Breakfast at 9:30,shared it with my son,couldn't finish it, and I'm still STUFFED at noon... This is REAL food!
Smoothie ingredients:
1 banana
1 ripe avocado
1/2 cup homemade applesauce
Juice of 1 whole orange
1 tbsp flax seeds
2 tsp honey
Blend to thick, delicious perfection!
My new found favorite thing to do is drink my vitamins. I have discovered juicing and smoothie making. It's delicious, nutritious and has so much variety it's head spinning. This mornings breakfast comes to me in the former of a strawberry banana smoothie. Super delish! More meals in cups to come!
I crushed local tomatoes this summer, using my vitoria strainer.
I made the turkey stock after Christmas.
So, in the throws of winter, it's only logical to make tomato soup. And let me say... Its heavenly. Granted, I added (home) roasted red peppers and red lentils for healthy goodness, as well as 2 small onions and 1 clove of local garlic, a bit of salt and a few tablespoons of brown sugar... and to top it off, some half and half and grated marble cheese. Canned soup be gone... I'm never turning back. Yummy! Now if only it wasn't deemed dangerous to can your own soup that includes dairy... I made a lot... I don't know how much I can eat before it goes bad. I may need to share, but I don't think my neighbours will protest too much.!
Give your kids a fun message... ON their banana at snack time! Simply use a small pair of scissors or any other other sharp object to write a message on their banana peel before putting it in their lunch. Then, when they get to snack time, their message will be revealed! My photos were only taken about 15 mins apart but the longer they sit, the darker it will get! My kids still ask us how we do it, but we are still holding that secret close to our chest for now. :)
"waste not, want not". I grew up hearing this from my mother as she created dinners from scratch in our kitchen. She would take things out of the fridge or the pantry, and make them into something that was delicious, delectable, nutritious, and for a child, something I never wanted to eat. Now here I am, I have my own children. And I, like my mother, don't have the financial ability to waste things. So, the old adage of "waste not want not" has come full circle.
I have had many times in my past when I had the best of intentions on Saturday afternoon, grocery shopping in the produce section, or the farmers market, filling my buggy with lots of vegetables, fruit, and tasty, healthy food. Somehow though, throughout the week my desire for processed, quick foods bread, cookies, cakes, and things that were just not good for me, would overwhelm me, and the produce would sit in my refrigerator and rot. At the end of the week, my compost bin was full, my belly is a little bit bigger, and I would regret it. So there I would go again, Saturday afternoon, best of intentions, and the cycle continues.
Now that I'm a little older, and a little wiser, my mother's words ring true in my ears, and here I go with my own children, trying to make them eat the food that I refused to eat as a child. The vegetables, the soups, the things that adults like, but the children think look like something that you find the bottom of a blender... or a toilet.
The adage I grew up with now, as I look in the refrigerator, and not wanting to waste the delicious healthy foods that I purchased, is ringing in my ears. So I remove every of vegetable in my refrigerator, and take out a jar of chicken stock (that I made myself) all get put in a pot. Chopped up, beautiful, ready to be delicious,nutritious soup. My, waste not want not soup. It's everything that would have gone in my compost bin, had it been given a few more days.
My kids won't touch it. My husband, although braver than my children, asked if I put the turnip in it I nod, and he makes a funny face. he will eat it though, and I know this.
I don't want to have to make the soup again, but, I know it will happen. My eyes, you would say, are bigger than my refrigerator.
The best of intentions... create soup.
2 eggs, pan fried (with some REAL butter of course) and a whole heap of spinach... Delish! Breakfast of champs!
Today's dinner brought to you by my desire to make wholesome Comfort foods for my family. I know I haven't been on here much but hoping that's going to change. So... Here goes!
Picked up a gorgeous boned shoulder pork roast at the local market yesterday, and upon looking for recipes to cook said pork, I was overwhelmed by recipes for shredded pork and pulled pork. Not that there's anything wrong with those recipes, it's just not really what I had in mind for dinner. So, I had to go back to the basics. I pulled out "the joy of cooking" from my pantry, and took a peek in there. I shouldn't have been surprised that I found the perfect recipe! It was a beautiful recipe for old fashioned pork roast. Dredged in a seasoned breadcrumb mixture, and rubbed with garlic and rosemary. It sounded so delicious, it inspired complete meal with turnip, sweet potatoes, and homemade applesauce. Those 3 things have yet to be created, but I'm sure this afternoon will allow me at least little time to make them. I shall let you know how everything goes, and how my children decide to react to eating turnip and sweet potato. They are not exactly adventurous when it comes to cooked vegetables, so I'm not anticipating a great review on those. I will definitely have some raw vegetables and some dip for them to munch on if they complain too much.
I hope everyone is having a wonderful day, and that everyone has incredible things planned for dinner!
Cherie
