*a female Mourning Dove sitting on a nest on our fire escape at work
*watching our dogs play

We have fallen into a bit of a rut with food at my house. Meat cooked on the grill, brown rice or sweet potato, and vegetable for dinner. It's functional food, but not very exciting. I've been trying to improve meal timing on weekends. My husband is the one who grills meat, and he and I are not on the same page on meal timings, so weekend dinners are often later. So I've been planning weekend dinners that I cook, so the food will be ready when I need it, and he can eat when he is ready. That has led to thinking about more creative meals in general.

Last weekend I made pasta with meat sauce, and bison chili. Last night I made chicken stir fry. I also have a meal in mind using Indian seasonings for tonight or tomorrow night. Thinking about more creative food has started some energy flowing. Yesterday I went to the grocery store on my lunch break and bought lots of veggies. I bought a bunch of beets and I am looking forward to eating the greens as well. I also bought 2 artichokes that were reduced for quick sale. I doubt my husband will go for those, but I enjoy them. I used to buy them a lot when I lived in Massachusetts because there was a wonderful produce place near where I lived that had very reasonably priced fruits and veggies. I used to buy all sorts of produce.

Maybe this weekend I will even open one of my cookbooks and find something new to make. I was thinking that I don't have the time or energy to do more cooking, but I think maybe this is one of those situations where making that first step of doing something I didn't feel that I have time or energy for may create the energy. We will see.
Allison