What's for dinner are my three most hated words in the english language. For me, dinner time is the most stressful time of my day. As I have mentioned I have 3 children, who have different likes and dislikes.
I get texts during the day, "What's for dinner"? I take a stressful sigh and depending on who its from I may or may not answer. I have one child who wants a well rounded meal, meat, vegetable, and starch. My son basically is a preservative who will be thrilled with anything out of a can that says, Chef Boyardee. My oldest daughter doesn't eat most meats - she decides which ones are grossing her out at the time. Me? Oh, do I have a choice...NOT! And I wonder why my middle is the size of texas. Fish is not on our menu unfortunatley because I didn't feed them fish when they were young.
Then there is the time factor of dinner time. I need meals that I can fix in 30 mins to an hour. The kids and I get home at 5:30 or 6 and they are ravenous and I have to cook not sit down, rest, or watch the news... COOK FAST!
Its dinner time again and I am thinking of healthy, good, quick meals for these varying tastes of my family. Ideas?
I think this is a major issue for most women with families. I wind up ordering pizza or eating out which makes the belly big and the wallet small. No perfect answer as far as I can tell.
ReplyDeleteA good friend plans her meals for the week and uses Sunday to do the cooking...cooking big patches of stuff and freezing it. I haven't been disciplined enough to do it but hear it works.
Also, get those kids to cook for you :-). Each kid gets a day to pick out the meal and then cook it. Let me know if that one works for you. My guy chooses popcorn for dinner. HA HA HA