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Post by wineallthetime on Sept 20, 2020 9:00:47 GMT -6
Morning! Trying to make a meal plan for the week but I'm in a rut. Just cleaning, grocery shopping, ect today over here. Seriously silly, but I made a list of all the things we eat on a regular basis (30 dishes or so). Each week I look at what’s left in the fridge/freezer and at the list and then make a mealplan. It is not the most inventive thing, but it makes things easier. That's actually pretty smart!
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Post by wineallthetime on Sept 20, 2020 9:03:10 GMT -6
Yum! I'm going to try some of them. I ended up doing my grocery order and got stuff for homemade tomato basil soup and grilled cheese, creamy Crock-Pot chicken noodle soup, and salmon and sweet potatoes to start the week.
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Post by tgrimes on Sept 20, 2020 9:09:23 GMT -6
[mention]tgrimes [/mention] my dad used to make that last one quite often, he just add a layer of spinach to add some veggies. I’m really craving this dish lately, but no one in my household will eat this except me ☹️. ETA glad H seems al little better! We make shepherds pie quite often in the winter. Yum.
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Post by nam2013 on Sept 20, 2020 9:11:27 GMT -6
[mention]tgrimes [/mention] my dad used to make that last one quite often, he just add a layer of spinach to add some veggies. I’m really craving this dish lately, but no one in my household will eat this except me ☹️. ETA glad H seems al little better! We make shepherds pie quite often in the winter. Yum. See I love that too, but no one in my household likes mashed potatoes. They do not know what they missing in their lives.
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Post by flamingo on Sept 20, 2020 9:45:21 GMT -6
We make shepherds pie quite often in the winter. Yum. See I love that too, but no one in my household likes mashed potatoes. They do not know what they missing in their lives. It took my kids for.ever. To come around on mashed potatoes! I do not get it at all. B now loves them and I think C is finally over the hump, but it took years and serving them many times.
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Post by nam2013 on Sept 20, 2020 9:52:09 GMT -6
See I love that too, but no one in my household likes mashed potatoes. They do not know what they missing in their lives. It took my kids for.ever. To come around on mashed potatoes! I do not get it at all. B now loves them and I think C is finally over the hump, but it took years and serving them many times. Mmmm interesting 🤔. With ds I’m not even going to try, but I might win over dd... I was thinking Shepard’s pie might be a nice freezer meal for when the baby comes! Thank @klongoria!
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Post by wedding on Sept 20, 2020 9:59:36 GMT -6
I’m going to try out that chicken parm dish tgrimes. Dh will be so impressed if I make something other than shake and bake and I think I can handle that! C won’t eat mashed or baked potatoes. I’m finally getting him to eat chicken regularly though so I’m not pushing it.
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Post by wedding on Sept 20, 2020 10:07:51 GMT -6
We had a flag football combine this morning. It was more serious than I expected and a lot more kids. I was annoyed that not all were wearing masks but C did a good job of staying clear of those kids and so is distancing. The coaches had the kids run timed drills and they took notes on the sidelines. We find out teams by Thursday and have our first scrimmage next weekend.
Nothing else planned for the day. Just tidying, catching up with laundry and prepping for the week. I’ll probably read and nap at some point soon while C is taking some rest time watching Pokémon. I should probably pull out some old weather stuff. C and I are biking in tomorrow and it’s going to be around 40 degrees.
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Post by wineallthetime on Sept 20, 2020 10:40:21 GMT -6
My kids love mashed potatoes. I enjoy them but prefer mashed/baked sweet potatoes. Yum.
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Post by tgrimes on Sept 20, 2020 10:46:22 GMT -6
I’m going to try out that chicken parm dish tgrimes . Dh will be so impressed if I make something other than shake and bake and I think I can handle that! C won’t eat mashed or baked potatoes. I’m finally getting him to eat chicken regularly though so I’m not pushing it. It was seriously sooooo easy. The Rachel Ray one was pretty easy, too. Maybe try that one the next week. You don't want to get him too excited about your cooking skills.
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Post by tgrimes on Sept 20, 2020 10:48:58 GMT -6
I bought some piano books from Amazon and they were delivered Friday so i spent several hours yesterday playing Disney songs and a few classics like Imagine, Canon in D and some broadway hits. Now if only my children could leave me alone so I can actually learn Clair de Lune. That one looks pretty intense.
