Coach Kirstin

The struggle is real.  Between working and them finding time to eat some thing other than takeout pizza, do my physical therapy, spend time with the baby and the husband it is seriously hard to fit it all in. Oh and sleep.  The older I get, the more sleep becomes non negotiable. We are also trying to eat with McKenna so she sees us eat and follows suit. It also allows me to give her things off my plate, which she definitely is more interested by.  This has actually been a huge struggle as our window in the evening is so limited with her, I don't want to spend it cooking and not spending time with her.  So the goal is to keep our meals simple and do as much ahead of time as possible. The downside to this is the Husband and I usually spend time chatting and relaxing during our meals as it’s always been our alone time together. But sleep. So I came up with a plan for the week and cooked the majority of our food on Sunday.  I really only made salsa because my freez...

When I was a kid I hated meatloaf.  I'm not sure if it was the cook or just all the mushed up ground meat.  Either way it creeped me out.  Fast forward 25 years and its actually one of my favorite things but I rarely make it because the prep work.  Over 4th of July weekend we had people over and I made way too much BBQ chicken, which was great because we just reheated chicken all week.  Which is ironic because when I stopped fighting all I wanted to do was cook hot meals every night, as all I did was eat reheated food.  What I forgot is how convenient that is.  And allows me to make somethings that actually take too much time for a weeknight, ahead of time.  I planned out the week and got a few things ready over the weekend.  I took a lot of pictures but didn't post anything, wanted to make sure it actually tasted good!  The goal was to make it a little healthier and not red meat.  We already eat plenty of red meat in our house so ...