Dinner is Ready!

When Josh and I got married things definitely changed.

One of the biggest changes would be that I now cook. When we had weekend visits together while we were dating we occasionally would throw some pasta in a pot, but generally our meals were take-out or delivery. Which was fine and good since it wasn’t happening all the time, but now that we are officially “grown-up,” I’ve had to step up to the plate, literally.

I’ve never been a bad cook. In fact, I cook a lot like my dad – Thank God! I have no fear in the kitchen and have never had a problem “winging it.” I rarely follow a recipe and things generally turn out O.K.

Since our wedding, I have prepared a home-cooked meal roughly 95% (if not more) of the time. Our meals have ranged from the typical pasta with sauce, all the way to Salmon!

To be honest, at first I thought cooking would be a “cute wife thing” to do, but now I thoroughly enjoy it! I love when my husband comes home from work and he can see everything I have been working on in the pots and pans. It’s so fun to create different meals using simple ingredients.

One of my favorite dinners was the tacos I made, that I still brag about! It was so easy, but the few tweaks I made, had a huge impact. So I will share it with you:

I browned 1 pound of ground beef and seasoned it using a regular taco seasoning pouch. Then I added an entire can of black beans (drained), and an entire can of diced tomatoes with peppers (drained). I let it simmer on low for probably an hour so that the flavors could really dive into the meat.  Then we just filled our favorite shells with the toppings of our choice and enjoyed! Simple, but amazing. Definitely beats just having taco meat. So give it a try!

Cooking for my husband is an adventure every day and it’s definitely rewarding when he tells me something I made is “the best he’s ever had.”