Quick and Easy Meals for Busy Parents

I know that a lot of us are trying to balance our businesses and careers with our family lives.  This can be sometimes hard.  Just having enough time to prepare a home cooked meal sometimes seems impossible. As soon as I get off from work my kids are calling me to ask what we are going to have for dinner that night. 

Being that I am so busy and often tired, I pick up something from a restaurant at least a couple nights a week.  Plus we sometimes eat out on Saturdays.  Eating out so much can be very unhealthy and quite expensive. I have been looking for a way to fit a home cooked meal into my busy daily schedule and wanted to share the links to a few easy recipes that I found.  

These are not my recipes.  I found them by searching the internet.  I hope that they will be helpful to all of you busy parents out there.

You can find Simple 5 ingredient recipes at http://www.myrecipes.com/quick-and-easy/5-ingredients-or-less/simple-dinner-recipes-for-the-family-10000001823014/

Here are some great 15 minute meals that are very affordable  http://www.allyou.com/food/family-meals/easy-and-quick-dinners/simple-salmon-recipe

Here is a link to chicken dinners under $2  http://www.allyou.com/food/family-meals/cheap-chicken-dinners

The Busy Moms' Recipe Box is a blog started by two busy moms.  They share recipes that they have found over the years and that work for their families. http://www.busymomsrecipebox.com/

Here you can find 10 Shortcut dinners from Food.com  http://www.food.com/slideshow/10-shortcut-dinners-for-busy-moms-170

There are some great pasta meals under $2 at http://www.allyou.com/food/supercheap-meals/cheap-pasta-meals

Just in time for Easter Allyou.com shares some easy and delicious Easter Dinner recipes athttp://www.allyou.com/food/recipes/easter-meal-recipes

They also share easy (but fancy) finger foods  http://www.allyou.com/food/celebrations/easy-finger-foods

I hope that this list makes cooking easier and more affordable for all of you.