The Meal Planner Returns

Hope everyone had a wonderful Shavuos.

To review how we will start with successful meal planning...

Start a permanent list of meals that are tried-and-trues. The ones your family eats. Don't add the recipes you saw in the magazine, which looks great, but you've never tried. You need to have made it AT LEAST twice (with most of your family eating AND enjoying it) before it becomes a tried-and-true.

Here's some from the Feldman Master Dinner List:

-Spaghetti and Meatballs/Meatsauce, and salad
-Turkey burgers, rice, and green beans
-Spinach souffle, soy nuggets, and baked potatoes
-Pizza and cut up veggies
-Tuna croquettes, macaroni and cheese, and salad
-Roasted chicken, couscous, and cauliflower

You get the idea. Make your own list. Next step coming soon.

Hiatus

I have been touched by the e-mails I have gotten from a bunch of people saying they missed my posts. It was quite flattering.

But when my mother sends me an e-mail this morning saying that she is missing my blog (and I talk to her everyday), I had to respond.

After Pesach, I followed through on a commitment I had made to myself to start incorporating exercise into my daily routine.

This may not sound like that big of a deal, but for me it was huge. I have started and stopped so many attempts at exercise, that for this resolution to stick, I had to put it first. Which means I had to take out some of my other activities in the evening. Combined with the fact that my 3 year old has been going through sleeping issues (this is putting it mildly), my time was more limited than usual.

I am happy to say that I have been successfully going to Curves 3 times a week since Pesach ended. It's been a really great option for me, and dare I say - it's been fun??!!

Now I am happily cooking and preparing for Shavuos. But after Yom Tov ends, I plan on resuming my blogging. I will pick up where I left off with meal planning.

I wish everyone a wonderful and meaningful Shavuos, and look forward to continuing after!