One Pot Recipe
I’m still feeling overwhelmed by the goal of putting a home cooked meal on the table Sunday through Thursday. Matt does the morning routine with the boys, so I’m supposed to cook dinner. He’s actually been doing it a lot more than I have, but I aim to get things back into balance.
I still love our meal planning process in Excel, but I’m getting tired of our tried-and-trued recipes. I really need to add a new recipe each month to keep things interesting.
I’m intrigued by the idea of one-pot recipes! I look forward to trying One Pot Zucchini Mushroom Pasta.
7 Comments
Anonymous
Hi, Sarah! I'm doing a cooking with toddlers series this week that I thought you might enjoy. I've been very influenced by the Montessori approach to practical life, and I also really love being able to include my child when I'm cooking dinner after work.
I'd also recommend first, sauté some onions and garlic – it's such a good, versatile template and you can really make anything with it.
Sharon
I completely feel the same way you do about being overwhelmed trying to get home-cooked meals on the table each week. Do you have a slow cooker? My friend and I got together a few weekends ago and made 60+ crockpot freezer meals in 4 hours. It was really easy, the recipes incorporate "clean" food and all I have to do in the morning is remember to toss whatever is in the bag into the crock pot and maybe make some pasta/rice as needed for serving. Just a thought!
Karla
I'm going to try that recipe tonight! Also, you might like to add this one: http://www.marthastewart.com/317780/lighter-sesame-noodles. Its the peanut noodles that you've had at our house. A really easy recipe too.
Amber
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Allison Leedie
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Cali Cole
FYI…the recipe is fairly bland. Be sure to add some yummy spices!