Quick and easy meals for autumn

IT MAY have lacked a certain something, namely sunshine and actual heat, but it was summer nonetheless and nothing marks its passing like the arrival of the ‘back-to-school’ season. For many working parents, summertime is simply a different form of headache, trying to manage children on holidays from school, but at least you get to decide your own schedule and after a few weeks it can become deceptively laid back.
But when autumn comes once more, that all changes and for the first few weeks, it seems every one is a slave to the summons of the school bell. On top of that, there’s all the running around after last minute books and uniforms and getting the hang of a whole new raft of after-school activity times.