Twice a Month {or so} Cooking Part 2

When I left off yesterday I was going to the commissary to get the missing ingredients {TRIPLE check your lists!} and came back home to continue with the massive meal making. Unfortunately the afternoon didn't go quite as smoothly as the morning. I think for a few reasons. First off, the kids are in such better moods in the morning than the afternoon, second I had such a long break between cooking {about 3 hours} that I got out of my 'groove'. We had to break for dinner, which ironically was leftover pizza - yes, I was cooking all day long & we ate left over pizza! The kids were getting antsy & wanted to go outside so after cleaning up the kitchen & having them pick up their toys I took them out to blow bubbles and run around before the bugs ate us all alive. After the bubbles they were a mess so it was bath time and shortly after was bedtime. Earlier I figured I'd pick up cooking again once they were in bed but by that time I was just done. So I poured myself a glass of wine & relaxed.

These are the meals I finished yesterday: Tortellini & Garden Vegetable Bake, Crockpot Cranberry Chicken, Italian Sausage & Spinach Casserole, and Moroccan Chicken Stew.

While I was cooking the kids were playing with their toys, pretending all sorts of games & eventually I did put on a movie - I was desperate to finish.

This morning I grabbed my coffee & got cooking again. I made Pasta Primavera with Asparagus, Taco Meat, and browned meat for Sloppy Joes. Why didn't I finish said Sloppy Joe meat? Well, I didn't look closely enough at the seasoning packet while at the store yesterday so I didn't pick up tomato paste. I was going to start a crockpot of chili but found that I had everything but tomato sauce on hand - this wasn't one of the meals I had originally planned so it doesn't count as forgetting an ingredient. So it will take one more trip to the store and a quick afternoon of cooking before I'm done.

With all of the glitches, interruptions & setbacks I am still excited about cooking once or twice a month rather than every night. I'll be posting recipes later today or tomorrow! Hope you had a great weekend!