Welcome! As you can see, this site is just getting started. Ultimately, I hope it will be a collective resource for simple, yummy recipes for busy people!

The name was born from the idea that I basically only have my toddler's naptime to throw dinner together... it's hard to concentrate on cooking a complicated meal when he's busy tearing my kitchen apart and trying to find ways to hurt himself. I'm sure many of you sympathize!

You are encouraged to add to our collection of recipes as well as enjoy the ones we share. If you would like to particpate, please email erinspring at gmail dot com and I'll add you to the membership list. You'll need a Blogger account to post. (Don't worry, it's free and easy, just like these recipes)

As the site grows and recipes are added, there will be more and more categories, weekly menus and corresponding shopping lists!

Contrary to the (tongue in cheek) title, we don't ACTUALLY aspire to be gourmet chefs here. We all just want to offer our families a decent meal most nights of the week. So won't you join us? Please post your favorite simple recipes, whether they be one-dish, crockpot or a super-easy three-course meal. All I ask is that if you take the recipe from a website or cookbook, give credit where credit is due. I don't want Cambell Soup and Kraft coming after us for copyright violation! I also try to add what I serve with a meal if it's not "all-inclusive". I always love when recipes offer that suggestion.

Feel free to post comments under a recipe if you tried it and loved it, hated it, modified it or... just whatever!

Lets get cooking! :)


**update** You may notice a few more challenging recipes pop up here and there. That's because we have a wide variety of contributors to this blog with varying tastes and cooking skills. What seems easy to one person may not seem easy to someone else. But rest assured, there will always be plenty of quick, simple and healthy meals on here. And, as some readers have found, once you start making the easier ones on a regular basis, suddenly the harder ones don't seem as complicated anymore! Thanks for reading and happy cooking! :)