Wednesday, May 7, 2008

grocery store helps

A friend of mine has asked around for help at one of the grocery stores here. She saw a display called "Soccer Moms" at a store when she was visiting her sister. The display had a recipe and all of the ingredients right there (conveniently, many of the ingredients were on sale) for a complete meal--main dish, side dish, veggies and sometimes a dessert. All were quick fixes, healthy, and not too expensive. The store changed the display once or twice a week. I told her I could help out with that, but now I'd like some feedback on the idea. When you guys are making dinner, what are some things you wish were easier? Do you want to try things with new ingredients, or are the old basics good enough? Are you more worried about price or quickness or healthiness or as much or as little from scratch as possible? Any other ideas that would make this whole idea better? Any feedback would be appreciated! Thanks!

3 comments:

TylerjWarren said...

I look for new (usually healthier) twists on old basics. I like to try new ingredients, but not when I'm in a hurry. Healthy, affordable and quick in that order are important. It's nice too if there's something the kids can do, like roll out dough, slice a banana or mix something up. They love to cook so I like to give them little jobs. -Andrea

rneweyfamily said...

I want fast. I like healthy ingredients, but I mostly look for fast. I do love to try new foods and ingredients, especially if I can get it on sale.

Anonymous said...

For me--I like meals that I get all my servings in one dish so I don't have to come up with a bunch of sides to serve. . .so I get my veggies/meats/dairy and whatever else all in one. Also for me it’s really important to be a meal that children will eat!! I guess for the most part . . . I would also like it if Jarrett could cook it!! I have so many kitchen demands. .. Like could it be a meal that has easy clean up also? Okay all this typing about meals/food has made me want to eat; I’m not hungry I just want to eat!