{"id":3612,"date":"2010-06-21T04:30:28","date_gmt":"2010-06-21T02:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ultimatefatburner.com\/?p=3612"},"modified":"2015-02-15T09:25:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T14:25:00","slug":"schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/schools\/","title":{"rendered":"School’s Out!"},"content":{"rendered":"

So we’re trying a little experiment this summer…\u00a0John and I\u00a0decided\u00a0to take\u00a0Jamie Oliver’s advice to heart<\/a>, and\u00a0make\u00a0sure\u00a0our kids\u00a0have their cooking skills nailed down.\u00a0 Thus, we’ve decided to give them equal time in the kitchen!\u00a0 To wit:<\/p>\n

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  1. Each member of the house will cook 1 full meal per week, on a day of his\/her choosing.<\/li>\n
  2. It has to be a balanced, healthy meal, composed of lean protein, veggies\/fruits\/, whole grains, legumes, nuts, etc.<\/li>\n
  3. It has to be cooked from scratch – no prepared convenience\u00a0foods (other than condiments).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Believe it or not –\u00a0neither of them\u00a0gave us\u00a0any\u00a0static\u00a0over this.\u00a0 Instead,\u00a0Ryan and Nick\u00a0whipped out their cookbooks (each\u00a0has\u00a0his\/her own)\u00a0and started figuring out what they’d like to make.\u00a0 John took the first “shift” tonight (grilled chicken breasts, brown rice pilaf and steamed broccoli). Ryan’s up tomorrow.\u00a0 He decided\u00a0he’s going to cook\u00a0orange-herb chicken, with baked potatoes and Caesar salad (we didn’t try to coordinate menus, so, yes –\u00a0we’re having\u00a0chicken two days in a row – but I’m cool with that).\u00a0<\/p>\n

    It’s my turn\u00a0on Wednesday.\u00a0 Haven’t quite decided what I’ll make yet (I’m considering flank steak fajitas or maybe fish).\u00a0 Nick’s up for Friday.\u00a0 She hasn’t decided on what she’ll make yet, either – but she’s debating three possibilities with Ryan.<\/p>\n

    That doesn’t cover the full week, of course, but we can fill in the blanks with leftovers.\u00a0 We typically go out once a week, too – so there will be no food shortages, methinks.<\/p>\n

    I think I’m going to like this arrangement.\u00a0 I had to consult with John on the pilaf and marinade for the chicken… and I’ll probably have to work a bit with the kids too, but they should get the hang of it quickly – none of them are strangers to the kitchen, after all.\u00a0 They just need to learn to be a little more adventurous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    So we’re trying a little experiment this summer…\u00a0John and I\u00a0decided\u00a0to take\u00a0Jamie Oliver’s advice to heart, and\u00a0make\u00a0sure\u00a0our kids\u00a0have their cooking skills nailed down.\u00a0 Thus, we’ve decided to give them […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14,23,28],"tags":[985,1862],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3612"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3612"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8951,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3612\/revisions\/8951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}