Weekly Dishes

So I have finally realized why I was losing weight. I wasn't eating nearly enough calories with all the daily activities I was doing!! My body (energy) suffered!!  I was so tired and sleepy all the time!!

I've become enamored with cooking!!  I'm a beginner in the kitchen but I love trying out new recipes! Especially now that i'm getting better!!!  Now I make a weekly meal plan because this makes it super easy for me to make sure to eat and COUNT my calories!!!  Here are a few pictures of my dishes, if I used a recipe I will post a link to that as well!! I am a beginner so most of them aren't very pretty but they taste amazing!!  One of my favorite blogs that many of the things I cook come from is Diva's Can Cook !!  She has amazing recipes!!

Every weekend I make her Banana Bread (this past weekend I made them into muffins) they are delicious and it's great and convenient for me to make it over the weekend so that I can have it for breakfast during the weekdays.  Breakfast is sooo important and many of times I don't eat it because I don't have time.  This eliminates that!

Shrimp Scampi.  This was something quick that I threw together , when the fridge was low on things to cook!!

Yummy Parmesan Zucchini 

Paired it with Steak!! We also had a delicious mashed potato!!

Homemade Chicken and Dumplings. Omg. This was delicious! It was a very big pot that lasted about 2 days!! This is a GREAT hearty meal! Recipe HERE!!!!

Yummy Yummy Peach Cobbler!!! I don't cook this often, but when I do. OMG. I think it lasts ONE day!

Cheesy Ravioli.  I enjoyed this so much! It was super easy, and reminded me of lasagna.  I had this with Salad and Garlic Bread. BTW the picture is right before it went in the oven.  Forgot to take a picture of it after!! Smh silly me!! Recipe Cheesy Ravioli Recipe <<<<

This is Coq Au Vin . A recipe that I got from Cooking With Val !! Just recently found her blog!! Love her recipes and will be using more!! I paired this Wine Stewed Chicken with Mashed potatoes which were wayyyy too runny lol!! I mashed them a bit too much, then to add insult to injury I love love love gravy so added quite a bit over my potatoes which made it more runny. But guess what? It taste like heaven!  The Sauted Asparagus were also to die for!

Can't forget my homemade GREEN smoothie! Yum!  I usually use Spinach as the base (adding avocado when available too), and from there I add a mix of frozen fruit! I do frozen because it makes the smoothie good and cold and SWEET. I promise you , you can NOT taste the spinach !!