Another great reason to avoid canned foods – – yeow!!! I’m not sure how deep my cut is, but I’m too afraid to look just yet…

Don’t you hate that feeling of struggling to come up with a dinner idea each day? Is your family constantly saying to you…”ugh, we just had that!” ? Or do you often find yourself in the middle of making a dinner when you realize you’re out of a key ingredient?! Sounds like you need a PLAN!

Perhaps you’re familiar with the saying, “If you fail to plan, you’re planning to fail.” This couldn’t be more true when it comes to meal planning!! Although it can be tough to motivate myself to do so, I find that my week goes much more smoothly if I take 10 minutes at the beginning of the week to plot out my plan of attack 😉

Then I make a grocery list for the week and make sure I have everything I’ll need before the week even begins. I’m a “once-a-week” shopper, so I usually plan meals earliest in the week that require the most perishable ingreidents, too!

We all know that going out for lunch carries with it certain risks (e.g., ingesting all sorts of food additives), but apparently even bringing your own healthy, whole foods lunch from home can be risky. Well, if you’re in a hurry…
Today, my hubby was packing his lunch quickly before heading off to work. He knew there was leftover chili in the fridge for him, so he grabbed the tupperware container and threw it in his lunchbox. Before he left for work, I noticed the chili was still in the fridge, so I went to put it in his lunchbox and found that he’d accidentally packed a bowl of mushed up, rotten veggies intended for our dog (click photo to enlarge)! Oops!