My first post, yay! I’m super excited about this site. I’m always talking about Simplicity Gourmet to my friends and family, now I can blog about them too!! I love cooking such healthy and colorful meals so quickly! Simplcity Brides has really changed my life. A few days ago my fiance invited his friend, brother and his brother’s girlfriend over to the house for dinner without giving me even 5 minutes notice, lol. I had planned on fixing something simple and fast for dinner, like maybe a grilled cheese sandwich or something like that, but I really like entertaining, so that just wasn’t going to work with all these people. Now before I got my cooking system from Simplicity Gourmet, I probably would have been pretty frustrated that he invited people over without letting me know, mostly because I’d have to spend hours in the kitchen trying to make something nice for 5 adults instead of having fun with them! But here’s what I made:

Fried Chicken breast
fresh corn and green beans
mashed potatoes from scratch (not that box junk!)
a cole-slaw salad cut from scratch (cabbage, squash, carrots and radishes)
a German Chocolate cake for dessert

Here’s the kicker: the whole meal took 35 minutes, I made it ALL on the stovetop (even the cake!) and I didn’t use a DROP of oil (not even for the fried chicken) How healthy is that?!

So instead of being frustrated and spending hours in a hot kitchen I made a delicious healthy meal that everyone raved about, AND I was able to spend most of my time having fun with our friends playing wii in the living room. Awesome

– Lacy