I hear ya, Tammy. My family can be picky as well. Thankfully my most picky eater is a grownup and no longer lives in the area. He was in town over Christmas and it was challenging to feed him things he liked the week and a half he was here (and he won't eat any kind of leftovers).
I do try to meal plan. This time of year I am usually making some kind of taco (family can customize how they want) and some kind of soup weekly. I fill in with asian lettuce wraps, hamburger helper (beef pasta is our fave), salmon, beef stroganoff or a beef roast I make in the instant pot. We also occasionally do Papa Murphy's or Dominos.
In the last month, we've discovered Johnny Carino's has 1/2 price family dinners on Monday night. They say each family dinner feeds 3-4 people. We bought a lasagna & a chicken fettucine alfredo for under $50 (we pickup) and got 2 full meals (plus 2 individual leftovers for lunch) out of it for our family for 4. That has become our little takeout luxury =)
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