You may have spent your day working in an office, chained to a desk all day. The stress has drained you and all you want to do is go home and relax. If you are a stay at home mom, you have probably chased kids around, done laundry and picked up toys all day, you are pooped and don't feel like preparing a meal. Then it happens; your husband calls to let you know he's bringing home business partners or prospects as guests for dinner. With the day you've had, dinner has not even so much as crossed your mind. Now what? While you could call for Chinese and pretend you made it yourself, but that is a costly move. And what if they ask you for your recipe? Would you hand them a phone number?

The safer bet is to go into your kitchen and find something that's quick, original and that won't require too much work on your part. Of course spaghetti is always an option and you can get it on the table quickly if you use sauce in a jar or can and boil and eat pasta and it's relatively cheap. While it's great to have that to fall back on, why not wow them with something completely unexpected and delicious. After all, they are coming to your house instead of stopping at the corner caf? for a simple sandwich. You can find something right in your kitchen that will make them glad they came to you!

Run a quick inventory of your kitchen. If you have a few regular stand-by things in your kitchen, you can pull this off! Maybe you have a piece of beef, chicken or pork leftover in the refrigerator? Even lunch meat can be turned in to a razzle dazzle meal! If you use leftover meat in the refrigerator, don't worry that each person will get a full serving of meat, you can cut it up into bite sized pieces and throw it in a casserole or toss it into a large pot with water and all of your leftover vegetables to make a home made soup or stew. Hotdogs stuffed inside manicotti noodles, smothered with canned chili and topped with melted cheese is a real fast one to wow guests with.

If you are down to only lunchmeat and sliced cheese, all you need is a refrigerated pizza crust or a loaf or French bread to make a sandwich that will knock their socks off. Take a loaf of refrigerated bread and open it up on a pizza pan, curl it up to form a large donut and pinch the edges together to seal. Season the bread with almost anything using butter, oil or a beaten egg to dampen the surface to hold the seasonings on. Bake the bread to package directions until its golden brown on top. Remove from the oven allowing it to set and cool. Gather your lunch meat and cheese, and prepare lettuce and tomatoes. Slice the bread once its cool, in half, length wise to form two half donuts. Using the bottom half, stack all of your lunch meat and cheeses on to the bread, stack any other sandwich garnishments on top and replace the top of the bread. Empty a bag of chips into the middle and you have a sandwich ring to wow a crowd with!

Once you master the art of getting dinner ready in a jiffy, you never have to worry about having guests over for dinner, even if all you've got is just a few minutes notice.

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