Tuesday, August 10, 2010
What's For Dinner Tomorrow?
A couple of times each week Steven's youngest sister comes over to spend some time with us, keep in mind she is four and will talk your ear off, but she asks me the same question every night she is here and sees me cooking dinner. What's for dinner tomorrow? Today is clearly taken care of because she sees me cooking, but she's already looking ahead at tomorrow. I never have an answer for her and it makes me think that I should really plan our meals better. My mom threw meals together every night and always seemed to have everything she needed at all times. It also seemed that as long as she had hamburger to brown anything was possible. I've tried this approach and it pretty much leads me to burgers, tacos, spaghetti, or sloppy joes, each and every time. So my question is how do you go about planning meals better and what are the pantry staples that make creative cooking possible. Keep in mind we grocery shop on a budget and I can't buy everything under the sun. I just need the core essentials. My poor lack of meal planning often leads to us just eating out because by the time I get home at 7pm each night it's far too late to thaw out meat, and my desire to run to the grocery store to pick up the missing pieces is never there. This whole thing leaves me lost and looking for answers. I have the desire to make better dinners!
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I'm not very good with this.. seeing as how I usually just go to my parents and cook or have them cook for me, haha! But, I highly suggest Kraft's website. They have awesome recipes (quite a few of my meals have been from there) and the other advice is ask your mom. That's what I would do! Mom's know a lot!
Pasta. I go through at least three boxes of penne rigate a week - it's ridiculous. There are a millions ways to prepare it aside from just plain ol' spaghetti - and two million ways if you like cheese.
I also recommend investing in a basic set of herbs and spices to make your own sauces with. They can be expensive to buy at first but go a long ways and can of tomato sauce usually costs only a few cents vs. a $4 can of ready-made spaghetti sauce. It tastes a heck of a lot better too.
And when you're short on supplies www.supercook.com can be a god-send.
I think I eat too much... lol.
Haha we always have pasta, but I'm pretty pumped to check out that website!
I am in the same boat...by the time I get home I have no energy or interest in cooking, so a nice soup, bread, cheese and egg with some salami or sausage is great
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