Resolutions, Green Monsters, and Other Random Tidbits

Who here makes New Year's resolutions?  I, for one, do not! If I don't make them, then I can't break them. Great system, huh?

This year I made the mistake of making a resolution; Quite a few actually. Here is what I drunkenly promised myself when the clock struck twelve:

1. I would eat less meat. I'm a total omnivore. I enjoy meat, but I understand the impact that eating less of it can have on our environment. 
2. I would start eating better. This included eating more greens, buying more organic, cutting out the processed foods, ect...
3. I would make an effort to reduce my carbon footprint. 

As for #1... I fail. Throughout the end of 2009 I started instituting "Meatless Monday." I have somehow managed to stray from that. It just sometimes seems easier to make chicken, then it is to find a vegetarian recipe that everyone in my house can agree on. This is nothing more than pure laziness on my part. I plan on rectifying this. Starting next Monday I'm going to reinstate Meatless Monday's in our house! Anyone know of any bloggers that link up for that? If I can't find one and/or some of you are interested, I'll just start my own McLinky for it! 

(click it to see the full size version... it's funny!)

As for # 2... 

I have definitely been working more greens into our diets, as well as trying to make sure our meals are more well rounded! I've also stopped buying a lot of the processed foods that we normally ate. I've also started making Green Monsters. A lot of the blogs I read are constantly raving about them, so today I thought I would try them. They're not bad. I definitely need to tweak my fruits a little bit, just to get the taste right. Check out this post from The Clean Eating Momma to learn more about Green Monsters.

Last, but not least #3.... 

This one is something that I've always tried to do every day. We already recycle, and make sure that we don't keep random lights or appliances turned on, along with a so much more. My big this for this goal is to start buying locally more. I'm hoping to be able to get all of my produce and meats locally by the end of the summer. I'm going to do some more research on other ways to reduce your carbon footprint, and then do a big post about it soon. 

So there are my resolutions. I haven't been doing the best I could, but I am going to make a conscience effort to change that! 

What were some of your resolutions? Have you kept them? 

Site Changes

As everyone can see, there have been a lot of changes going on around here! I hope that all of you will take a moment to check out the pages I've put up. I'm cooking dinner and making up my meal plan for the month. When I'm done I'll be back to share the yumminess I cooked for dinner.... Baked Penne with Four Cheeses! Yum!

Potluck Pet Peeves

I know, I know... I have been slacking big time on the blog. I have recently found this site Springformit.com! It is single-handedly getting me organized with this blog. I will make a big post about that site next week. Everyone should go check it out.

For right now you all have got to run over to Big Red Kitchen and read their latest post: Big Red Kitchen: An Oldy But Goody: Potluck Pet Peeves. I laughed so hard. We have all been to those potlucks where we just wanted to run instead of eat. Head on over there and check out some of their pet peeves!