If you’ve forgotten about the whole dinner thing (bloody hell, it comes aound quick every day doesn’t it?), here are some ideas to get you across the line for another day.

Boiled eggs and soldiers
Toasted sandwiches
Toast and cut-up veg
Sandwiches or wraps
Cheese on toast with tomatoes and basil
Bowl of steamed vegetables with heaps of grated cheese on top.

…and from the mighty MamaBake community:

Kathy: Fried rice but on cauliflower rice (so no waiting for rice to cook)

Amethyst: Egg & cheese quesadillas, with tomato & avocado salsa. My daughter’s favourite quick fix!

Lauren: The ‘Mummy Special’ pasta/rice/cauli rice with chopped tomato, cucumber, capsicum and feta. Some lemon on top and voila! Empty bowls and full tummies!

Mary: We have recently tried Tina and cream cheese as well as tuna and mozzarella; my boys liked both.

Vivienne: Baked beans on toast

Anna Maree: Pasta, cous cous, & leftovers or eggs!

Susanna: Massive bowl of nachos

Nina: Breakfast for dinner poached eggs or omelettes, a bit of bacon, some buttered toast, baked beans and I always throw on some cherry tomatoes, cucumber sticks, avocado and cucumbers.. Whatever I have. Then I make up a plate of fruit if they’re still hungry. They think it’s better than take-away!

Valerie: Bacon and grated carrot sandwich, or plain pasta.

Liz: French toast, veggie soup and fruit salad for dessert then extra times to spend with my darling daughter

Mayan: Pancakes with melted cheese cooked onto them, bowl of cucumber and carrot and some fried bacon

Sunny: Burritos! Olé!

Rebecca: Pasta tossed with bacon and broccoli

Anne-Marie: Grated zucchini, mushroom & carrot in a tin of diced tomato with half a cup of stock, simmer & serve with pasta OR serve with meatballs and mash

Lauren: My go-to for my 4 and 2 year old is “smashed omelettes” basically a omelette with any veggie in the fridge or freezer (peas, mushrooms, spinach, grated anything, ham etc ) smashed up and mixed in with 2min noodles (minus the flavour satchels) they love it!

Cynthia: Our tribe will happily demolish a big bowl full of salad with boiled eggs or cold meat. 20 minutes is loads of time for a simple salad.

Ange: Pressure cooker risotto with whatever ingredients are available in the cupboard and fridge – 7 minute cook time, cant beat that!

Karen: Tonight its going to be eggs 2 ways. One son likes scrambled egg on toast the other likes omelette so I cook an omelette but make sure part of it can pass as mushed scrambled egg to go on toast.

Julie: Pasta w/grated cheese!

Larelle: One of my bulk cooked meals that are stashed in the freezer and if I get really lucky, miss 13 will even cook it for me!

Alyson: Bacon, egg and spinach wraps – dinner is on the table in less than 10 minutes!

Rebecca: Bacon and eggs, or toasties. Or tell them it’s GYO night (Get Your Own)

Hailey: Snags & mash