I usually struggle with what to make for supper. I mean I have tons and tons of ideas and would LOVE to try a new recipe every night but seriously who has the time (and money) to do that?! I plan my meals a week in advance so I know what to get at the grocery store. I have a $75.00 weekly grocery budget...and that's it...no more then that. When the money is gone, it's gone. I get the sale flier in the mail and it's meal planning time.
Sure some weeks I get creative and attempt to try new things. Other weeks it's the old stand by recipes that I've been making for years. However now with a toddler, I have to get creative and can't rely on the old stand bys because well frankly he doesn't like them! I know, who doesn't like Tator-tot Hotdish, right?! My little guy...that's who. He use to like it, not sure why he doesn't like it now. I've stopped trying to figure all that out :)! Ok so back to "getting creative". I pick one cookbook and try one or two new recipes a week based on the sale flier from the grocery store and what I have in my cupboards and freezer. So far that's worked out pretty good but some weeks are a challenge due to the fact that the sale flier from the store pretty much sucks...LOL! It's hard to live in a town with only one grocery store...I'm kinda stuck. But again, I make it work!
Tonight was an "old standby" night at our house. We had Spaghetti with homemade spaghetti sauce. I browned up some ground venison (flavored the he** out of it so it didn't taste gamy) and threw that together with my homemade sauce (so GOOD)! I also made garlic toast and peas. My toddler loved helping me butter the toast...in fact he had a blast. And while he was "helping" me, he was snacking on GRAPES...can you believe it...HE ATE GRAPES!!!
So does wee-one eat Spaghetti you might be asking. Why yes he does! We usually try just plain spaghetti noodles with some cheese but tonight he asked (yes he did) for sauce! He ate it right up. Then he proceeded to eat some of his garlic toast. I've never seen a piece of bread/toast turned down by my little guy (yup, he's my child that's for sure). So all in all tonight's meal was a success. I love nights where he actually eats and it's not a battle. Now getting him to take his vitamins after supper...that was a battle but I digress. We'll take one step at a time :)!
I don't know what got into him tonight after his bath but he was full of it. He was singing, dancing, running back in fourth. It was a hoot. He's a wild man that's for sure and such a pure joy. Some of his new favorite things right now include: Singing and dancing. They do sing-alongs at daycare (oh to be a fly on the wall there...wouldn't that be precious to watch). And one of his favorite sayings is "How did that happen?" and he uses it the right way. Each day is an amazing adventure and I'm loving every single second of it (even the tantrums..for the most part).
Tomorrow night is Breakfast for Supper so I think my wee-one will be eating good again tomorrow. But then again in this age of toddler-hood...I could be so very wrong :)! Until tomorrow....
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