What is your dinner menu this week?

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Anonymous wrote:Monday - Chili, cornbread
Tuesday - Out (fundraiser for kids’ school at Chipotle)
Wednesday - Slow cooker veggie lasagna
Thursday - Popovers
Friday - Homemade pizza

I usually do crockpot once/week, and then either popovers or pancakes once/week. Often one of the other nights is pasta and the other is a leftover from a previous crockpot night.

Are popovers the whole meal?

Yup. It’s on the lighter side, but it’s fine for now since our kids are little still. It’s not what I’d made once they’re teens.

A popover is the meal?

I'm having trouble with the popover too - please share more. Like the airy, hollow tall buns? Do you put cheese or herbs or something in the batter? Or stuff them with something? Really having a hard time picturing this as a meal, and want to know more.

How can this be a meal?

That's like saying a flour tortilla is a meal.

I need more information, please.

I don't know... One (or two?!) of those with butter and jam would be freaking delicious for a light supper! They look scrumptious!

Exactly. Where did I say each person was allotted a single popover? DH and I usually each eat three, our older two (8 and 6) eat two, and the three year old eats one. We eat them with butter and have a few different kinds of jam available. The whole family *loves* popover night. Yeah, it's on the lighter side, so what? It's milk, eggs, flour. It's fine.

(also, thanks, PP )

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Anonymous wrote:Monday - Chili, cornbread
Tuesday - Out (fundraiser for kids’ school at Chipotle)
Wednesday - Slow cooker veggie lasagna
Thursday - Popovers
Friday - Homemade pizza

I usually do crockpot once/week, and then either popovers or pancakes once/week. Often one of the other nights is pasta and the other is a leftover from a previous crockpot night.

Are popovers the whole meal?

Yup. It’s on the lighter side, but it’s fine for now since our kids are little still. It’s not what I’d made once they’re teens.

A popover is the meal?

I'm having trouble with the popover too - please share more. Like the airy, hollow tall buns? Do you put cheese or herbs or something in the batter? Or stuff them with something? Really having a hard time picturing this as a meal, and want to know more.

How can this be a meal?

That's like saying a flour tortilla is a meal.

I need more information, please.

I don't know... One (or two?!) of those with butter and jam would be freaking delicious for a light supper! They look scrumptious!

Exactly. Where did I say each person was allotted a single popover? DH and I usually each eat three, our older two (8 and 6) eat two, and the three year old eats one. We eat them with butter and have a few different kinds of jam available. The whole family *loves* popover night. Yeah, it's on the lighter side, so what? It's milk, eggs, flour. It's fine.

(also, thanks, PP )

But wait, you don't even serve it with like, fruit (jam does NOT count) or a veggie tray or something? For breakfast, I can see this, but not dinner.

[Anonymous]

I don't assign specific nights, but our meal plan this week is:

Grilled pork loin with sweet potatoes and kale/broccoli slaw
Slow cooker pasta bolognese and a green salad
Tomato/eggplant soup and a fresh baguette
Braised lamb shoulder with roasted baby potatoes and carrots
Chana punjabi on rice and something with spinach
Leftovers
Takeout, probably Greek

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Monday - Chili, cornbread
Tuesday - Out (fundraiser for kids’ school at Chipotle)
Wednesday - Slow cooker veggie lasagna
Thursday - Popovers
Friday - Homemade pizza

I usually do crockpot once/week, and then either popovers or pancakes once/week. Often one of the other nights is pasta and the other is a leftover from a previous crockpot night.

Are popovers the whole meal?

Yup. It’s on the lighter side, but it’s fine for now since our kids are little still. It’s not what I’d made once they’re teens.

A popover is the meal?

I'm having trouble with the popover too - please share more. Like the airy, hollow tall buns? Do you put cheese or herbs or something in the batter? Or stuff them with something? Really having a hard time picturing this as a meal, and want to know more.

How can this be a meal?

That's like saying a flour tortilla is a meal.

I need more information, please.

I don't know... One (or two?!) of those with butter and jam would be freaking delicious for a light supper! They look scrumptious!

Exactly. Where did I say each person was allotted a single popover? DH and I usually each eat three, our older two (8 and 6) eat two, and the three year old eats one. We eat them with butter and have a few different kinds of jam available. The whole family *loves* popover night. Yeah, it's on the lighter side, so what? It's milk, eggs, flour. It's fine.

(also, thanks, PP )

I’m not the previous poster but I guess it works because your children are such light eaters. My six year old would eat probably at least 6 and my 4 year old at least 3 and they’re both slim.

