Showing posts with label Cooking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cooking. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Monday, December 19, 2011
Let's Talk! {Part 3-Where I share my greatest failure as a wife}
We are still talking about the questions and suggestions you had for me in my second blog anniversary post.
A common theme, seemed to be looking for recipes.
MamaHunfy said, "I'd love for you to post some of your favorite recipes!"
One of my best friends from elementary school, Janel says, " I would love to hear more about the types of food you feed your family."
lbellomy says, "I'd like to see more about cooking."
I have a total of 4 recipes that I can find posted on my blog under my label recipes. Four. That's it! I did not realize I had so very few until you brought it to my attention. Incidentally, three out of the four recipes are for desserts. I LOVE to bake.
Cooking is a whole other story.
If there is one area where I have failed at as a wife, this would be it. It has caused many fights, lots of tears, and yes, I'll admit some anger.
When we first got married we were both in school full time and working full time. We hardly ever ate together. Instead, I would quickly grab some crackers and cheese and Chris would grab whatever he could find and that would be our dinner.
Fast forward 4 years later and we had finished school and just had Zoelle and all of a sudden I had to cook. Or at least try. Except Zoelle was somewhat of a fussy baby and at that time I wasn't into babywearing as much as I am today so setting her down wasn't really an option.
Fortunately Chris loves to cook and is actually quite a gourmet chef making up his own recipes for things.
Over the last few years, I have found it very hard for me to meal plan. I go in spurts. For weeks I'll do fantastic and then I'll lose that energy burst and start meal planning at oh 4 p.m. Another secret about me is that I HATE grocery shopping. I'm not much of a shopper in general but searching for various things in the grocery store with three kids in tow is not my cup of tea. Either is grocery shopping by myself as I can't make decisions to save my life. Yep, see my problem here??
So far our solution is to have Chris somewhat cook, or him and I to cook together, and on rare occasions I will cook.
But I have a desire to really truly cook. And I know, despite Chris being super nice about it most of the time, he too really wants me to cook.
Finding the inspiration is not a problem. I love to browse pinterest or blogs for new food ideas! Cooking shows are one of my absolute favorite shows to watch! It's just transferring those ideas into cooking that overwhelms me.
So that is where I'm asking you all for help. How do you meal plan? Do you have any ideas for me that will make me want to stick to meal planning? And to start cooking?? Anyone do freezer meals? If so, do you like it?
I'd really appreciate any help you can give me. My goal is to put this out there as a challenge to myself so that way this next year I can do a good majority of the meal planning AND cooking on my own.
You can find Part 1 of this series here and Part 2 of this series here.
A common theme, seemed to be looking for recipes.
MamaHunfy said, "I'd love for you to post some of your favorite recipes!"
One of my best friends from elementary school, Janel says, " I would love to hear more about the types of food you feed your family."
lbellomy says, "I'd like to see more about cooking."
I have a total of 4 recipes that I can find posted on my blog under my label recipes. Four. That's it! I did not realize I had so very few until you brought it to my attention. Incidentally, three out of the four recipes are for desserts. I LOVE to bake.
Cooking is a whole other story.
If there is one area where I have failed at as a wife, this would be it. It has caused many fights, lots of tears, and yes, I'll admit some anger.
When we first got married we were both in school full time and working full time. We hardly ever ate together. Instead, I would quickly grab some crackers and cheese and Chris would grab whatever he could find and that would be our dinner.
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Fast forward 4 years later and we had finished school and just had Zoelle and all of a sudden I had to cook. Or at least try. Except Zoelle was somewhat of a fussy baby and at that time I wasn't into babywearing as much as I am today so setting her down wasn't really an option.
Fortunately Chris loves to cook and is actually quite a gourmet chef making up his own recipes for things.
Over the last few years, I have found it very hard for me to meal plan. I go in spurts. For weeks I'll do fantastic and then I'll lose that energy burst and start meal planning at oh 4 p.m. Another secret about me is that I HATE grocery shopping. I'm not much of a shopper in general but searching for various things in the grocery store with three kids in tow is not my cup of tea. Either is grocery shopping by myself as I can't make decisions to save my life. Yep, see my problem here??
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| This is me except I LOVE to clean (figures right?) Image Source: Pinterest |
But I have a desire to really truly cook. And I know, despite Chris being super nice about it most of the time, he too really wants me to cook.
