- I have a feeling you guys are gonna pick
a lot of desserts for our meals.
- Breakfast look different.
- It's spicy.
Oh, man.
- You picked it!
And that's what it's like parenting a toddler.
(cheerful music)
- Oh!
(Hannah laughing)
- [Wyatt] Dad!
So happy!
- Hi!
I'm Hannah and I'm the World's OK-est Mom.
Now, meal time at our house is usually planned by me,
which means there isn't a lot of variety.
So I wanna try something new.
I'm gonna let my kids meal plan
every meal of an entire week.
Now, this is something that you guys
have been asking for, for months.
So, I'm goin' all in,
I'm gonna give it a try,
I hope you appreciate it.
And please wish us luck.
So the rules are,
there are no rules.
Well, no, there has be one rule
because my kids are very weird
and for one meal they might be like,
"We're gonna eat grass,"
so it has to be food.
But if they wanna eat McDonald's
for all three meals in a day
and top it off with an ice cream sundae,
this is their week.
We're gonna try something really new this week.
- What is it?
- [Hannah] What do you think it is?
- We're gonna go potty?
- [Hannah] Probably.
(both kids laughing)
We're going to let you guys
pick everything we eat for a whole week.
- Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!
- Oh my gosh!
- Wait, get off the table dude.
I don't think my kids are deprived of treats
and special foods and meals,
but it's definitely not the norm.
This will be their week
to just go completely rogue.
Monday?
- Cold pizza.
- Tuesday?
- Doritos and mac and cheese.
- I want McDonald's.
- Thursday?
What's something wild that we could eat?
- Sushi. - Some cheese.
- Sushi and cheese.
I think we got a good menu, guys.
Let's go to the grocery store.
Shopping for the groceries
wasn't difficult per se,
because everything was very detailed
in these meal plans,
but it was pretty expensive.
I was really surprised
by how expensive some of the junk food is.
I'd always thought it was cheaper
but it actually ended up costing a lot more.
Another big factor in the cost was,
usually when I'm grocery shopping for the week,
I plan our meals around what's on sale.
I shop very smart,
my kids did not give me that option
with this meal plan.
Happy Monday everyone!
It is day one of
kids meal planning this week
and here's today's --
- [Wyatt] Some chips?
Eat Doritos?
- Yeah, go ahead.
- [Wyatt] Cheddar. (Hannah laughing)
- Here's today's menu.
Breakfast, cold pizza.
Lunch, cheese sandwich and french fries.
Cheese sandwich in kids' speak
is a grilled cheese sandwich.
Dinner, ham sandwiches,
cheese pasta,
and for dessert, ice cream.
Yeah, healthy.
Startin' the week of right with some cold pizza.
I baked this last night and refrigerated it
which felt weird.
But I love cold pizza.
Do you?
- Yeah.
- I'm gonna be real and admit that
that's not the first time
we've had pizza for breakfast.
Makes me a human, (laughs)
that doesn't make me a bad mom.
These are all foods that I,
like you want to serve them fresh and warm
so I would never pack these in a lunch
'cause I feel like they'll pack kinda soggy
or maybe not ideal.
Plus, I usually don't make lunches
that take this much time
and have this much cooking involved.
(sighs)
So dinner.
Organic mixed veggies
makes me feel good in my mama heart.
I made the mistake of asking the boys
what goes on the ham sandwich.
My kids' definition of a ham sandwich
is ham on bread.
No condiments, no toppings, no nothing.
I like fully loaded sandwiches.
I'm Subway's worst nightmare.
More olives, get it in there.
That sandwich was sad.
I like my sandwiches like I like my men.
(Matt chuckles)
Dry. - [Jackson] Momma,
where's your sandwich? - Lame.
- They were very, very pleased after day one.
And now I'm just realizing
that Wyatt tried so hard to write ice cream
and I forgot to serve it! (laughs)
Day two, Tuesday's menu.
Breakfast, grilled corn and pasta.
Lunch, lettuce sandwich and strawberries.
Dinner, mac and cheese and Doritos.
- [Matt] Come on guys!
- [Hannah] Tuesday morning breakfast!
Grilled corn
and pasta, and of course, I made spaghetti
because it's the best pasta in the world
and the only pasta that matters.
- [Matt] Hey, come on bud!
- This breakfast look different.
- [Hannah] It's what you picked!
Is this good for the morning?
- [Jackson] Pasta!
- [Wyatt] Yes!
- Typical mornings at our house are very rushed.
Breakfast is usually cereal,
so something like grilled corn
is not really doable for us.
But luckily, Matt decided to be a hero,
got up at 6:30 and started grillin' some corn
so I could boil some pasta. (chuckles)
what goes in a lettuce sandwich?
- Mayonnaise and mustard.
- [Hannah] Anything else?
- No.
- I realize I've been putting too much effort
into their lunches everyday.
I'll make a sandwich
and I'm like, gettin' all the garnishes,
and really loadin' it up,
when in reality,
they just want a hunk of lettuce on some bread.
Time to ease up on myself a little bit with the lunches.
Dinner!
