Episode 13: Feeding Our People
Feeding Our People
It’s inevitable–our offspring need to eat. With a minimum of three meals a day, seven days a week, we are talking about over twenty meals a week. That is a lot of food we are feeding our people!
Don’t let feeding your people be an overwhelming task. If you are new to homeschooling or have littles running around while you are trying to homeschool, now is not the time to whip out a seven-course meal. It’s survival, and as Harmony says in this episode, “No one has died from macaroni and cheese.”
Friends, we are the Relatable Homeschoolers, and if you are looking for picture-perfect menu plans and lunches that are made to look like zoo animals, you’ll need to keep looking. While feeding our people is something we do, we’re not creating Pinterest-worthy meals every day.
If you feel like you can’t make another meal, give this episode a listen. I did a rough calculation, and between the four of us, we have fed our families over 48,000 meals. We know a little something about feeding our people. So if you want to know how we plan, our favorite tools and cookbooks, and most importantly, how this is not your sole responsibility, press play below!
In this episode, we’re talking about:
- Feeding kids at various ages and stages (1:24)
- Reasons to plan your meals (8:42)
- Designating foods your kids can eat (11:13)
- Meal planning with a notecard system (12:33)
- Monthly batch cooking (14:10)
- Meal exchange groups and cooking extra to freeze for later (16:52)
- Meal planning services we like (22:04)
- Getting your family to help (24:20)
- Coping with picky eaters (25:52)
- Our favorite kitchen tools, from cookbooks to appliances (31:14)
Links from this episode:
- Once-a-month cooking
- 2-gallon Ziploc bag
- Aluminum foil pans with lids
- Plan to Eat
- eMeals
- Eat Your Books
- Dinner: A Love Story by Jenny Rosenstrach
- Dinner: The Playbook by Jenny Rosenstrach
- Jennys Rosenstrach’s Pork Ragu
- Instant Pot air fryer lid
- Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
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