Ok, maybe lazy isn't the most accurate word....it sure isn't the most flattering! So instead, let's go with busy. I am a busy cook. I like to eat. I love food. I even like to cook. But I also have a job that keeps me really busy, so don't have a ton of time to spend preparing meals. But I also don't like eating a lot of packaged or pre-prepared foods, because they are just so bad for you.

I don't have little kids to try to feed, but I do have an 18 year old nephew living with me. So the trick is to try to balance meals for me and for him. On my side, you've got an adult female who is trying to eat in a healthy way and lose weight. On Josh's side, you've got an 6', athletic teenage boy who could happily eat 4,000 calories a day and stay slim and athletic. Sometimes, he makes me crazy! And let me add that I love to try new things and be adventurous in my cooking, and Josh would be happy always eating the same 5-6 meals, every 5-6 days. So the happy medium is that I cook healthy meals, making them in ways that make Josh's teenage boy appetite happy, provide lots of veggies, and always have a batch of cookies in the cookie jar.

So anyway, to wrap this up. I know I have a lot of friends who find themselves to be in the same meal preparation situation as me. I've found and collected some really great, simple recipe's. And, since I like to play with things when I'm cooking, I've created some dishes of my own that are pretty darn tasty! Soooo....I figured I'd start a blog to share those recipe's with my friends. I'll only post recipe's that I've made and have passed approval from my family. If they're my own creation, I'll claim credit. If I lifted it from somewhere, I'll give credit to the culinary genius I stole from!

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Sunday Roast

So I mentioned that I don't get home from church to 2 pm now, and that means super easy Sunday dinners.  Because let's face it....equally as important as the Sunday dinner is the Sunday nap.  So last Sunday, I wanted yummy beef.  Before church, I pulled a roast out of the freezer and prepared it, again focusing on the EASY aspect....meaning a one dish meal.  Soooo......

Rubbed the roast with my handy dandy Paula Deen seasoning mix and put it in the middle of a foil covered roasting pan.  Slice an onion into thin slices and place on the roast.  Cut several red potatoes into quarters and place around the roast.  Then I drizzled olive oil over the potatoes, sprinkled more of my trusty PD seasoning over the potatoes, and slid the whole thing into the oven at 350 until the roast was medium rare, the way we like it, which was about 90 minutes.  I served the meal with a yummy green salad.  Easy, delicious one pan meal!!




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