We are Erika and Sara. We are working Moms. We are busy people. We both love to cook and we both believe that dinner time is an important part of family life. We also want our children to be adventurous (as we are) with food, but we are realistic and know that sometimes you have to ‘short-order cook’ for your picky eaters.
Sara: I have three boys, aged 7, 4 and 2. Most days my house feels like a zoo with the animals on speed. My oldest child loves food and has a wide array of foods he enjoys. My middles lives on yogurt and cereal and will touch nothing else. My youngest is trying to decide which brother he will model.
Erika: I have one boy, 3. He alternates between being willing to try anything to only wanting Goldfish for supper. My husband works long and unpredictable hours so I am on pick-up duty and solo for supper making every day. Fast and easy meals are a necessity as the time between getting home and bed time is short.
We are going to try various meal planning methods, try to adapt the plans and recipes to suit our families varying needs, and create a blog about it to record what works, what doesn’t, and lessons learned. We are also open to your ideas and advice too.
We hope that because our families are different and our kids have different likes and dislikes that between the two of us, something will be useful for your own families too. And of course we expect you will be creative and adapt things to suit your own family.
