[lrjohnson]

Great ideas from a lot of people, I second a lot of them, and some were inspiringly new.

I mix cooked rice, bulgur, with a can of condensed sup, usually 50 cents for the coup, and pennies for the rice/bulgur. The soup can be a cream of, or tomato, or pretty much anything but preferably no noodles. Mix to taste, I like one cae to a BIG pot of rice, enough for two for dinner and five or six frozen lunches. Easy to add frozen, canned or fresh veggies.

Bread thrift store pizza shells, with a bit of sauce and cheese: almost instant convenience food that can also be dressed up. I keep them in the freezer and only buy when 99 cents or less for the big guy.

We do lots of breakfast for dinner: pancakes, biscuits, omelets, breakfast burritos. Oven fried potatoes (cube raw potatoes, toss with salt, pepper, maybe worcestershire or soy sauce or your favorite spice of the moment, a little oil to coat, put in oven a 400, stir once or twice, 20 or so minutes). The potatoes can be paired with fried eggs, or frozen or fresh vegies, sliced tomatoes, whatever's available.