My Hiatus...

So if the last week I posted was really chaotic, this month has been a whirlwind and then some.  I've made changes to my calendar, things have worked and things haven't.  I've also learned that it's okay.

I now know that my calendar is to ambitious for a track coach's life.  Dinner needs to be all ready to go when we get home at 6:30 pm.  That makes our choices harder during season.  I know the frozen meals are helpful for those nights.  We have used some, but not as many as I would like to have.  I don't have as many frozen because cooking is not as regimented as I'd need it to be so I have 6 spare dinners every week.  The two night on, and 4 spare dinners seem to work much better.  This allows for a social life that I was missing as well.  I also miss eating out from time to time.  After all, pizza is important.

That said, I had tried reinventing my Curried Beef in Pastry by using a different type of crust and try shortcut with frozen yucky crust.  It was a failed experiment. This time, I went back to the original pastry recipe. I also splurged and used Kerrygold butter.  Needless to say, it. was. heaven.!!
We had our friends over and there was not one crumb of crust left.  I made the meal into a pot pie of sorts, and it worked!!!  This crust was just as flaky as when I made it for the team, but tasted even better...the Irish certainly make great butter!

I will put up the newest version of the calendar for Monday and start kind of from scratch with my approach.  I'm looking to cook on Tuesdays and Thursdays since we have meets on the weekends and sometimes during the week.  I can dinner swap easier when I only have to commit to cooking twice a week.  I can still cook other days, but I won't be locked into a set schedule...we'll see how it goes...

Wish me luck!