Join the Boyscouts...Be Prepared!

Okay, so I'm not actually joining the Boy Scouts, but I AM getting prepared. I spent most of the afternoon today cooking to get ready for the upcoming week.  I made dinners for 3 nights and snacks for the busy days ahead.  It doesn't have to be hard, but it does have to be done.  I know that I can't go to work and not have anything to take with me.  If I don't have any food with me during the day I am subject to the catastrophe of so-called "food" that is in our kitchen every day...that can be anything from pizza to donuts to ice cream sandwiches.  Those are not things I choose to eat anymore, but if I'm hungry and don't have food with me they sound better and better all the time, especially if I'm having a whacked-out day.

So in the oven are stuffed peppers (made with lean ground beef, brown rice, and tomatoes), squash, and mini-meatloafs made with the same stuff as what's in the peppers (which I am going to freeze and use later).  On the stovetop in the small pan are hard-boiled eggs and in the big pot is homemade chicken noodle soup.

It might take some time to get ready for the week, but it always makes the week A LOT easier!