Summer Risotto

Ok... this one is really yummy. I couldn't decide whether to eat it now or save it for a rainy day. Not sure if rice freezes well but I hope so. I made a dish for us with some left over ham and two little dishes for Keegan that we can heat and serve with fresh veggies. This is a must have.

Sweet Treat! Amish Friendship Bread

I am all done with cooking for the day. I'm ending it with the amish friendship bread that just came out of the oven. This is delicious. I just wish it wasn't so late so I could slice up a piece with a scoop of icecream. I guess there is always tomorrow. Well it has been a long day of cooking for me but I feel pretty good about the goal I set for myself. When it is all said and done I put four meals in the freezer & have yummy fresh baked bread. I have more ideas for tomorrow but I'll have to see if I still have the itch to cook. Goodnight.

Quick Chicken & Noodle Soup

I just love this simple quick soup recipe. There is just something so hearty & warm about chicken noodle soup.

Creamy Chicken Enchiladas

These looked so good that I made an extra batch to eat for dinner tonight.

Tator Tot Casserole

So easy even I could make it.

Yummy Sloppy Joes

This is so easy. Thank you to Grandma Garner for showing me how to make these simple yummy sloppy joes.

A goal for this month

Ok... so after balancing the checkbook after February I realized that we spent way way too much money on food last month.  We make a weekly trip to Costco to pick up things that can fill our fridge and freezer.  On top of that I always stop at Albertsons on my way home for those things that you happened to forget or just need.  I for some reason have stopped making the trip to Winco where I can get groceries much cheaper than Albertsons, but it just seems we go over our budget at Costco and so we never make it to Winco.  Then once we have done all the grocery shopping we find reasons to not cook and eat out instead.  What the heck!! This makes no sense.  So we talked about it at the beginning of March and we are going to make it a goal not to eat out this month.  We already cheated once, the day we decided that we wouldn't do it, but we went to OMSI and Red Robin that day.  So that was our treat for the month.  I know we can do it.  We just have to be prepared.  Cooking isn't that hard, RIGHT!!!  I think this is what stems my desire to be cooking right now.  Which I made the trip to the grocery store and just have to get organized to get cooking.  I wonder how much money we will save.  I will let you know.  Let me know if you have any good recipes. 

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I need everyones link to there pages. I was trying to add a new look to our page. I have it but LOST everything else. I'm loosing my touch. So, if you visit our page PLEASE comment with yout page URL so that I can re-add it to our page.

Thanks and Sorry

Matt

Big Ambitions for the Day

Well as most of you who know me know that I am not much of a cook and I really don't enjoy it much.  But for some reason over the last few weeks I have just had this burning desire to find healthy recipes that I can cook up ahead of time and freeze.  Since Keegan is now 1 year old and has the ok to eat all food but peanut butter I have wanted to cook.  I have been thinking alot about how innocent he is at this age and how easily he learns.  I want to prepare him for a healthy life style.  I am assuming he will learn to eat what I teach him and I want him to have lots of healthy food with fruits and veggies.  So my mission is to find healthy kid friendly recipes.  I haven't had a lot of time to look any up just yet but it is really on my mind.  This morning I woke up and decided to make Jenn Holyoak's homemade crepes for breakfast.  Yummy!! I found the recipe she left me a couple of years ago when she visited us.  Keegan loved them.  He ate a whole one with mashed up bananas and a little powder sugar on it.  I made up some extras so that we can freeze some and have them ready for anyday.  Because Matt and I both work full time my next goal for the day is to come up with dinners that can be frozen so on those days when we just get home from work and are dead tired we can just pop something in the oven. 
So my goal for today is to look up some freezer friendly, kid friendly healthy recipes.  Then make up a grocery list.  Go to the grocery store when Matt comes home with my car.  Then when Keegan goes down for his nap I plan on cooking my little heart out.  I am also going to bake up another batch of Amish Friendship Bread.  So good!!!
Matt is a little nervous and keeps asking me if I feel ok.  Usually the only time that I want to bake is if I am really upset or so bored that I can't stand it.  Rest assured I feel fine.  In fact I feel great. 
 
So far on my list for dinners:
Tator tot casserole with ground turkey and greenbeans, low sodium cream of mushroom soup.
Creamy chicken enchiladas with olives and brocolli (Don't really think these are that healthy but boy they sound good)
Sloppy Joe mix- again with ground turkey, celery, onion
Homemade Spaghetti sauce with lots of fresh veggies and some kind of Italian Sausage
Marinate fresh chicken breast in some Italian Herb mix and then stuff them with asparagus and provolone. Then freeze.
 
Now I need to think of some kid friendly meals.  Do any of you have some great recipes that you want to share with me.  I am looking form stuff that is healthy and that kids want to eat that include fruits and vegetables.
 
Well this is my ambitions for the day.  I will let you know if I get it done.  I am going to get cooking some tortillas so they are ready to roll when I make the enchiladas.  Let me know if you have any easy yummy recipes.
 
 

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