Ack! I can't believe it's Monday and once again I do not have a meal plan done. "No biggie," I like to tell myself, but truthfully I should acknowledge that that is not quite true. It is a biggie, if only because not having a plan makes me incredibly inept at putting a meal, let alone a nutritious meal, on the table. Must get back in the meal planning groove.
Monday--Mondays are always tricky when it comes to dinner. We don't eat dinner together as a family, which I hate. I think a family dinner time is extremely important to maintaining closeness, but, alas, this year it can't be helped. Julianna has dance Monday nights from 5:30-6:30, meaning we leave here shortly after 5 and are back just before 7. I haven't figured out a way yet to fit a family dinner in there. Next year, I'm very afraid her dance schedule will be even more brutal to our togetherness time. What's the answer to that? Do I not allow her to dance because of it? I seriously think about it, but since dance is her one true love, I'll probably go along and just be sad about it.
Anyway, Mark and Jacob will be having leftovers, with Butterscotch Pie for Pi Day.
Tuesday (piano, dance, haircut): Ack! Another night w/o a family dinner. Funny, I won't let this one bother me as much, missing one every 5 weeks or so to keep the oh-so-ugly grays away seems worth it. Priorities people.
Dinner will be: Chicken noodle soup, crusty sourdough rolls, Ooey-gooey melty mint brownies
Wednesday: Shrimp Scampi
Thursday (St. Patrick's Day): Corned Beef and Cabbage (new recipe from Steamy Kitchen, sounds good), boiled fingerlings, carrots; cabot cheddar soda bread
Friday: Sausage & Pepper Subs, oven fries
Rebekah will be home at the end of the week. It will be really nice to have her here. Next week hopefully I'll be cooking lots of her favorites.
I do not even want to think about how long it took me to do this meal plan! Hours. Is it like that for you? I have the hardest time coming up with meal plan ideas lately. *sigh*
Oh well, check out other meal plans at Organizing Junkie's. Have a great week!
I have 1 husband and 4 kids, 28, 20, 11 and 9...I'll be doing the mom thing forever, hence 4evermom.
4 comments:
I never do a meal plan. I know I should. It would make things easier. I have a rough idea so I know what to shop for but other than that, I'm at a loss.
So glad your girl is coming home this week! So cool!!! :)
Well you're already ahead of me since I didn't even go grocery shopping this week! I just could not get motivated!
Have a great week & thanks for checking up on me. I'll email you back this week!
MM
I should get in on this sometime when I remember...IF I ever remember! Have you thought about doing a crockpot dinner on Mondays? That way it will be ready when you walk in the door a little after 7:00 and you can sit down together as a family. It might be a late dinner, but it would be a together dinner!
I NEED to do a mealplan. I read yours every week and always check out your recipes ...
*bonks head and shakes head and calls self a dork for not doing one...*
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