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I am not a Millennial, but the article did mention Gen-X and their parents, so.. I love cook. I love preparing a delicious meal for my family. We're foster par

I am not a Millennial, but the article did mention Gen-X and their parents, so.. I love cook. I love preparing a delicious meal for my family. We're foster parents and currently have two under three, and I know they're too young to really appreciate it, but I love preparing colorful, delicious meals for them. One thing that really helps me at the store is a list. I have a wiki set up on our home server where I track menus for the weak and recipes for those meals. I also keep a copy of the grocery list. I print that out, scratch out anything we already have on hand, and take that to the store. Makes it all really simple and easy. Once you have a dozen or two meals that the kids will eat and the parents enjoy, you can mix and match those and also rotate in some new ones to try. But you'll always have that base, so when that hectic week happens, at least meals won't be an issue.

mholmes680 10y ago
I also have two under 3, so I can commiserate with making routine tasks as easy and efficient as possible. Ironic that you're running your kitchen like a restaurant tho, eh? I've been trying lists with Trello, Alexa, or the ShopRite app because I either forget to print the list, or the printer is out of toner, or I can't read my handwriting because my only free time was 2am and I couldn't see straight anyways. There's no elegant and complete solution out there that works for me yet.
- JustSomeNobody 10y ago
  Wiki is the only thing I like. I don't like apps for this that make me enter too much into forms. My menus look something like: October 21, 2016 * [[recipe1:recipes|Recipe One]] * [[recipe2:recipes|Recipe Two]] * [[recipe3:recipes|Recipe Three]] * [[recipe4:recipes|Recipe Four]] * [[recipe5:recipes|Recipe Five]] * [[recipe6:recipes|Recipe Six]] [[ShoppingList20161021:lists|Shopping List]] ----- October 14, 2016 ... Now, I can just click to pull up the recipe and or shopping list. Recipes can be cut and paste from websites or a picture taken with phone from one of my cookbooks, etc. I can cut and paste recipe to make new menus very simply or I can just copy entire menus with shopping lists; just need to edit the date. Oh and I have a vpn running, so if I do happen to leave my list, I can still get to it.

mholmes680 10y ago

I also have two under 3, so I can commiserate with making routine tasks as easy and efficient as possible. Ironic that you're running your kitchen like a restaurant tho, eh? I've been trying lists with Trello, Alexa, or the ShopRite app because I either forget to print the list, or the printer is out of toner, or I can't read my handwriting because my only free time was 2am and I couldn't see straight anyways. There's no elegant and complete solution out there that works for me yet.

JustSomeNobody 10y ago
Wiki is the only thing I like. I don't like apps for this that make me enter too much into forms. My menus look something like: October 21, 2016 * [[recipe1:recipes|Recipe One]] * [[recipe2:recipes|Recipe Two]] * [[recipe3:recipes|Recipe Three]] * [[recipe4:recipes|Recipe Four]] * [[recipe5:recipes|Recipe Five]] * [[recipe6:recipes|Recipe Six]] [[ShoppingList20161021:lists|Shopping List]] ----- October 14, 2016 ... Now, I can just click to pull up the recipe and or shopping list. Recipes can be cut and paste from websites or a picture taken with phone from one of my cookbooks, etc. I can cut and paste recipe to make new menus very simply or I can just copy entire menus with shopping lists; just need to edit the date. Oh and I have a vpn running, so if I do happen to leave my list, I can still get to it.