So, What's for Dinner?

Everyday Food Magazine by Martha Stewart

When we got married almost ten years ago Heath was the chef in the relationship.  Since he was quite amazing in the kitchen I decided I would learn to bake.  The relationship worked out well, he cooked as a stress reliever from his medical school studies and I had a great time baking a variety of things as I studied my way through physical therapy school.  Then life got harder, our first child came and we moved a few states away for Heath to start residency.  It was time for me to assume my full role as homemaker and take over the chef's hat. 

Shortly after moving in, my sister sent me a housewarming gift of a subscription to the Everyday Food magazine by Martha Stewart.  While I had a number of cookbooks in my arsenal I must say that this magazine taught me more about quick, easy, tasty, healthy cooking than I ever could have found in a cookbook.

PROS:
1.  Learn lots of little tips and techniques for flavorful cooking
2.  Minimal ingredients per recipe and a lot of them use staples found in a well stocked pantry
3.  Delicious meals (we haven't really had anything we absolutely did not like!)
4.  Our kids eat the meals!
5.  Kids can help with meal prep; this magazine really taught Eva (our oldest) a lot about cooking
6.  New issues every 1-2 months with fresh new ideas

CONS:
1.  It is a subscription (BUT you can buy one issue for a higher price at your local grocery store check out to see if you like it before you subscribe)
2.  Some of the recipes would be difficult to modify for kids with certain allergies (dairy or egg mainly) but there are a lot of recipes in each issue that don't use those ingredients
3.  It is great that the recipes use a variety of vegetables and fresh foods but the negative to this is that you have to go to the grocery store at least once a week if not more often to get ingredients

Bon appetit!