Since we got home from our exhausting Christmas break I feel like I've been doing pretty well at making dinner. Before Christmas I was doing terrible! Every night 5:00 would roll around and I would ask everyone what they wanted to eat and of course no one here can agree on a dinner so we would throw together something for each person. An Engish Muffin for Audrey, bagel for Rylen, yogurt for the baby, you get the idea. We just weren't eating well and I was feeling stuck!
So, I am feeling motivated again and I thought I would share the meals I've been making in the past week, in case you are feeling stuck like I was. I don't claim they are extremely healthy, but I try to add in veggies with every meal and have a green salad with most meals. Just the fact that I am making dinner though, and we are all sitting down together to eat without stressing at dinner time every night makes us all feel better I think.
Wed: Easy Chicken Fiesta Rice served over chips, like taco salad. (Briella calls this Red Rice and she loves it. It's on her list of faves)
Thurs: Potato Pancakes, Waffles, and Eggs
Fri: Homemade Pizza
Sat: Ground Beef Enchiladas with corn and rice
Sun: Sausage Egg Rolls and Rice
Mon: Stir fried leftover rice with lots of frozen mixed veggies, served on tortillas with cheese, and leftovers
Tues: Homemade Mac and Cheese and corn off the cob (frozen corn. Rylen has discovered he loves it!)
Wed: Broiled Tilapia, twice baked potatoes, and brocolli
Tonight was my first attempt at cooking and eating Tilapia and I LOVED it! It helped that the recipe I used (I linked it) smothered the stuff in Parmesan cheese, butter, and mayo, but I think I would have liked it anyway. The recipe was super simple and Briella enjoyed it with me. If you have never cooked fish before, or if you aren't a big fish fan, I strongly recommend that recipe. It's easy and so tasty.
So there you go. I have been trying to just simplify and not over-complicate making meals. I try to make something someone (besides me or Wayne) likes every night so that at least two of us can enjoy dinner, and that means simple stuff because the kids like simple!
Let me know if you want a recipe for any of these dishes and I will post it! And lets see how long this motivated streak lasts...
2 comments:
Awesome! Thanks for sharing. So on the nights that not everyone is happy what do they eat? Is that stressful?
Well, I try to have something that even the pickiest ones will eat. I made bread this week and so I always served sliced bread so Rylen could have bread with butter. Also they all like buttered rice so that's why that is a side dish a lot. And we always have some fruit, canned or fresh, and they all like that.
It was stressful last night because Rylen and Audrey didn't like anything on the table, so Rylen got out some graham crackers and Audrey made herself an english muffin. Mostly I just ignore them and let them feed themselves because I'm annoyed they won't eat my cooking ;)
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