Doritos and mac and cheese.
They're thrilled.
I have a feeling the boys are gonna eat every bite.
I could not be looking forward to this dinner less.
(objects clattering)
I hope they didn't hear me.
Bon appétit, kids.
How do you feel about this?
- Oh, so good.
- [Hannah] You never get these, huh?
- Mm hmm.
- Bon appétit.
Are you happy?
- Yeah.
- [Hannah] Look, I cooked for you.
- Oh, amazing.
- [Hannah] Get it.
- Oh.
- [Hannah] It's like a college kid's dinner.
- Oh, gourmet.
(Hannah chuckles)
- Ugh.
I can't. (laughs)
And literally all I wanted at this point
was a piece of broccoli.
But it's so good.
Something to note about this meal is,
not only was it Wyatt's favorite meal of the week,
it was also Matt's.
It was real people food,
it just wasn't,
it wasn't grown up food.
Wednesday breakfast, watermelon and blackberries.
Thank goodness.
Lunch, Taco Bell.
Dinner, McDonald's.
Dessert, root beer flot.
(laughing)
I love when Wyatt writes.
Wednesday morning breakfast.
It's fruit!
- My fruit! - [Hannah] Yay!
- [Jackson] My fruit.
- [Hannah] Oh my god.
Get out of here with that thing!
Ugh.
Look at this beautiful watermelon that I cut.
I could eat this all day.
You found your glasses?
- Yeah, right here.
- [Hannah] Oh, great, I'm glad you did,
oh and you found my underwear.
It's new guys, it's not dirty, okay?
Taco Bell for lunch was a tricky one.
Because it's not like I can just go grab them fast food
and drop it off at school at lunch time.
I have to pack it first thing in the morning.
So what we ended up having to do
was pick up Taco Bell the evening before,
refrigerate it and put it in their lunches cold.
There's nothing worse
than reheated fast food, in my opinion.
So I'm not looking forward to it.
But maybe this will make them
pick something healthier
or change their mind
from all the fast food this week.
How'd you enjoy your Taco Bell lunch?
- It was so good!
- [Hannah] Ew, really?
Are you excited about the dinner, Wyatt?
- Yeah.
- And the dessert.
- Oh my gosh,
I don't know about dessert guys.
We've been eating pretty crap lately.
I felt my digestive system
screeching to a halt at this point.
The kids were fine.
My old (beep) was feeling it.
The boys picked root beer floats for dessert.
They insisted on buying Sour Patch Kids ice cream.
In root beer.
This
looks so gross!
Call me an old lady,
but a root beer float should be vanilla.
Yeah, it wasn't good.
- Mm.
- By Thursday, my body was starting to reject this food.
Breakfast, waffles and toppings and juice.
Lunch, sushi and cheese.
Dinner, fries and cheeseburgers and berries.
Thursday morning breakfast!
What do you have, Wyatt?
- It's waffle with whipped cream and chocolate.
- [Hannah] Yup, and yogurt.
- And a Blue Machine that says Naked,
and I don't know what that means.
(Hannah laughing)
- One thing I noticed on the menu is,
the kids' did not designate any drinks.
So I decided that the drinks were
how I was going to sneak in
as many veggies as possible.
That's one tried and true way
that I get vegetables into my kids.
Dude, can you eat normally?
Oh my god.
Look what just happened.
Lunch was another tricky thing to pack.
I ended up getting California rolls
'cause the crab in there is cooked
and I feel like that's less
health hazardous.
Because I don't really know the protocol
of packing sushi in a lunch.
The wild card, really, was cheese.
Does it go on the sushi?
Or does it just?
I scooped the wasabi out
so it wouldn't fly all over the rolls.
My kids eat sushi, yeah.
I feel like that's, is that not normal?
Maybe it's a California kid thing.
I didn't put cheese on my sushi,
I ate cheese alongside my sushi.
How was lunch for you?
- It was good.
- [Hannah] So tonight's dinner is,
on the menu, burgers, the fries,
and blueberries.
Wyatt did an outfit change for dinner.
Look how fancy he looks.
Don't put that in your mouth, my goodness.
- I can't.
- [Hannah] Are you excited?
- Fry!
- [Hannah] How do you feel?
- So excited. - [Wyatt] Fries!
- I am actually okay with this
because, joke's on the kids,
I went and I got vegetarian burgers
because this menu has a lot of red meat in it for us.
They didn't say what kind of burger it had to be,
so, Beyond Burgers it is.
I don't think anybody noticed
that they weren't real meat.
Matt never knows.
I've been doing this to Matt for years. (laughs)
Secret's out!
Sorry Matt, I care about your health.
Friday was a special day!
Friday's menu.
Breakfast, beans and rice, and almond milk.
Lunch, peanut butter and jelly,
chips, applesauce, and juice.
And dinner was a surprise return
of a family favorite meal.
Beans, rice, and almond milk.
- I wanted that.
- [Hannah] Well, eat your beans and rice.
Are you stoked, Jackson?
- [Wyatt] I don't know. - Uh uh.
- I wanna play.
- This is not a normal breakfast.
