Shrimp and Grits

FOOD: As of Tuesday night the meal plan continued to roll along. I thought the shrimp and grits was an excellent meal, although one child only ate the grits and the other only ate the shrimp. Both ate their broccoli. It was just boiled broccoli, not overcooked, with an orange, ginger soy sauce on top. All recipes were compliments of John Folse. Two downsides to the meal: without the broccoli it was really heavy on starch and meat and the biggie, the flavor was very similar to the gumbo we'd had the night before. So, we're already getting burned out on Cajun spices, and it's only day two. When planning these themed meals we need to be careful not to pick things that have such similar flavor profiles. Bored palates will not do. We'll try again with the weekly meal plans next week. It'll be a real test because next week the kids go back to school, and I go back to work. We'll see if this plan can really work with our lives.