Cooking with Kristin

We are determined to grow veggies this year! Craig is even building a garden bed! We've got some starters going and more that'll we'll plant directly in the garden. Today we filled up our cart at Home Depot and I started my little herb pot! So excited! I can't wait to show you the progress on our garden.

It's a short week and I'm behind on posting! We had a great week of meal planning, made all by the grilled caesars. This weekend was a super fun and very productive Memorial Weekend. The garden is planted, the veggie garden is in progress, and the fire pit is half way there! So ready for summer! Last week we enjoyed our meals: Since it's a short week this week's meals are a little of Gabby and an instant pot. Speaking of Gabby my friend Jessica and I are going to MEET HER next weekend! It's her new cookbook signing! Roasted Vegetable Lasagna with Bechamel https://whatsgabycooking.com/roasted-vegetable-lasagna/ Sweet Potato and Black Bean and Kale Enchiladas https://whatsgabycooking.com/sweet-potato-kale-and-black-bean-enchiladas/ Busting out the instant pot again for these Gyros! https://www.365daysofcrockpot.com/instant-pot-beef-gyros/ Happy short week everyone!

Another successful tasty week!  This weeks plan is a little less recipe following and more simple cooking. Trying to be semi cheap this week. Nice weather again means another round of Grill Veggie (Steak for Craig) Tacos Grilled Caesar ( yes grilled romaine is AMAZING) with Salmon and probably some corn on the cob Grilled Sausage and Veggies Beyond Burgers of course! We are making one recipe from my fav Food Network chef. Pioneer Woman! Her Sloppy Joes are SO GOOD! http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/sloppy-joes/

One week in the books! This week was delicious, on budget, and matched well with the weather. We got to have one grilling night! Here's a review of the meals this week: These bagels are so good and so easy! The pasta was okay. There is another roasted veggie pasta I makes with orzo that is really good so I think I’ll make that one next time. The one night we got to grill! Beyond Burgers with Chrissy Tiegens burger sauce recipe. Her burger sauce is bomb! Mayo, ketchup, chopped up pickles, and Cholula. Try it! And corn on the cob because it screams summer. The picture isn’t great but these are the foil packets. So versatile! You can put any protein and/or veggie in there. Hubby was not super excited about these until we had them! Instant Pot!! This cabbage soup is so yummy! Makes great lunch leftovers too. I always add a little oregano and a garlic glove to the recipe. That was all the dinner. Then I...

I like to be flexible with my meal plans. I have the meals for the week but not always which day. Depends if I’m working out after work, if we have plans, or the weather. Yay for summer grilling season! There’s a few blogs I frequent that you’ll see a lot on here: https://www.skinnytaste.com/ https://whatsgabycooking.com/ https://pinchofyum.com/ I’m also obsessed with our Instant Pot! I use it at least 1x a week. Balsamic Roasted Veggies with Pesto and White Beans https://www.skinnytaste.com/balsamic-roasted-veggie-and-white-bean-pasta/ Instant Pot Cabbage Soup https://www.skinnytaste.com/chunky-beef-cabbage-and-tomato-soup-instant-pot/ Andouille Sausage and Shrimp Foil Packets https://www.skinnytaste.com/cajun-shrimp-in-foil/ Beyond Burgers If you haven’t tried these you must! You won’t even know they’re plant based! We grill ours up and they’re delicious! http://beyondmeat.com/products/view/beyond-burger I also try and make meals that will make leftovers for ...

Hello! Welcome to my new blog! If you know me you know I love food and meal planning. I used to have a fitness blog which turned into food posts mostly. I stopped doing that for awhile so now it’s time to bring back the food posts! I get a lot of questions on how I plan or what I plan so it’ll all be here. Hopefully give you some recipe inspiration and show that’s its fairly easy to plan, budget, and prep. I’m addicted to it!