So to say we failed the start of our home cooking challenge would be an understatement. We ended up cooking a fantastic dinner on Tuesday and Thursday but ended up eating out on Wednesday, Friday, and all of Saturday. We probably spent our entire month's dine out budget just over the weekend.
D wasn't feeling well Sunday so I made Whole Food's Chicken and Wild Rice Soup for dinner and decided that in addition to trying to cook more at home to be successful at weight loss personally I needed to track my food. I started on Monday and so far have tracked each day. We had obligations Monday evening that kept us out of the kitchen and had special Valentine's plans for Tuesday so today we are back to cooking at home. After dinner we're heading out to the store to pick up food for the rest of the week.
Every day is a new day to do things better. We're not going to beat ourselves up over the last week, we're just going to reset and try again.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
Healthy Eating Challenge
We've decided to put a priority on eating healthier. Overall we don't eat poorly, but we do make bad choices at times and eat out more than I would like which is not good for our budget or our bellies. To help D and I improve our health and spend quality time together we've been trying to cook at home more. Since I have a slight obsession with cookbooks, I thought I would challenge us to make home cooked meals 6 nights a week starting with tonight.
D had a teleconference this evening so I was in charge of making dinner and it was ah-mazing! If D is sitting over the pan eating it, it has to be good right?
Tonight's dinner was Shrimp with Capers, Garlic, and Rice and Greek-Style Green Beans from Cooking Light's Fresh Food Fast Weeknight Meals cookbook.
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