MEAL PLAN???? Who has time to think about what I want to eat? Especially for a month! I promise if you stick with this method you will ask yourself…WOW! What did I ever do before? I’ll tell you what you did because I did it. I’d say at 5:00 what am I going to make for dinner? Then I realized I didn’t take anything out, I don’t have any of the ingredients I need, and I have to go to the store…and then there is always take out… Sample Meal Plan now available!

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Grilled swordfish accompanied with a sweet and spicy Apricot salsa. Week 1 Recipe.

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The Easiest Pizza Dough To Work With

Since I am on a bread making kick, I couldn't forget to include pizza dough. I usually find that most dough is tough to stretch and work with. This is the BEST recipe for pizza dough. I will never buy dough again. It is very easy to stretch and it stays stretched. Double up the batch since 1 recipe makes a small thin crust pizza.

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Welcome to cookingwithluv, this site is designed with 4 types of people in mind:

Those who hate to cook, but have to.
Those who don’t know how to cook, but want to.
Those who have no time to cook, but need to.
AND…Those who love to cook and want to do it more.

I call myself a cooking coach. I help people organize their cooking to save them time, money, and stress over WHAT IS THERE TO EAT TONIGHT… I am a mom with three kids, a husband, a business, and lots of family activities. Pretty much your everyday family. I have always had a passion for cooking. I LOVE anything to do with food… cooking it… eating it or even just reading about it. It was hard to devote the time I wanted to cooking when I had kids. Instead of cooking there was cleaning and changing and driving that took its place. There was no spare time to devote to cooking. So I finally came up with a way to GET MY PASSION back…which every mom needs to do. Hopefully through my website you will learn some new ideas to teach you how to alleviate the stress of cooking and free up more of your time for the things you want to do. You will spend less time cooking during those crazy hours and more time with the family. You may think I am a bit crazy, but for the next 18 months I have dinner and a grocery list planned. Guess what no more guessing.

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Going Back To Our Roots Garden Project

I am building a 180’ X 33’ garden on school property. This cross-curricular garden project will make us pioneers of agriculture-in-the-classroom in our area. This garden will provide a rich and diverse learning environment both inside and outside of the classroom. The garden is an active learning tool that will allow the teachers an opportunity to creatively teach a multitude of subjects to their pupils. The garden provides community awareness and real-life learning skills which children can apply outside of the classroom. The best part of the project is that the vegetables will be harvested for the school cafeteria.

Using The Recipe Box For Meal Planning

I designed this site to help people plan their meals. I like to plan for the month, but it's ok to start small and plan by the week and gradually work your way up to two or three and eventually I hope that you will feel comfortable enough to plan your meals for the entire month. I have structured the recipe box to help you plan your meals by designating a particular week that each recipe could be used in, so that when you are looking for recipes to use in your meal plan you will know what recipes you can shop ahead for. If you haven't already -please visit the meal planning section of my site to help you understand how you can make the cooking part of your life easier and more enjoyable. I have also included in most of my recipes a "Kid Friendly Version" of the meal so that you can enjoy cooking new things and not worry about what the kids are going to eat. Please remember that you must SIGN into the recipe box. If you signed up for a newsletter-you still need to sign up again for the recipe section and create a password.

Mix and Match Pantry, Freezer and Fridge Staples Stocking these few items allows you to make several Mix and Match meals cooked in 30 minutes. These can be used as backup meals in case you are running behind or just can’t follow your planned meal.

Two For One Meals. This sounds great, but what does it mean. 2 for 1 meals are designed so that when you make one meal, you can make two or three or four using the same ingredients or very similar ingredients.

Bundle Your Meals Bundling means making a large batch of something and making several different meals from it. 10 lbs of Hamburger can be broken into 5 different meals. Make a general meatball/meatloaf base mixture, break mixture into (5) 2lb portions.

Today's Quote:

I realized that if I lived my life for what made me feel good at the end of each day, I would give my life to things of secondary importance. -Jean Flemming (Author of A Mother's Heart)

HALLOUMI CHEESE

It was love at first site. This cheese is soft enough to melt in your mouth, but firm enough to grill or fry. Halloumi is a Middle Eastern/Greek cheese that is primarily made of a mix of goat and sheep's milk, but can also contain cow's milk. Don't let it fool you by thinking it has a strong taste. It has a very natural taste similar to a mozzarella with salty overtones. The best thing about the cheese is that it has a higher than normal melting point allowing it to get crispy and brown while it retains its original shape. You can purchase it a local cheese shop or Whole Foods. Look for more recipes to come using Halloumi Cheese.