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I don't think it has to be boring if you choose themes rather than specific dishes. For example, pasta night could mean vegetarian lasagna or spaghetti & meatballs or stuffed manicotti or linguini & clams. Soup/stew night could mean tomato soup or tex-mex chili or broccoli cheddar soup or chicken noodle soup.
I don't think it has to be boring if you choose themes rather than specific dishes. For example, pasta night could mean vegetarian lasagna or spaghetti & meatballs or stuffed manicotti or linguini & clams. Soup/stew night could mean tomato soup or tex-mex chili or broccoli cheddar soup or chicken noodle soup.
That sounds more like what my mother did. She didn't serve the same dish, meal, every week, but tended to serve some foods on certain nights. We were Catholic, so there was no meat on Friday. Dinner was either fish or something like macaroni and cheese. Fall through Spring, Sunday dinner was a big meal with leftovers for Monday. When the weather was nice, dad liked to go to a state park of walk in the woods. Mom would pack a picnic lunch. Once in a while we cooked over a campfire.
Things like soup and meatloaf were always served Monday to Thursday. I liked Saturday because we never knew what we were going to eat. It might be a pizza, peanut butter and jelly, or a Swanson frozen meal if mom and dad were going out for the evening. I loved their turkey dinner. I got to lick the foil tray because they weren't watching.
The last few years I've been doing soup Sundays which also becomes soup Monday and lunch for a few days.
I tend to make fish on Fridays because I like a lighter meal before the weekend. If we're eating out or eating junk type foods it tends to be on Saturday. I also grew up eating meatless meals during lent: macaroni and cheese, tuna salad or grilled cheese and tomato soup.
I try to do a big dinner salad once a week--usually Wednesday or Thursday.
I can't until it cools off a bit more for soup Sundays to start. It makes cooking during the week easier.
what types of soups do you make? It sounds good especially for colder weather.
I used to, but not every week. Wednesdays would be pasta night and Fridays would be seafood(or pizza/Chinese take out). But cuz of my job I just said screw it.
We plan weekly menus and for the most part stick to them. It is rare if we have the same meal within a 2 month period. We are very adventurous eaters and like trying new to us dishes. Growing up, except for the time my maternal grandmother (Oma) lived with us, nightly meals were fast food. My mother and father were terrible cooks and the meals were repeats when they did cook. There are some things I will never eat to this day, tuna casserole and spaghetti pie right off the top of my head.
I get time to cook only in the evenings. I make enough quantities to eat it as Dinner and leftovers are eaten next day as quick lunch. It is a money saving tactic also so that I dont have to purchase food outside.
There is a wide variety in what I cook. I cant cook like this dish on this day- I cant do it. My choice of dish depends on what ingredients I have in store.
In New Orleans, Monday is red beans and rice day. I remember Prince's TV commercials that announced that Wednesday Is Spaghetti Day. And for many some religions, Friday is fish day.
Does anyone cook the same meal on the same day every week? And why?
Never did and never will. Food is way to adventurous thing to be restricted to 7 dishes that would be repeated every week, month for month, year for year.
It would left out all this glorious food of the world, also restrict our ambition to learn how to cook and try something new.
Things so predictable, like weekly menu are
for the lazy cook, and super boring in my opinion.
Almost a crime - if you think about your kids that would be introduced to only few foods in their childhood. I also believe that this practice breeds "picky eaters" who only eat food they know, and are afraid/ disinterested to try anything new.
Never did and never will. Food is way to adventurous thing to be restricted to 7 dishes that would be repeated every week, month for month, year for year.
It would left out all this glorious food of the world, also restrict our ambition to learn how to cook and try something new.
Things so predictable, like weekly menu are
for the lazy cook, and super boring in my opinion.
Almost a crime - if you think about your kids that would be introduced to only few foods in their childhood. I also believe that this practice breeds "picky eaters" who only eat food they know, and are afraid/ disinterested to try anything new.
Here! Hear!
BTW, red beans and rice are for lunch in NOLA, although we make them for dinner on occasion, as well as dirty rice.
I could never do that nor do I want to. It sounds very restrictive and boring. I cook a lot more than 7 kinds of meals and enjoy the changes.
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BTW, tho, having one meal during the week be the same every week? COULD be a good thing, if it is meant to bring the family together for at least one meal. Eating together as a family is a healthy thing. Routine things play a part in our mental well-being, and in the our family's mental well-being. Sometimes its not about having adventure, or providing basic sustenance. Sometimes it's about providing stability and calm. That's important.
People engage in conversational small talk for the same reason. Who really cares what the weather is like! But sharing that with someone, as a family member, or as a neighbor, adds to family and community stability.
I agree that people like routine. Dinner at 6, or whatever time, is enough. I grew up when everyone was at the table for dinner at a certain time. Lots of fun and laughs with my mother there, lol...but you never "knew" what we were eating until the morning of. You don't have to have the same meal in order to create stability. Just have a set time when your family eats.
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Never did and never will. Food is way to adventurous thing to be restricted to 7 dishes that would be repeated every week, month for month, year for year.
It would left out all this glorious food of the world, also restrict our ambition to learn how to cook and try something new.
Things so predictable, like weekly menu are
for the lazy cook, and super boring in my opinion. Almost a crime - if you think about your kids that would be introduced to only few foods in their childhood. I also believe that this practice breeds "picky eaters" who only eat food they know, and are afraid/ disinterested to try anything new.
I know. I had to convert one of my picky eaters. He ate very limited foods as a child and never "enjoyed" food. Hmm....maybe that's not a bad thing. I would probably weigh less if I didn't love all kinds of food
if its something you really like....I cook steak 3-4 times a week chicken wings and pork ribs usually every week.
You carnivore, you!
I hope you throw in some roughage in with your meat diet.
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I got to lick the foil tray because they weren't watching.
and lunch for a few days. 
