If you are a parent who is constantly on the go shuttling your kids to and from soccer practice or dance class or tennis lessons or any other activity here and there, sometimes you forget to take something out for dinner, or else you don't think that you have the time to prepare a healthy meal for your family, so often times your dinners consist of the drive-thru complete with greasy fries and milkshake. The good news is, with a little pre-planning, you can make sure that your family has a healthy meal on the table every night and it won't leave you wasting any time in the kitchen. These dinner ideas for tonight are just the ticket to cutting out your bad fast food habit and ensuring that you are spending quality time at the table with your family every night.

A quick, easy and hearty meal that can be prepared in a flash is a delicious French Dip sandwich with warm au jus. Simply take a fresh hoagie roll from the bakery and slice it in half to make an open-face sandwich. Fill one half with sliced roast beef (from the deli) and a couple of slices of cheese (whatever preference your kids like). Put this sandwich under the broiler for 5 minutes and you have a delicious crispy sandwich that will fill your family up. Serve it along side a hot au jus sauce for dipping and this dinner will become a family favorite in no time flat!

More great dinner ideas for tonight can actually be done in the morning. If you are a busy family, buying a crock-pot is highly recommended because it requires hardly any preparation from you and when you come home after a long day, you will enter your house to the delicious smell of a home cooked meal. You can add boneless pork or beef ribs to the crock-pot along with 2 bottles of store bough barbecue sauce and some diced garlic. Turn the crock-pot on low and it will slow cook all day long leaving the meat so tender you will be able to cut it with a fork. Really any meat can be cooked inside of the crock-pot as long as you add enough sauce and you will have a delicious meal for you without any of the hassle.