November 29, 2011

• Meal Planning

  I have a confession: I strongly dislike meal planning. 

  For 8 years I've lived with a semi-picky eater, so meal planning isn't just spaghetti (he doesn't like that) or meatloaf (he does't like that) or some casserole (he doesn't like casseroles). He will eat what ever I make at least once, but those meals I just mentioned, were staples for me growing up. 

  So for 8 years this is has been a source of frustration for both of us. One thing John loves is the meals planned.

  He's made suggestions over the last 8 years and every time it always felt like I was this big huge failure because none of his suggestions were easy for me or even worked well for my style. (I've tried the post-it-notes, 3x5 cards, rotating months of meals and other things)

  I'd see other women master this whole meal planning thing and think, "That's never going to be me!" (Esp. those women who make 1 month worth of food in one day...sorry that is just not me and I am impressed at anyone who can!)

  I am sure you all, who are married, have some issue like this. Some issue that seems to go no where, but comes up for conversation every couple of months.

  Normally this is the cycle...John would ask, "What's for dinner?" Me, "I don't know, what do you want?" John, "What do you have?" Me, "What do you want?"

  Then I'd get a suggestion, "Why don't you try to meal plan this way......"

  Then I'd feel like a failure!

  Well that crazy cycle had to stop and we hit that same conversation again about a week ago and finally we had a break through! John is now our official meal planner! Why didn't we think of this years ago?! I don't mind cooking or cleaning up....so John says, "Tomorrow night we're going to have this, then the next night this"

  Problem solved! Only took us 8 years!

  • 5:37 pm
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