I had the rare pleasure tonight of going grocery shopping with my daughter. Just the two of us, with the little girls at home in bed. Life is so busy these days that having time where I don’t have to share her with anyone else is an unexpected pleasure.
We are turning over a new leaf at our house, with a week’s menus planned and shopped for in advance. There are dual goals here: to actively improve the nutritional value of our diets (especially the girls’) and to try to rein in the food budget. Control, planning, and team work are the keys.
We are also helping Lily begin basic cooking skills. She already makes a mean Mac and Cheese, and tonight she followed a recipe from one of her kids’ cook books and made Banana-Strawberry Pancakes for dinner. They were delicious! She wants to be able to cook dinner at least one night a week, which should work out well for everyone.
The next leg of our new healthier eating habits will be eating veggies fresh from the garden. And the garden is beginning to sprout, so that phase will happen sooner than later.
Here’s to a healthier Fall.
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That is so great you’re teaching Lily basic cooking skills and wonderful you can have your own garden. Bon Apetit!
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Because of work schedules, her Dad has always done most of the cooking, so this is a great opportunity for her to have fun learning to cook and him to get a bit of a break! – Fawn
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Anytime just for Mother and Daughter can be so special. Always happy for those times. And it won’t surprise me at all to hear that Lily will be cooking most of the Thanksgiving dinner this year! Love how interested she is in learning new things and you and Georgia are so good to help her and listen to her.
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I can tell you are having an absolutely awesome time with Leah…your smiles just leap off the FB page! Love, Fawn
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