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With summer coming around I have longer hours at work and can't cook as much as I'd like. I've been buy quite a few rotisserie chickens from the grocery stores. Are any of their other meals just as tasty? M&M meats seems to have a lot to offer but still takes time to cook. What does everyone else do for quick and easy (also hopefully healthy) meals when times not on their side!

anything bbq'd and make a big batch of Potato salad - just don't put the mayo in it, until you are using it. It will easily last a week in the fridge.

If you don’t have one yet, I suggest a pressure cooker. Best thing ever. Also freezer meals is a good idea. This is some of the quick meals we make on busy weekdays:  
Fajitas  
Spaghetti  
Tacos  
Wraps  
Also helps with time to keep veggies and letttuce and stuff already cut up in the fridge

We do a lot of slow cooker meals in the summer.  
Roasts, chicken and gravy, pulled pork, chilli, casseroles, and all kinds of stuff you can put in. We like it because we toss it in in the morning and it''s ready when we come home. Tacos and speghetti are also fast.i always make extra and freeze it for really lazy nights. Always make an extra casserole, shepherd's pie ect to freeze as well so they can be popped in the oven on cooler days. Lately I've been making 3 days of chicken in my crock pot and then just making veggies to pair with it fresh.  
 
Edited by kaylagurl21, 2018-05-31 07:08:21

First of all make a list of meals/cacceroles to be made ahead and frozen  
Then pull out recipes to check what ingredients you need  
Pick up ingredients on your shopping day  
Set aside one day for cooking and freezing.  
Hope this helps, it takes abit of planning  
Also find the crockpot very handy

Slow cookers are great, especially in the summer time when you don’t wanna heat up the whole house with the oven. Roast beef, chicken, or pork are all great, and you end up with lots of leftovers (depending on how many you’re feeding). For just my fiancé and I, I’ll do a smaller roast, we’ll eat about half of it that night, and then I’ll have enough to make sandwiches to take to work for the next two days or so.

Some options mentioned in this thread that we use ourselves.  
Another that we crutch on once in a while is Sobeys' pre-cooked hams and roto chickens (love the quality of the ham in particular). Usually end up with leftovers to use the next day for lunch!

How about some lunch ideas too? I hate sandwiches and leftovers so what can I eat at home for lunch?

We have had a really busy month with little time between work and activities, I would end up making something big on Sunday and using leftovers for a few days, lasagna, enchiladas, pasta salad, roasts, pulled pork etc. If I made meat I would then I would make different things with them during the week, such as wraps, quesadillas, sandwiches, or throw it in some pasta or rice. I sometimes make a big batch of soup also.

Leftover chicken in salad, pasta, stir fry. Leftover pulled pork in tacos or Mac and cheese.  
And I like to put leftover beef of any kind into tomato soup with some noodles and corn niblets or frozen veggies. Really good really filling soup.