New Year, New Blog

One of my New Year's resolutions is to try new recipes for my family. I seem to get in a rut of cooking the same meals over and over and over. No more! This year I am resolving to get out of that cooking rut and experiment with new foods and meals. Of course I will still make our old favorites such as tacos, spaghetti, pizza, etc.... But I will cook at least two new recipes a week. My desire to do this stems dually from my love of cooking and Kevin's new work schedule. Prior to starting his new job in November, Kevin worked a minimum of two evenings a week. On those evenings the meals that I prepared for the boys were very unimpressive, kid-friendly fare such as chicken nuggets, mac and cheese and fish sticks. I know, blah! Now Kevin is home for dinner every evening so I need to step up my game! In addition, I often have people ask me for the recipes that I try so this is an easy way to share them with friends and keep myself from falling back into the recipe rut.

Please know that I do not come up with these recipes on my own. I find the recipes on places such as Pinterest, allrecipes.com and other foodie blogs. When possible I will give credit to the source of the recipe and provide a link. I will also mention any changes I make to a recipe or shortcuts I take.

I'm looking forward to this culinary adventure! Happy New Year!

*I want to thank my good friend Laney for helping me name the blog. She cleverly suggested I use a Beatles song as inspiration so I changed their song "Happiness is a Warm Gun" into Happiness is a Warm Meal! Thanks!