Scanner, I feel your pain lol. I raised two little girls from ages 2 & 4 through college age, and I was a worse cook then you, and I hated cooking plain and simple. I really am not one to give advise on this topic, but right or wrong here is what I did:
Breakfast: The easiest for me. Good surgar free multi grain cerealsm, yogurt, bagels and juice.
Lunch: School lunches were purchased there; about $2 each day each girl.
Dinner: Ate in half the week, ate out half the week. We NEVER fast food it for the times we ate out. We would go to Olive garden, Chevy's, TGIF's, Macaroni Grill, places like that. The two girls would split one entre, and I would get the cheapest entre for myself. Often nice sit-down places can be found that provide discounts on certain days of the week; mostly mom & po places, non-chain places too.
This was perhaps the cheapest solution but it did prevent my girls from eating crud food at the making of my hands.
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