I had thought about posting my resolutions this year, but then changed my mind. I do have a plan to share though, and I don’t know if my family is going to go along with it. I’m thinking that every season I will make one month a take-out free month. I’m giving it a trial run next month. I picked February to start, because it is the shortest month, and the weather is usually pretty wonky, so you don’t want to be out all that much anyway. That also means I’ll be cooking my own birthday dinner, but that’s cool with me.
Last year we had a no take-out month, and the kiddos were pretty grumpy with me. I hope that this time around they will be a little bit better about it. I have a fun menu already planned, and I will have it up soon. I’ll pretty much be living in the kitchen cooking, and keeping up with the dishes around the clock. I also hope to share some shopping and saving tips as I go along with the experiment.
So what do you think about going take-out free? Would your family give it a thumbs up, or a big no way?
My family would be OK with it, but there are those days that I might not be! I look forward to seeing your menu.
Thanks Nana! We’ll see how the month goes, there is already a lot of grumpy complaints from the kiddos and it isn’t even February yet.
Thanks Mimi! I have those days too, where I just don’t want to cook at all. I need a few good freezer staples to make some easy meals. We’ll see how February goes.
It’s something our family doesn’t do very often, take out that is. Good luck with your entire month, I remember when you tried last time.
Thanks Heather! That is awesome 🙂 During December I was really bad about abusing the take-out, we had back-to-back cold & flu, but I thought that this would be worth another ago. Thade is already mad at me though, we’ll see how the month goes.