Making Meals!

*This is a little bit of an embarrassing post to write, but I'm so excited I just had to share.*

Meal planning has always been a big nemesis of mine. I could list all my faults, but it really boils down to poor planning and a lack of organization. If you don't plan ahead, there's little chance you'll have all the ingredients you need to make much of anything. 

Shocker.

I go to the store almost every weekend, and if I haven't planned my meals in advance, Monday evening rolls around, and I can't make anything! Brent has commented more than once that he is amazed I can spend as much money as I do at the store and have nothing to show for it. #truth

Here's how it sounds in my brain: Can I make spaghetti? No sauce. Can I make tacos? No shells. Could I grill some chicken? Maybe, but what sides? And on and on.

But after almost 11 years of marriage and 6 years of motherhood, I am finally getting my act together!

I have been using Pinterest and pinning recipes to try, bugging friends and family for their go-to easy and healthy meals, and I've been creating a spreadsheet as we try things and find keepers. My goal is to have 2 months worth of meals in rotation and grow from there, and I'm pretty much there! It's nothing fancy, but it's stuff that everyone {or a majority of the family} will eat. Simple stuff like breakfast for dinner and everything from chicken fried rice {Trent will eat the chicken and the rice separate from everything else, ha} to hamburgers, from tried and true staples {hello, enchilada casserole} to new favorites {I made these grilled burritos and Brent loved them}. I would say 90% of them are very healthy with a few mixed in that are the opposite of healthy, but I'm pretty darn proud of my list!

So if you have any great recipes to share, I'll take them!