My Home Cookin'

Now that I've broken my blog silence, seems I'm on a roll...2 in 2 days!

A couple months ago, I decided to start taking a picture of what I make/buy/reheat for dinner every night and post it to Instagram. I kicked it off with this message:

My people need to eat. Like every day. And by our family’s most efficient division of labor, that means I am on tap every night right about…5 o’clock…to come up with something relatively healthy for everyone to consume (or repulse, as the case may be).  

I’ve been thinking lately that most of us probably have some easy meals/hacks/tips we take for granted that the rest of us would find helpful. I also think there’s a lot of food advice out there with unrealistic expectations. So… 

I’m running a little experiment: posting (anonymously bc trolls) what I feed my family for dinner each night. I’m hoping this will...  

1. Throw a dart at the myth that every night ought to be a from-scratch organic food symphony, 
2. Provide inspiration when everything you’re making sounds too familiar,
3. Offer tips and suggestions that will hopefully make someone's life a little easier, particularly during the witching hour.

Feel free to follow along – and post helpful suggestions in the comments.

Then I expanded it to Facebook and Tumblr.

I have quickly discovered how useful it is for me to have this record:

1. I'm excited to have a catalog of our dinners - I used to have an excel list because I quickly forget every food but what we've just had.🙄 I'm hoping to keep this up long enough that it'll serve me for years to come whenever I get in a rut - and be much easier to consult than a spreadsheet.....
2. We have some health issues in our family so I've been logging our meals in MS Word for months. This is much more fun and just as useful....
3. It's the only thing I've found that gives me a little nudge to plan ahead (something I need to do more as my people are growing and eating more). I'm still not a detailed planner, but I'm less likely to wait until 5pm now that I know it's gonna go public.....
4. Which is not to say it reaches far, but that's fine with me. There's comfort in knowing the majority of followers are friends and their friends.....

I am hoping to continue this project until I've gone through all the meals I usually make at least once. Someday I could even print it as a book for my kids.

But in the meantime, there is one question I keep getting from friends who are following along: "Do your kids eat it?" And the answer will be in my next post--which I hope to actually complete soon... #staytuned