Dinner ideas
I used to love cooking and baking. I loved creating new and exciting and healthy meals for me and then for Steve. I loved trying new recipes and planning a night full of yummy food...I would bring leftovers to work for my lunch, I would bake yummy breads and cakes and cookies. But then Asher came into our lives and though my fondness of preparing meals still lingers, the energy and drive to do it is much lacking.
I know I've talk about this before, but I need to change. I need to get my act together. I feel as if I'm a huge failure in the dinner department. My husband rocks. Seriously rocks. And could honestly care less if all nights are FFY nights (fend for yourself nights). But I want to honor him with healthy, yummy meals. I want our child(ren) to have yummy family meals as I did growing up...minus the fish soup, liver and cornbread and beans...sorry mom! I want us to sit around a table and eat a meal that I cooked. Not something I've thrown together at the last minute.
So, I need your help. Share your ideas and tips and experience with me. How do you prepare? Do you use menu plans? Do you wing it? Do you have especially yummy, healthy and easy to make dinner recipes you can share with me? Let me know your thoughts and ideas. I need help. And with the addition of another, probably completely rambunctious, son on the way, I really, truly need help! Please help me...please!
I know I've talk about this before, but I need to change. I need to get my act together. I feel as if I'm a huge failure in the dinner department. My husband rocks. Seriously rocks. And could honestly care less if all nights are FFY nights (fend for yourself nights). But I want to honor him with healthy, yummy meals. I want our child(ren) to have yummy family meals as I did growing up...minus the fish soup, liver and cornbread and beans...sorry mom! I want us to sit around a table and eat a meal that I cooked. Not something I've thrown together at the last minute.
So, I need your help. Share your ideas and tips and experience with me. How do you prepare? Do you use menu plans? Do you wing it? Do you have especially yummy, healthy and easy to make dinner recipes you can share with me? Let me know your thoughts and ideas. I need help. And with the addition of another, probably completely rambunctious, son on the way, I really, truly need help! Please help me...please!
Comments
Easy meal -- a roast, 2 cans of golden mushroom soup, 2 cans of french onion soup -- in the crock pot all day.
Add that concoction to some wide egg noodles and shazam! YUM.
I spend about 20 minutes on Sunday looking over the grocery ads, and then deciding what we're going to eat during the week (& make up the grocery list at the same time). This helps tremendously! I plan easy, quick meals for busy nights, and also try to prep meals ahead of time (like the night before) to make dinner time easier!
I'm sure you've looked through my cooking blog, but if not, stop by!
Here are some easy recipes I'd recommend:
Veggie Lasagna (http://joyinmykitchen.blogspot.com/2008/12/lasagna-with-vegetables.html)
Spinach Chicken Penne
(http://joyinmykitchen.blogspot.com/2009/10/penne-with-spinach-and-chicken.html)
Crockpot Chicken Spinach Soup
(http://joyinmykitchen.blogspot.com/2010/02/chicken-spinach-soup.html)
100% Whole Wheat Buttermilk Pancakes
(http://joyinmykitchen.blogspot.com/2010/03/buttermilk-pancakes.html) -- breakfast for dinner is always a hit!
Crockpot Sloppy Joe's and easy 40-minute hamburger rolls
(http://joyinmykitchen.blogspot.com/2010/05/grandmas-sloppy-joes.html)
(http://joyinmykitchen.blogspot.com/2010/05/100-whole-wheat-rolls.html)
Chicken Brown Rice Bake
(http://joyinmykitchen.blogspot.com/2009/12/chicken-mushroom-and-brown-rice-bake.html)
Brown Rice Bake
(http://joyinmykitchen.blogspot.com/2010/04/brown-rice-casserole.html)
Crockpot Chicken Parmesan
(http://joyinmykitchen.blogspot.com/2009/03/crockpot-chicken-parmesean.html)
Hope these are inspiring for your dinner menu. Please email me if you have questions, my friend. I love talking food :)