I don’t like to cook. There….I said it! I feel so much better now. Thankfully, I have a husband who doesn’t mind working all day and then coming home to cook at night (provided I have do the dishes and grocery shopping). While my husband does a majority of the cooking, there are many times when I have to don the apron, whip up meal, and hope we live to see the next! In all seriousness, I tend to stick to the basics…pasta, baked chicken, etc. Sometimes the basics are just boring and I admit that I’d like to dabble in something with a little more flair!
So where does a busy working mom go to find healthy, creative, affordable meals for her family? I have just discovered Making Life Better, a website that was created by Unilever to “help you feel good, look good and get more out of life.” One of the categories you’ll find on the site is a food and recipes section. Here is where you’ll find thousands of family-friendly recipes and affordable meal ideas. You can search for recipes by name or use a more general search for meal types, holidays/themes, ingredients, or cooking style. Once you hit the search button, the site will pull up a number of recipes that fit your search category. The page you come to shows you the names of recipes and the prep/cook time. I like this because I can scan the list of recipes by prep/cook time without even opening up a particular recipe. This is great if I’m looking for something quick and simple to make for my husband and my son. Each recipe also includes pictures and ratings which is helpful for determining how “good” a recipe is! I did a general search for breakfast recipes (since that is my favorite meal of the day) and found a Chocolate Chip Scone Recipe that sounds divine! And this Broiled Halibut With Warm Lemon Shallot Sauce only takes 5 minutes to prepare and twelve minutes to cook. The only thing I’d love to see is the nutritional information on each recipe (right now some do and some don’t).
Easter is rapidly approaching so you definitely want to be sure to check out their brunch recipes. Be sure to check tomorrow’s paper for a coupon that will get you $20.00 back on your ham/turkey purchase when you buy $40.00 worth of Unilever products in April.
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