Honestly though, I just need to stop making excuses and start cooking more. I'm a fan of Dave Ramsey so I signed up for the program he supports E-mealz. I signed up probably a month ago and printed out the plan (recipes and shopping list) but then never went to the grocery store.
This weekend we printed out our weekly plan and ate our first E-meal on Saturday. It was Chicken Salad with grapes and pecans. I left out the pecans (I'm not a fan of nuts), needless to say my Hubby was not excited about the grapes.
I wouldn't call Meal #1 a total strikeout but we probably won't be eating it again. Tonight we're trying Skillet Hamburgers (sounds like sloppy joes to me) and it sounds like it will be good except the suggested sides are uncooked broccoli and celery sticks (I'll never get Hubby to go for that).
So the moral of this story is that I need to be more organized and hopefully E-mealz will help with that. We'll see...
Good luck! I've looked into e-mealz and it is a cool idea. One thing that I find super helpful is crockpot cooking. Throw all the ingredients in and start it in the morning & you have dinner ready when you get home!
ReplyDeleteWe tried a crock pot E-mealz today. It was not a success! There wasn't enough liquid in the crock pot and it was left too long. We ended up with shoe leather instead of beef tips. Oh well.
ReplyDeleteI was going to mention crock pot cooking too. The key is to use bone in meat and really slow cooking. Fix It and Forget It Cookbook is good and easy. Lots of bone in meat, Cambell's soup and Lipton Onion Soup mix in my cupboards for easy crock pot meals.
ReplyDeleteAlso, cook double. On night is chicken and rice, the 2nd night is chicken tacos. Etc, etc, you get the idea.
I don't like cooking but my family seems happy with what I make. I taught them to not be picky, lol.
You & your mama should get together and cook one day of the week or month...do 2 of each meal and then put it in your freezer!
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