If memory serves me correctly, I managed to fend for my "single" self without NEAR as much
consternation over meal planning! I ate what I wanted, when I wanted and how I wanted with nary a complaint from my dinner guest aka
moi. But here lately, meal planning is becoming more of a
chore!!! Though I have stacks and stacks of cookbooks, paper clippings and recipe stashes I cannot get into a groove. I find myself either cooking the same-o-thing or worse, ordering out.
Where or where can a girl find a month's worth of healthy, non-boring, quick-cooking, budget friendly meals????
My latest plan of attack is Pinterest! I am continually amazed at how much free time virtual Moms & Wives seem to have. Like seriously, how are you running kids here & there, decorating your house for each season, cooking every night and saving money???? But that's for another post :).
For now, my plan is to rely upon those ladies to scour the web and lead me to a recipe treasure trove. I just threw this:
Courtesy of
Living Life of Riley! Ms. Nikki has a ton of crockpot success stories (cause I wanna know that it actually turned out well) that I'll be relying upon in a quest to get my cooking groove back. To account for the sugar, I plan to serve this with a healthy side that Ms. Giada whipped up this weekend:
Please share your go to Crock Winners!
Lady Hawk
