Food Main Course

Double Dinner (part 1)

January 21, 2013

My late Grandmother used to say, “Eat to live. Not live to eat.”

I think she was referring to how mundane food can become, at times. But I also believe there was something even deeper to be gained from her phrase: There are only so many hours in our lives. Sometimes food steals too many of them.

It’s all about prepartion – to make our work smarter not harder.

When planning our weekly menu, I focus on making meals that revolve around the same ingredients. Not only does it make leftovers an entirely fresh new meal; but there’s no such thing as wasted food. Our grocery bill is less and the work load becomes lighter.

This is a preview of two such meals we ate last week.

More details on how this all works and recipes, coming soon!

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  • melissa January 21, 2013 at 11:55 am

    I am the same way. I like to make my food last. I hate being wasteful. Though I won’t be the “can’t get up until the plate is clean” type. If I have some left over and I am full I just wrap it up.

    But I love healthy crock pot meals. Those last for several days.

  • Kari January 21, 2013 at 1:31 pm

    Looks amazing! We love using last nights leftovers to make a whole new yummy dish.

  • Marla January 21, 2013 at 1:46 pm

    Looks yummy! I love Salmon but I am always looking for new ways to cook it. Thanks for the ideas. Have a great week

  • MANDA January 21, 2013 at 5:41 pm

    Missy, thanks for the ideas and upcoming ideas. I’ve gotten stuck in a winter rut. I needed a refresher on dinner ideas. I LOVE salmon and haven’t had it for a while.

  • jaclyn @ www.lilmsadventures.blogspot.com January 21, 2013 at 6:03 pm

    ooh perfect! thanks for sharing this recipe!! timing couldn’t be more perfect as i just bought salmon at the market yesterday 🙂

  • Leigh January 22, 2013 at 3:05 am

    Oh this is exactly how I grocery shop for the week! The more I overlap, the less I throw away at the end of the week. I’ve just gotten better and better! This looks delicious! This might need to be on my grocery list next week!

  • Christie Cambio January 22, 2013 at 2:46 pm

    Great post. Do you have a “system” for weekly meal planing/grocery shopping or do you start from square one every week? And if you do, do you just “plan” for dinners and go with routine stuff for breakfast, lunch and snacks?

  • Jessi Benshoof January 23, 2013 at 5:58 pm

    I LOVE “morphing” meals!! I use Robin Miller’s Quick Fix Meals cookbook as a reference for my meal morphing.