BHG |
To make life easier I've automated our menu. Each day gets a catchy slogan. For example, Meatless Monday. Taco Tuesday. Pizza Friday. It's still new, so I haven't quite figured out what Wednesdays should be called. "Wonderful Wednesday" seems a bit too broad to be very useful.
Then Sudoku-like, I fill in the menu with recipes, knowing we should have a certain number of chicken meals, a fish, a red meat, etc. We complement with lots of frozen vegetables--keeping things quick & convenient--and tend to avoid starches and grains.
Meatless Monday is not meant to be a vegetarian meal so there might be bacon in the quiche or on the side of "breakfast for dinner" pancakes. Taco Tuesday can really be any sort of taco: fish or shrimp, shredded chicken, or ground turkey.
I also like to leave room in the schedule for re-using leftovers. One of my favorite dishes to prepare is something I created with tortillas, leftover Spanish rice, black beans, and sour cream--and assembled like a lasagna.
Tory Burch |
So when Bela asks today, I have my answer! We are eating tomato soup and quesadillas tonight.
{This has been day 21 of the 31 Days of ... A Calm Life series.}
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What a great idea Carrie! i get a bit frustrated too trying to figure out what to tell my son when he asks the same question!
ReplyDeleteSome great tips here. I'm like you - would rather look at my kitchen than cook in it :)
ReplyDeleteStacy
Menu planning can be exhausting! I love the themes. My kids would love tacos and pizza every week, lol.
ReplyDeleteI learned early on in my motherhood that dinner can be the necessary evil of life. You are SO RIGHT that the remedy to the problem is to have a plan. Menu planning DEFINITELY frees me! When I make a menu if the children ask what's for dinner, I don't feel like ripping their poor innocent heads off! LOL Thanks for the reminder. I better get busy ;)
ReplyDeleteI don't have children but do follow a very similar take on week-night meals. Once a week is breakfast for dinner, I try to do a salad one night and then the ones you do as well. Maybe one night is a meal that your kids help out with too or they have input on?!?! Love this post!
ReplyDelete- Jaime