[Anonymous]

I only make one sheet/pan meals. Today chicken legs potatoes brussels sprouts all on the same sheet in the oven, 20 minutes before chicken is done I am adding yeast rolls to the pan, they absorb chicken juices and are so tasty. Tomorrow chicken wings, cabbage, salad. The day after meatballs and veggies and rice.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Monday - Chili, cornbread
Tuesday - Out (fundraiser for kids’ school at Chipotle)
Wednesday - Slow cooker veggie lasagna
Thursday - Popovers
Friday - Homemade pizza

I usually do crockpot once/week, and then either popovers or pancakes once/week. Often one of the other nights is pasta and the other is a leftover from a previous crockpot night.

Are popovers the whole meal?

Yup. It’s on the lighter side, but it’s fine for now since our kids are little still. It’s not what I’d made once they’re teens.

A popover is the meal?

I'm having trouble with the popover too - please share more. Like the airy, hollow tall buns? Do you put cheese or herbs or something in the batter? Or stuff them with something? Really having a hard time picturing this as a meal, and want to know more.

How can this be a meal?

That's like saying a flour tortilla is a meal.

I need more information, please.

I don't know... One (or two?!) of those with butter and jam would be freaking delicious for a light supper! They look scrumptious!

Exactly. Where did I say each person was allotted a single popover? DH and I usually each eat three, our older two (8 and 6) eat two, and the three year old eats one. We eat them with butter and have a few different kinds of jam available. The whole family *loves* popover night. Yeah, it's on the lighter side, so what? It's milk, eggs, flour. It's fine.

(also, thanks, PP )

Omg! Now I want to of a popover night!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Monday - Chili, cornbread
Tuesday - Out (fundraiser for kids’ school at Chipotle)
Wednesday - Slow cooker veggie lasagna
Thursday - Popovers
Friday - Homemade pizza

I usually do crockpot once/week, and then either popovers or pancakes once/week. Often one of the other nights is pasta and the other is a leftover from a previous crockpot night.

Are popovers the whole meal?

Yup. It’s on the lighter side, but it’s fine for now since our kids are little still. It’s not what I’d made once they’re teens.

A popover is the meal?

I'm having trouble with the popover too - please share more. Like the airy, hollow tall buns? Do you put cheese or herbs or something in the batter? Or stuff them with something? Really having a hard time picturing this as a meal, and want to know more.

How can this be a meal?

That's like saying a flour tortilla is a meal.

I need more information, please.

I don't know... One (or two?!) of those with butter and jam would be freaking delicious for a light supper! They look scrumptious!

Exactly. Where did I say each person was allotted a single popover? DH and I usually each eat three, our older two (8 and 6) eat two, and the three year old eats one. We eat them with butter and have a few different kinds of jam available. The whole family *loves* popover night. Yeah, it's on the lighter side, so what? It's milk, eggs, flour. It's fine.

(also, thanks, PP )

I’m not the previous poster but I guess it works because your children are such light eaters. My six year old would eat probably at least 6 and my 4 year old at least 3 and they’re both slim.

I don't consider my kids particularly light eaters. Some meals they eat a lot, others, not so much. If your kids regularly eat that amount of food, they sound like very heavy eaters. DH and I are not small people, and we can be satisfied with three each.

Also, to the other PP, why is it so hard to imagine people eating a light dinner? I eat plenty and don't diet, but I don't need every meal to be substantial, either. If I know we're having these for dinner, I'll have a slightly bigger afternoon snack.

[Anonymous]

Takeout-style orange chicken, tofu, and cauliflower over red rice with snap peas

Cheesy white beans in tomato sauce (aka 'pizza beans' or skillet beans) with bread and crudites

Broccoli pesto pasta with salad and honeyed grapefruit

Frijoles negros (Oyamel-style) with tortillas and winter slaw

Tomato soup and grilled cheese (kids) or salmon patties (adults)

[Anonymous]

^^also, 16:16, go for it!! So yummy. Having true popover pans is key.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Monday - Chili, cornbread
Tuesday - Out (fundraiser for kids’ school at Chipotle)
Wednesday - Slow cooker veggie lasagna
Thursday - Popovers
Friday - Homemade pizza

I usually do crockpot once/week, and then either popovers or pancakes once/week. Often one of the other nights is pasta and the other is a leftover from a previous crockpot night.

Are popovers the whole meal?

Yup. It’s on the lighter side, but it’s fine for now since our kids are little still. It’s not what I’d made once they’re teens.

