We begin this week's episode in reporter Jessica Glazer's Kitchen.

Let's go, crew.

Mama, what about you can write it?

I want to share with you a dinner innovation I came up with for my family.

It's called charcutory dinner, and I'm a little bit proud of it.

Sharkootty dinner is dinner with pigs, avocots, and sometimes chicken ice it.

All right, go wash your hands, please.

Okay, Mom.

Dinner times are chaotic in my house, and this is an easy way to get dinner on the table.

It starts with cheese and crackers and dried fruit, and usually chicken nuggets.

And then I also do leftovers, so whatever's in the fridge, I throw it on the cutting board.

I try to make it look nice, not for the kids who are one and four, but for me.

I like to tinker with a little artistry if I can manage it.

But to be honest, I usually can't manage it.

Cooking with little kids around is no easy thing.

One of them likes to wrap herself around my leg, which makes it hard to walk.

And the other is always saying, Mama, look.

And if I wanted to cook before they got home, I only have like 12 minutes between when work ends and they come home.

It's not enough time.

Okay.

But then last year, Jessica was laid off from her job.

All of a sudden, she went from having just 12 minutes of quiet

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