Wow... I can't believe that it has been almost 7 months since I last posted. I had started this blogging adventure as a way to relax...a way to let go of the stress. Apparently there hasn't been much stress in my life...that is far behind the truth and I haven't had time just to relax... very much the truth! Simply put, life is just BUSY! There is only so much time --- between work, spending quality time with loved ones, and tackling the ever growing to-do list! Just this past Sunday, as Dan and I were preparing for our weekly grocery trip to Karns, it hit me... we all get so complacent... life becomes routine! The grocery list was filled with the same items that we purchased the week before... therefore, we would be eating the same things for breakfast, lunch, and dinner as the week previous. HOW BORING! I told him that it was time to change it up! Cooking dinner together is something Dan and I enjoy to do together and we like to keep it simple but home made. If we want to keep this time together fun, we need to add some new recipes to our go-to meals i.e. tacos, beef stroganoff, chilli, chicken. Of course, we could do an easy Google search for recipes, however, we all know that sometimes these recipes just don't turn out the way they look in the picture that is posted right next to the direction. Am I right? So, how the heck are we going to find recipes to change up our weekly routine? FACEBOOK! As soon as we got home and put the groceries away, I logged on to Facebook and posted a quick status update... here is it....
"I am sure that some of my Facebook Friends get into the same routine as Dan and I --- eating the same, quick easy meals every week. Don't get me wrong... we make 90% of our meals from scratch... we love home made soups/chilli, pasta dishes, bisquick meals like pizza/dumplings, tacos and crock pot meals...but we are in a rut... so I thought that I would start a Facebook Challenge... I will be creating a facebook page in which friends and even friends of friends can share easy 10 - 30 minute dinner recipes... hopefully we all can give each other some great dinner ideas and change our mealtimes up a bit... like if you would be interested in participating (:"
In a matter of two days, 30 of my friends liked the post and I began constructing a group page titled "Recipe Exchange". Friends have added friends and the group is 68 members strong. We have already begun sharing recipes... recipes we know WORK and that are very TASTY.
Dan and I, like so many of you, just go with routine because it is easy... the intent of creating this Facebook group...was to keep it easy but to change it up. I know that we look forward to friends posting new recipes so that we can add new recipes to our RECIPE BOX! First on our list, my best friend Ann's recipe, Beef and Onion Soup with Cheesy Biscuit Croutons!
If you are interested in joining... check it out by clicking on Recipe Exchange! Happy Cooking!
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