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Post by flamingo on Sept 20, 2020 10:59:08 GMT -6
It took my kids for.ever. To come around on mashed potatoes! I do not get it at all. B now loves them and I think C is finally over the hump, but it took years and serving them many times. Mmmm interesting 🤔. With ds I’m not even going to try, but I might win over dd... I was thinking Shepard’s pie might be a nice freezer meal for when the baby comes! Thank @klongoria! I remember reading that it takes eating something ten times for your brain to truly decide if you like it or not. I have found it to be so true with my kids...there are quite a few foods that they initially put up a fuss over but have come to love; our rule is that you have to take at least 1 bite when it's served. C's latest new-found favorite is cantaloupe, lol.
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Post by nam2013 on Sept 20, 2020 11:04:17 GMT -6
Mmmm interesting 🤔. With ds I’m not even going to try, but I might win over dd... I was thinking Shepard’s pie might be a nice freezer meal for when the baby comes! Thank @klongoria! I remember reading that it takes eating something ten times for your brain to truly decide if you like it or not. I have found it to be so true with my kids...there are quite a few foods that they initially put up a fuss over but have come to love; our rule is that you have to take at least 1 bite when it's served. C's latest new-found favorite is cantaloupe, lol. Yes! We do this a lot with dd and she will try almost anything. Mushy foods have just never been her jam, she was a rapley baby all the way through 😉. But it’s been a year or so since I last tried, so I’m going to try again! Ds is just another story 🤦🏼♀️.
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Post by jewels on Sept 20, 2020 11:25:18 GMT -6
My kids love mashed potatoes. I enjoy them but prefer mashed/baked sweet potatoes. Yum. I love all potatoes. They all have their place in my life lol Mashed regular or sweet potatoes, French fries, and roasted sweet or regular are my favorites but I’ll seriously eat them all Neither kids cares much for potatoes. B likes fries but S doesn’t even really like them. Like when we get a happy meal he just wants the apples. I think it’s weird. I wish they liked mashed potatoes. And shepherds pie is one of my favs. To me it’s a winter comfort food. But I never eat it anymore
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Post by inthekitty on Sept 20, 2020 11:25:29 GMT -6
I've long given up on my kids with food. Last night dinner was a mini bagel and cream cheese, fruit, and some chips. Basically I feed them lunch every meal. One of them might finally like something and the other won't. It gets so old. I've told them many times "I don't care if you like it or not--that's what's for dinner and if you don't eat it you're not getting anything else."
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Post by inthekitty on Sept 20, 2020 11:26:21 GMT -6
RBG's death is very sad and scary. I'm just hoping if nothing else it will get some lazy, apathetic dems to vote.
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Post by jewels on Sept 20, 2020 11:27:25 GMT -6
I've long given up on my kids with food. Last night dinner was a mini bagel and cream cheese, fruit, and some chips. Basically I feed them lunch every meal. One of them might finally like something and the other won't. It gets so old. I've told them many times "I don't care if you like it or not--that's what's for dinner and if you don't eat it you're not getting anything else." We do breakfast for a lot of meals here. It’s just easier than arguing. My kids eat a lot of meat though so that’s good. Steak, burgers, chicken in any form, pork chops etc are always eaten here. It’s all the side dishes that get fought about
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Post by trtlcrzy on Sept 20, 2020 14:57:44 GMT -6
Potatoes are my favorite food group. But GTFO of here with your sweet potatoes. It’s been a while but I think both of my kids will eat mashed potatoes. I should make chicken gravy over mashed potatoes for super, we haven’t had it in a long time and I love it.
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Post by flamingo on Sept 20, 2020 15:18:30 GMT -6
trtlcrzy sweet potatoes have their place. GOSH. 🤣 Sweet potato casserole (pecan topping only, no marshmallows), fries, baked...yum. I am an equal opportunity potato eater, I do not discriminate.
