I am not a cook!

*said in best Nixon voice I could muster.

Ok, lets face it. I have some cooking skills, I'm not hopeless, but really I don't enjoy cooking. It's hot, usually there's someone crying or screaming at my feet. I'm fending off little hands and prying eyes and a husband who's "helping". It's not relaxing, it's not fun, frankly I would like to spend as little time as possible doing it.

I'm also not one of those moms that can just whip up a nutritious meal total out of raw vegetables only found at your local farmers market. I'm not vegetarian, I'm not low carb, I'm just trying to feed my family, relatively inexpensively, and relatively "nutritiously". I grew up in a house hold where that meant you had lavish meals. Typical "southern" food. Lots of starches, lots of beans, bacon in most the vegetables, and OMG the salt! Haha! In an effort to be "healthier" I've tried to incorporate more vegetables into my very picky families diet. I guess I've succeeded to a certain extent. When I met my husband he pretty much only at green beans and potatoes. My three year old will try almost any vegetable you put in front of her, so I consider that a success, my 1 yr old doesn't like most vegetables, but I keep putting them in front of him in hopes to bring him around.

One issue we have is that almost everyone in my family is a food purest to a certain extent. We don't like I food mixed together. I really don't like them cooked together for the most part. I really don't like foods like peppers that "seep" their flavor into things. So for people with more refined pallets this blog is probably not for you. It's bland, and boring (except for maybe some bacon and tex joy in the green beans...) but it's designed to get the job done.

So I'm not a great cook, I'm have "ok" culinary skills (I'll admit to googling cooking terms even) and I make boring food, which leaves you asking... why are you writing about it then?! Well... I can improvise, I can make things quick (30 minutes max usually), and I can whip up a meal out of staple things and left overs pretty well if I do say so myself. I'm not going to win any awards, but my family won't go hungry and really isn't that the point of dinner? (Ok maybe it's just the point of dinner to a SAHM like myself). Most meals I make take about 30 minutes, on a bad day it might take me an hour from prep to finish. This blog is going to feature those. I'm not claiming they'll be the most nutritious things every night, or that it's gourmet, but it'll get your family fed and you won't spend all evening in the kitchen.

I also want to invite anyone who has a quick meal that's a family favorite to share with me to post it here. I'm hoping this turns into a great resource for people like me, who aren't a fan of cooking, but can still make something decent for dinner :-)