mmmmmmmm food

I started a new blog, linked on the sidebar to this blog, mainly for our weekly meal plans but also to store recipes and other food related links.  Feel free to follow and comment!  I love learning about and cooking new recipes.  Scott is still learning to cook, so simple (but healthy!) recipes are welcome as well. :)

We joined a food co-op a couple weeks ago, so our meal plans will often be based off the goodies we get from there every other week.  We also started a vegetable garden last weekend, so this summer our meal plans will (hopefully) be structured around produce from our own back yard!  It's only been a week and the plants are all flourishing!  I'm very excited about this; I've been wanting to plant a garden for years but never had the space or time before now.

Lately I have been reading a lot about managing money and finding more ways to be frugal.  We love that Scott is able to stay home with Evie and are hoping to continue that for as long as possible!  I've been tracking everything on mint.com for several months.  I spent several hours scrutinizing and developing our budget the other night.  Our biggest (and really the only) offender is restaurants. It's pretty ridiculous how much money we spend eating out, which is almost always a result of poor planning!  I'm hoping this new blog helps keep us accountable and on budget, while having a little fun in the process.