What's For Dinner????

[daycare]

Lmao sorry im not laughing at you but that was funny..
I hate that when that happens. Oops silversaber25 that was meant for you....
It's late !!

[Rachel]

First thing I taught hubs "You get what you get and you don't throw a fit!" I make a meal in one or a main dish with a couple of sides. Everyone chooses what they want out of that or eats a big brekkie the next morning! It works really well! Our school system has "pick a better snack" day once a month and the teachers always say that only one or two kids can identify the food, have actually eaten it before, and will try anything new. Our kids are always in that group. Hubbs isn't a veggie dude but he will eat the main dish and the starch side well. As long as no one complains I don't care.

Yup, we do "You get what you get and you don't get upset" not only for food, but lots of stuff.

In Hebrew there is an even cooler phrase which rhymes and translates something like "what comes is exactly what I want"

[Rachel]

I have a friend that has a notebook full of menus for a few months ahead of time and then she just rotates them. She even has all the recipes and shopping list for each week. I used to laugh at her and tease her about having too much time on her hands, but it makes sense. I'll try to see if she has a pdf file on it and I can e-mail it to you.

If she has one I'd love to see it also!

[AnythingsPossible]

WOW anythingspossible I need to come to your house for dinner!

So do you plan everything on the weekends or how do you do it. I don't mind cooking I just can't seem to come up with the different ideas.

Friday nap time is my meal planning time for the next week. I enjoy cooking and don't enjoy having the same things over and over, so I don't mind menu planning.
If I didn't plan menu's and then grocery lists to go along with them, I would be lost at the grocery store! I would wander around and come home with soap and a loaf of bread probably. I need to have a plan!

[3kidzmama]

I have a friend that has a notebook full of menus for a few months ahead of time and then she just rotates them. She even has all the recipes and shopping list for each week. I used to laugh at her and tease her about having too much time on her hands, but it makes sense. I'll try to see if she has a pdf file on it and I can e-mail it to you.

Oh wow, could you possibly email it to me as well???? That would be so awesome!!!

[dEHmom]

I think it should be posted in here rather than emailed, too many of us want to see that notebook i think.

[momofboys]

I have a small chicken in the crock pot with chicken broth added. After it cooks all day I will rip it apart & use the meat in different recipes. We will likely have hot chicken sandwiches & I will also make chicken enchiladas, maybe chicken & biscuits if we have enough chicken.

[dEHmom]

I am way too chicken to cook a chicken in the crockpot .

We buy the hutterite chickens (sorry that's not meant to be offensive thats what they are) and I just throw them in a roaster, grease up the baby and season, add about an inch of water and throw it in oven frozen for 3-5 hours. Just melts in your mouth. mmmmm

[momofboys]

I am way too chicken to cook a chicken in the crockpot .

We buy the hutterite chickens (sorry that's not meant to be offensive thats what they are) and I just throw them in a roaster, grease up the baby and season, add about an inch of water and throw it in oven frozen for 3-5 hours. Just melts in your mouth. mmmmm

LOL . . . my husband promised to pull the meat apart for me. . . it grosses me out!::

[missnikki]

I have a friend that has a notebook full of menus for a few months ahead of time and then she just rotates them. She even has all the recipes and shopping list for each week. I used to laugh at her and tease her about having too much time on her hands, but it makes sense. I'll try to see if she has a pdf file on it and I can e-mail it to you.

Not to be a smartalec...but isn't that just called....a cookbook?

[dEHmom]

Not to be a smartalec...but isn't that just called....a cookbook?

hahahahahahahaha.....

that's funny.

[Symphony]

I have a friend with a notebook like that, but she also rates each meal by what her family thought and she marks a ballpark of what the ingrediants cost. That way when she is doing her budget, she can go through and find meals that fit in how much money she has left for the week! She's crazy, but I wish I was that organized!

[Meeko]

I got tired of my family complaining about meals and I got tired of trying to figure out what to make that was quick, easy and going to be universally accepted by the whole crew (there's 6 of us)

So I sat everyone down and asked them their fave meals, hated foods etc....and we made a cycle menu just like I use for my day care kids. Now I use the cycle menu and only shop once a month instead of every week. I have saved tons of money as I buy bulk items. I also get to enjoy three weekends without shopping for groceries (I do occasionally have to grab a loaf of bread or some milk) It was work to get it all set up and functioning, but it was soooo worth it!