Well, it is so late in the new year to be finally posting that!
Why have I been away all this time? Well, I was busy busy busy sewing up some cool Christmas presents. :-) Which I will share with you another day, because I don't have the pictures right now!
Remember the last post I made (long ago...) about my new favorite blog? Well the very next day I found my really new favorite blog. It's called Cooking Traditional Food. And I'm in love with it. Kerry has put together some amazing recipes using ingredients that I use, and has even inspired me to start sprouting wheat again and even start trying to sprout beans! (no success on that front yet...)
Okay, well the best part of it all is that Kerry offers a menu mailer-- a weekly or monthly mailer with a menu, the recipes, a shopping list for all the ingredients you need that week, and a daily guide for notes to write about what you need to do each day. I was really excited about this, because I was struggling so much for the last few months with figuring out what to eat each day, scrambling to make it, just buying whatever at the store and then making meals out of it later,...
I joined her email list just so I could get two free ones (a 'budget" one that's only three dinners per week and centers on less meat, and a "classic" one that provides five dinners per week and meat as the main course more often). I used those two mailers to generate a meal plan for the last week and a half before Christmas. That week and a half was so nice! I knew each day what I was going to cook and I could start it early enough to have dinner at a somewhat reasonable time. :-) Hooray.
Guess what?!!??
Chris gave me a year subscription to the budget menu mailer for Christmas. I was/am SO happy! I have only been using it for a week now, but this week has been so stress free (on the food front-- NOT so much on the children puking front). I printed out the mailer (the budget one comes once a month) and I put it in a binder to keep in the kitchen/dining room so that I can reference what's for dinner and the recipes easily. I have been reviewing it each night before I go to bed so I am prepared for what's ahead the next day! It's been great. THANKS CHRIS YOU ARE THE BEST!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
I will be posting more soon. I have to tell you how my couch recovering project went, tell you about my Christmas sewing project, some coconut flour pancakes I came up with for John, the pickles fermenting on my counter, and a whole bunch of other stuff I took pics of long ago and never told you about.
Love, Janet.
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Food Log: February
Hey everyone! Can you believe February is OVER?! I cannot. Tomorrow starts the month when we will probably have a new baby! Ahhh! :-)
Anyway, remember last month, when I posted about my food log calendar? Well, I thought I would make a quick list for you again this month.
I'm not going to link to any of these, because that takes forever, and I would rather be writing other posts that I have planned, like what I do with a whole chicken to make it last and last and wring every ounce of goodness out of it. and, also I have a post I want to write and a challenge I want to take that I think would be really good for me but also might make my head explode! So, you can look forward to that post, and see if my head is actually still in one piece. :-P
What we ate in February (for dinner):
1. Pizza
2. Chicken, quinoa and chickpeas pilaf
3. Chicken and waffles with corn, cookie cake, ice cream (It was my birthday!)
4. Spaghetti
5. Tuna/Sardine melt sandwiches, broccoli with cheese sauce (this was a very cheesey meal!)
6. Leg o' Lamb, green beans, mashed potatoes
7. Leftover lamb, mashed potatoes, green smoothie
8. Pizza
9. veggie soup, cheese and crackers
10. Indian Potatoes and cauliflower, Indian lentil soup (which was way too spicy for the kids)
11. Leftovers
12. Roasted chicken, broccoli, french fries
13. Chicken tacos, rice pudding
14. Broccoli Farfalle
15. Potato soup
16. Sloppy joes, quinoa with asparagus and corn
17. French toast, scrapple, eggs
18. Wings, potato wedges, sweet potato wedges, carrots
19. Chili with macaroni noodles (otherwise known as chili mac), cake, ice cream-- Ellie's Party!
20. Pizza
21. Annie's Macaroni and cheese with peas, sweet potatoes (Chris had to work that night)
22. Rice and beans with a bit of pepperoni
23. Pumpkin soup, spinach and asparagus quiche
24. Spaghetti with spinach sauce, garlic bread
25. Steak, rice, roasted carrots
26. Lamb Rogan Josh, Indian spiced rice with peas, liver and onions (Chris and I had different ideas about what was for dinner-- can you guess who wanted what?)
