Its hard to coordinate everything isnt it!!

MY DH is away a lot so like yours he isnt home each night for dinner.

I also have thought about having dinner earlier but have decided not to as I really really like to eat in peace so I wait for the kids to be in bed before I do. To help me do this I try and make sure I cook dinner for myself and my two children who are eating food during the day and I make sure I do a really big batch of what ever it is so I can eat it again the following night.

I also use the slow cooker heaps so I can just chuck in whatever I want and leave it to cook for the day rather than it being a mad rush come dinner time. The slow cooker is my saviour - yummy meals and so easy

Trust me there are some days where I just have an egg or spaghetti on toast but I have really been trying lately not so do this and as I said before have just made big batches of whatever it is I am cooking so it lasts me a couple of nights.

Oh and then when DH gets home from his trips away he cooks LOL!!!

Good luck
Jem