I'm Going To Start Cooking And Tell You All About It

While getting my oil changed a few months ago I noticed the most useful headline for a twenty-something woman like myself whose mother had always cooked for her.  "A MONTH OF EASY DINNERS:   Your no-stress plan for delicious weeknight meals."  I pretended that I had brought in the magazine myself and held it in a way that it would blend in with my crossword puzzle and hoped that the receptionist wouldn't notice.  Looking back, I don't know why I was so nervous about it.  The magazine in question was the October 2011 issue of  Real Simple magazine, and it was already February-ish.    Also, the address label had been torn off, so I'm assuming that the receptionist herself has a subscription and she brings her old unwanted issues to the lobby of Grand Prarie Ford.

By the way, if you need your oil changed, you should definitely go there.  They will change your oil, up to 5 quarts of synthetic, for $20.  And if you sign up for their loyalty program, you get a free oil change for every five that you pay for.  

But I've digressed.  The purpose of the next posts will be to evaluate the collection of recipes.  Real Simple presents you with five dinner recipes per week.   It does specifically say "weeknight meals," so they don't have Saturday and Sunday recipes.  One night you could have random leftovers, and a different night you can order a pizza because  you must always leave room in your meal plan for a Papa Johns pizza prepared the following way.

• Large Thick Crust
• Three-Cheese Blend
• Pepperoni
• Italian Sausage
• Red Bell Peppers
• Banana Pepers
• Mushrooms
• NO CHICKEN because chicken has no place in pizza.
• Well done.

I've digressed again.  The dinners are also intended for a family of four.  I live with my boyfriend, so we're going to have leftovers.  I hope I manage to take some to work the next day and save on lunch because I'm tired of giving Wendy's all my money; I have several bones to pick with their location on Harry Hines Blvd and Butler St, but that's a blog for another day.  

One more great thing about this is that it gives you a shopping list so you don't have to think about "what the hell should I buy?"  Most times when I go to the grocery store I buy breakfast food because I have breakfast on lock.  From Apple Jacks to Waffles, I have mastered breakfast.