Anyone who knows me or talks to me for more than 5 minutes knows that cooking is not one of my favorite past times or something that I typically enjoy. It is more of a necessary evil in my home. It's necessary for me to cook for my family and something that can cause me much stress. But I have figured out that a couple of tools help lower that stress.- Plan my meals & write up shopping list a day or two before shopping.
- Abuse my slow cooker as much as I can.
Here is my menu plan for this week:
Monday - Chicken Tortilla Soup (recipe in my slow cooker cook book) and it was SO yum I had to force myself not to take another bite so there would be some for Shawn when he comes home from training this week.
Tuesday - BBQ Beef Sandwiches (will be putting this in the slow cooker after I hit post)
Wednesday - Chicken & Broccoli Cheesy Casserole
Thursday - Italian Hillside Garden Soup
Friday - Creamy Chicken Enchiladas
Saturday - Lentil Soup with Ham & Bacon
Sunday - Buffet of Leftovers
My thought behind cooking so many soups was that I could serve half & freeze the other half for the next month, get some meals done ahead of time. So I'm making notes on changes in the recipes as I go. The tortilla soup will need to be doubled to freeze any of it. Today is the first day of fall & I am looking forward to the weather changing and making lots of warm yummy comfort food. Maybe I'll learn to enjoy being in the kitchen if I can keep up with meal planning, making meals ahead of time & I just may get another slow cooker to put my oven to work overtime.
Thanks for visiting!
5 comments:
Ugh...I *so* need to get back into menu planning. I do it off-and-on, and when I'm 'on' I love it so much, that I don't know why I ever let myself 'off.'
Thanks for inspiring me!
Come share your slow cooker recipes at Crock Pot Wednesday hosted by diningwithdebbie.blogspot.com. I would love to see you there. Thanks for posting. I also posted a chicken tortilla soup recipe this week.
Oh how I understand your cooking issues, dinner time is my nemesis. I hope to get back into meal planning too, for the same reasons. I KINDA did it this week and shopped accordingly but we'll see how it works out. Now, Missy, where are your RECIPES?! There were SEVERAL things on there I wanted to check out and COULDN'T! *taps foot* ;-)
Menu-planning is definitely a time- and money-saver!
Could I refer a friend to you? My bloggy friend Heather has a home business that plans your menus, grocery lists, and details ~ everything you need to know ~ to prepare a month's worth of meals at one time!!! You used to subscribe to her website for the monthly plans, but now she's selling them as ebooks. They're not quite ready, but I think by the beginning of October they will be. If you're interested in the Money-Wise one, just let me know and I'll send you a copy so you can check it out and see if it's something you'd be interested in.
Andrea - I'm the same way! I love it when I do it & can't figure out why I stop lol.
darnold23 - sorry I didn't make it over this week but I will try!
Chriss - The recipes are in my crockpot cookbook - you're welcome to come over & copy them :D
ValleyGirl - I'll check out that site, thanks for sharing!
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