menu plan Monday

Here’s my plan for teaching the children how to cook

We used to let the kids pick one meal every week, but we stopped doing that because Poppy almost always chose fish sticks and macaroni and cheese. Well, that alone isn’t the reason we stopped doing it, but it certainly didn’t help. I really don’t like fish sticks. Anyway, this week marks the triumphant return of Kids Choice Night, sort of. I’ve made a list from which the kids can choose, and all of the recipes on it are simple enough for them to make themselves:

Baked potatoes
Baked pasta
Shake-n-Bake chicken
Scrambled eggs
Grilled cheese
Sesame noodles
Tacos
Chili

They’re pretty basic dishes, and that’s because I’m trying to teach the kids how to cook. That way they won’t have to eat Taco Bell for every meal when they go off to college and I can slowly switch places with the children and play Super Mario Bros while they make dinner. In the past I’ve toyed around with the idea of putting together or purchasing a Cooking Curriculum, but the idea never really stuck. So we’re just going to dive in and make things that they’re interested in making, and hopefully they’ll pick up the skills they need as we go.

Last night was supposed to be our first Kids Cook Night, but the kids ended up going to a friends’ house and they didn’t get home until pretty late so Poppy didn’t get to make her grilled cheese sandwiches. Here’s what we’re having the rest of the week:

Tuesday: Sandwiches
We’ll be having a DIY sandwich bar. Any combination goes, as long as you don’t want anything other than ham, cheese, peanut butter or jelly. (That could go very, very grossly.)

Wednesday: Breakfast for dinner
Eggs, toast and veggie sausages. Nothing fancy this week.

Thursday: Tacos
Pete wanted to learn how to make tacos. Hopefully in a few weeks he’ll be in charge of taco night. (It may take longer than a few weeks.)

Friday: Pizza
We ordered from Domino’s last week, and the pizza they delivered was missing topping and it was doughy. We probably won’t be ordering from Domino’s this week.

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