All domestic and stuff!

I have been finding great recipes online for ages, but I never took the time or made the effort to cook them. I bookmarked them, pasted them into word docs, and sometimes printed them, but that's it. I decided to change this after I recently came to a few blog posts people had written about weekly menu planning.

I found and printed recipes that were easy and that we had most ingredients for and then shaped our weekly grocery list around the remainder of the ingredients. I intend to continue to create weekly meal plans and grocery lists. Of course, I may not plan five meals/recipes for the week. Cooking every meal is not our usual way here and I can use his contribution. He doesn't mind our sharing the cooking duties and I don't mind letting him. *smile*

I have so far made the fab taco salad below, a mac and cheese recipe, and garlic chicken with sauteed mushrooms and a side of parmesan asparagus. I give a thumbs up to two out of three of the new recipes I tried. My guy? He gives a thumbs up to all three of the new recipes, he says.

Baked!

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!

This evening I attempted to bake a New York Style Cheesecake - without the spring form pan, hand mixer, and food processor the recipe mentioned. I neglected to read the instructions very carefully either - not my strong suit, heh! I made due. The cheesecake ended up cracked every which way. The cheesecake is supposed to be refrigerated overnight. We will see how it tastes tomorrow. Stay tuned! ;) I will try the much more simple Philadelphia Cream Cheese recipe next time around.