What’s Cooking ~ Meal Ideas for the Busy Mom

Working, running errands, picking up the kids, blah,blah, blah. You get me. Never ending, going ninety-to-nothing.

And then you have to cook.

Many may find this post offensive because it’s not organic, it’s not free of gluten, it’s not sugar or fat or sodium free. But its full of taste!!!

You might have thought you saw a hotdog in the pic above. Look again. This is a buffalo chicken dog with cheese and ranch. So it’s kind-of healthy. : )

I mean do we gotta give up all our taste for the sake of health? I do exercise, or at least try to 3-4 times a week, well during a good week when all the stars line up.

No guilt here. I’m all about good tasty food that I can fix within a 30 minute or less time frame after an extremely busy running everywhere day.

Sooooo… what I have here is two buffalo chicken dogs and some Oven Baked Cheetos. I mean if you gonna eat chips, they at least need to be baked. RIGHT?

Martin’s Potato Rolls are my favorite and potatoes are vegetables, you see my logic here. I preheated the oven, threw in the TGI Friday’s Chicken Bits, put the buffalo sauce in a bowl of warm water and VIOLA, a meal.

Now I don’t do this very often. Wednesdays are my busiest so I tend to cheat a little on the health food for a quick meal. Besides, after a long day I don’t want to miss what little time I have with my family for the evening by staying in the kitchen all night.

I’ve included some of my favorite food blogs. There’s plenty of meal ideas, recipes, step by step instructions.

What works for me is planning 7 days at a time, Wednesday to Wednesday. I have a calendar and each day will include something similar for each week.

Ex. Mondays are Taco days ~ Loaded Nachos,Tacos,Taco Salad

Tuesdays are Meat & Potatoes

Wednesdays are Easy Peasy

Thursdays are Pasta & Salad

Fridays are Fish, Steamed Veggies

Saturdays are Seafood

Sundays are Breakfast for Supper

Check out these great food blogs for more ideas and recipes.

PINCH OF YUM

PLAIN CHICKEN