People think that if you love to cook and love food as I do that you would never go out to eat. Why? Why not just cook at home all the time? In a perfect world I would totally agree! Unfortunately, sometimes things get in the way. Like bad habits or for us specifically, it’s not having a dishwasher. I am sure you can imagine how many dishes I create while making or experimenting with meals at home. Mostly because I try to make anything I can from scratch and that makes alot of dishes. Since we bought our house almost 2 years ago I have been cooking with no dishwasher. Which may sound totally whiney but in my opinion a foodie without a dishwasher is like a race car without a pit crew or a model without her make up artist. (dramatic much? maybe.) Either way, we were spending entirely too much money on dining out. So we made a challenge to ourselves. We could save a ton of money for our new dishwasher by totally eliminating dining out of any form for 30 days. I plan on blogging every dinner, the good, the bad and the convenient (cereal anyone?). However I am coming armed with my menu plan and the accountability of my readers and friends! I will be posting a menu with recipes I plan on trying along with recipes from the past at the beginning of each week, so I encourage you to join along with me!

Menu Week 1 (Sunday 3/20-Saturday 3/26)

Sunday: Creamy Taco Mac
Monday: School (cooking class so I eat at school)
Tuesday: Garlic Lime Shrimp
Wednesday:Thai Chicken and veggie skewers, herbed jasmine rice
Thursday: Spicy Honey Chicken Thighs, Roasted potatoes and garlic green beans
Friday: Greek Meatballs and creamy orzo
Saturday: Birthday party (back up-grilled pizza for dinner!)