cook more meals at home

My biggest barrier to cooking at home on a consistent basis has been taking the time to thoughtfully plan out meals and shopping. For the last two weeks I’ve done a good job of making sure that I take time on the weekends to ensure that there is enough healthy food in my house throughout the week. It’s so nice to come home at the end of a long day and have healthy food that is already prepared or can be quickly prepared. Tonight I endured the long lines of the panicking shoppers who were stocking up on enough milk, eggs & tp to last a month even though they’re only calling for 4-8 inches of snow. I picked up the ingredients for my favorite turkey chili. I’m looking forward to letting that simmer all day tomorrow while the snow comes down. :-)

My slowcooker meal turned out even better than I hoped. Two of my friends who happen to be on a budget called me around dinner time to tell me that they were starving and on their way to a nearby restaurant and asked me to join them. I told them that I would be glad to join them or they could come to my place for a meal that I could have on the table in 10 minutes (the slowcooker meal was just finishing). They chose the free meal and we all enjoyed the new recipe. It was such a nice fealing to be able to serve dinner for my friends. I’ll have to do this more often!

I’m trying out a new recipe this afternoon…. something with chicken and veggies. Hopefully it will simmer and make my house smell pleasant while I get things done this afternoon. Come dinner time I should have a great meal with plenty of leftovers for to eat throughout the week!