"End-of-school year chaos has arrived. These 20-minute (or less) meals will get you cooking through it. Ah, May. To kids, the month is a thrilling wind-in-the-hair downhill race toward summer, freedom and possibility. For parents, it's also a race, but the gasping, out-of-breath kind, toward a finish line that feels like it keeps moving farther and farther out of reach. Every commitment that seemed like a great idea in September culminates, making our Google calendars look like someone scattered confetti all over them: school concerts, sports banquets, dances, recitals, tournaments, graduation ceremonies, shopping for teacher gifts, not to mention summer child care and vacation planning."
"Dinner. How can you meal plan, shop and cook when time and energy levels are abysmally low, when you're, well, dunzo? For that, there's what I call the dunzo dinner, a.k.a. a dead-simple meal for when things pile up. I asked seven parents, recipe developers, a reporter and a photo editor, what they make for their families when they are absolutely dunzo, but still want to get something cheap, delicious and mostly nutritious on the table. They delivered seven delightfully speedy, real-life recipes you can turn to on your busiest days that'll make everyone happy."
"Samantha Seneviratne, recipe developer and mom to Artie, 8, Brooklyn, N.Y. I could eat pastina, the simple Italian pasta shaped like stars, with chicken broth, egg yolks and Parmesan, every day. (In fact, I've gone on weeklong pastina benders when I've been deep in work and unwilling to go to the grocery store.) It's fortifying, comf"
End-of-school-year schedules create intense time and energy pressure for families, with many events and commitments piling up. Meal planning, shopping, and cooking become difficult when parents feel “dunzo.” A set of seven fast, real-life dinner recipes is offered for days when time is limited but food still needs to be cheap, delicious, and mostly nutritious. The recipes are designed to be ready in 20 minutes or less and to satisfy everyone in the household. Examples include simple comfort foods such as pastina made with chicken broth, egg yolks, and Parmesan, especially when grocery shopping is not feasible.
Read at cooking.nytimes.com
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