Picking what’s for dinner would have to be one of my least favourite jobs! Hubby and I can waste a whole hour just deciding what our meals are for the week. It’s not meant to be so difficult! One of us came up with the idea of these meal sticks, or dinner lucky dip as we like to call it.
The idea is pretty simple. All of the things we like to cook for dinner are written on the sticks and when we can’t think of what to have for dinner, out comes the jar! I’ve written one suggestion on each side of the stick and tried to split them into warm weather and cool weather meals. If the first suggestion doesn’t take your fancy, flip the stick over and check out the other one, or pull out another stick.
The jar lives on the window sill in the kitchen and I’ve got a pile of blank sticks in the drawer so that I can easily add to the jar if I come across a new recipe to add into the rotation.
I managed to come up with 40 different meals to write on the sticks. The lucky dip has really helped make weekly meal planning easier for us. What tricks do you have for planning your weekly meals?
A little bit country says
Genius! That is all. xo
Jane from Lil Pip says
I LOVE THIS IDEA!!! I’m going home tonight to make a lucky dip jar too. Might even do too – a kids dinner lucky dip and an adults only lucky dip. Sometimes I like to have something a little more special for hubby and I rather than a ‘family’ meal.
Awesome idea Abby
abby @ thingsforboys says
you’re good. We just eat what we want and if Roman doesn’t like it, too bad for him 😉
abby @ thingsforboys says
thanks Elaina!
Jane from Lil Pip says
he he he – they get slightly more opinionated when they reach 5 and 7!!!
abby @ thingsforboys says
I can’t bear to even imagine…Roman is plenty opinionated and he’s only 3.5! I better start stockpiling wine.
Ros says
Love this! I might do it too – the kids would get a kick out of choosing the dinners. Might make them more inclined to eat it, they’ve been fussy lately!
Mirjam @ dekawear.blogspot.nl says
Thanks for this great idea! I use a fruit- and vegetable calendar, to check which fruits and vegetables suits the season whe are in. This helps a little when choosing what to eat. But your idea is the best! 😉
abby @ thingsforboys says
I should try and do that. Australians in general are not very good at eating seasonally.
abby @ thingsforboys says
anything to get the kids eating is a good idea!