I wish that my educators had been more honest with me. NO ONE told me how many hours I would spend in the kitchen once I had children! I had NO idea. If I had, I would have spent less time on my piano lessons, math homework, chatting about the boys, and practicing for dance team. I would have been collecting and putting together kid-friendly, healthy menus to make my life easier now! It has been one of my biggest challenges. It's mental. For so many years, it seemed like cooking was all about being Betty Homemaker - which I fought for a long time.
When I finally got it into my thick skull that preparing a good, healthy meal for my family was one of the best ways that I can serve them, it became much easier. Now, I cook with love.
What I've done is to collect our favorite (realistic) recipes and put them into a one-inch 3-ring binder. I actually slide the recipes into sheet protectors. I keep "recipes to try" in the pockets of the binder. If it isn't a keeper, then I toss the recipe. If it's a keeper (the entire family has to agree on), then I put it in a sheet protector and add it to the rotation. So, I flip open my recipe binder and look to see what's up for this week. Once I cook the recipe, I put it in the back of the binder so that the recipes keep rotating.
I have tried MANY different menu plan ideas - and this one has worked best for me, so far.
Please share you menu planning ideas. I'm always open for new ideas.
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