This week is the week of Sukkot, a Jewish whole week holiday.  We built a Sukkah, which is a kind of hut you build near your home for this week, and in which you eat and sleep.  That means camping every night – a big excitement for the kids.  It also means the kids are home for a week, and I have to entertain them, and feed them.

 

So what shall we have for dinner tonight?  That is the question.  Till recently, the kids had a pattern of liking the same thing everyday for awhile, until they had enough and we moved to the next.  Now, my oldest is getting older, and he prefers having more of a variation, while his siblings still want more or less the same thing every day, or one of a very short fixed list of dishes.  That’s makes for a real headache every meal.

 

At least I have to cook only for the kids.  Some people have also a spouse, which probably makes a real mess!  (Well, I guess in some cases the spouse cooks too).

 

Lately I heard of a service for people who would like to get dinner ideas every day.  It is called Send Me Recipes (or SMR), and if you subscribe you get every day a meal plan (main dish + side dishes).  You get the recipes, which are promised to be quick and easy, and also access to a big database of recipes.  You can also choose to get low fat recipes or low carb recipes.  Sounds good mainly for young couples, or families with older kids, who can enjoy the new recipes part, but maybe parents of younger kids can also benefit from having a richer variety to choose from.  I haven’t tried it yet – if anyone does, please let me know.