I'm starting this blog to figure out what works and what doesn't in our house for dinners and other meals. I really do probably have about 500 cookbooks, and I maybe use 2 of them - Fanny Farmer's and the Searchlight Cookbook (from 1934). The rest I might peruse, but it's rare to actually cook from them. I find myself using Allrecipies or other websites online with comments in order to try out new things.
It's so hard to make dinner - probably a very common complaint.
In our case it's because B doesn't like my suggestions, and I rarely bother just going ahead and cooking them during the week. I should just do what I suggest and get it over with.
I've suggested several times to make some enchilada dish and he never goes for it. It's basically just jarred enchilada sauce, shredded pre-cooked chicken, corn torillas, refried beans, and queso layerd in a cassarole. Sounds harmless and edible, in my opinion.
The barbq chicken I made in the crockpot last weekend for B's parents was a hit. I got the recipe from Momadvice.com - and I actually used most of the ingredients from Aldis. I think I might add some extra Texas Pete's next time I make this. It made a lot of chicken. I wanted to use the rest for BBQ pizza, but never got around to it.
I buy half my groceries from Aldis, and the other half from Lowes or Bi-Low, usually because I prefer to purchase organic milk and eggs and seafood and ground turkey from them. I've been pretty pleased with Aldi's foods in general. It's a good way to save money and it makes shopping a snap.
