When You're A Mom...You Don't Waste Time

I can't stand to waste time. I love to cook, but I hate wasting time on a dish that comes out crummy. Shopping is ok, but if I could have it my way, I would do almost all of it online. (When Webvan.com left our city, I almost cried --- it was the best time saver in the world!). So when I find something that works, it seems selfish to keep it to myself, and I want to tell every mom out there not to waste time on this and that, but instead do this...

So I have to share the timesavers that I discovered this past week:

Allrecipes.com: Last week I put this site to the test. I lined up a 5 star menu for the entire week, used their automated online shopping list, shopped for the week, and set to work on their 5 star recipes. So far, so wonderfully good. I finally have got myself out of a boring cooking rutt. This week we have enjoyed two different fruit salads and lamb stew. And they were all great! Still up is a new meatloaf and pot roast. I highly recommend this site for opening new cooking horizons. Let other people cook the duds and rate them dudly --- instead pick the recipes everyone has already highly rated, and stop wasting your time!!!

Finazzle (Finazzle.com): This weekend I fell in love with a grout cleaner. I have tried everything on our white grout/white tile bathroom floor. Ken and I even discussed regrouting the floor for a second time. On my last shopping run, I caught site of a product called Finazzle, and reasoned that what was a few bucks over regrouting...it was worth a last ditch shot. This stuff has almost zero fumes (great during pregnancy), and works amazingly awesome. The floor looks like we regrouted.