One of my priorities - home cooking

I love to cook!  All of my children love to cook!  My hubby likes to cook.  Then why do we find ourselves eating out so much?  Because like so many others, we live in the fast lane and it's all about convenience. I've done it a hundred times - scour cookbooks with good intentions,  make my list, get the family's approval of any new dishes and purchase all my needed items and then,  life happens.  I plan on cooking dinner but then we have a ball game, or we need to go to town  or we have visitors or ....you get the picture.  As a result, I have food that's gone bad in the fridge and hubby is mad that we have wasted money again and I feel guilty for not being a better role model for my daughters - you know the whole June Cleaver syndrome.

So, this year, I am trying earnestly to first and foremost, not waste money.  That may mean not buying a week's worth of groceries but instead buying only a couple of day's worth.  It also requires me to be more organized, checking my calendar for scheduled events.  Even if I do have an event, I could and should still cook and just freeze it.  How simple is that?  

I've been a follower of Pioneer Woman's blog for some time and recently purchased her cookbook.  I love it!  It's interesting, full of photographs of her home and family and more importantly, step by step photos of her dishes.  Do I need that many photos?  No, but it is fun!  I am a visual person and a photographer, so this is right down my alley.  The recipes look wonderful and something my family would love to eat.  

This morning, I opted to try my first recipe from her book.  We went for the infamous, Egg in the Hole.  I have heard of that my whole life but have never seen it in person nor eaten it.  It was easy to make and tasty (what's not to love about the taste of butter).  However, we are fans of the scrambled egg and today was no different.  Yes, we love the buttery toast; yes, we love the flavor of the egg, but we would prefer scrambled eggs.

I've added pictures I took with my phone this morning.  What made it extra special was I was using my momma's old skillet.  Many, many a day she would whip up French Toast in that skillet.  I may try that tomorrow.

So I've made my list for three days worth of meals and I'm heading out to the grocery store.  I'll let you know how my week goes.

With a smile and a happy heart,

Elle

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