Lining up the Ingredients...

Everyone has their own style of cooking but today I'd like to share how I am able to fly through recipes quickly. I am not sure when I started doing this or how long I've been doing it, although it's been a good while even before Paleo. I usually cook with recipes. That's just how I roll and am much more comfortable that way. What helps me make sure I don't skip steps is to line up my ingredients as it calls for it in the recipe. This helps me do 2 things. First I make sure that I have everything the recipe calls for before I am in the middle of it and find out that I can't make it. Plus it also helps me fly through putting it together. Sometimes, when I have time in the morning I line up the ingredients like I did here for my Spicy Turkey Chili.

When I come home from work and I am getting ready to make a recipe or marinade I still tend to line the ingredients up. It seems to make the process go smoother when I am prepping and cooking.

I have a basket in my cabinet that I put all my measuring utensils in. I pull that out as well so that I also have all the proportions down.

Here's some of the yummy meals made around here this weekend...

Friday Night:
Grilled beef and sausage patties, Grilled Asparagus, and Sweet Potato Fries

Saturday Night:
Bacon Wrapped Pork Loin

Saturday Night's Half eaten meal (I forgot to take a pic)
Bacon Wrapped Pork Loin, Italian Style Cabbage, Pickle and Raw veggies.

Sunday's Lunch:
Brat, leftover cabbage, and roasted cauliflower

When I came home from Yoga Saturday morning I found this little guy obviously not worried about eating Paleo :( He made himself a quadruple PB & J for breakfast.

G-money with his morning quad decker PB & J

My next post is how to get your kids to "buy in" to Paleo. Obviously this is a work in progress!

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