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At the Dinner in Real Time blog, you will find a variety of menus that fit into your schedule. 20-minute meals, 40-60 Minute meals, slow cooker dinners, frozen dinners, and special occasion dinners all have a place here. Let Kate know if you are interested in seeing any particular foods included in these menus!
Traveling Food
If you bring your lunch with you when you travel you can avoid over-expensive and under-nourishing convenience food. Here...
Vegetable Soup that Even My Kids Like
I'll be honest, it took a bit of persistence to get my kiddos to appreciate vegetable soup. There was a fair amount of...
Semi-Prep Dinners
One time, years ago when I still had really little kiddos and we went to the library every week, I found a cookbook that...
Peeps Cookie Pie
Nancy D has always loved Peeps more than the rest of my kiddos. She loves to watch videos of them being made. She loves to...
Chicken in Pipian Sauce
I love looking at the cellophane bags of chilies at the Mexican food section of the grocery store. They are so vividly full...
Fairy Cakes
When I was a senior in high school, our school's marching band was invited to march in the Dublin St. Patrick's Day parade....
New Cookbook
20-40-60 Minute Dinners
Whether you only have twenty minutes or an hour—or something in between—you can deliver a delicious entrée and side dish to the table with these quick, easy, and crowd-pleasing recipes. Organized by “available time” rather than by “kind of dish,” this unique cookbook is designed to help the time-conscious cook with dinner planning.





