Mama Mantra

My father-in-law gave me this book for Christmas.  I'd had my eye on it for quite a while and though we won't be needing it for Aleeah for several more months, I've found it quite inspiring this last week as I've been looking through it.  One of the things I love is a little blurb they have every few pages called Mama Mantra.  This one especially caught my eye -

"Preparing healthy, delicious

food is my gift to my family."

These are the gifts I'm thinking of cooking up for my family this week:

-Black Bean Soup and baked potatoes (from this book) 

-Chili and cornbread (I go back to teaching this week so we'll be wanting a crockpot meal for those days)

-Taco Salad (I have a new recipe from Michael's mom to try out)

-Minestrone Soup (I've been on the hunt for the perfect recipe for this)

-Apple Pie (since I have apples to use up and maybe a healthier sweet treat will help me stay away from all the dark chocolate I've been consuming!)

What's going on in your kitchen this week?