Welcome to Cooking While I’m Driving and just like cooking, starting a new adventure such as a Blog takes the effort of Getting Started. So here I am beginning this adventure of helping people feed their families and themselves without stress and having fun. I feel that the last 30 years of my life has been driving, working and cooking. I hope you noticed I put driving first. As I drove my children and myself to and from school and various activities, I was and still am thinking about, “What are we going to eat?” I find now even when I’m alone I am still asking myself, “What am I going to eat?”  

When I talk about getting started with cooking the first thing we need to think about is what are we going to eat this can also be a menu plan. If you are not sure where to get started think about what you cooked and what your family ate in the past month. I suggest writing on a calendar what you eat every night and then the next month mix it up and you have a new menu plan. Start to ask your family what they would like to eat.

I am going to give you suggestions here that have worked in my house but I hope you will comment and let me know what has worked in your home and what you are interested in. Next after meal planning is shopping, It would be very hard to cook a meal if we didn’t have the ingredients in our home. Start a shopping list either handwritten or make a note on your phone. I have 2 lists on my phone one for the local supermarket and one for the warehouse shopping. It’s great because all I do is indent the items I need. Very simple. 

One of the easiest meals I find when we are on the go and don’t have time to think about planning is a roasted chicken from the local supermarket. Your sides can be a salad, corn, string beans or peas frozen or canned is good. I love applesauce with my chicken so if your family does, that is always a treat. Here you are, our first meal, Cooking While You’re Driving.