27. Steak fried rice
28. Veggie burgers on pitas, beets, applesauce
29. Veggie soup, biscuits (Happy Leap Day!)
Anyway, remember last month, when I posted about my food log calendar? Well, I thought I would make a quick list for you again this month.
I'm not going to link to any of these, because that takes forever, and I would rather be writing other posts that I have planned, like what I do with a whole chicken to make it last and last and wring every ounce of goodness out of it. and, also I have a post I want to write and a challenge I want to take that I think would be really good for me but also might make my head explode! So, you can look forward to that post, and see if my head is actually still in one piece. :-P
What we ate in February (for dinner):
1. Pizza
2. Chicken, quinoa and chickpeas pilaf
3. Chicken and waffles with corn, cookie cake, ice cream (It was my birthday!)
4. Spaghetti
5. Tuna/Sardine melt sandwiches, broccoli with cheese sauce (this was a very cheesey meal!)
6. Leg o' Lamb, green beans, mashed potatoes
7. Leftover lamb, mashed potatoes, green smoothie
8. Pizza
9. veggie soup, cheese and crackers
10. Indian Potatoes and cauliflower, Indian lentil soup (which was way too spicy for the kids)
11. Leftovers
12. Roasted chicken, broccoli, french fries
13. Chicken tacos, rice pudding
14. Broccoli Farfalle
15. Potato soup
16. Sloppy joes, quinoa with asparagus and corn
17. French toast, scrapple, eggs
18. Wings, potato wedges, sweet potato wedges, carrots
19. Chili with macaroni noodles (otherwise known as chili mac), cake, ice cream-- Ellie's Party!
20. Pizza
21. Annie's Macaroni and cheese with peas, sweet potatoes (Chris had to work that night)
22. Rice and beans with a bit of pepperoni
23. Pumpkin soup, spinach and asparagus quiche
24. Spaghetti with spinach sauce, garlic bread
25. Steak, rice, roasted carrots
26. Lamb Rogan Josh, Indian spiced rice with peas, liver and onions (Chris and I had different ideas about what was for dinner-- can you guess who wanted what?)
27. Steak fried rice
28. Veggie burgers on pitas, beets, applesauce
29. Veggie soup, biscuits (Happy Leap Day!)
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Food Log Calendar!
***I typed this post last week sometime, and I was going to add links to all the recipes that I have used or posted on this site already, but now I realize that it is just unrealistic for me to find the time! So, if you find a recipe you are curious about, email me and I will send you the link, if I can. :-) ***
I can't believe the month of January is over. It's crazy.
Anyway, I shared last week about how I keep a food log calendar. It's the best. I love it because I can reference it so easily to see what we have eaten recently. And when I'm having a bad day-- thinking about how I can't feed my family good food, I'm not good at this, I'm not equipped for this, or I don't feel like making dinner tonight!-- I can glance at my calendar and at least feel a little better.
I took a picture of my calendar to show you all, now that January is complete! Then I thought, you might want to know what it says. So I thought I would make a list for you too. :-) If you want to steal ideas, or if you're curious what we eat, check it out! Or, if you just don't care, you can skip the list too! :-P
What we ate in January:
1. Chicken, broccoli and rice casserole
2. Cheese and crackers, falafel bites, roasted carrots
3. Butternut squash soup, biscuits, applesauce
4. Spaghetti, salad
5. Chicken, rice, broccoli
6. Lamb Sloppy joes, artichokes, chicken fried rice
7. Lentil and Chicken shepard's pie
8. Bean and rice soup with carrots and spinach
9. Spaghetti squash, roasted cauliflower, asparagus, cranberry sauce
10. Eye roast, broccoli, Sweet potatoes
11. Pizza
12. Broccoli Farfalle
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15. Potato Soup, corn muffins
16. Roasted chicken, roasted carrots, asparagus, cranberry relish
17. Leftovers
18. Beans and rice with chicken and spinach, green beans
19. Butternut squash soup, biscuits, veggies and dip, applesauce
20. Chicken salad sandwiches, roast acorn squash
21. Lasagna
22. Steak, potatoes, roasted carrots
23. Spaghetti and lamb meatballs
24. Lentil shepard's pie with sausage
25. Hot dogs, sauerkraut, baked beans, broccoli
26. Steak tacos
27. Chicken, Mashed potatoes, roast cauliflower
28. Steak, Liver and Bean Chili
29. Chicken Rice Corn Soup
30. Hummus, pitas, guacamole, carrots, celery
31. Beef sloppy joes, Sweet potato latkes, peas
I can't believe the month of January is over. It's crazy.
