Now that my sick days are easing up a bit, I can finally start to have some consistency in our weekly meal planning. It still doesn't always flow as planned~ I definitely had some days where i was feeling under the weather. There was breakfast for dinner one night and the go~to pasta with garlic another {not planned}, but overall I did pretty well.
One thing I have learned that certainly helps me with my meal planning is shopping a couple times throughout the week for produce items, instead of buying all necessary ingredients in the beginning of the week. If I decide to change my mind or don't get to cooking as certain meal, I haven't wasted any food. Although it's not always convenient to shop frequently throughout the week, I find it does save me a ton of $$ and reduces the amount of spoilage and wasted food. We are very lucky to have a local farm with attractions for kids, as well as farmer's markets almost every day of the week in our area, so shopping can be a fun experience and a bit of an adventure. "Staple" items like pasta, meats, rice, etc. I tend to keep on hand and stock up on at Costco or whenever there is a special at the market, and I look for meals when searching for new recipes that center around the staple items I usually have.
~Yummy produce at the farmer's market~
~Anyway~
I wanted to share 3 fabulous recipes I tried last week, each one was a smash success and I'll definitely be making them again! I found all of them on skinnytaste.com , love that website! A while back a friend had introduced me to it, and these days it's where I find most of my recipes. Now she's all over Pinterest! Check them out, you won't be dissapointed {click each recipe title to be directed to the recipe}
I wanted to share 3 fabulous recipes I tried last week, each one was a smash success and I'll definitely be making them again! I found all of them on skinnytaste.com , love that website! A while back a friend had introduced me to it, and these days it's where I find most of my recipes. Now she's all over Pinterest! Check them out, you won't be dissapointed {click each recipe title to be directed to the recipe}
being as though these weren't my recipes I didn't bother taking fancy pics with my camera, all of these I took on Instagram {my new obsession}
I served it with a light caprese salad {really the salad was for me, I was dreaming of it all day!} ~ farm fresh tomatoes, fresh mozzarella bought at the farmer's market and basil from our garden, drizzled with olive oil, s&p. so yummy!
{I'm on a bit of a zucchini kick since they are in season and everywhere!!}
~Sausage Stuffed Zucchini Boats~
be sure to use BIG zucchinis! As you can see, my stuffing is clearly exploding out of my zucchinis! My changes: I used my quick and easy tomato sauce instead of the one Gina uses.
more random foodie pics...
more random foodie pics...
Have a fabulous week!
xoxo,
B
