Meals this Week

One thing Grant and I have been trying to work on this year is eating more meals at home, and--here's the kicker--not out of a box. Yes, I admit it. We love Kraft Macaroni and Cheese. I blame it on my mom really--I was never allowed to have it as a kid! I always had the healthy stuff--you know, the all-natural white cheese shells. And of course I loved them, but that's because I didn't know what I was missing out on! (Wait, when did this turn into a rant about my love for Mac & Cheese?)

Getting back on track...We've been making an effort since we moved into our new apartment and here's what we've come up with so far:

Friday night we had Nick and Briana over for dinner to repay them for making such delicious Peruvian food for us. We knew we couldn't make anything foreign, but Grant does make a mean ginger sauce to go with our favorite hibachi-style meal.

And for dessert I made a chocolate mousse pie with Cadbury eggs on top.

The next morning I woke up early (well early for a Saturday...it was 9:30) and decided to make Grant and I a big breakfast of pancakes, scrambled eggs, and steak.

We continued to eat our hibachi leftovers throughout the week, but we did take a break from it one night when I cooked up a chicken breast that I had leftover from when I made enchiladas a week ago. I didn't want it to go bad so I experimented with breading it (without bread crumbs since I realized too late I didn't have any) and baking it. It turned out really good so I was happy about that.

As lame as it might be, I decided taking pictures of the food I make might be some kind of motivation for me to cook more. I bet you're going to get sick of seeing our dinner plates pretty soon!