My boys hate it when I plan my menus. Not because I fix awful things they won't like, but because they know they are going to hear the same thing. "Don't eat that I need it for..." Now not everything is off limits, but some things are so they need to check first.
Today it was the soda. That should have been a no brainer because we rarely have soda in the house and then normally only when I have a plan for it. Today I had two renegades who saw the soda and decided to drink it without talking to me. One was my son, the other was my husband. My son had gotten in trouble when I caught him with a glass of soda earlier that day so when he saw my husband making the same mistake I heard from the next room; "Ooooh Daaaaad, Mama is going to get you."
My trouble senses went into overdrive and I came in to find out what was going on. When my husband saw the look on my face he said "It's ok I'll get you more." I hope so or we will be short one meal, then he will have to listen to me muttering about how I had planned to make cola chicken but can't because everyone kept drinking the soda. Any way the next two weeks are planned out and the groceries are bought. Short of bread, milk and another bottle of soda, we should be alright.
I've actually been making our bread over the last two weeks. I'm really not sure we are coming out ahead though. Loaf for loaf I can make it cheaper than I can buy it. The problem comes in that they tend to go through a two pound loaf a day when I make it where as a store bought 24 oz. loaf of store bought bread will last three days. If you asked they would say that they just like bread, that it didn't matter if it was store bought or not. But I'm the one buying it or making it and they definitely go through more of the homemade.
The same is true of cookies. I had a friend say once that she didn't make cookies because since we have the Little Debbie's Thrift shop close by, it is cheaper than making homemade and her kids liked them just as well. My first thought was that's not right, but I asked my boys and they said that they didn't care either. My feelings where more than a little hurt and I stopped making cookies and started just getting stuff from the thrift shop. Then one day we were out so I decided to make cookies for the boys. It was then that I noticed that they ate a lot more of the homemade things. At that point I knew the real truth.
Do I still buy things from the thrift shop? Sure, but I know that they will never take the place of the thing I make at home. So now they are the exception and not the rule.
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My sweet friend, in my opinion, there is nothing better than homemade cookies. Tell me when you will be making some, I will be right over, lol
I'm chuckling! I'm a die-hard menu planner, so my family has learned by experience that there are certain things they need to ask first before helping themselves to. There is a thrift store a block from where I work and I can buy bread 2 for $1.10 (vs. $1.79 or more for one at the grocery store.) I did the math and I can't make bread that cheaply. I know that some would argue that homemade bread is better for you...I'm just not that concerned about it. We do the best with what we have and trust the rest to God, you know? When I was a kid, my mom always made homemade cookies and we considered "store-bought" cookies a treat because she hardly ever bought them! Go figure.
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