Anonymous
08/17/2023 10:26
Subject: Meals within a category, I.e taco tuesday
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wednesday is Prince Spaghetti night
Friday is pizza night
Saturday is dinner out night
What the heck is Prince spaghetti? Cannot find a recipe with anything called that.
Anonymous
08/17/2023 10:05
Subject: Meals within a category, I.e taco tuesday
Meatball Monday is not popular than meatless Monday at my house. Modern Proper has lots of different styles of meatballs (not just spaghetti and meatballs)
Anonymous
08/17/2023 08:26
Subject: Meals within a category, I.e taco tuesday
Anonymous wrote:Wednesday is Prince Spaghetti night
Friday is pizza night
Saturday is dinner out night
What the heck is Prince spaghetti? Cannot find a recipe with anything called that.
Anonymous
08/17/2023 08:15
Subject: Meals within a category, I.e taco tuesday
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We never do breakfast for dinner but may do it once a month or so this year. We just don't eat those foods for breakfast either so I don't have the ingredients on hand!
You don’t have eggs and avocado and bread for toast and fruit on hand?
Super boring breakfast, much less dinner.
And I only buy avocados certain weeks at a decent price point. They can be very expensive or gross.
I’m so curious what the hell you DO eat for breakfast if fruit, toast and eggs are “super boring” but “we don’t eat breakfast foods for breakfast so we don’t have those ingredients” either
"Breakfast for dinner" for my kids would mean sausages and/or bacon and pancakes or waffles. They would not literally want a typical weekday breakfast again for dinner. Who does that? Everyone listing "breakfast for dinner" please tell me it's not just cereal and toast night?
We do egg sandwiches on a nicer bread than morning toast. A bigger fruit salad instead of one fruit. More likely to add veggies for a nicer omelet. Or a breakfast burrito.
Anonymous
08/17/2023 08:08
Subject: Meals within a category, I.e taco tuesday
I plan for 5 nights a week - there's always one take out and then the other is leftovers or other plans or "ooh, look, a farmers market" or whatever.
When I'm feeling organized I prefer a monthly to a weekly calendar. Because taco Tuesday sounds like a lot of tacos, but it's not too much if it's every other week. Same with pasta - I don't really want it every week, but every other week is good. So I go down the Tuesdays on a grid and alternate tacos with pasta. But chicken is fine weekly, soup is fine weekly, beans are fine weekly.
I also made a "menu" with things in regular rotation (looks like a restaurant menu) so I can tell the kids - pick 2 bean dishes, pick 4 chicken dishes, pick 2 pastas etc, as I'm filling in the calendar. They pick favorites from the menu and I throw in a few new things I want to try.
When I'm feeling organized I prefer a monthly to a weekly calendar. Because taco Tuesday sounds like a lot of tacos, but it's not too much if it's every other week. Same with pasta - I don't really want it every week, but every other week is good. So I go down the Tuesdays on a grid and alternate tacos with pasta. But chicken is fine weekly, soup is fine weekly, beans are fine weekly.
I also made a "menu" with things in regular rotation (looks like a restaurant menu) so I can tell the kids - pick 2 bean dishes, pick 4 chicken dishes, pick 2 pastas etc, as I'm filling in the calendar. They pick favorites from the menu and I throw in a few new things I want to try.
Anonymous
08/15/2023 20:08
Subject: Meals within a category, I.e taco tuesday
Anonymous wrote:I like to do “clean out the fridge/pantry day” where we eat whatever miscellaneous leftovers we have. I pull out everything that needs to be eaten and create a buffet. If there’s not a enough or large enough portions, I’ll supplement with a salad, crudité or charcuterie board.
Haha my mom's friend calls something similar her YOYO night - You're Own Your Own!
Anonymous
08/15/2023 20:07
Subject: Re:Meals within a category, I.e taco tuesday
I have seen Slider Sundays on Tiktok with various fillings for hawaiian rolls and I've been wanting to do that but I have yet to do so!
We do breakfast for dinner one night a week
And I would do pasta one night
Pizza one night
We do breakfast for dinner one night a week
And I would do pasta one night
Pizza one night
Anonymous
08/15/2023 20:03
Subject: Meals within a category, I.e taco tuesday
Not in the summer, but we often do soup and chili nights.
Anonymous
08/15/2023 20:01
Subject: Meals within a category, I.e taco tuesday
At our house 'Breakfast for dinner' usually involves eggs -- fried, poached, omelets or a dutch baby (very easy!) and fruit.
