Menus?

Some days there just doesn't seem to be much to write about. Because while I did stuff... folded four loads of laundry, took H. and R. to the hospital to have blood work done, cleaned up the kitchen (more than once), made three large recipes of instant oatmeal, made a bunch of instant cocoa mix, baked a gingerbread cake, and made dinner... none of it is interesting enough to write an entire blog post about. 

So much of what I do in the kitchen is just second nature that I don't spend all that much time thinking about it. I make menus for the week, I write the list, I shop for the ingredients, I cook the food. It feels simple. But research (which sounds better than scrolling through my Facebook feed) tells me that it isn't simple for everyone. In fact, for many people it seems as though it is downright baffling. I used to post our weekly menu on a side bar on my blog. After a while, because I wasn't sure it was useful to anyone, I stopped.

So here's my question to all of you. Is something like that interesting and/or useful? Is just the menu enough or would you like more details? Or nothing? I'm curious... and really stretching out a vague idea to get a blog post out of it.

Comments

Csmithfamily09 said…
I love hearing about other family's menus. Goodness knows I can always use new ideas and I like to see how recipes actually translate into real food and if kids really eat it. It's always interesting to me.
Anonymous said…
I liked seeing the menus for new ideas. And if you write about them it’s always nice to know what freezes well and what can be made ahead of time.
Carla said…
I will be honest and say that I probably won't look at your menus every week, but will occasionally here and there... especially if you did a whole blog post about the menu for the week.

I know you stockpile some (your freezer is evidence), but what else do you use to make up your weekly menu? I sometimes feel in a rut... making the same menu for a week. Do you make your menu based on what is on hand, what's on sale, or just what you feel like making?

I know my brother as a sanity saver when he was a widowed father with 4 little ones, made 6 weeks of menus, laminated them, and just rotated through them.
pam said…
I would love to see new menu ideas for feeding a large family! And your recipes seem more economical than mine. I don't cook for as many as you, but I do cook for 8, 3x a day, and I feel in such a rut.
Anonymous said…
Yes! I used to enjoy seeing "what's for dinner". It gave me inspiration.

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