A popover is the meal?

I'm having trouble with the popover too - please share more. Like the airy, hollow tall buns? Do you put cheese or herbs or something in the batter? Or stuff them with something? Really having a hard time picturing this as a meal, and want to know more.

How can this be a meal?

That's like saying a flour tortilla is a meal.

I need more information, please.

I don't know... One (or two?!) of those with butter and jam would be freaking delicious for a light supper! They look scrumptious!

Exactly. Where did I say each person was allotted a single popover? DH and I usually each eat three, our older two (8 and 6) eat two, and the three year old eats one. We eat them with butter and have a few different kinds of jam available. The whole family *loves* popover night. Yeah, it's on the lighter side, so what? It's milk, eggs, flour. It's fine.

(also, thanks, PP )

I’m not the previous poster but I guess it works because your children are such light eaters. My six year old would eat probably at least 6 and my 4 year old at least 3 and they’re both slim.

I don't consider my kids particularly light eaters. Some meals they eat a lot, others, not so much. If your kids regularly eat that amount of food, they sound like very heavy eaters. DH and I are not small people, and we can be satisfied with three each.

Also, to the other PP, why is it so hard to imagine people eating a light dinner? I eat plenty and don't diet, but I don't need every meal to be substantial, either. If I know we're having these for dinner, I'll have a slightly bigger afternoon snack.

PP here.

Come on, folks...

How many people just loooove breakfast for dinner?? Not my favorite, but plenty of people get into this. Popovers are not substantially different than pancakes, in reality.

And, why do meals always have to be so prescriptive? Dinner has[i] to be a certain amount of a certain type of food?

To be honest, I think this type of set expectation creates inflexibility and lack of creativity which doesn't serve us when we are encountered with some type of challenge at mealtime...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Monday - Chili, cornbread
Tuesday - Out (fundraiser for kids’ school at Chipotle)
Wednesday - Slow cooker veggie lasagna
Thursday - Popovers
Friday - Homemade pizza

I usually do crockpot once/week, and then either popovers or pancakes once/week. Often one of the other nights is pasta and the other is a leftover from a previous crockpot night.

Are popovers the whole meal?

Yup. It’s on the lighter side, but it’s fine for now since our kids are little still. It’s not what I’d made once they’re teens.

A popover is the meal?

I'm having trouble with the popover too - please share more. Like the airy, hollow tall buns? Do you put cheese or herbs or something in the batter? Or stuff them with something? Really having a hard time picturing this as a meal, and want to know more.

How can this be a meal?

That's like saying a flour tortilla is a meal.

I need more information, please.

I don't know... One (or two?!) of those with butter and jam would be freaking delicious for a light supper! They look scrumptious!

Exactly. Where did I say each person was allotted a single popover? DH and I usually each eat three, our older two (8 and 6) eat two, and the three year old eats one. We eat them with butter and have a few different kinds of jam available. The whole family *loves* popover night. Yeah, it's on the lighter side, so what? It's milk, eggs, flour. It's fine.

(also, thanks, PP )

But wait, you don't even serve it with like, fruit (jam does NOT count) or a veggie tray or something? For breakfast, I can see this, but not dinner.

Plenty of people do breakfast for dinner, so not sure what your issue is.

AND, it would be your prerogative to serve it with fruit, since jam doesn't count.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Monday - Chili, cornbread
Tuesday - Out (fundraiser for kids’ school at Chipotle)
Wednesday - Slow cooker veggie lasagna
Thursday - Popovers
Friday - Homemade pizza

I usually do crockpot once/week, and then either popovers or pancakes once/week. Often one of the other nights is pasta and the other is a leftover from a previous crockpot night.

Are popovers the whole meal?

Yup. It’s on the lighter side, but it’s fine for now since our kids are little still. It’s not what I’d made once they’re teens.

A popover is the meal?

I'm having trouble with the popover too - please share more. Like the airy, hollow tall buns? Do you put cheese or herbs or something in the batter? Or stuff them with something? Really having a hard time picturing this as a meal, and want to know more.

How can this be a meal?

That's like saying a flour tortilla is a meal.

I need more information, please.

I don't know... One (or two?!) of those with butter and jam would be freaking delicious for a light supper! They look scrumptious!

Exactly. Where did I say each person was allotted a single popover? DH and I usually each eat three, our older two (8 and 6) eat two, and the three year old eats one. We eat them with butter and have a few different kinds of jam available. The whole family *loves* popover night. Yeah, it's on the lighter side, so what? It's milk, eggs, flour. It's fine.

