Menu Plan by FLNW reader, Bethany Weathersby, who lives with the other 5 Ws in Woodburn, Oregon, and always has a current menu posted on the side of her fridge. She keeps her recipes organized at For the Love of Grub.
Our kids are good eaters, but with six people in our family there’s simply no way that everyone is going to love every meal that gets put on the table. However, we all eat what’s served (even the occasional recipes that are flops) and over the course of the week each person likes more foods than not. From soups to salads and vegetarian dishes to meals with meat, here’s one week’s variety of dinners.
Here’s what’s for dinner at my house this week:
Monday — Cheesy Green Beans (If lasagna was made with green beans instead of noodles, it would taste like this.), rice
Tuesday — We (almost) always have Taco Tuesday at our house, some eating their taco fillings on a pile of lettuce or spinach and others piling theirs in or on tortillas. I pull the world’s best beans and some turkey or beef I pre-cooked with homemade taco seasoning from the freezer in the morning to make this an easy meal.
Wednesday — Italian Sausage with Bowties (This is one dish that we all love equally, whether we make it with bowties or rice.), Roasted Broccoli
Thursday — Lebanese-Style Red Lentil Soup, Buttermilk Biscuits with chives and black pepper (I could eat these every day of my life, but I only bake them when I have enough chives growing in the back yard to whip up a batch.
Friday — Thai Quinoa Salad with Ginger Peanut Dressing, Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Bars for dessert
Saturday — Lemon Garlic Tilapia (This gets inhaled in about 30 seconds flat by every member of the family.), rice, Winter Fruit Salad with Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing (That would be winter fruits in a green salad, not a fruit salad in winter. And it would be delicious.)
Sunday — This is my day off, so we eat leftovers.
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Lately, we’ve been having taco Tuesday at our house too. So easy and yummy.
I agree, Linda. 🙂
Every recipe sounds fabulous! It has only been my son and I since, well, foeever and I can probably count on just my fingers how many homemade meals have been cooked since he found freedom through a driver’s license. At 10pm, flying through the door, having been gone since 6am, is not the time to ask, “What’s for dinner?”, particularly if it’s not proceeded by “Hi mom, how was your day?” He was often met with this reply, “Dinner is at 6, those here at thay time decide on dinner. I decided I wasn’t hungry.”
These recipes sound appetizing to me and easy enough to try and get back into a normal routine. The child moves away to college soon, beginning a new and exciting/terrifying chapter in my life.
Thank you for sharing Bethany…I think I’ll start that chapter here!
Amy – I hope you’re able to squeeze in some more home-cooked dinners with your son before he leaves! 🙂
Hey, the Lebanese-Style Red Lentil Soup, Buttermilk Biscuits with chives and black pepper looks to be quite an appetizing idea.
Thanks for sharing Bethany!
You’re welcome! 🙂