... the amount of food Eric and I can eat. Or I underestimated the size of the meals I've been making from scratch. I have to admit, pretty much since we've been married, I've been a lazy cook. I buy frozen pre-made stuff and basically thaw and heat it. It's not that I don't know how to cook, because I do; but it's always been a matter of time. Cooking "real" meals requires a little planning and actually sitting down to write up a grocery list. Perhaps this little baby growing inside of me is finally saying, "enough mommy! Cook me some real food!" Last week I decided frozen should be the exception, not the rule. I sat down and planned out this whole week and then I went grocery shopping this past Saturday and bought everything I needed and nothing I didn't. (Wow.) Everything I've made for dinner this week has been off the Taste of Home website. (YUMMY!!) What I'm learning however, is that these meals yeild A TON of food and plenty of leftovers, even the ones that say "for two." So my initial complaint that this method was going to be more expensive is not altogether valid, because this "weeks worth" of recipes and food will probably last me 2 weeks with all the leftovers I have already. In addition to the cooked leftovers, there are leftover ingredients, so I can throw new meals together out of the odds and ends. I thought this was going to cost me $100/week, but now it's looking like it will cost me about $50-$60 or so. That is not any more expensive than frozen crap - it's actually cheaper sometimes - it just depends on what you cook (meat can get pricey). I love bringing leftovers to work to reheat for lunch - it's much tastier than Subway. It's also been a lot of fun cooking from scratch - almost therapeutic. The difference in taste is ridiculous, too. It's probably a lot healthier, too, since it's not packed with sodium and preservatives. And we are eating WAY more veggies. :) It will be easier to manage after the baby is born, since I won't be stuck in the office until 5 all the time. Lately dinner has been served between 7-8pm. I will have to find ways to cut time, maybe by starting certain things in the morning before I leave for work.
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We did this when we first started trying to lose weight and both lost like 15 lbs just from cutting all the unnecessary sodium that prepackaged food has! Way to be healthy. Enjoy =)