HELP!!!!

The kids always ask..."why do you take pictures of all the food you make?" My answer..."because I want to!" I think all along I had this blog idea in the back of my head. I don't claim to "invent" everything that I cook, nor will I probably ever...remember I have a NEW found love of cooking...but I do have a serious addiction to Paleo cookbooks and blogs now!! You can see a list of the sites I frequent most often on the left. Like any cookbook there are recipes that just don't do it for me. So what I've begun doing is making my "own" book. Recipes that I find on the Internet I've printed out and put in a three ring binder. Once I've tried the recipe...if I like it stays...if I don't...It either goes to the circular file or I brainstorm ways to make it better.

 See my shopping list? A co-worker made me addicted to this thing!! On the left side is a menu planner for the week. I can plan according to my work schedule. On the right I can write down what I need to make those recipes that I don't already have on hand! I love it!! It saves so much time at the grocery!

Last but not least, I've started doing all my prep work for the week on Sundays...or whatever day I have a small stretch off. I chop, peel, fry, brown, boil etc...what I can to save time during the week. Those back to back 12 hour night shifts don't leave much time, so this has become a HUGE time-saver!! Hope this can help others who say "how do you do it?!?"