Home cooking!

We need to pick up some groceries in the next couple of days and well I'm sick of everything at the grocery store. I'm not a big fan of tv dinners or even quick frozen food meals...or hamburger helper...grilling just burgers, steaks, and hot dogs is getting old. And I mostly stick to a pretty standard home cooking menu. The kids don't like to stray from Mac N Cheese and Pizza (either does the hubby), we don't really plan anything ahead of time, we eat what strikes our mood or what we have around. So I started looking at my cookbooks and Bon Appetite magazine. However, I'm not sure if I'm quite ready for the gourmet dishes. I never even heard of some of the ingredients and am not sure who would sell them here. A good quick example is udon noodles with zucchini, grilled Kale, and peanut sauce. I have never eaten it and am hesitant to try it. Or chopped tomatoes, avocado, and seafood layered in a martini glass and topped with a gazpacho-style sauce. However, I am going to try some new dishes and post the recipes and reactions from everyone. Lol, for all those that are quite good at cooking, you should get a kick out of my attempts to make these dishes. I'm already a little nervous. I brought the kids to a nice bakery and picked up some fresh bread to make sandwiches. I'm a little bit of a cheese and cold cut snob. I don't even like the deli cut turkey. Just doesn't taste right. I prefer Provolone to standard American slices and fresh bread to prepackaged. Well, my family doesn't agree with me. And they hated the fresh bread. It had a crispy crust and soft center (yum) but it's what my husband would call hard bread that is shaped funny. Hmm. I've tried to convert him a few times but to no avail. So we compromise and do both. However, the baby likes it. So maybe I'll have one convert.

If anyone has any good recipes, pass them along.