More lifestyle self-tutoring: the tutor shares a quick fix he tried a few days back.

Being the house-husband, I cook the dinners most weekdays. I tutor right after school, so try to have the kids’ dinner ready to serve when they get home. In addition, eating dinner right after school prevents them from having after-school snacks, which I’m not convinced would be as healthful as a meal.

The result is that I try to make dinner so it will be ready just before I leave to pick them up from school. It’s risky, since time can run short, which happened a few days back.

I had the burgers shaped, then went to put them on the grill, which I’d left to heat up. However, after ten minutes, it still wasn’t hot enough to cook the burgers. I didn’t realize that, with winter weather here, the grill needs more time to prepare.

What to do – collect the kids with no dinner ready, or improvise? I wondered if the burgers could be baked in the oven. I quickly found this recipe, which I didn’t follow. However, I took from it the idea of baking the burgers for about half an hour at 330F. Hastily I turned the oven to 330F, lined a pan with foil, laid the burgers in it, seasoned and sauced them, then put them in the oven.

The burgers turned out well. The only “complaint” I received was that they were harder to eat because they weren’t flat like they would have been from the grill. The flavour was approved, though.

Good luck with it, should you decide to try:)

Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.