I'm about to throw together a tuna, rice, cheese casserole to pop into the oven for lunch when we return from the park tomorrow. Or I fill my crockpot in the evening and start it out in the morning. I have also been known to put on a Dora or Diego cartoon for 15 minutes when the children are a little crazed and I have too much to do to get things cleaned up and ready for lunch. Those cartoons turn kids into little zombies! That's why I don't like to do it though. I've also done as MominAlberta stated and I've set them all up at the table with colouring so that they are already in their boosters. You do what you have to do!