Anonymous
08/15/2023 19:59
Subject: Meals within a category, I.e taco tuesday
For your meatless mondays, I suggest
1) Homemade Fried Rice or stir fry w/ tofu and veggies
2) This Melissa Clark recipe for a baked pasta with broccoli and ricotta.
https://mimbly.com/wordpress/2017/12/02/spicy-roasted-broccoli-pasta-by-melissa-clark/
1) Homemade Fried Rice or stir fry w/ tofu and veggies
2) This Melissa Clark recipe for a baked pasta with broccoli and ricotta.
https://mimbly.com/wordpress/2017/12/02/spicy-roasted-broccoli-pasta-by-melissa-clark/
Anonymous
08/15/2023 19:25
Subject: Meals within a category, I.e taco tuesday
Another idea not mentioned - sheet pan meals. Easy and usually a meal with protein and vegetable.
Anonymous
08/15/2023 17:59
Subject: Meals within a category, I.e taco tuesday
Some other broader ideas -
baked potato bar - you could have chili, or bacon and cheese, or some other topping I'm blanking on now. maybe search jacket potatoes.
Along those lines in fall/winter we might have chili night. You can vary the types of chili and you can also vary the things you put the chili on. (like spaghetti, or rice, or baked potato, or French fries, tater tots, etc).
baked potato bar - you could have chili, or bacon and cheese, or some other topping I'm blanking on now. maybe search jacket potatoes.
Along those lines in fall/winter we might have chili night. You can vary the types of chili and you can also vary the things you put the chili on. (like spaghetti, or rice, or baked potato, or French fries, tater tots, etc).
Anonymous
08/15/2023 16:17
Subject: Re:Meals within a category, I.e taco tuesday
Anonymous wrote:Not exactly what you asked for but one thing I do for the decision fatigue is to check the list of "National food days" each month. It gives me a reason to pick something.
Sept-May we also do soup once a week. That is based on the weather report. The rainiest day in the forecast is soup day.
The busiest day is a crock pot meal. I guess in a way that is a theme.
Same. One night a week we have something Asian, Mexican/southwestern, Italian, American, and leftovers. A specific weeknight isn't assigned, it just helps me maintain variety.
Anonymous
08/15/2023 14:44
Subject: Meals within a category, I.e taco tuesday
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We never do breakfast for dinner but may do it once a month or so this year. We just don't eat those foods for breakfast either so I don't have the ingredients on hand!
You don’t have eggs and avocado and bread for toast and fruit on hand?
Super boring breakfast, much less dinner.
And I only buy avocados certain weeks at a decent price point. They can be very expensive or gross.
I’m so curious what the hell you DO eat for breakfast if fruit, toast and eggs are “super boring” but “we don’t eat breakfast foods for breakfast so we don’t have those ingredients” either
"Breakfast for dinner" for my kids would mean sausages and/or bacon and pancakes or waffles. They would not literally want a typical weekday breakfast again for dinner. Who does that? Everyone listing "breakfast for dinner" please tell me it's not just cereal and toast night?
Anonymous
08/15/2023 08:47
Subject: Meals within a category, I.e taco tuesday
Monday - Asian food (rotation is: bulgogi, kimchi pancake, palak paneer, stir fry, Thai red curry, ramen, Tteokbokki)
Tuesday- taco Tuesday (rotation: ground beef, grilled beef, grilled chicken, shrimp)
Wednesday- German/Austrian-ish (Kaiserschmarrn, Wiener Schnitzel, dumplings, Gulasch, Schinkennudeln, Käsespätzle)
Thursday - Italian (minestrone, European style lasagne, spaghetti (carbonara, bolognese, or arrabiata), grilled seafood, risotto if I have time)
Friday: American (Caesar’s salad with chicken, spaghetti with meatballs, burgers, fettuccine Alfredo)
Saturday: take out
Sunday: fend for yourself if there are a lot of leftovers, grill if the weather is good
I typically do some prep work for the week on Sundays. Like I will batch cook Bolognese or grill meats.
Tuesday- taco Tuesday (rotation: ground beef, grilled beef, grilled chicken, shrimp)
Wednesday- German/Austrian-ish (Kaiserschmarrn, Wiener Schnitzel, dumplings, Gulasch, Schinkennudeln, Käsespätzle)
Thursday - Italian (minestrone, European style lasagne, spaghetti (carbonara, bolognese, or arrabiata), grilled seafood, risotto if I have time)
Friday: American (Caesar’s salad with chicken, spaghetti with meatballs, burgers, fettuccine Alfredo)
Saturday: take out
Sunday: fend for yourself if there are a lot of leftovers, grill if the weather is good
I typically do some prep work for the week on Sundays. Like I will batch cook Bolognese or grill meats.