CandyFoote

It's a Frugal Idea

We have an excellent family set-up.

My husband works nights and we

homeschool our children. This enables

us to have our big meal at noon instead

of at night.

Here are some of the advantages:

1. It's healthier.

2. The whole family is home.

3. I'm not too tired to cook a big meal.

4. We save a lot of grocery money because

people are more apt to eat the left-overs a few

hours later, rather than the next day.

"Hey, Mom, is there any of that ... left." (A few hours later.)

"What is that!" (The next day. )    ; )

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{ 09:24 , Friday, January 5, 2007 } { Posted by morningsunshine }

I have thought about doing this... it is the european way, too.... dh will be working from home starting Feb, so it may jsut work. hmmmm... thank you for the food for thought.

I agree

{ 12:32 , Wednesday, January 10, 2007 } { Posted by jewlsntexas }

I really miss it - my husband used to work nights when my oldest children were small - and we always had our "dinner" for the noon meal - and he took his lunch to work for his evening meal - then we essentially had typical "lunch" fare for dinner. I miss it being that way - you have time to burn off the heavy meal, and it is so much more relaxing in the evening. No big dinner clean up. I don't like him being gone at nights - but this was definitely one great advantage.

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{ 03:52 , Friday, January 12, 2007 } { Posted by katenicholl }

It used to be like that here when most men worked close to home and came in at lunch time, but with working patterns changing the main meal is in the evening. It's a pity because it is healthier to eat earlier in the day. The only day we get to eat our main meal at this time is Sunday after church. The great thing is that it usually fills me enough that I don't need much for the rest of the day, unlike the rest of the week!

Catherine :o)

I would like to start doing this also.

{ 08:54 , Saturday, January 27, 2007 } { Posted by Toddlerseverywhere }

Hubby is no longer working normal office hours and I think there are a lot of advantages of having the main meal at lunch. The only thing I wonder about is hospitality. It's likely we will be doing alot of that. Do you do something differently if you have people coming over for dinner?
Blessings,
Tracy

It's a lovely thing to do...

{ 12:18 , Sunday, January 28, 2007 } { Posted by marthaskitchen }

When I lived in England as a child growing up we always had the main meal at lunch. Even at school. It is certainly better for you. It's just lovely to be able to spend the time together as a family around the dinner table.
thanks for sharing
Helen