Last week was a big week for me. It’s been awhile since I really cooked anything more than spaghetti and last week I was proud of myself for stepping up my cooking game.

My boyfriend and I have been living together for about seven months now, but one of the hardest things about living together has been our eating habits. Because I’m not the biggest fan of cooking and he doesn’t mind it, I was hoping that he would just cook for me all the time and it would be magical. But that wasn’t the case. We both work from home, but our schedules are still very different. There are some nights where he doesn’t stop working until well into the evenings, and this doesn’t do well for someone that expects dinner at a normal time. For awhile this led to a lot of fast food and delivery because neither one of us was up for cooking.

I finally decided that things needed to change and I had to step up to the plate and make dinner. And I’m very glad I did. I made some fun new things and am very proud of how they turned out. It helped to build my confidence that I can cook and I’m starting to like it.

One of the meals that I made and will definitely make again is Mozzarella Stuffed Chicken. After Googling what to do with mozzarella and spinach, I found this great recipe from Damn Delicious. And it was just that, damn delicious!

The only thing I changed was using regular tomatoes and I nixed the basil because I didn’t have it. Even for a novice chef, this was a simple, yet impressive meal. My boyfriend loved it and I will definitely be making this one again!

Have you made this before? Let me know in the comments how it turned out!