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Post by trtlcrzy on Sept 20, 2020 15:21:39 GMT -6
trtlcrzy sweet potatoes have their place. GOSH. 🤣 Sweet potato casserole (pecan topping only, no marshmallows), fries, baked...yum. I am an equal opportunity potato eater, I do not discriminate. I have tried just about every different iteration of sweet potatoes and I hate them all. More for you.
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Post by jewels on Sept 20, 2020 15:36:48 GMT -6
trtlcrzy sweet potatoes have their place. GOSH. 🤣 Sweet potato casserole (pecan topping only, no marshmallows), fries, baked...yum. I am an equal opportunity potato eater, I do not discriminate. yummm sweet potato casserole with the pecan topping is my fav. I do one with crushed pecans & walnuts that has enough brown sugar , butter etc to kill someone. It's requested at every holiday lol
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Post by inthekitty on Sept 20, 2020 15:40:32 GMT -6
trtlcrzy sweet potatoes have their place. GOSH. 🤣 Sweet potato casserole (pecan topping only, no marshmallows), fries, baked...yum. I am an equal opportunity potato eater, I do not discriminate. yummm sweet potato casserole with the pecan topping is my fav. I do one with crushed pecans & walnuts that has enough brown sugar , butter etc to kill someone. It's requested at every holiday lol My sister and BiL make that at holidays. So dang good. As far as basic potato dishes I love rainbow mini potatoes, pan-fried with rosemary. Madison forced herself to vomit the first time i made her try a bite.
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Post by flamingo on Sept 20, 2020 15:40:44 GMT -6
trtlcrzy sweet potatoes have their place. GOSH. 🤣 Sweet potato casserole (pecan topping only, no marshmallows), fries, baked...yum. I am an equal opportunity potato eater, I do not discriminate. yummm sweet potato casserole with the pecan topping is my fav. I do one with crushed pecans & walnuts that has enough brown sugar , butter etc to kill someone. It's requested at every holiday lol Yes! Thanksgiving food is my favorite and one of the reasons is this dish. So good.
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Post by klong11 on Sept 20, 2020 16:42:17 GMT -6
My Thanksgiving sweet potatoes are round slices that sit overnight with orange slices, brown sugar, raisins, and various spices. They are baked the next day and the marshmallows are added twice. The first time they melt and mix with all the juices, and then the second is just a few minutes prior to serving to get the nice browned topping.
Now I wish it was Thanksgiving.
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Post by klong11 on Sept 20, 2020 16:45:24 GMT -6
I don't think I've checked in all weekend. I'm dealing with some body pains and the past two days I've had frozen shoulder on my left side. It's pretty painful and there's not much I can do for it other than nsaids and ice. No bueno.
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Post by guster on Sept 20, 2020 18:06:02 GMT -6
My Thanksgiving sweet potatoes are round slices that sit overnight with orange slices, brown sugar, raisins, and various spices. They are baked the next day and the marshmallows are added twice. The first time they melt and mix with all the juices, and then the second is just a few minutes prior to serving to get the nice browned topping. Now I wish it was Thanksgiving. I am drooling over this dish. I screenshot-ed it for the holidays!
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Post by trtlcrzy on Sept 20, 2020 18:44:50 GMT -6
I don't think I've checked in all weekend. I'm dealing with some body pains and the past two days I've had frozen shoulder on my left side. It's pretty painful and there's not much I can do for it other than nsaids and ice. No bueno. I’m sorry. I hope it’s feeling better soon.
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Post by trtlcrzy on Sept 20, 2020 18:45:57 GMT -6
Schitts creek is sweeping the emmys. I love it!
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Post by inthekitty on Sept 20, 2020 21:12:35 GMT -6
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Post by peachsmama on Sept 21, 2020 8:49:54 GMT -6
Mmmm interesting 🤔. With ds I’m not even going to try, but I might win over dd... I was thinking Shepard’s pie might be a nice freezer meal for when the baby comes! Thank @klongoria! I remember reading that it takes eating something ten times for your brain to truly decide if you like it or not. I have found it to be so true with my kids...there are quite a few foods that they initially put up a fuss over but have come to love; our rule is that you have to take at least 1 bite when it's served. C's latest new-found favorite is cantaloupe, lol. I have the same rule. My boys eat 1 Brussel sprout everytime I make them. They'll like them one day damn it.
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