So this sunny, summer afternoon, I'm busy thinking about all the foods I'd like to make. My recipe pile is growing, and so is my drive to cook more and more things myself. So I thought I'd make a list.

1. Peanut butter-this is extremely dangerous considering that I LOVE peanut butter, and especially with apples which are coming into season.

2. Applesauce- going to go fast in this house!

3. Pears (canned)- Pears are my daughter's absolute favorite fruit so she will benefit from this the most.

4. Bread- I'd really like to make a nice healthy bread like once a week..maybe sundays..for Isabelle to use for sandwiches in her lunch box, or healthy toast in the morning. Plus I'm sure Nick and I will gobble it down right away too.

5. Chorizo sausage- my husband loves this, and I just found a recipe to do it without having to mess with casings and gross things like that. I may like to cook, but I have a thing about touching meat..I just can't do it.

6. A million and one new recipes for dinner and cookies lol!! Seriously the stack is so high now I think I'll be set for months!

Everything seems to be going well. Not only is my pantry stocked, but with all the home cooking I'm doing the fridge is full of yummy leftovers. So when I have a night (like last night) where it was just me and Isabelle, and I didn't really want to cook, we still had a hot homemade meal made of leftovers. Plus is was way better than a big mac and the roll that would put around my waist! lol! This isn't so hard. Just keeping in mind that my mom did it, and my grandmothers and so on..and there for I should be happy we're not so far back that I'm growing the wheat and grinding it, and making butter with my churn LOL!