What's for dinner?

So, I have never been what you would call a great cook. To me a great cook is the one who can whip up a 6 course meal at the drop of a hat and can make the most exquisite and beautiful dessert on a whim. Over the last few years, I have collected random cookbooks and read through them all repeatedly and very intimidated each time. It's not that I don't cook, I have about 5 dinners that I can make and if I do say so myself they are quite tasty, (But one can only eat chicken enchiladas or chicken and rice every once in awhile).
While I was in school, Chad actually did most of the cooking. He is a fantastic cook. I like to refer to him as the "grill master". I'm totally serious when I say that he knows his way around the kitchen better than I do! However, I've decided it's totally my turn!
Throughout our first month as a married couple, I set a goal for myself to eat dinner at home as a family (of course the cat is included) at least 4 nights a week. This might sound like nothing challenging to some people but for us that is major! That only gives us 1 night to go eat out because on average Chad is at EMS 2 nights a week....so that leaves 4 nights for dinner at home.
In the beginning of this little experiment, it was a joint effort between Chad and I for dinner. It was nice because we would grill out every night. I would come up with some sort of veggie or side dish. However, grill pork chops or chicken got real old, real quick. So, I decided to dig out the cookbooks! Yay! Chad was very unimpressed with the idea and my enthusiasm as well.
So in the past month, I have attempted 8 new recipes. It has been an experience to say the least but honestly, I haven't made a single bad dinner! I'm pretty stoked about my new adventures in the kitchen and along the way I will post some of the wonderful recipes I've come across. And even with all the protesting coming from my sweet hubby, He will even admit that he has liked all of my experiments. Yay, success!