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Okay, I’m a frantic woman and I need to do some serious tackling in my dinner preparation department.
This is Susan here, and I’m interrupting Janice’s regular Tackle it Tuesday broadcast to share about my upcoming — several week long — tackle. If you were peeking through my kitchen window around 6pm on any given night, you’d probably see me lamenting my disorganization and scrambling to figure out what to feed myself and my family for dinner.
Mary Jo is a busy mom who has taken on the task of helping run-off-their-feet moms get healthy family dinners on the table in 30 minutes or less. Not only does she provide quick, healthy recipes, her book outlines how to organize your kitchen, streamline food prep, store food effectively and even grocery shop for 14 days in one trip. So, as I skimmed through the chapters, I decided this was a job for Tackle It Tuesday. Since I am so swamped, it’s going to take me some time to work my way through the process and get on track with her system. So I’m going to work away on it in small weekly pieces… some of which I will share with you here in “Tackle It Tuesday.” But, since Janice is our main tackler here at “5 Minutes for Mom”, I’ll only be poking my nose in every so often to share my progress. My first step is going to be working through the first part of the book — Prep Work — where Mary Jo explains how to organize your pantry, cupboards and refrigerator. (By the way, if you’re curious why Janice isn’t joining me in this tackle, she’s lucky enough to have a husband that does most of her cooking. So she’s not messing with success.) |
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Susan: Organize kitchen as outlined in “The Frantic Woman’s Guide to Feeding Family and Friends”. I’m going to start working on this now, but I won’t probably be done by the end of the day… so I won’t be sharing before and after photos in this post. Janice: Continue adding blog feeds into Bloglines account. As Janice has already mentioned, she is in the process of adding all her regular blog reads into her new Bloglines account. So she’s focusing on that for this week’s tackle. |
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So, when I read the title of Mary Jo Rulnick’s new book, 
turtle-hope says
I have the exact same problem at my house. I’ll even ask the kids “What do you want for dinner?” Is that pathetic or what?! I definitely need to check out this book. Quick ideas and easy recipes? I’m all for that.
Mama Lily says
I have a list of dinner options for the month on the fridge. I used to do a menu, but never liked what I had chosen for that day, so it was all marked up. I had a grocery list on my computer that I print out and mark what I need. Hope you get your tackle done!
Stephanie says
Don’t talk to me about organizing my kitchen. I am in denial! 🙂
Tammy says
My kitchen is one of the biggest projects I have.. my cupboards are a mess! I need to add that to my list of things to tackle
Barbara H. says
That definitely looks like a book I need to look at!! Thanks for the recommendation!
One of my biggest problems is just that I hate to sit down and plan menus — even though I know it saves time and stress at meal time. It’s silly — I just need to make myself do it.
Rena says
If I organize my kitchen better hubby will never see the need to renovate it…..is that a sin?
Susanne says
I like the idea that book tells you how to organize your kitchen better. Hmm, might be checking that one out too! My fall reading challenge list is now miles long! :v)
Laura says
Sounds like a great project. Feel free to join Menu Plan Monday anytime. We’d love to read about what you are cooking for dinner! Laura
Jenn says
Now that looks like a book I need to read – coming up with dinners and being orginzied enough to actually fix things is not my “bag” – I am not a cook and almost HATE doing the “dinner” thing – it’s just soooo much work!!! 🙂
Thanks for sharing about the book – sorta excited to get it! (SORTA)
🙂 We joined in this week too – I love LOVE tackle it – it’s kept me so on task about cleaning and “house work” almost every monday I can be sure that I will at least do SOMETHING and often times that something leads to something else! 🙂 It’s great! This week come meet our Chubbers – while we clean his cage! 🙂
eph2810 says
Wow – Janice’s hubby does the cooking. How cool is that? I used to have weekly plans regarding cooking, but since it is touch-and-go in our household if two or three are eating at any given night, I do daily shopping before I get home from work…I know, I could save time, but it is much easier that way. I do have stuff in the pantry, which really needs to be organized.
Erna says
I look forward to seeing your progress Susan! Keep us posted!
Janice . . . I hope you’re enjoying bloglines. I like it a lot b/c I can scan and see who has written but I still have to visit the blog personally, otherwise it’s just not the same for me. :0) Now I just have to make sure I don’t overwhelm myself with a large number of blogs to keep up with. :0)
Debbie says
Hubby and I share the cooking and we have some very standard meals we have always cooked so we keep things pretty organized that way. On the occassion we want to try a new meal we just add an unusual staple to the shopping list and plan to have it the following week.
Bloglines is a great place to store places we don’t want to forget so we can revisit again!
Happy Tuesday!
Mrs Lifecruiser says
I’m joining Tackle It Tuesday today, thanks for the wonderful idea 🙂
One of my first tackles was to create a blogroll for Tackle It Tuesday, so let me know if you like the idea of having one more official for Tackle It Tuesday. I’ll have the blogroll up anyway, because I find it easier to find the blogs who use to participate that way 🙂
I’m impressed over your kitchen tackle this week. As the hungry monster I am, it’s not always so easy to find out what to eat. I have no family to feed other than hubby, but it can be an exhausting task to feed this hungry stomach monster I have 😉
R'acquel says
Did you say *pantry*?! {screams like a girl!} My life is very obsessed & focused about retaining order in my kitchen at the moment, so I’m really looking forward to seeing you tackle this one Susan. Good luck!