Cecilie1200
Diamond Member
I started a new project this weekend that I'm really proud of, and wanted to share.
I'm sure every mom here has encountered the rut their families get into of being asked, "What do you want for dinner?" and answering the same three or four dishes over and over, mostly because they just can't remember all the things they've had in the past that they liked. Mine certainly does this, and I get utterly bored with those meals and want to add some variety to our diets.
To this end, I went through my cookbooks and compiled a list of dishes I have made in the past, or would be willing to make in the future. I accompanied them with a short description from the cookbook. Just for the sake of whimsy, I formatted them as a menu from a restaurant called Mom's Kitchen Cafe, and emailed it to my guys as though it was a promotion from a new restaurant.
Now we can sit down on Friday night or Saturday morning, pull up the menu, and decide what we want to have for the next week. Then I go shop for ingredients on Saturday, spend Sunday prepping anything that can be made ahead of time and stored, and throughout the week, I just pop the ingredients into the slow cooker, pot, or pan, and voila! Tasty, homemade meals that don't require the exhausted mom (Me!) to come home from work and slave in the kitchen, and no need to eat the same damn stuff every night.
I am also accepting any suggestions people might have for new dishes I can add to the restaurant menu.
I'm sure every mom here has encountered the rut their families get into of being asked, "What do you want for dinner?" and answering the same three or four dishes over and over, mostly because they just can't remember all the things they've had in the past that they liked. Mine certainly does this, and I get utterly bored with those meals and want to add some variety to our diets.
To this end, I went through my cookbooks and compiled a list of dishes I have made in the past, or would be willing to make in the future. I accompanied them with a short description from the cookbook. Just for the sake of whimsy, I formatted them as a menu from a restaurant called Mom's Kitchen Cafe, and emailed it to my guys as though it was a promotion from a new restaurant.
Now we can sit down on Friday night or Saturday morning, pull up the menu, and decide what we want to have for the next week. Then I go shop for ingredients on Saturday, spend Sunday prepping anything that can be made ahead of time and stored, and throughout the week, I just pop the ingredients into the slow cooker, pot, or pan, and voila! Tasty, homemade meals that don't require the exhausted mom (Me!) to come home from work and slave in the kitchen, and no need to eat the same damn stuff every night.
I am also accepting any suggestions people might have for new dishes I can add to the restaurant menu.