Hello everyone, have only caught up with last week's thread, and haven't managed to weigh this morning.
MrsK You sound like you are having a tough time. If it helps, I am the re-heat queen. Feel free to ignore the stuff below, but some of it might help.
I make dinners which last three days at a time. IPD moussaka, shepherds pie, fish pie are all favourites. I get 6 servings out of them, so will do me & DH three days on a row. I also do a massive pork crackling joint, which will do us in leftovers for another 2- 3 days (kids get reheated pork with potatoes and frozen pea & sweetcorn mix), I make ZH pork & mustard sauce, or ZH pork & apricot salad for me & DH (only a tiny bit of apricot - honest).
Everything, absolutely every leftover, goes into little glass containers in the fridge to get re-used for something else. Extra boiled potatoes get sliced and fried for DC. I spend 1/2 hr on a Sunday preparing snacks for school, and wrapping sandwiches, scones, buttered pancakes, filled muffins in clingfilm and freezing them, so the night before school they are taken out and popped into a snack box.
Porridge can be done in quantity and reheated - in fact it is nicer cooked and reheated, with a bit of milk added.
Roasted chicken thighs are great - I serve adults with green veg, and add mashed potato for kids. If DS1 like mushy stuff, you could add it to a soup to give a casserole consistency.
I did laugh last week when you described eating the choc on the M25, then drinking wine to celebrate not being on the M25, but I really think you need to give yourself a break in terms of outings, especially when you are having to visit PILs. Do you have a local park / walk you can go on? It shouldn't have to always involve days out to NT / EH. If you are a SAHM during the week, can you get your DH to take the DC somewhere local to give you a rest?
Trash belatedly - nice rack!