(also, thanks, PP )

PP here - you're welcome!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Monday - Chili, cornbread
Tuesday - Out (fundraiser for kids’ school at Chipotle)
Wednesday - Slow cooker veggie lasagna
Thursday - Popovers
Friday - Homemade pizza

I usually do crockpot once/week, and then either popovers or pancakes once/week. Often one of the other nights is pasta and the other is a leftover from a previous crockpot night.

Are popovers the whole meal?

Yup. It’s on the lighter side, but it’s fine for now since our kids are little still. It’s not what I’d made once they’re teens.

A popover is the meal?

I'm having trouble with the popover too - please share more. Like the airy, hollow tall buns? Do you put cheese or herbs or something in the batter? Or stuff them with something? Really having a hard time picturing this as a meal, and want to know more.

How can this be a meal?

That's like saying a flour tortilla is a meal.

I need more information, please.

I don't know... One (or two?!) of those with butter and jam would be freaking delicious for a light supper! They look scrumptious!

Exactly. Where did I say each person was allotted a single popover? DH and I usually each eat three, our older two (8 and 6) eat two, and the three year old eats one. We eat them with butter and have a few different kinds of jam available. The whole family *loves* popover night. Yeah, it's on the lighter side, so what? It's milk, eggs, flour. It's fine.

(also, thanks, PP )

PP here - you're welcome!!

Oh, popover night! My mom did this with us growing up. We would fight over all the crispy runnings that would form in the pan in between the popovers. We would have them with jam, butter, and sometimes honey. Now I want to a popover!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^also, 16:16, go for it!! So yummy. Having true popover pans is key.

I think I’m going to make that’s investment. I make them in muffin tins, and they’re not quite right... yay!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Monday - Chili, cornbread
Tuesday - Out (fundraiser for kids’ school at Chipotle)
Wednesday - Slow cooker veggie lasagna
Thursday - Popovers
Friday - Homemade pizza

I usually do crockpot once/week, and then either popovers or pancakes once/week. Often one of the other nights is pasta and the other is a leftover from a previous crockpot night.

Are popovers the whole meal?

Yup. It’s on the lighter side, but it’s fine for now since our kids are little still. It’s not what I’d made once they’re teens.

A popover is the meal?

I'm having trouble with the popover too - please share more. Like the airy, hollow tall buns? Do you put cheese or herbs or something in the batter? Or stuff them with something? Really having a hard time picturing this as a meal, and want to know more.

How can this be a meal?

That's like saying a flour tortilla is a meal.

I need more information, please.

I don't know... One (or two?!) of those with butter and jam would be freaking delicious for a light supper! They look scrumptious!

Exactly. Where did I say each person was allotted a single popover? DH and I usually each eat three, our older two (8 and 6) eat two, and the three year old eats one. We eat them with butter and have a few different kinds of jam available. The whole family *loves* popover night. Yeah, it's on the lighter side, so what? It's milk, eggs, flour. It's fine.

(also, thanks, PP )

I’m not the previous poster but I guess it works because your children are such light eaters. My six year old would eat probably at least 6 and my 4 year old at least 3 and they’re both slim.

I don't consider my kids particularly light eaters. Some meals they eat a lot, others, not so much. If your kids regularly eat that amount of food, they sound like very heavy eaters. DH and I are not small people, and we can be satisfied with three each.

Also, to the other PP, why is it so hard to imagine people eating a light dinner? I eat plenty and don't diet, but I don't need every meal to be substantial, either. If I know we're having these for dinner, I'll have a slightly bigger afternoon snack.

PP here.

Come on, folks...

How many people just loooove breakfast for dinner?? Not my favorite, but plenty of people get into this. Popovers are not substantially different than pancakes, in reality.

And, why do meals always have to be so prescriptive? Dinner has[i] to be a certain amount of a certain type of food?

To be honest, I think this type of set expectation creates inflexibility and lack of creativity which doesn't serve us when we are encountered with some type of challenge at mealtime...

I loooove breakfast for dinner. But I wouldn't serve just one breakfast food for dinner and call it a meal. A typical breakfast for dinner here might have pancakes and eggs and fruit. Something similar with popovers would be amazing.

I'm also someone who would happily eat just popovers for dinner, but I don't feed my kids that way. I always offer them a meal with protein and produce at a minimum. Because I don't think I can judge when it's a day when they're not very hungry and ready for a light meal, or when they're craving protein. So, I don't make that decision for them.