Meal planning

Oh the joys of shopping and cooking (read catering) for the large family and all that entails (mostly madness and chaos but also a little anal retentive organisation). We have come again to "Shopping Day" my busiest day of the week yet also my most cathartic. See I am an organiser, a list maker, a planner and so with "Shopping Day" comes the sheer unadulterated bliss of meal planning and shopping list construction. Being the organisational fury that I am (read micro-manager that must know exactly what is for dinner upon waking every morning) I do not simply plan for one week, I plan for ten days. Creating my "Meal Plan" is not as simple as it sounds, no basic list of ten possible meal ideas here...it is a carefully planned and orchestrated balance between nutrition, tastiness and the ability to be cooked with either help from a child or entirely by a child. Here enters the "Chore Roster" and the near ecstasy that envelopes me when I combine the "Meal Plan" with the "Chore Roster" to create the perfect balance of 'yumability' (a combination of tastiness and child ability...of course).

I thought that today I would share my near orgasmic organisation with you all so that my joy will spread and hopefully at least one person will put their hand up and admit to being (insane) a micro-managing Mum!

• Tues
 - Chicken Soup - Bella

• Wed
 - Pasta & Pesto - Tahlia

• Thurs
 - Fish & Citrus Salad - Nick

• Fri
 - Nachos - Sam

• Sat
 - Thai Beef Salad - Tahlia

• Sun
 - Dim Sum - Sam

• Mon
 - Chicken Salad - Nick

• Tues
 - Stir fry & Rice - Bella

• Wed
 -  Cous Cous Salad - Tahlia

• Thurs
 - Spaghetti Bolognaise - Nick

Now I get to do my shopping list! *cackles maniacally*