Welcome friends!

Hey all, please bear with me as I get this thing up and running. Plans are to post menu plans and things that worked great and those that are flops. Believe me, I've had my fair share of those. A couple weeks ago, my 6 year old told me my crock-pot pork chops looked like "throw up". Awesome.

I'm going to try and get good at the picture taking as well. They probably won't be as pretty as Pioneer Woman!

This week started off late, usually I make my menu plans on a Sunday and shop then. I am going from today. Kind of embarrassed to admit my family ate pizza last night because I was feeling lazy but we all have those days, right?

Anyway, let's get to the good stuff. Over half my recipes come from Pinterest. Yes, I am addicted. You can tell because my recipe board has over 1500 pins and the Ideas for the home...25. :)

Pinterest rocks! Words cannot express my love for it. A baker's DREAM come true.

ANYWAY - here's the menu plan for the week.

Thursday - Creamy Chicken Penne (weight watchers)/Salad

* Thursday nights I usually bake something for church - tonight it's Blueberry Lemon pound cake from Cooking Light. I'm so super excited to make this!!

Friday - Shrimp creole - pinterest

Saturday - Skinny Shepard's pie - Skinnytaste (best website EVER!)

Sunday - SUPER BOWL - Frito pie from Cooking Light and Skinny Chocolate chip cookies from Skinnytaste

Monday - Roasted Peppers, Chicken Sausage and potatoes - Skinnytaste

Tuesday - Mini corn dog muffins/Fries - pinterest

Wednesday - Pizza rollups/Salad - pinterest

Thursday - Dinner at church :) - will be baking a coconut cake or lightened up carrot cake.

Friday - Turkey sloppy joe's/veggies w/ ranch

You see the end of next week is a little more "kid-friendly" then usual. Daddy will be in CA for his annual meeting so we're making some fun kiddo stuff.

So there it is, folks. It's a start. I will take any ideas, things you want to see, funny stories...just let me know.

I love this verse, it just inspires me to keep going in my dreams to one day be a pastry chef.

"Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might" Ecclesiastes 9:10