For this family, rice pilaf is a go-to dish.
Here, a family works together to get meals on the table.
They also distribute the labor of shopping and cleaning.
Credit:Illustration: Corinne Mucha
Find out how they create delicious dinners using pantry staples like rice and beans.
Q: How often do you go grocery shopping?
The big shop is once a month, and get small or perishable items as needed via curbside.
Credit:Illustration: Corinne Mucha
For veggies, we “shop” the garden, which is one of the best feelings ever!
Q: What’s your average weekly grocery budget?
Q: Do you make a grocery list?
Credit:Illustration: Corinne Mucha
I would buy all kinds of crazy things otherwise!
The whole family adds to it as needed.
Q: What grocery stores do you shop at most frequently?
Q: Who is going to cook dinner?
Hubby might grill sometimes and he almost always makes the rice for me.
Illustration: Corinne Mucha
Q: What are things you always have in your fridge or pantry?
I always have to have garlic and ginger around too!
Q: How do you share the labor of cooking, cleaning, and grocery shopping?
I usually cook, hubby cleans.
We “share” the grocery shopping.
I normally order curbside and hubby may pick it up.
Typically, if we need something quick, hubby will stop in for that.
Q: What are your go-to meals or family-favorite recipes?
Chicken and ricepilaf is our son’s favorite.
I make it a ton of different ways including curry-style, Mediterranean-style,paella-style, you name it.
We usually have a version of this once a week.
Q: Do you cook daily or do you meal prep for the week?
I cook every day.
Q: What was the last meal you cooked at home?
Salisbury steak, by request
Q: Would you make it again?
Sundays are steak night in our home.
Q: Do you often have dessert with dinner?
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