Don't Grocery Shop Hungry

Best advice ever.  Seriously.  I've now completed my plans for dinners over the next few days and it's time to be off to the grocery store but I'm hungry!  Looking at recipes and planning meals for the last hour has really made my tummy growl...

Anyway, thought I would share some of my upcoming meals!  I will take pictures and put recipes up as I make them and let you know how I will cut calories and modify to fit the diet.  The most fun of cooking is the modifying and teaching myself how to cook and grocery shop differently.  And I figure if my grocery list has more veggies and fruits than cookies and candies, I'm on the right track!

Here's the line-up (in no particular order):

Turkey Veggie Meatloaf Cups
Shrimp Kabobs w/quinoa cranberry salad
Honey Garlic Pork Ribs
Tomato & Tuna Pita Melts
Guacamole Chicken Salad Sandwiches
Breakfast Sausage Egg Muffins

Everything here includes ingredients on sale and most of them are super fresh so it won't be difficult to stay healthy!  Next is to just get the ingredients I don't have and start cooking!

Accidentally Gourmet

So I realize the idea of a food blog is not a new one, but here's to hoping this adventure is a positive one.  In an effort to not be narcissistic or self-important, this all comes down to my health.  I am and have remained very overweight since the birth of my child (and maybe before that, wink, wink, but everyone needs a good excuse!) and in the past year of dieting and trying to learn a whole new lifestyle, I feel there is still something missing.  I've definitely gotten better at this process, but it's still a process.

I love food.  That's the barest fact there is and I have figured out that I am in love with cooking, playing with recipes and trying out new things.  I've also learned over the past few years that in order to get to where I want to be with my health and my weight loss, it's going to be important to try new things and learn an entirely new way to cook my food.  And if I can have some fun along the way, well great!

So this blog is really just all about me and my learning new ways to cook, a new way to live and if it works then I'll be on my way.  I hope to share recipes, both good and bad, and all the ridiculous little challenges that pop up when we try to change our habits and live differently.  I hope you enjoy the read!