Finding the inspiration is not a problem. I love to browse pinterest or blogs for new food ideas! Cooking shows are one of my absolute favorite shows to watch! It's just transferring those ideas into cooking that overwhelms me.
So that is where I'm asking you all for help. How do you meal plan? Do you have any ideas for me that will make me want to stick to meal planning? And to start cooking?? Anyone do freezer meals? If so, do you like it?
I'd really appreciate any help you can give me. My goal is to put this out there as a challenge to myself so that way this next year I can do a good majority of the meal planning AND cooking on my own.
You can find Part 1 of this series here and Part 2 of this series here.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Roasted Garlic Dip
So I have a slight obsession with garlic! I like it enough that if I feel like a cold is coming on, I will take a clove of garlic and eat it raw. I've yet to get a full blown cold in years! Yeah I know, now none of you are going to want to even get close to me for fear of smelling my garlicky breath. I chew mint gum. It helps cover it up! ;)
But I urge you to try this recipe! I got it from a friend from my church. It really doesn't have an over-powering garlic taste and it is so good with some crackers or bread! So here goes:
Ingredients
2 large garlic bulbs
2-3 Roma Tomatoes Quartered
Drizzle of Olive Oil
1 8 oz. Chive & Onion Cream Cheese
1 8 oz. Plain Cream Creese
Basil to taste
Directions
Cut heads off garlic
Quarter Roma tomatoes
Place garlic in stoneware dish with quartered tomatoes
Drizzle with olive oil
Roast covered for 45 minutes at 425 degrees
Squeeze out garlic and skin tomatoes once it cools
Mash in bowl
Add cream cheese & basil (I completely forgot my basil in this batch!)
Chill
Enjoy!
Now I'm officially wanting to make another batch of this up along with some Beer Bread (my favorite with this) and eat it. Yum!
But I urge you to try this recipe! I got it from a friend from my church. It really doesn't have an over-powering garlic taste and it is so good with some crackers or bread! So here goes:
Ingredients
2 large garlic bulbs
2-3 Roma Tomatoes Quartered
Drizzle of Olive Oil
1 8 oz. Chive & Onion Cream Cheese
1 8 oz. Plain Cream Creese
Basil to taste
Directions
Quarter Roma tomatoes
Place garlic in stoneware dish with quartered tomatoes
Drizzle with olive oil
Roast covered for 45 minutes at 425 degrees
Squeeze out garlic and skin tomatoes once it cools
Mash in bowl
Add cream cheese & basil (I completely forgot my basil in this batch!)
Chill
Enjoy!
Monday, November 22, 2010
Mmm...Strawberry Goodness
Looking for a fun dessert to bring to a holiday party? May I present you with these?
Want the recipe? Even those these babies look complicated, they are simple and probably took us 20 minutes to make.
Strawberries, Raspberries, really any berry that you want!
1 brick of cream cheese softened
1/3 cup of sugar
Cool Whip
Chocolate Chips
Hollow out the inside of the Strawberries. I use this or something close to it from Pampered Chef. Mix together the cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Then slowly fold in Cool Whip. Pipe the mixture into/or on your fruit. I used a zip loc bag with a hole in the corner. Finish up by melting your chocolate chips (I create my own double boiler on the stove) and then drizzle, or pipe (but careful it's hot) over the fruit!
That's it! It's a light (meaning not going to stuff you full) dessert that is easy to make, tastes delicious and I'd like to believe somewhat good for me. You know with all that fruit! :) Enjoy!
Want the recipe? Even those these babies look complicated, they are simple and probably took us 20 minutes to make.
Strawberries, Raspberries, really any berry that you want!
1 brick of cream cheese softened
1/3 cup of sugar
Cool Whip
Chocolate Chips
Hollow out the inside of the Strawberries. I use this or something close to it from Pampered Chef. Mix together the cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Then slowly fold in Cool Whip. Pipe the mixture into/or on your fruit. I used a zip loc bag with a hole in the corner. Finish up by melting your chocolate chips (I create my own double boiler on the stove) and then drizzle, or pipe (but careful it's hot) over the fruit!
That's it! It's a light (meaning not going to stuff you full) dessert that is easy to make, tastes delicious and I'd like to believe somewhat good for me. You know with all that fruit! :) Enjoy!
