Crew Cuisine

We really should eat in more often. This has been a famous saying around our house for a LONG time now. I remember as a single lady thinking that once I got married I would start cooking. When that didn't happen, I swore once we had kids I would start. Then, it was pushed back to once Landon started eating all table food. Well, that's been happening for a while and now our second child is starting to eat table food. I figured that if we didn't come up with a plan soon, our kids would consider Mickey D's and Taco Bueno a home-cooked meal! I had remembered a program on-line that someone in our Life Group turned us onto a while back. It's called Menu For The Week.com. While it's a great menu planner and has many of the features I was looking for (healthy, easy recipes, grocery lists) I found that it wasn't as customizable as I was needing. We don't eat a lot of red meat (I don't eat any) so we wouldn't be able to use almost half of the weekly recipes. Plus, there is a small fee involved. So, I came up with my own plan. Using the few recipes that we do have, I typed each up in their own Word document, including a grocery list. I created a weekly menu chart where all I have to do is copy and paste my pre-made grocery list into each day, print it out, and take it the store. While it's a little more work in the beginning, it seems to be getting the job done as we have stuck to our plan so far. Now, I'm just looking for new recipes to add to my repertoire! This is my weekly chart...

This is a sample recipe/grocery list and the one that we just happened to cook tonight! It's one of our favorites! Click to enlarge

Reid is starting to enjoy more table food with us each night! Tonight he had a little spoon practice. I forget how amusing it is to watch a baby this age try to pick up their food and make it in their mouth!

Finger-lickin' Good!