Week ??: The Doldrums of Winter

Dear Whomever Reads These;

Please accept my sincerest of apologies for not keeping up with my weekly posts.  Unfortunately life has come and gone these past couple weeks with little to no exciting cooking occurring.   The hubby has been gone for two weeks out of the month for work which means little motivation to cook.  And I was catching up on bills so the month has been a challenge of feeding my family on $50 a week.  


With all that chaos I returned to old favorites and recipes that I can cook from memory.  Eggplant parmesan and panko tilapia graced my table because they are foods my husband would rather die than eat.  But I also ate many grilled cheese sandwich halves, rice and beans, leftover chili, and other rather uneventful items that my son will eat.  It was amazing to see how on a tight grocery budget we did eat fewer fruits and vegetables.  Amazing in a bad way mind you.


So I find my self in the doldrums of winter and of my cooking.  "A state of inactivity or stagnation, as in business or art".  I wonder how the people who commit to things like cooking out of the crockpot every day of the year or the Julie in the "Julie&Julia" movie survive.  I can't even commit to working out every day or washing the kitchen sink.  For a while I was cooking at least one new recipe a week and trying to cook as many recipes as possible out of my cooking magazines.  But that time has apparently passed.


What do you do when these times occur in your life? 
What do you cook and do you lean on comfort food?  


I seek your cooking words of wisdom, 
Melissa

New Recipes Added

Hello Fellow Foodies!

I've added the following recipes:

Black Bean & Corn Chowder - SOUPS

*We did this one today and it was just delicious and exactly what we needed after 2 hours of playing in the snow!

Crockpot Onion Chicken - POULTRY

Mashed Potato Pizza - APPETIZERS

Enjoy!

Caitlyn