We all know how busy our daily lives are so we tend to buy what is cheap (or sometimes not so cheap) and easy. We hit the fast food lane or when we go grocery shopping we stock up on frozen pizzas, processed foods, and meals that you can prepare from a box or a can. I can feel some people nodding just while they are reading this;) Well, our house has been guilty of that in the past (not horribly) BUT, I am very happy to say that I have been cooking alot more home made/healthier meals for my family!
Home made doesn't necessarily mean that you have to make each and every ingredient from "scratch". To me it just means using ALOT more fresh ingredients and putting a healthy meal together and LESS use of canned meals or boxed meals. Technically in the dictionary home made means, to make in your home, by yourself and simply made. Well, if you look at it that way....if you make a box of mac and cheese(cheap and easy), I guess you could call that home made based on the definition...BUT wouldn't it be so much better to buy a box of pasta (or make your own pasta) and take a block of your favorite cheese, some milk, butter and flour and make your own?? That sounds so much more appealing to me. (Let me just say, there WILL be use of some canned good items and boxed items as we cannot make EVERY thing from scratch.) Have I mentioned that when you make more meals home made that you are also saving money and may actually be getting more bang for your buck! Take for instance a bag of french fries at the store.... probably will cost you around $3.00 or so (which would last for one meal)....where as you can buy a bag of potatoes for around the same price and cut them up and make your own home made french fries and ALOT more servings out of the bag of potatoes! This is great for other meals for more fries or use the other ones for hashbrowns, or potato salad, or a baked potato! You can't get that from a bag of fries;)!! Get my drift??
Anyhow, I have vowed to make home made meals as much as possible. I have my dvr set to record lots of cooking shows that I like for some new ideas and recipes. My top favorite right now is Rachael Ray's Week in a Day. She makes 5 meals in ONE day!! What about the other two days you ask? Well, that is what I said but when you factor in the recipes you already know, there is no issue. I am sure we all have our "favorite" things we make! To help out I am going to be adding recipes on here occasionally that are favorites of mine. We can all do this, if you just take some time to put into it! Most of us have children.( I have 3. Ages 7,5, and 17 months) so I am a very busy momma! A friend of mine said the other day at Bible Study that you are only going to get out of it, what you put into it (meaning the study) however, I believe this refers to EVERY aspect of our lives (even our cooking). Too many of us throw around the excuse of "being too busy" to NOT do something. Whether it be calling our friends, going out with our friends, cooking, etc. We all have something in our lives that keep us busy! FIND the time if it's important to you!! So don't wait any longer! Get cooking:) Of course I would LOVE to hear from those of you who try these recipes and also please feel free to share some of your own! The recipe I am sharing today is a favorite in my household and amongst some of my friends that I have shared it with! I hope you try it and enjoy!
Stuffed Pepper Soup
Ingredients:
-2lbs. ground chuck (turkey does not taste the same in this recipe, I tried it;)
-(2)-15 oz. cans of tomato sauce (see I am using some canned goods)
-(2)-14.5 oz cans of diced tomatoes
-3.5 cups water
-2 cups diced green bell peppers
-2 beef boullion cubes
-1 cup uncooked white rice
-1 tsp. salt
-1/2 tsp. pepper
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
Directions:
Brown meat in skillet and drain. Add all ingredients to the pot and cook until peppers are tender. More water may be added as soup cooks to make the proper consistency. (I always double this recipe and freeze some for another meal.) Hope you enjoy it!
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