Hi ya! It looks like my “planning out our meals for the week” has bumped from Sunday up to Friday. So, here I am. Posting our family’s cooking plan for the week. Notice I said “our family’s”? Yep! I’ve been gradually trying to teach the kids a little about the kitchen. I’ve always been a “no one in the kitchen while I’m cooking!” Mom. Don’t have to worry about little ones getting burned that way. Now that they are older (15 and 11) I think it’s time to start learning at least some basics. Otherwise, when they move out they’ll still be home every night for dinner! *shivers* lol
So here’s our plan for this week:
Saturday (tonight)
Tonight was the Mr’s choice. He chose:
Chili Mac (yea, hamburger helper. bluh…)
Grilled Cheese
Sunday (family night)
This night is designated family night. ALL MEMBERS must dine AT THE TABLE, and be PRESENT. No cell phones, no hand held game thingys. Us. Food. Together.
Tuna Patties
Mashed Potatoes
Mac n cheese
Salad
Monday (Sis’s night)
This is going to be Sis’s first attempt at cooking for the family. She has chosen oven foods, since that’s what we are learning. How to use the oven, use the timer, read directions, etc…
Chicken Fries
French Fries
I’m not a big French fry fan, so I will be having salad. I will of course eat a few chicken fries, so I can tell her how awesome of a cook she is, but salad will be my main meal. lol.
Tuesday (Bub’s night)
Brandon assisted in making hamburgers last week, so this week he wanted to attempt them alone. So he will be cooking
Burgers
Fries
again, not a fan of fries and I cant handle white bread so I will be having “faux fry”, with one of the patties he cooks, so I can tell him how awesome he is at the cooking.
Wednesday
Stir Fry
Rice
Egg Rolls
Thursday
Oven Fried Chicken
Mashed Potatoes
Baked Beans
Corn on the Cob
Mac n Cheese
Rolls
Friday
Celebrating another great week of school w/no detentions, completed chores, and the kids successfully cooking…
Build your own PIZZA night
Do you plan your weeks cooking ahead of time? I do. On Sunday Friday morning I sit down in my office and I plan out what we are going to eat all week.
Meal planning for me, really, is pretty easy. My Mr. works a weird shift at work that rotates so he is only home for dinner a few nights per week. Those nights I try to cook a NICE meal with the trimmings. I mean, he works hard and he deserves it.
On the nights Mr. C isn’t home, I still cook, but those meals are more KID FRIENDLY. Anything to lessen the amount of whining I have to listen to – WORKS. lol…
Once I have my “loose” menu made (because lets be honest here…sometimes I just don’t feel like making what’s on the list!), I head upstairs to check the pantry and fridge and make out my grocery list for the week.
Mr C likes to go shopping at like 3am when there is NO ONE in their right (or wrong) mind at Wal-Mart. Since he is used to being up all night anyway, and I hate to go to Wal-Mart this works for us. Plus, he seems to spend a lot less when he goes shopping with my list – than we do when I go shopping with my list. LOL!
So what’s on your menu for this week?
REALLY good idea to get the kids involved in cooking and learning how to do things, especially reading instructions :-). My mother did NOT teach me these things (at first) and when I was 14, she went into the hospital for surgery, leaving me to attempt to cook for myself and my Dad (who was hopeless in the kitchen!). Luckily, I COULD read :-) and did, and I did not ruin anything. When Mom came home, she sat at the table and directed me, so I learned quickly. Also my grandmother taught me a few things at that point to (grandma Robinson's potato latkes!!!!!!!!)
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@Sheila, yea, me & my sis were two little girls brought up by a single dad who worked all the time. So we pretty much just had to "figure it out". No one "showed" me how to cook anything. So I def wanted to do it for my kids. Had to convince the boychild that the "ladieeezzzzz" would be impressed if he could cook - to get him interested. haha. Sis, loves it.
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