Meal Planning for the Week

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February 25, 2020

What to eat for the week?

From one parent to another, I know your kids (or husband) have asked you, "Mom, mom, what's for dinner? Mom?"

Don't get me wrong - I love my kids (and my husband), but after a long day of work, making dinner is the last thing on my mind.

Truth is, I am not a meal planner. Some moms can do it (and that's great!), but I cannot.

I often rely on the Instantpot and whatever happens to be on top of the freezer for making dinner decisions.

That method actually works out pretty well - you'd be surprised at what you can make in a pinch! But it only works if you have the right staples in your freezer to start with.

Despite having a suite of meat available for us to choose from, we do keep our own family stash separate and it's definitely NOT all ribeyes as one might imagine. Ha! :)

Instead, we shop from our "Price Cut Cooler" for discounted items that are tasty, healthy, quick, and easy to make. Take a look, I'll share some of my secrets to getting through the madness of the week while still feeding my family well and on a budget!

We hope it helps you other busy moms and dads out there feed your family well on the fly.

Enjoy, and please - if you have some pro tips on feeding your family well in a hurry, comment and share. We'd love to hear!

PS: Did you see our recommended list of freezer staples? They're our family's favorite staples...our go to list of easy to make *keyword EASY - this is important for busy families* midweek meals when everyone has different places to be and things to do.

Where to Find Riemer Family Farm Eggs!

Just look for the PINK carton at a grocery store near you! The egg business has been crazy lately to say the least! It seems like every third news story is about the price of eggs and shortages and even thievery of eggs! Who knew there could be so much drama around the humble chicken egg? We partner with a young farm family to produce our seasonally pastured eggs. These hens have a pretty posh life, non-GMO feed, plenty of space, never any cages and are out and about during the growing season. The bird flu outbreak is just another bit of evidence that the industrial food system is very broken! One of the solutions is MORE farmers on the land raising livestock at a family scale and not more concentrated factory agriculture in the U.S. Barns of tens and even hundreds of thousands of chickens are the ones primarily affected by the bird flu for all the obvious reasons! When 150,000 or more birds are together in a barn when one or a few get infected it's a matter of hours before the whole flock is infected and all must be destroyed. Family farms came through for customers during Covid and are proving to be resilient during this current egg problem too! While we are still learning and don't claim to be perfect, we are more sustainable and adaptable than the factory model of farming. Thank you for standing by our farm and other regenerative farms in your area! If you would like to purchase (or dine on) our eggs you can find them at many stores and restaurants! Including: South Central WI: Brodhead Piggly Wiggly Gempeler's Market-Monticello Roy's Market-New Glarus Evansville Piggly Wiggly Oregon Hy-Vee Fitchburg Hy-Vee Cadre restaurant (and others through a distributor) Sunrise Cafe-Monroe N. Illinois: Bull Valley General Store Daily Project Cafe-Algonquin Duck A Diet, Ready to Eat Meals-Huntly Forest Green's Juice Bar-Lake Bluff Just look for the PINK carton. With all the egg shortages from the industrial farms and spiking prices from a fragile industry, our eggs are quite affordable. We will never price gouge. We seek to provide a fair price for both our customers and us. As always you can pick up your eggs on the farm. Please place an order on our website and we will have them ready for you within a day. Make sure that you have Riemer Family Farm as your pickup location.

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