Four Bean Turkey Chili

I've decided that instead of stocking my freezer with raw ingredients this month, I'm going to build up a stash of heat and eat meals. Rather than having leftovers in the fridge for days that I ultimately wind up tossing out, I'll just throw the leftovers in a freezer bag.

Chili Seasoning

I love having my cabinet stocked with a variety of seasoning mixes and rubs that are ready to use. It means that when it's time to cook dinner I don't have to rifle through the cabinet collecting all of the individual spices. I need only open a single container to season dinner.

2:00 AM Chili

I have been craving chili for weeks now. Aaron keeps saying he's not in the mood for it but I just couldn't wait any longer. I made the decision during nap time today that it was time for chili and he could just deal with it.

Crock Pot Taco Chicken Bowls

I've found another winner from Budget Bytes. Tonight's meal was filling, satisfying, and delicious. Oh, and did I mention it was cheap? Every recipe posted on Budget Bytes shows the total cost. Once I've tried a few more of the recipes I'm thinking of having a Budget Bytes week each month, choosing cost effective meals to keep the grocery bill down.

Chili dog casserole

My house smells so good today!  I had chili simmering on the stove all day for tonight's dinner.

The past few days have been a little hectic.  Monday night we had beef stew and due to a tiny mishap in my grocery shopping I hadn't bought any stew meat.  I ended up running to the store before I could cook dinner and that meant dinner was late.  Tuesday we went to Nana's and Yaya's and got some adorable pictures of Bailey for Easter.

Chili

I have got to get back on a normal sleep schedule.  We were at Yaya's house last night for dinner and somehow we didn't end up coming home until almost 11:00!  Then of course I couldn't sleep and was still awake when Aaron got up to get ready for work.

Cheesy taco soup

Bailey got hold of my iPod this morning while I was snuggling with her and took a few pictures of herself on accident.  There is nothing cuter than watching her realize that her face is on the screen she's looking at!

I love recipes that say "cheesy" in them!  I love cheese!  I buy it in massive quantities every month because I add it to anything I can.  I put it on spaghetti and chili and eggs.  I've even been known to add shredded cheese to the top of macaroni and cheese!  Bailey loves it too.  She can't get enough little cheese cubes at lunch time and you should see her devour a grilled cheese.

Chicken Taco Chili

I just want to start out with this:  I cannot wait for my cat to get better!

I love her so much, but she fights tooth and claw against her medicines and her food.  I'm actually pretty good at getting cats to take pills.  I used to take care of my former boss's cats when she would go out of town and they were all very old and on lots of different medications.  I could get them to keep their pills down no problems, but Rhada is a different story.  Every single pill is a fight and she has to have 7 each day.  My patience is wearing thin.