Check out these three tricky meal strategies that will make for less time in the kitchen and more time with your hunny.

In her latest cookbook Robin to the Rescue: Quick & Simple Recipes for Delicious Home Cooking, Robin Miller shares some of her savviest meal-prep strategies. We're not talking about telling you to plan ahead of time or make extras and eat it all week. This Food Network host has got some great ideas for cutting down your time in the kitchen without sacrificing taste and nutrition.

Make a Meal Kit
We'll show you how to start a meal when you’ve got a little extra time and package it so that it lasts until you're ready to complete it (usually in about 20 minutes or less -- sometimes in just five minutes!). And we're not talking about macaroni and cheese...Sweet Potato Soup with Parmesan and Basil, anyone?

Bank a Batch
When you're making a dish, double the recipe and pop the extra in the fridge or freezer for another day when you're really time-crunched. Yes, lasagna is an outstanding freezer staple, but imagine stocking your ice box with Key Lime Pie.

Slow-Cook It
Take a stove-top meal and transform it into a slow-cooked one. No one will ever know you were out shopping all day when you serve up a savory Parmesan-Sage Pork Loin.

Morph It
Learn how to turn boring leftovers into extravagant seconds. Serve that Parmesan-Sage Pork Loin one night and have Grilled Pork over Toasted Polenta the next.