Happy New Year 2014!

Happy New Year!

With the new year, we have spent some time trying to determine how best to "simplify" our schedules.

2 nights of the week, we only have 2 boys at home and 2 nights we have activities and need a quick meal opportunity.

So, we have standardized the "quick meal" nights and they will be the same thing each week, with little variety.  The boys are able to fix those meals and we will make "salad in a jar" at the beginning of each week, to accompany those meals (Salad in a jar is it's own entry to follow).

The other two nights have been divided between Taylor and Noah, and they "own" dinner for those nights.

This week Noah has chosen the following meal:

• Black bean veggie burgers on whole wheat buns
• home-made baked potato chips
• salad
• chocolate shake for dessert

Tayor has chosen a family favorite:

• Home-made Pizza
• salad
• a surprise for dessert

Since we have another "snow day" tomorrow, Matt is going to make a dinner for us (he has decided to "play it by ear".

The next few blogs will cover each of these quick, easy and healthy meals that are so simple they can be made by the young ones in your family!

Stay tuned....