This Week's Meals

So lately cooking has been a great struggle.  Apart from being morning sick and food in general being a touchy subject, I have had absolutely no imagination.  So, a couple of days ago I pulled out my cookbooks and decided to look through them.  

I figured since cooking is boring, I should at least try to make it fun again.

For me, this did the trick.

I found a recipe for stroganoff.  It was easy, quick, no not healthy, but my kids ate it and cooking became fun again for that one meal.

I continued to look around and though I really don't use that many ideas from recipes (due to weird ingredients that I just never have) it did seem to illuminate a part of my brain that seems to have been sleeping for the last couple of months.

Anyway, long story short I went shopping this morning, and now, I am equipped to making awesome meals all week long.  Meals that sound good to me and that I am excited to make.

Here is our menu: (no particular day order)

Hawaiian haystacks.

My mommas beef stew (via crockpot) with garlic cheese biscuits; a recipe I found this morning from Betty Crocker.  (TOTALLY healthy I know.  GO NAOMI GO!)  :)

Tacos with ground turkey this time.  Or perhaps I'll make spaghetti instead.  Not sure yet.

Tostadas (to keep up the mexican theme) Refried beans this time though.

A rice meal with italian sausage, bell peppers and onions to go on top of the rice.  (A recipe from a friend).

Hamburgers with potato wedges as a side (to keep up with the healthy theme of the week)

And, some curry to feed the missionaries on Sunday.  

Oh, and P.S.  I forgot to add this yesterday but I also have bread to throw in the bread maker and we will have soup with that.

(This is one of Derek's favorites!)

There are some other things I could totally throw together now because it was a very good shop for food day so needless to say, I am happy and, cooking has become fun again.  

Ahhhhh..... :)   

That's my sigh of relief.

Oh, and there is a frozen pizza if one of these days turn out to be more difficult than expected so we don't eat out.  Again.  

I feel hungry now.