Talk About Organizing Meal Plans

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Our family project for the last year and a half or so has been teaching the kids to do chores. We have learned a lot and I am so grateful for it because I don't know how I could have made it through the worst of my pregnancy without their help. Even my seven year old, whose hand I had to hold through chores, is now able to do her jobs independently.

I sat my kids down over the weekend and announced what our family "project" was going to be for this next year; Cooking, Meal Planning and Food Storage. I decided I was never going to do it on my own so I asked for the kids' help and they are willing and eager to pitch in. They both are great little cooks and love to help in the kitchen so we're going to have fun and devote as much time to it as we need to.

Not only are we going to get our meal plans and shopping organized but we are going to be trying lots of fun new recipes and cooking methods. The first thing we're going to learn is how to sprout seeds and beans and use them in recipes. I spent my first five years living in Alaska and I remember fighting over sprouts at the dinner table with my siblings. We loved them! I think sprouts were about the freshest thing we could eat living out in the boonies like we did.

I would also like for us to learn how to make yogurt and maybe this summer we will have a small garden and bottle our own food. That might be getting a little crazy since we have a baby due in May but if the kids are pitching in to help I don't see why we couldn't.




We use a lot of oats, wheat and beans in our cooking and we need to improve our food storage. If you are interested in food storage check out this calculator that will tell you how much you need to store for your family. We will soon have a family of six so eventually we'll need 1800 pounds of grains and 340 pounds of beans in our cellar for one year of storage. Doesn't that sound crazy!

Many of you already participate in Laura's Menu Plan Monday and I'm sure many of you are experts on cooking and food storage and will have plenty of advice for us as we go. We're going to need it!

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