this week I cooked.

Since Kale was born there are a few things we've given up (i.e. our sanity), a few things we've had to let go (i.e. furniture with sharp corners), and a few things that have been ripped away from us by a tiny tyrant (i.e. a hot shower that lasts more than 3 minutes without someone peeking around the curtain and demanding "up!up!up!"). And then there's the things I swore I wouldn't give up on that have slowly been slipping from my grasp - i.e. cooking.

I really do enjoy cooking, but it's become increasingly difficult to put a meal together. Kris and I both usually get home from work around 5pm. Kris then disappears into the bathroom for an hour while I attempt to nurse Kale/start dinner/process my day/get my work clothes off and catch up on my twitter feed. I like to think that Kris is in the bathroom plotting out a way to turn the shower into a time machine that will make us millionaire's and allow us to revisit Kale as a sweet baby when he becomes a hormonal teenager and can't stand us. In reality, I know he's catching up on his twitter feed too.

So in the past couple of months I found myself cooking less and microwaving/heating/bbqing more. Our grocery bill was growing, but I justified the extra cost because dinner was easier. We were eating a lot of brown rice/meat/steamed veggie combo's. Healthy, but BORING. Oh, so boring.

After a few weeks of this, I couldn't take it anymore. I went back to menu planning and our weekly grocery bill went way down. And so - in my usual style of giving a long (and probably unnecessary) introduction to the whole purpose of this post....

This week I cooked.

Sunday: Chicken with tomato herb pan sauce, roasted cauliflower and brown rice.

Monday: portobello, broccoli and red pepper melts with potato wedges

Tuesday: locally sourced and homemade snacks (work event) 

Wednesday: steak fajitas with homemade guacamole and tortilla chips 

Thursday: peppercorn crusted pork tenderloin, broccoli & cheddar stuffed potato and carrots 

nom. nom. nom.