Because I need motivation. Here's a little background.... Growing up, dinner was never a sit down around the table with the whole family kind of event for my family. If there was dinner you just ate when and where you felt like eating. I never got into a good habit of eating 3 meals a day. I hated eating breakfast, because it meant waking up even earlier than I already had to for school. Lunch wasn't my favorite either, I hated school lunch, and was never to big of a fan of lunches from home either. So dinner usually was my only meal, which was completely my fault not my parents. And when I did eat dinner I was super picky and ate at weird times.
Unfortunately this is a pattern I have brought into my marriage. I am still awful at eating Breakfast and Lunch, let alone making it. And now that dinner is on me to make I rarely have dinner for Tom and I either. With Tom being the sweet man he is he never complains. He will just find something around the house when he is hungry and I do the same. Well now that we have a baby I am determined to get better at making food daily for my family. This is one thing that I struggle with, but want to get better at. My first goal is to get into the habit of making dinner everynight. it is a habit that is going to be hard for me to get into but I think if I track my progress here I will do much better.
I recently found 'CrockPot Girls' on facebook and it inspired me to start using my crockpot more often. I work everyday from 2-6 and don't get home til 6:30, and I work with children so I am exhausted when I come home. So starting dinner doesn't ever sound like a very fun thing to do. For the next two weeks I will be utilizing my crockpot and making all my dinners before I go to work. Since I am still just cooking for 2 all my meals will feed us for 2 days, so I will be making a new found yummy recipe in my crockpot every other day for the next 2 weeks.
Here are the recipes I will be trying for the next two weeks,. They are all new to me, and I am very excited to try them all.
Beef Stroganoff (Toms very favorite meal)
Chicken Cordon Bleu
Cranberry Roast
Ruby Chicken
Onion Rub Turkey Breast
Italian Chicken
Saucy Spare Ribs
Crockpot Lasagna
I will post recipes, pictures and what I think of each of these recipes as I make them. I am hoping to come out on the otherside of this with 8 new favorite easy recipes, and a new found joy in cooking for my husband. Enjoy
Oooh I can't wait! I love my crockpot, so easy. Can't wait to see the results!
ReplyDeleteGood for you for doing this! The only thing I would say for you here is to make sure to have a backup meal planned for some point in your two weeks. When you're trying all new meals, you never know if they're going to be good, so it's good to have one "tried and true" in reserve. You can do this! Good job!
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