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Well, I make one meal and they can eat it or not (that goes for dh, too LOL). Hmm, I have really good luck with turkey sausage (mild) with sauteed onions and peppers sandwiches. The kids INHALE them, and they are very quick and easy. Turkey burgers, tacos, marinated chicken breast, pork is a big hit here and HAM, goodness I've never seen people eat ham so fast. Noodles can be easy too because you can make his more "adult" and hold the sauce for the kids.

My whole family loves shrimp and scallops, but it depends on the price at the market that day. I have a good salmon marinade I make and they all like that. I always pair the main dish with an easy veggie (corn on the cob in the summer) and quick rice/small side of pasta or bread.

Chicken parm is hit or miss with my kids, chicken piccata is hit or miss with the kids also, they all love flank steak (and it's soooo easy, marinate in the am or the night before, grill the next day) and I do that with a side of pasta with pesto. I used to roast chicken but the kids never, ever ate it and it was such a waste of an entire chicken, but you could try that or pick up a rotisserie chicken from the store. I also make a killer chicken pot pie with rotisserie chicken that they usually all eat. Fajitas, pizza when I can find the dough in the store and do our own toppings(and in the summer we do it on the grill SO GOOD!!). I'm running out of ideas....let me try to think of some more!

My families favorite shrimp dish I serve over orzo. Just saute the shrimp on both sides, remove from the pan, add garlic and about 3/4 cup white wine and 1 cup chicken broth, reduce until half the liquid is left, add one or two cans of chopped tomatoes (I use the kind that has basil ect already on it in the can), simmer for about 10 mins, add feta and stir until it is dissolved, salt and pepper, add shrimp back, simmer for 3 mins, serve over orzo and add extra feta. It's REALLY good and very easy. They all love it.

Hmmm, what else do we eat.......turkey meatloaf (they like hard-boiled eggs in the middle, sounds weird but is GOOD, plus the kids put loads of ketchup on it so it's already a winner for them right there ), cod in a wine broth with sauteed spinach, steak with potatoes, steak roll ups-buy skirt steak and on the inside put down some parm and seasoned breadcrumbs, some chopped basil and then roll it up and saute it on all sides, remove from heat, either make up your own tomato sauce or you can use canned sauce (I add garlic and wine to it, but I add garlic and wine to everything I cook, it makes it all taste better), add steak back and simmer until cooked thru. That's easy and they all love it, the steak comes out really tender.