Recipe FAIL

I wouldn't call myself a gourmet chef, and I don't really make up recipes off the top of my head... so I generally spend a little time each week perusing my small collection of cookbooks, or cooking websites for recipes that I can use for dinner. My most recent exciting discovery is The Nest website (sequel to "The Knot" for brides-to-be, prequel to "The Bump" for moms-to-be and so on... they seriously have you set up for life) filled with articles and information for newly-weds from decorating to cooking for two or buying a new home. I've had some fun searching through their recipes database and decided to try this one out last night for dinner:

Meatballs and Snowpeas

Unfortunately, it didn't work out as expected. It could have been that I'm recovering from a cold and my sense of smell (therefore, taste) is still a little off... or it could just be the recipe, but DH and I were both a little put off. I didn't even finish mine! His first comment was "Tastes like ketchup...." (and I had left the ketchup out of the recipe). I was really hoping it would be as delectable as it looks in the photo, but it was definitely a recipe FAIL. Perhaps it needs some tweaking? I'd be willing to try again with suggestions.... any takers?

Cook in the Kitchen

Our freezer is more than stocked with plenty of meat and fish from the holidays -- thank goodness for Omaha Steak and generous family members! But here's the dilemma: I don't want to cook plain ol' steak for the next two months, and I really don't have a ton of fish recipes to make use of. So...any special recipes or suggestions?

One of my New Year's resolutions is to be proactive about weekly meal-planning... didn't quite start on cue this week, but I am sitting down this morning to set out a plan for the next four evenings (weekends are freebies, except Sunday dinner). I'll keep you posted as to how things go!