Me: "Do you want dinner tonight?"
DH: "Sure"
Me: "What do you want?"
DH: "I don't know, what do you want?"
Me: "I'm not in the mood for anything special, are you?"
DH: "Nope, are you?"
Me: "Want to go out?"
DH: "Sure"
Me: "Where?"
DH: "I don't know, what do you think?"
Invariably, by the time we made a decision, it was time to feed, change and put the kids to bed and we'd end up bringing something in or having something simple and often unhealthy - like sandwiches with chips, cereal or we went straight for the ice cream.
To avoid this, every 2-3 weeks, we've been making 8-10 recipes together, and planning enough for leftovers - so we have 2-3 weeks of meals (combined with an occasional meal out). It's worked our really, really well. We write down and post a menu on the fridge - so we know in advance what we're having and we don't have to think about it when we've come home from a long day at the office.
For example, some of this week's recipes were:
- Cranberry pork loin with rice
- Spinach lasagna roll ups
- Orange flank steak with cucumber and apple slaw
- Walnut chicken with almond green beans
- Tuna melts
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| Dreaming that the grocery fairy will visit my house and bring my very favorite foods! |
Later that day, I put my iPhone on the dock and turned on some kids music. About an hour in, F started belly laughing uncontrollably. You'd have thought a tickle monster entered our home. Know what he was laughing at? This song...remember this one?! Ha!
6 comments:
Ha! I totally remember that one!
So great about the cooking....very impressed. Same conversation here. I discovered that there is not ,a more wonderful sound in the world than your child laughing. Cute.
We only cook two meals a week and it provides enough leftovers for lunches and dinners for the rest of the week. We usually eat out Saturday nights. Our twins are excellent diners. So proud of them. What are your favorite family friendly restaurants?
That's a great idea! We are rarely home for dinner together, but will be once the kids come...and I can see that conversation happening too often! Looks like I'd better learn to start cooking and freezing!
Michelle, most of the restaurants on our side of town are fast food outlets or mom-and-pop establishments. Fortunately, our kids like to be "out" and are very well behaved in restaurants. So far, we've been able to take them out to eat without an issue.
Cinda - Glad you get to eat at home with Adam and the kids soon!
Isn't organization wonderful!! And I hate the dreaded "what to make for supper/dinner" myself. Glad you found a way around it!
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