A few weeks ago I went back to work full time. I also (for some reason unknown to me) decided at that time to re-join Weight Watchers to lose these 10 pounds that crept on in the last two years. What has resulted is a major dinnertime dilemma in our house. You see, there are four aspects to dinner...taste, cost, healthiness, and ease of preparation. Unfortunately, I have realized that you can't have all four! And really, getting three checked off that list isn't easy, either. For example...I can get home from a long day at work and pop a frozen pizza in the oven...is it cheap? Yes. Is it fast? Yes. Is it tasty? Perhaps. Is it healthy? Definitely not. Or, I can come home and create a beautiful salad with 6 different vegetables, grilled shrimp, and homemade vinaigrette. Tasty and Healthy, yes. Cheap and Easy, no. I feel like I'm dealing with a constant balancing act. The last thing I want to do when I get home is spend an hour cooking dinner, but I feel like the easiest things are not things that work with Weight Watchers or the budget. The element that gets left out most often right now, unfortunately, is taste. It just is so much easier to make a turkey sandwich than to deal with it all. Sorry, hubby!!
So how does it work in your house? Have you found any "go-to" meals that get high marks in all four categories? The closest I have come is spaghetti with whole grain pasta...cheap, tasty, easy, and (somewhat) healthy. But you can't eat spaghetti every night!!