In the golden days of TV moms who stayed home all day vacuuming the house while wearing pearls,

cooking special meals, and doling out wise advice to the kids when dad wasn't around, meals could take all day and could involve intricate steps. Those shows were reflections of the real world. But the 21st century world is one of amazing technology and lives that are much more fast paced. Everyone's on the look out for easy fast dinner recipes that give TV mom results without all the work. There were no web sites for the TV moms to check. Many web sites deliver a lot of information about good food.

A steak can be a whole week of meals. Change the sides for different meal experiences. Change the spices for a trip around the world of food. A very big flank steak is the base. On Monday serve steak with roasted potatoes and a salad. On Tuesday add some spices and a little salsa for a taste from south of the border – make it steak Fajitas. Rice, some Teriyaki sauce and steamed vegetables make Wednesday an Asian day. Make Thursday like Monday, but change the potatoes to mashed and throw in some asparagus. Friday is the day for some pita bread and Greek spices. That's right, Gyros. That's one meat for five meals.

Want more ideas for that steak? Fine, prepare your pallet. Give a whirl to steak salad wraps with horseradish sauce, or try bean salad and flanked steak . Double the variety with another meat. Chicken makes a good soup, chicken fingers, fried chicken or even chicken salad. Talk about meals.

Do the cooking on weekends then serve the food throughout the week. Make out the menu for the whole month, buy bulk foods and make sure to use coupons to add extreme savings to the mix. The children can learn about cooking too. Put them in charge for a week. Rotate days amongst the family.

And you thought easy fast dinner recipes were hard.