Dinner Rut

I've been in a dinner rut lately. Its been an endless cycle of the same foods over and over again and my family is getting a little sick of the lack of variety. With that being said, I decided it was high time to get a little more adventurous in the kitchen.

Before the kids were born I used to have "fun food Fridays" and "Easy Wednesdays". On fun food Friday I would try a new recipe, a new main ingredient or a new take on an old favorite. It didn't matter, as long as it was new.  On Easy Wednesday it was my day off. We'd have something easy like chicken nuggets, sandwiches or leftovers. The mid-week break was a nice way to re-start my system and keep me from getting burned out.  I don't know why these things stopped when the kids were born, but they did.

So I'm bringing them back!  This Friday we'll be experimenting with Perch. It's a type of fish that we've never had, so it'll be interesting to see what I can come up with. If anyone reading this has had Perch, I'd love to hear what you did with it. Leave a comment and let me know!

Now, I'll leave you all with a challenge. If you find yourself in a food rut, challenge yourself to try something new every week. It doesn't have to be anything exotic, just a new dish, a new main ingredient, a new vegetable or a new style of preparing the food. Keeping your meals exciting will help keep cooking from being like a chore and it'll keep your family interested in eating.