food, food, food

Food. Gotta have it. And you all know I love it.
If you know me, you know I don't particularly enjoy cooking. It's not that I can't do it, it's just that I don't have the patience. It looks great on TV when chefs freshly chop all of their vegetables, get the fresh meat and chop it all dandy, etc. but in reality - who has time for that?!
Nope. 

Typical easy-to-make suppers - buy hey, gotta start somewhere! And disregard the 3 tacos on my plate. When it comes to tacos, portion control goes out the window. They're my weakness.

I'm learning more and more to make crockpot meals a normal supper. Hoping to have at least one a week as I get use to it all. The thought of tossing in frozen chicken and some other easy ingredients just makes me happy.
Jason and I have also started meal planning (we are on our second week). Got the idea from my bestie, Tonya, of course. She's my go-to for foodie advice (and the source for all of my crockpot deliciousness). It helps a lot more than I thought it would. Not only does it take out the guesswork of what's for dinner every night when I get home from work, but it makes buying groceries a BREEZE. We typically plan on Thursday nights for the following week and then we head to the store on Sundays.
I feel refreshed in the fact that we bought one whole week's worth of groceries for about $60. And it's all real food. No more nights of eating Oreos for a meal. In case your wondering, this week consists of:
Monday - BBQ Chicken Strips & Salad Tuesday - Cheeseburgers & Corn Wednesday - Crockpot Salsa Chicken & Salad Thursday - Fish & Macaroni and Cheese Friday - Pizza (Fun Fact: EVERY Friday is pizza) [Okay, so we may still need to work on the healthy part, but having actual food for supper is step one!]
The weekends we don't plan as much. It's most likely just going to be leftovers from the week and whatever else we scrounge up. So for this weekend, we are headed to the market on Saturday morning so we hope to find something there. 
Here's what I use to plan. It has space for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I'm most excited for pancakes, bacon and eggs this weekend!

If anybody has ideas for meals that we can add to our meal planning, let me know. I'd love to hear them and I'd love to have more ideas to spice up the kitchen! Weeee!