- [Hannah] Well, in some countries,
this is a normal breakfast.
Do you like when mommy sometimes plans the menu?
- I wish you didn't.
- [Jackson] Momma. - I wish you did.
- When I was pregnant with both kids,
all I ate was refried beans, cheese, and jalapeños.
That was every meal.
I'm happy.
Lunch was normal.
I got to make PB and J's in the morning
and it was so easy!
(laughs) Oh my god!
I miss that.
Can you guess what tonight's dinner is?
Only OG "Mom in Progress" fans will know.
Spaghetti tacos! (fanfare trumpets blare)
It's iconic.
It's such a fun food.
(tacos crunching)
- Mm.
- [Hannah] Good?
(Hannah laughing)
Do you like this?
Oh.
Do you like it?
- So good.
- So Friday was a good day.
By Saturday, I would kill for something green on the menu.
And I definitely found my chance.
Saturday's menu was, breakfast, Starbucks.
Lunch, burrito bowls and smoothies.
And dinner, ramen.
One thing to note about Saturday
is every single meal is take out.
Which is convenient but it's also very expensive!
Not something we can do very regularly.
Saturday morning!
And it's Starbucks today,
and I love Starbucks more than anything.
Fun fact, I actually used to work there,
and I loved it.
It was one of my favorite jobs ever.
So, I am so loyal to Starbucks.
This is not sponsored, I just,
I love them!
Sponsor me, Starbucks please! (laughing)
What are you gonna order?
- I'm gonna get hot tea and a breakfast sandwich.
- [Hannah] What voice is that?
- I don't know.
(Hannah laughing)
- [Hannah] What are you gonna get, babe?
(video playing in the background)
- A Frappuccino.
- [Hannah] A Frappuccino?
Oh, look at you!
You look like such an LA socialite with your latte.
Got you something new.
- [Matt] What's this?
- [Hannah] It's a biscuit.
- Yum.
- Momma!
- [Hannah] What?
- He gets coffee.
- [Hannah] It's not caffeinated.
(Hannah laughs)
- And I don't really like it.
- Lunch, with the burrito bowls and smoothies,
I seize that opportunity
to shove a bunch of greens
into my children and I took it.
- It's spicy!
- You wanted this!
I'm making a smoothie
to go along with lunch.
And I honestly can't take it anymore,
so don't tell the kids
I'm loading this smoothie up with blueberries,
beets, strawberries, banana, a bunch of spinach,
yogurt and almond milk.
Oh my god, I could drink this whole thing.
Best thing I had all week.
Dinner was ramen!
I'm not even hungry
but they're gonna eat it.
I might have a little bit.
How does it taste, Jackson?
- Good.
- [Hannah] You hungry?
Wow Wyatt.
Get it.
Sunday, last day, going out with a bang here.
Breakfast, cereal with whipped cream.
Lunch, hamburger and pickles.
Dinner, ribs, chicken,
Caesar salad, and fried sushi.
You know.
Normal.
Good morning, everybody!
I feel like you guys live with us now
because you are here for every meal.
What's for breakfast this morning?
- Lucky Charms!
- [Hannah] Oh my gosh, whipped cream on here.
- Mm.
- It's like a dessert.
So lunch, another hamburger.
What a whoop-de-doo.
We ended up getting fast food again,
which at this point I was like,
whatever, just pile it on.
Just throw it at me.
Just put it in my mouth.
I don't care.
For today's dinner as a grand finale,
I think the boys chose an epic feast.
I'm gonna start with the ribs
because they take about six hours
and we smoke them.
If there's one thing I can say,
with full certainty I'm really good at,
it's makin' ribs.
It's a three, two, one method.
Three hours in uncovered, two hours in covered,
one hour uncovered and it's basically fool proof.
When we've compiled kind of everything we were gonna make,
we realized that it was just too much food
for all of us to finish,
so we nixed the fried sushi.
They're pickin' the meals
but they're not wastin' food.
Not on my watch.
- I can't wait to eat it.
(Hannah laughs)
- [Jackson] I'm gonna eat the biggest one.
- It looks pink but that's 'cause when you smoke it,
you get pink on the outside.
Look at these bones,
I couldn't keep the ribs on the bones.
Pretty proud.
I know for competition ribs,
you want them to stay on the bone.
But it's just family ribs,
so I'm very excited.
Is this your favorite meal of the week?
Mine too.
What I learned from this week is my kids,
like most kids, don't have a firm grasp on nutrition
and don't really care that much,
which is totally fair.
So that being said,
I would not try this
for a full week ever again.
I would do it for a day.
Maybe it's like a birthday treat.
They really had a fun time
planning the menu with me
and going grocery shopping for everything.
I think a week was just a lot.
(cheerful music)
So that's all I got for today.
I'm Hannah and have you tried this
or would you try this?
Let me know in the comments,
let me know how it went.
Or if you have any ideas
for future food challenges for my family,
let me know in the comments as well.
Now if you'll please excuse me,
I'm gonna be prepping fruit for my lunches
for the next five years.
Till next time!
(cheerful music)