Ya know… I’m just gonna lay it out there…
I… don’t like to cook.
Nope… no June Cleaver here.
Maybe this will change when all my kids are in school (unless I have a job again…) and I’ll have time to prep dinner before everyone is home. But… currently, cooking only brings me stress. Plus… I have pretty much zeroooooooo cooking instincts.
But at the same time… I know that as much as I might not enjoy cooking… I need to cook.
Why?
Because I DO love to eat.
I love flavor. I love the taste. I love to savor things. I love the conversation around the dinner table.
And when I am missing out on those things pretty frequently, then… I start scrounging. I guess it is my body trying to find the nutrients that I am not getting in meal-snacking (meals that are made up of snacky type eating).
I have been provided an abundance of food, of recipes, of cooking utensils, spices, and the like. I have easy access to grocery stores. I have an oven that works (no, it’s not pretty… but it works!). I have a stovetop that works (also not very attractive – ha!). And most importantly, I have three (count em) three crockpots.
So, because of all of that, I also have no excuses.
And last night I decided to plan out my meals. Tomorrow I will go to the grocery store and get what I need. And I will cook. June Cleaver be derned. I will cook.
- Thursday: Brenner (Breakfast for dinner)… eggs, hash browns, grits {for the boys… lil smokies sausage and pancakes}
- Friday: Potato Soup (thinking of trying Paula Dean’s recipe that uses frozen hash browns because the store was, literally, OUT of potatoes).
- Saturday: Fish tacos (it might not be fancy, but frozen tilapia works awesomely for this… with a litte cajun seasoning)
- Sunday: Crock Pot Stuffed Bell Peppers
- Monday: Veggie Paninis
- Tuesday: Stir Fry
- Wednesday: Vegetarian Enchiladas
- Thursday: THANKSGIVING… yummy stuffing and sweet potatoes and my mom’s broccoli!
- Friday: Stuffed Mushrooms
- Saturday: Black Bean Burgers
*Ironically enough, I wrote out this post and then never went tot the grocery store. It was originally because I knew that I could stretch what we had in our pantry for a few days and since we are on a bit of a snug budget, I decided that was the way to go. But I have cooked every night! We had Brenner and then Friday we had Italian Bean Soup and last night we had Black Beans and Rice.