and knead for about 5 minutes then leave to rest for 45 minutes, covered in a warm place.

After this, put half away to freeze and form your stuff on hand into pizza crust.  Add what you will on top and bake it up for 20 minutes.