Gleeful Gourmets was inspired by my daughter whose name is Glee! After becoming a parent, my life revolved around my child's routine. I struggled with dinner each night. I was tired of spending money eating out, or ordering in, and not getting the same nutrients and love as one finds in a good home-cooked meal. When Glee got old enough to share dinner with us, I became determined to find the time to cook healthy and tasty meals every night.As food lovers, I wanted variety without losing out on the benefits of a balanced meal. This meant I needed fresh, new cooking ideas. The good news was that with the internet, millions of recipes were at my fingertips. The bad news was that there were too much to go through. At first I thought food blogs would save me time, so I tried following some. I soon found out that I couldn't count on blogs to make my life easier. The blogs didn't add new recipes everyday, sometimes the recipes were too complicated, often the food looked better than it tasted.I didn't want to ruin my family dinner time with bad food. So I continued to set aside time to sort and plan dinner. It paid off and we are able to spend quality family time at dinner!One night, during a particularly easy and delicious dinner it came to me–Why not help others share this feeling? So Gleeful Gourmets was born. We hope that with help in the planning area, you can have quality family dinner without the hassle of searching for recipes and bad cooking experiences!