Anyway, I shared last week about how I keep a food log calendar. It's the best. I love it because I can reference it so easily to see what we have eaten recently. And when I'm having a bad day-- thinking about how I can't feed my family good food, I'm not good at this, I'm not equipped for this, or I don't feel like making dinner tonight!-- I can glance at my calendar and at least feel a little better.
I took a picture of my calendar to show you all, now that January is complete! Then I thought, you might want to know what it says. So I thought I would make a list for you too. :-) If you want to steal ideas, or if you're curious what we eat, check it out! Or, if you just don't care, you can skip the list too! :-P
What we ate in January:
1. Chicken, broccoli and rice casserole
2. Cheese and crackers, falafel bites, roasted carrots
3. Butternut squash soup, biscuits, applesauce
4. Spaghetti, salad
5. Chicken, rice, broccoli
6. Lamb Sloppy joes, artichokes, chicken fried rice
7. Lentil and Chicken shepard's pie
8. Bean and rice soup with carrots and spinach
9. Spaghetti squash, roasted cauliflower, asparagus, cranberry sauce
10. Eye roast, broccoli, Sweet potatoes
11. Pizza
12. Broccoli Farfalle
13. in MD
14. in MD
15. Potato Soup, corn muffins
16. Roasted chicken, roasted carrots, asparagus, cranberry relish
17. Leftovers
18. Beans and rice with chicken and spinach, green beans
19. Butternut squash soup, biscuits, veggies and dip, applesauce
20. Chicken salad sandwiches, roast acorn squash
21. Lasagna
22. Steak, potatoes, roasted carrots
23. Spaghetti and lamb meatballs
24. Lentil shepard's pie with sausage
25. Hot dogs, sauerkraut, baked beans, broccoli
26. Steak tacos
27. Chicken, Mashed potatoes, roast cauliflower
28. Steak, Liver and Bean Chili
29. Chicken Rice Corn Soup
30. Hummus, pitas, guacamole, carrots, celery
31. Beef sloppy joes, Sweet potato latkes, peas
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Food Log-- 6.16.11
Thursday
Breakfast: Banana Muffins, yogurt with granola (the granola bars I made yesterday crumbled up!)
Lunch: Leftover sandwiches (almond butter, homemade whole wheat bread), watermelon, peas, more watermelon
Snack: (I didn't really eat lunch, so I had a snack at naptime) granola with milk.
Dinner: Indian! Potato and peas patties, spiced cabbage, onion chapatis and cucumber onion chutney. yum.
Breakfast: Banana Muffins, yogurt with granola (the granola bars I made yesterday crumbled up!)
Lunch: Leftover sandwiches (almond butter, homemade whole wheat bread), watermelon, peas, more watermelon
Snack: (I didn't really eat lunch, so I had a snack at naptime) granola with milk.
Dinner: Indian! Potato and peas patties, spiced cabbage, onion chapatis and cucumber onion chutney. yum.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Food Log-- 6.15.11
Wednesday!
Breakfast: Oatmeal with apricots, blueberries and strawberries. Yum. All that delicious fruit.
Lunch: Granola bars, blueberry muffins (finally ate them all!), bananas
Dinner: Beans and rice with taco seasoning, tortillas that turned out more like flatbreads, fresh salsa (can't wait til it comes from our garden!), lettuce, cheese, chocolate ice cream dessert
Coming soon:
Breakfast: Oatmeal with apricots, blueberries and strawberries. Yum. All that delicious fruit.
Lunch: Granola bars, blueberry muffins (finally ate them all!), bananas
Dinner: Beans and rice with taco seasoning, tortillas that turned out more like flatbreads, fresh salsa (can't wait til it comes from our garden!), lettuce, cheese, chocolate ice cream dessert
Coming soon:
- CSA update with pictures
- Kitchen update with pictures
- My strawberries
- What to do with $2 worth of bananas and $1 worth of apricots
Food Log-- 6.14.11
Tuesday...
