Cooking your own meals is an important step to readjusting to life as a new parent (or adding to the existing family). Since L was born we've been fortunate to largely get by on the generosity of friends and family who have cooked / ordered meals for us. We're incredibly grateful for the help (if you know someone having a baby offering to take care of a meal is a huge help!). Cooking for ourselves is getting reintroduced into our new routine.

These Garlic Noodles from Spoon Fork Bacon were a perfect first meal to establish the new routine. These are quick and tasty. Even P can't get enough of them. I love recipes like this. All of the ingredients are generally things we have on hand so if we want something quick this is going to be an option. No need to go shopping for a bunch of ingredients. The recipe is also easily extensible. The base recipe is for noodles and a garlic sauce, but you can just as easily add a protein and veggies to round out a meal. I added some frozen green beans we had hanging out in the freezer.

These are definitely going into our rotation for either a quick lunch or even as the base for a dinner.