"-L." > wrote in message
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> Jude wrote:
>> OK, it's back to school season. No more luxuriating around enjoying
>> summer vacation - the kids come back next week. I'm gong to a new
>> school this year and inherited a classroom with 17 years accumulation
>> of JUNK. I've spent all of this week going through it and filling
>> trashcans with 1989's curriculum. Next thing I need to do is rearrange
>> the desks and bookshelves. She has a huge room feeling small and
>> crowded.
>>
>> So, anyways, I'm coming home absolutely exhausted every night. Next
>> week, when kids are back and I actually have to plan lessons and teach
>> on top of it, I'm gonna be wiped. I need some good ideas for what I can
>> make for dinner really easily when we get home. Toss together some
>> ingredients for a casserole, or a crockpot idea that I can leave
>> simmering all day long. I've got about 30 - 45 minutes from the time we
>> get home until I need to have dinner on the table for my daughter.
>> We're both vegetarian, but not opposed to fake meats or even seafood.
>>
>> I was thinking about a tuna casserole for tomorrow.
>
> Then you are not a vegetarian. I suppose you eat chicken, too...
>
> -L.
> (shaking head)

Perhaps she just doesn't eat red meat.
I forgot to suggest eggs. Eggs are a great stand-in for many quick meal
protein -- omelets, deviled eggs, fritattas, etc.
Dee Dee