Are you one of those people who work 60 hours a week? Do you have a family or wish you could make a nice dinner in a flash? Well, guess what? How about dinner in 5 minutes? Does this seem too good to be true? Well, it is not. With the right equipment, a good strategy, and the right ingredients, you too can make dinner in 5 minutes flat!

Making a quick dinner requires good preparation. Equipment is very important to get the job done quickly and effectively. Primarily, you will need a microwave, sharp knives, scissors, quality pots and pans with lids, and hot/cold water that is easily attainable. If you have a water service like Alhambra, they provide a unit you can get with a cold and hot water dispenser. Those come in very handy. If not, a simple plug-in kettle that will boil water will do fine. And if you have a fridge with a cold water and ice dispenser, that works out good too.

A good strategy is one that involves thinking of what to make for dinner before hand, having all the items required to prepare the food, and how to serve it. For example, say you wanted to make spaghetti with meatballs. If you had a package of pre-cooked frozen meatballs, and a buttered and seasoned baguette, then you could just make the spaghetti pasta, toast the bread and microwave the meatballs. Then, serve it all on a nice dish. You would not believe how fast you could do this with your equipment and preparation.

And finally there are the ingredients. This is the most important part to cooking very quickly. The right ingredients are usually pre-packaged (but fresh). This could be like frozen pre-cooked meatballs or any type of meat, pre-chopped frozen onions or veggies, and canned goods. Whatever it is, it is pre-made some how but frozen so that it will be freshly heated, or re-heated to taste like it took forever to make.

And there you have it. You just learned how to make dinner in a flash, or better yet 5 minutes. What do you think now about having enough time to make dinner? It is not as difficult as it seems. It just takes the right way to go about it. Quality equipment, a good strategy, and the right ingredients are the main keys to preparing dinner in 5 minutes FLAT! Anyone can do it, if they take the time and do it the right way.

Coral Web is the writer for the blog "5 Minute Dinners" where she shares recipes, tips, tricks and ideas for how to make meals or desserts in 5 minutes. To read her articles and recipes, please visit http://5minutedinners.blogspot.com/.

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