Meal and shopping planner

Best thing since sliced bread?  Yes, probably.
Especially if you ever catch a glimpse of my "We Need to Shop for South Beach So We Have The Right Kinds of Food In The House So We Don't Fall Off the Wagon, But I Don't Know What We Need, So Let's Look Through the Recipe Books and Select Recipes For Each Day and Then Cram Ingredients Off On The Side and Try To Shop, Which We Both Know Means Crossing the Store 80 Times To Pick Up Some 'Forgotten In The Produce Section' Item."

In any case, enjoy.

I'd LOVE to laminate this bad boy and be able to reuse it.

In honor of love

Valentine's Day is right around the corner and marketed love is in the air. And you know what? So what. I love a day dedicated to love. I love the crafts we did as kids, I love getting little pink/red/white/cutesy things for my friends and loved ones, I love the cheesy store bought valentines, I love an excuse to focus on sweetness. Yes, of course I want it year round, but I do look forward to the day dedicated expressly to it.
Quinn and I watched Iron Chef battle chocolate (copycats) last night since the Food Network gets all chocolatey this time of year (I watched Sandra Lee make an entire chocolate meal on Saturday). As an aside, I'd like to point out that some of the ideas totally stole from our ideas at the Glorious Battle Chocolate of last month. One of my favorite magazines, Real Simple, also has a great homage to all things Valentine's Day Dinners Cooked At Home For Your Sweetie. Seven different menus await and I totally can't decide which one sounds best.