Meal Plans

I find this to be the hardest task of all time. Okay, not the hardest, but perhaps the most stressful even without kids! I might freak out later on in life if I don't figure out something now. Pinterest has lots of recipes and a few creative ways to organize a weekly plan, but I just dread sitting down, planning it out, shopping effectively, and then preparing it every night, but I love food.

Here is how Mr Smith and I shop. We go down each isle and decide if it's on sale enough. We think about our main staple meals and see if we have all the goods for that. And that's that.

{if we're ever out of eggs or potatoes it's like an immediate trip to the store}

A slight problem comes in when I like to have a lot of variety in the things I eat, and I especially desire lots of veggies & beans. Mr Smith likes the same things all the time, prefers not to go out of his way for vegetables, and has decided to loathe beans for all eternity. 

Any way, I wish someone would just take care of it for me. I like the idea of cooking, of creating yummy and pretty things, but the planning part is so stressful. You have to get ingredients that you can use to make several meals out of, otherwise something goes bad. You have to plan for what's on sale and what if you end up missing one ingredient? I'm not a good enough cook/baker to know if it's crucial or how I can substitute. If I was rich, I wouldn't have this problem. Then I get all disappointed knowing there is probably so much potential in my cupboard and I don't even know it. If I was experienced I wouldn't have this problem. 

Good luck with the first, but hopefully I'll get a little more efficient and inventive as the years go on (in the good way). For now, we had a crock pot pork tenderloin, left over mashed potatoes, onions, broccoli & corn for lunch. It was delightful. Now there is a cake in the oven and I'm hoping it turns out to be a little bit like this:

http://www.theredheadedhostess.com/holidays/4th-of-july/yummy-coconut-milk-cake/

but most likely will not because I don't have 3 different kinds of milk nor do I have fresh coconut. 

Whatever.


I'd put pudding in the middle, but that sounds like a lot of extra work and I need it for my vanilla pudding cinnamon rolls: see here

soooo good right?
I live in a dream.