Food!

I've been in a bit of a cooking rut lately. I kept making the same things over and over. I never deviated from my trusty chicken and ground beef recipes. Well, I'm branching out! Dinner tonight and tomorrow will be two meals I've never made before using meats I've never used before.

Tonight is Red Beans & Rice. It's a nice simple recipe that I have high hopes for. I imagine there are far more complicated recipes out there, but I'm a huge fan of simple so we'll see.

Tomorrow night is Marinated Flank Steak. I really hope it turns out well. I'll throw the marinade together tonight and let it do it's thing over night. I'll even get Brian in on the gig by making him grill it (along with corn on the cob!).

I'll let you know how it goes.

The rest of today will be spent grocery shopping again* and hopefully plowing through some thank you notes. If only the last lawn guy would make it rounds so I can let Tiny out before I leave...

I also busted out a Master Grocery List this morning. When I went grocery shopping yesterday I jotted down what was in each aisle of the store so I could type it up and make my own master list. I have hopes that this will make shopping easier and quicker. I seemed to have a problem with missing items the first go-round and having to double back for them, but not knowing exactly where they were in the store. Basically, I didn't have the layout of the Commissary here committed to memory yet.

Have I rambled on about food long enough?

Yeah, I thought so too.

SarahEileen :)

*Yes, I am grocery shopping two days in a row. Why? Because I forgot my coupons at home twice yesterday. I refuse to buy anything that I know I have a coupon for at home. So, this afternoon is coupon shopping!