Welcome

Since we've moved out on our own, we've done A LOT of eating out. It's just so much more convenient to have Michael pick food up on the way home rather than actually cook something (and mmmm I love McDonald's!!!). So I've tried to go through my magazines such as Ladies Home Journal, both of the Parenting, Better Homes and Gardens, Bon Apetite, etc. to find new meals my family might like.

I tear out the recipe, type it up, and include the picture. I then put it in a handy little three ring binder where it waits to be prepared. After we try the new meals if everyone likes it, it stays in the binder. If we don't particularly care for it, it gets torn out and thrown away.

Almost everything I make is fairly easy and can be made on any weeknight. I will warn you though, I'm not a thrifty shopper. Many times the items I'll talk about are name brand and sometimes only found at specific stores.

Hopefully we can find some good stuff along the way, as well as lose a little weight from lack of eating out. As we find favorites, I'll share them with anyone who may be reading and hopefully you try them yourselves.

I hope everyone enjoys these meals as much as we do!!