I have a really neat giveaway for our Simple Dinner Ideas Series this week! We are into April which means Freezer Cooking! You should also be able to find this giveaway over at Crystal and Company this week, so be sure to swing by there!
Let’s talk about the menu first and then I will tell you all about my current favorite book!
Be sure to print out your coupons this week! Remember, you should be able to print them twice.
Ok, on to my menu plan for this week:
Monday: Fried pork chops, leftover Macaroni and Cheese, broccoli
Tuesday: Chicken (haven’t decided yet how to cook it) It is a whole fryer and I would love ideas!
Wednesday: leftovers
Thursday: Ballpark food – double header at home today!
Friday: Taco Bake
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Looking for more ideas? You can find plenty of recipes as well as a free menu planning sheet on my kid friendly recipes page!
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biggest would be when i have planned a dinner and half the stuff i dont have
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My biggest struggle is coming up with something to make each night. I put it off until the last minute and then everyone is hungry. This sounds like a great solution.
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My biggest struggle is timing!
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My biggest dinner time struggle is not having enough time to prepare meals on busy days.
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Biggest dinner time struggle is when i’m short of time to cook the meal.
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My biggest struggle is figuring out what to have! When I make up a meal plan in advance, it’s MUCH easier!
My biggest struggle is not knowing what I’m going to make.
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My biggest struggle is fixing something that we all like together, and not having to make seperate meals!
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My biggest struggle is getting the motivation to prepare those meals I have planned!
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I have a very long commute and I am way too tired when I get home to cook. Thanks for the contest.
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My biggest challenge is getting a nice dinner made on a weekday!
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I have several struggles….
1.) – getting my super picky eater (3-years-old) to eat something outside of her handful of approved foods.
2.) making dinner and breaking up the skirmishes and/or stopping 9 million times to help them with their “emergencies”
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I struggle with coming up with new ideas that my family will like. We get stuck in the rut of the same few meals over and over and over and over…
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My biggest challenge is feeding a 3 year old, a 10 month old and myself without having to make three meals!
My biggest dinner time struggle is timing preparation of meals between lots of familiy activities and volunteering.
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Convienance seems to be the thing for our dinner. I know what I’m going to make but a lot of time I forget to take xx out of the freezer or By the time it’s 6 I don’t feel like making a hour long meal.
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My biggest challenge is the fact that not only do I not know HOW to cook, I don’t like to cook. However, with now having children I want to feed them healthy foods not processed ones. I have been interested in trying the freezer foods method for a while now but haven’t found anything that will help me, a VERY beginner start doing this. It would be a huge help for me!
Making dinner… period. I have been so unable to do much due to being 9 months pregnant!
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My biggest dinner time struggle is trying to figure out what to make for dinner and always eating the same stuff over and over
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my biggest challenge is variety but quick meals. You end up going back to a lot of the same meals all the time.
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My biggest struggle is feeding my vegetarian daughter
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My biggest dinnertime struggle is making sure that all the dishes are ready at the same time. I’m usually off on my timing, so that either one thing gets ready too early, then gets cold, or there is one dish holding up the meal when everything else is ready.
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My biggest struggle is planning a variety of meals that everyone likes while still trying to switch it up and not spend hours cooking each night. Thanks!
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My biggest struggle is planning ahead.
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My biggest struggle is preparing quick, but nutritious meals when we don’t get home from school and work until really late.
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My biggest struggle is having the energy to put together a well balanced meal at the end of the day.
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My biggest struggle is trying to figure out what to have for dinner. I like cooking but not deciding what to cook.
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My biggest struggle is not having time, I get home late so I only have about 15 mins to make dinner.
Our hardest struggle is time and my lack of knowledge.
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My biggest struggle is I don’t have a car or live within walking distance to a store. We go without a lot. This would be perfect for us.
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My biggest struggle is getting together something that is both tasty and healthy.
Mine is trying to find something everyone will eat.
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I need o manage my time better. I always think I have more time than I really do.