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What I've Been Cooking

When it comes to cooking, I'm either on a roll or lost. Since we're not eating out every night, I'm obviously cooking something, but when trying to come up with meals for the week, I often find myself thinking "well what did I make when we lived in Denver? In New Orleans?" Answer - I have NO idea. I seriously can't remember meals from one week to the next, let alone years!

About a year ago I decided to make a new Pinterest board labeled "weekly menu" that helped me separate recipes that looked awesome (that I would never make) and recipes that would actually work for a random Tuesday night. That has helped some, but its not quite as extensive or reflective of what I'm actually cooking.

So I was thinking it would helpful for my sanity to document semi-regularly meals that our family is enjoying. This is what we've been up to this summer:

1.) Ribs - Aaron got a crock-pot "recipe" from my mom and we've been loving it! This how she'd described it - broil a half rack of ribs about 10 minutes on either side to brown them, transfer to a crockpot, pour a ton of bbq sauce on them and set to high for 5-6 hours. You can also had 1/2 a cup of beer, coke, orange juice, ginger ale, etc if you desire.
2.) BLTs
3.) Red Beans & Rice and Jambalaya - both recipes come from a Cooking Light book that was published early 2000s.
4.) One-Pot Caprese Pasta - I loved this meal!
5.) Grilled Quesadillas - also have realized buying the cooked rotisserie chicken from the grocery store is such a time saver!
6.) Ranch Cheddar Chicken - made this tonight and it was worth making again

Honestly, that is all I can even think of right now, even with going through my Pinterest page.

What are your favorite go-to meals? New recipes that are worth sharing? I'd love all the help I can get!

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  1. You are such a good writer. Your opening line cracked me up! You gotta try the Vidalia onion chicken recipe on our blog. It's one if our go-to meals and takes no time at all!

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