Breakfast: Oatmeal (of course!)
Lunch: (Picnic outside) Almond Butter and butter sandwiches, apricots, blueberry muffins
Dinner: Lasagna, salad, chocolate ice cream dessert.
I wish we were eating more veggies for lunch! Ugh, I will really have to focus on that this week.
Breakfast: Oatmeal (of course!)
Lunch: (Picnic outside) Almond Butter and butter sandwiches, apricots, blueberry muffins
Dinner: Lasagna, salad, chocolate ice cream dessert.
I wish we were eating more veggies for lunch! Ugh, I will really have to focus on that this week.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Food Log-- 6.13.11
Monday
Breakfast: Leftover oatmeal and toast (finally made bread last night!!), strawberries
Lunch at the park: Sunbutter and date sandwiches (NOT a low sugar choice!), apricots, prunes (I brought cucumbers with every intention of serving them, but I forgot...)
Dinner: Grilled roast beef, broccoli, potatoes, salad, pecan pie, brownies (went to a friend's house for dinner!)
This week, I will let you know about our CSA, and what I did with the strawberries I picked on Saturday! Stay tuned!
Breakfast: Leftover oatmeal and toast (finally made bread last night!!), strawberries
Lunch at the park: Sunbutter and date sandwiches (NOT a low sugar choice!), apricots, prunes (I brought cucumbers with every intention of serving them, but I forgot...)
Dinner: Grilled roast beef, broccoli, potatoes, salad, pecan pie, brownies (went to a friend's house for dinner!)
This week, I will let you know about our CSA, and what I did with the strawberries I picked on Saturday! Stay tuned!
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Food Log-- 6.12.11
Sunday!
Breakfast: Trailmix-type pancakes (hemp seeds, sesame seeds and pecans today) with some coconut flour and homemade strawberry sauce!
Lunch: Egg salad and tomato lettuce wraps (Kids had sandwiches), hummus and veggies, apples with sunbutter
Dinner: Broccoli and mushroom casserole (much like this recipe), s'mores for dessert with homemade graham crackers and rice puff marshmallows
I have altered the graham cracker recipe a bit to better suit my family, but that's a good one to start with. I will hopefully post my own recipe sometime soon! :-)
Happy Sunday!
Breakfast: Trailmix-type pancakes (hemp seeds, sesame seeds and pecans today) with some coconut flour and homemade strawberry sauce!
Lunch: Egg salad and tomato lettuce wraps (Kids had sandwiches), hummus and veggies, apples with sunbutter
Dinner: Broccoli and mushroom casserole (much like this recipe), s'mores for dessert with homemade graham crackers and rice puff marshmallows
I have altered the graham cracker recipe a bit to better suit my family, but that's a good one to start with. I will hopefully post my own recipe sometime soon! :-)
Happy Sunday!
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Food Log-- 6.11.11
Saturday
Breakfast: Scrambled (or over easy) eggs, mini blueberry muffins
Lunch: Didn't really have what you would call lunch... Three mini blueberry muffins. Lots of water. I was strawberry picking. Back at home everyone else scrounged for leftovers. :-)
Dinner: Grilled mushroom cap sandwiches (from our CSA!), grilled zucchini, roasted potato salad (inspired by the lovely Montgomerys!)
Breakfast: Scrambled (or over easy) eggs, mini blueberry muffins
Lunch: Didn't really have what you would call lunch... Three mini blueberry muffins. Lots of water. I was strawberry picking. Back at home everyone else scrounged for leftovers. :-)
Dinner: Grilled mushroom cap sandwiches (from our CSA!), grilled zucchini, roasted potato salad (inspired by the lovely Montgomerys!)
