On any given day, there are about a zillion things that can derail family dinner -- where do we begin? -- and I've probably heard about every one of those things from you guys these past few years. How do I deal with the fussy toddler? The spouse who won't help? My coworker who makes me feel bad about leaving the office before him? The relentlessness of after-school activities and all the schlepping it entails? This last one always stumped me. It seemed of all the obstacles one could face, this one was something we could control instead of complain about. What I didn't know until fairly recently, though, was how broadly defined the term "after-school" has become. We just got the soccer schedule for the spring and one of my daughters has a practice that ends at 7:30, at a field that's a 20-minute drive away. That's a dinner deal-breaker if there ever was one. Well, unless you have this recipe in the repertoire. Cause you can have this on the table in the time it takes for your midfielder to walk in the door, change out of her jersey, get washed up, and return to the table where she belongs.
Quick Miso-Glazed Salmon
Quick Miso-Glazed Salmon
Quick Miso-Glazed Salmon
On any given day, there are about a zillion things that can derail family dinner -- where do we begin? -- and I've probably heard about every one of those things from you guys these past few years. How do I deal with the fussy toddler? The spouse who won't help? My coworker who makes me feel bad about leaving the office before him? The relentlessness of after-school activities and all the schlepping it entails? This last one always stumped me. It seemed of all the obstacles one could face, this one was something we could control instead of complain about. What I didn't know until fairly recently, though, was how broadly defined the term "after-school" has become. We just got the soccer schedule for the spring and one of my daughters has a practice that ends at 7:30, at a field that's a 20-minute drive away. That's a dinner deal-breaker if there ever was one. Well, unless you have this recipe in the repertoire. Cause you can have this on the table in the time it takes for your midfielder to walk in the door, change out of her jersey, get washed up, and return to the table where she belongs.