Trying to not be spoiled.....

Ok, so every week I go grocery shopping. I am very lucky in the fact that I normally can wait and do this on Mondays, after the crazy weekend. I love to cook, so I spend an hour or so on Monday morning or Sunday night, figuring out what new dishes I want to make!! I love trying new things and LOVE Giada (who I watch at least every week). ........But I noticed that I have a FULL pantry (and somehow a full fridge) full of food and I began to think......(scary thought if you know me). There are people not only in other countries or other states, but right here in my own city who would love to have the food that I have. So I told Matt, "we are going to go the whole week without buying groceries!!" Of course he was ok with me not spending money!!!, and he was good with this, as long as he still had yummy food for dinner every night;) So I decided this would make me not only appreciate everything I have, but also make me be more creative with my cooking.

We just finished dinner, and I must say....It was delicious! I made a spinach, prosciutto, and goat cheese souffle with a homemade crust (which only took like 15 minutes!). And a pasta primavera with the left over produce in my veggie drawer, that usually ends up going bad. I hate throwing out food, but it seems like I do, every week! So this week we will use it before it goes bad! Tomorrow's breakfast for Aspen will be either be one of our (in her word's "healthy") cereals, left over waffles, we have had in the freezer for ever!! or fruit. I guess this will also help her not be so picky! I'll let you know how it goes;)