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Food Log-- 6.7.11
Breakfast: Mini blueberry muffinsLunch: Leftovers-- portabella mushroom cap on bread with coleslaw and bbq sauce. Ellie and Sam had rice, chickpeas and all kids had cherries
Dinner: Leftover quiche-- mushrooms, broccoli, spinach (garden), kale (garden), onion, potatoes (Sunday)
Food Log 6.6.11
Well, I know I am a little late, let's see if I can remember what we had. I took a lot of pictures the last few days, so that will help in the remembering department. :-)
Breakfast: Leftover oatmeal from last week, cantaloupe
Lunch: I had a split pea burger with bread.... cucumbers and cherries. The kids had leftover spaghetti
Dinner: Grilled portabella mushroom caps on bread, coleslaw and broccoli
(It's a good thing I took that picture, because I had forgotten what we ate!)
Breakfast: Leftover oatmeal from last week, cantaloupe
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| Ellie's Plate |
Lunch: I had a split pea burger with bread.... cucumbers and cherries. The kids had leftover spaghetti
Dinner: Grilled portabella mushroom caps on bread, coleslaw and broccoli(It's a good thing I took that picture, because I had forgotten what we ate!)
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Food Log-- 6.5.11
Today we had a great day! Grandma came to visit for the day (to bring a bigger trap for our groundhog), so we grilled, and it was a FEAST! It was also a fantastic day to spend outside!
Breakfast: Baked oatmeal, eggs
Lunch: Grilled hamburgers, grilled portabello mushroom caps, sprouted wheat buns, potatoes with onions and garlic, hummus with veggies, asparagus (lettuce, avocado, onions, ketchup, mustard, Stubbs BBQ sauce, vegannaise for the burgers)
Snack: S'mores with homemade graham crackers, lindt chocolate and rice puff marshmallows
Dinner: Out to a Thai restaruant-- Pad Thai and Ponang Curry
Breakfast: Baked oatmeal, eggs
Lunch: Grilled hamburgers, grilled portabello mushroom caps, sprouted wheat buns, potatoes with onions and garlic, hummus with veggies, asparagus (lettuce, avocado, onions, ketchup, mustard, Stubbs BBQ sauce, vegannaise for the burgers)
Snack: S'mores with homemade graham crackers, lindt chocolate and rice puff marshmallows
Dinner: Out to a Thai restaruant-- Pad Thai and Ponang Curry
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Food Log-- 6.4.11
Breakfast: Oatmeal strawberry chocolate chip pancakes (vegan because I didn't have eggs so I used flax instead!), kids had bananas before the pancakes were ready
Snack: Leftover homemade pitas, gluten free pumpkin muffins from a yard sale (Kids had a snack)
Lunch: Split Pea burgers, leftover Hummus with veggies, cantaloupe
Dinner: Spaghetti with homemade sauce and artichokes with garlic butter
We had a great day! It was so nice outside. We went to the West Chester Grower's Market only to discover we didn't have any cash. Ha! ANYway, we also ended up at a yard sale and got some pretty great stuff-- still no cash, but luckily we got it on credit! (Love going to friends' yard sales!) And there were gluten-free pumpkin muffins for sale, and we actually found enough for the kids to each get one! Yum!
No sign of the groundhog so far today! Let's hope he stays away-- we are getting a bigger trap tomorrow. :-)
Snack: Leftover homemade pitas, gluten free pumpkin muffins from a yard sale (Kids had a snack)
Lunch: Split Pea burgers, leftover Hummus with veggies, cantaloupe
Dinner: Spaghetti with homemade sauce and artichokes with garlic butter
We had a great day! It was so nice outside. We went to the West Chester Grower's Market only to discover we didn't have any cash. Ha! ANYway, we also ended up at a yard sale and got some pretty great stuff-- still no cash, but luckily we got it on credit! (Love going to friends' yard sales!) And there were gluten-free pumpkin muffins for sale, and we actually found enough for the kids to each get one! Yum!
No sign of the groundhog so far today! Let's hope he stays away-- we are getting a bigger trap tomorrow. :-)
Friday, June 3, 2011
Food Log-- 6.3.11
Breakfast: Oatmeal with strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, sucanat, and cashews, hemp seeds, sesame seeds, and rice milk on top
Snack: Kids had pears
Lunch: Split Pea burgers on homemade whole wheat buns, deviled eggs, red pepper strips, graham crackers (I had a LARGE handful of graham cracker pieces....)
