TwitterMoms and Samsung have teamed up to to offer an amazing sweepstakes where they are giving away the Samsung French Door Refrigerator pictured above. They asked that we list our three tips for getting dinner ready in a flash.

1. Slow cooker. We are always looking for new ways to use our "Crock Pots", They are the best way to get a nice hot dinner on the table in a hurry. Do all the prep earlier on and then you can sit down to dinner with your family without spending all that prep time in the kitchen. The Beef Barley Soup on the sidebar is one we make. Pulled pork is definitely another favorite.

2.Planning ahead. This is key and could possibly be number one. Look over your weekly circulars from your local markets. Make your lists in conjunction to what is on sale that week. Keep all the recipes you want to in folders organized by "dinners", "desserts" etc. Then plan your weekly menu according to what is going on in your house that week. For example Monday could be an easy night where you have time to bread and fry chicken cutlets. But then Tuesday is a crazy night and you could plan to make something in the slow cooker or just get pizza for a treat.

3. Keep it simple. Dinner does not have to be a ten course meal every night. Don't fall for the pictures you see in magazines. Every other family doesn't sit down to a roast chicken with all the fixin's and homemade apple pie for dessert. Sometimes that's possible. But what's really important is that you sit down with your family and catch up on each others day. Connecting with each other is more important than a perfectly cooked pork roast.