Dinner: Hummus, homemade pitas, carrots, red peppers and snap peas, raw chocolate covered cookie dough balls for dessert
In doing this, I realize we have eaten a lot of red peppers in the last three days! Well, they are almost gone and I will have to resort to all the other veggies in our fridge. I just love red peppers!
No food picture today, but a food preservation picture instead... well, hopefully it will act as one!
Take THAT, groundhog! (Who ate MORE of my broccoli today.... good thing the packet spilled while I was planting them and we ended up with many more than planned... but we don't have enough to keep this rate of eating up for long.)
Snack: Kids had pears
Lunch: Split Pea burgers on homemade whole wheat buns, deviled eggs, red pepper strips, graham crackers (I had a LARGE handful of graham cracker pieces....)
Dinner: Hummus, homemade pitas, carrots, red peppers and snap peas, raw chocolate covered cookie dough balls for dessert
In doing this, I realize we have eaten a lot of red peppers in the last three days! Well, they are almost gone and I will have to resort to all the other veggies in our fridge. I just love red peppers!
No food picture today, but a food preservation picture instead... well, hopefully it will act as one!
Take THAT, groundhog! (Who ate MORE of my broccoli today.... good thing the packet spilled while I was planting them and we ended up with many more than planned... but we don't have enough to keep this rate of eating up for long.)
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Food Log-- 6.2.11
Breakfast: Green Trail Mix Pancakes without the green
Lunch: Almond butter and bananas on homemade whole wheat buns, red pepper strips, honeydew melon (kids ate it all-- I got none!), raw chocolate covered cookie dough balls (Chris said they were the best sweet thing he's had in awhile!)
Snack: One marshmallow and one piece of white chocolate fudge (Bad Janet for all that sugar!)
Dinner: Split Pea burgers on homemade whole wheat buns, (onion, tomato, ketchup, mustard, spinach on top), roasted carrots, deviled eggs
Mmmm, my Chris made the deviled eggs tonight (we are using a hard boiled egg in the trap in the garden to try and catch the groundhog, who ate the first broccoli stalk off my best broccoli plant today and must die) and I told him, "You are a good cooker-guy!" I'm so lucky to have a good-cooker-guy as my husband!
Lunch: Almond butter and bananas on homemade whole wheat buns, red pepper strips, honeydew melon (kids ate it all-- I got none!), raw chocolate covered cookie dough balls (Chris said they were the best sweet thing he's had in awhile!)
Snack: One marshmallow and one piece of white chocolate fudge (Bad Janet for all that sugar!)
Dinner: Split Pea burgers on homemade whole wheat buns, (onion, tomato, ketchup, mustard, spinach on top), roasted carrots, deviled eggs
Mmmm, my Chris made the deviled eggs tonight (we are using a hard boiled egg in the trap in the garden to try and catch the groundhog, who ate the first broccoli stalk off my best broccoli plant today and must die) and I told him, "You are a good cooker-guy!" I'm so lucky to have a good-cooker-guy as my husband!
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Food Log-- 6.1.11
I've been thinking about doing a food log. You know-- where every night I report in what I ate that day. I'd like to do it for at least a week. Maybe even a month! I think it would be fun. What do you think? Since I'm here, I'll start today and see how it goes!
Breakfast: Oatmeal sweetened with sucanat, with pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and pecans. Rice milk on top.
Lunch: Homemade whole wheat bun with almond butter, leftover veggie pasta salad, one or two graham crackers, honeydew melon
Dinner: Beans and rice with taco seasoning, salsa made with tomatoes from the farmer's market!
Late Night Snack: Lots of tastes and licking of fingers while making raw chocolate covered cookie dough balls! MMM... :-)
Breakfast: Oatmeal sweetened with sucanat, with pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and pecans. Rice milk on top.
Lunch: Homemade whole wheat bun with almond butter, leftover veggie pasta salad, one or two graham crackers, honeydew melon
Dinner: Beans and rice with taco seasoning, salsa made with tomatoes from the farmer's market!
Late Night Snack: Lots of tastes and licking of fingers while making raw chocolate covered cookie dough balls! MMM... :-)
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