I'm so hungry!
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Bacon stuffed green veg potatoes
My husband is making baked potatoes with butter, asparagus, Brussel sprouts and farm fresh bacon.
I'm so hungry!
I'm so hungry!
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Mini fruit and almond balls
In my house, this recipe may be colloquially known as "baby balls."
It's based on a recipe I found on a gluten-free paleo blog, which I mentioned in my first adaptation of this recipe: http://bit.ly/XCh5On
MINI FRUIT AND ALMOND SNACK BALLS
Ingredients:
- 1 cup (and a few more) raw almonds, soaked in water a few hours and then well drained
- 8 fresh medjool dates, pitted
- 1/4 cup dried blueberries
- 5 dried pineapple rings
Grind the nuts in a food processor.
Place them to the side.
Grind fruit.
Add nuts.
Process until combined.
Shape as desired.
Refrigerate until cold. Store in fridge.
It's based on a recipe I found on a gluten-free paleo blog, which I mentioned in my first adaptation of this recipe: http://bit.ly/XCh5On
MINI FRUIT AND ALMOND SNACK BALLS
Ingredients:
- 1 cup (and a few more) raw almonds, soaked in water a few hours and then well drained
- 8 fresh medjool dates, pitted
- 1/4 cup dried blueberries
- 5 dried pineapple rings
Grind the nuts in a food processor.
Place them to the side.
Grind fruit.
Add nuts.
Process until combined.
Shape as desired.
Refrigerate until cold. Store in fridge.
Farm visit
Spent $41.25 (thank you, Mr. Visa) at Klein Farm today.
Smoogurt (their yogurt smoothies) were buy one, get one free so I bought 2 blueberry, one egg nog and one vanilla maple.
I got a pound of bacon.
The medium jar of unprocessed local raw honey, a quart.
A pint of raw milk.
Garlic pepper cheddar.
Ricotta.
And a dozen jumbo eggs.
Smoogurt (their yogurt smoothies) were buy one, get one free so I bought 2 blueberry, one egg nog and one vanilla maple.
I got a pound of bacon.
The medium jar of unprocessed local raw honey, a quart.
A pint of raw milk.
Garlic pepper cheddar.
Ricotta.
And a dozen jumbo eggs.
Yum!
This morning my husband started his famous scrambled eggs and diced fried potatoes.
Meanwhile, child started a triple batch of my avocado dip.
And I started soaking raw almonds and measuring fresh medjool dates for gluten free fruit bars.
Yeah, it's a family in the kitchen kind of day.
Meanwhile, child started a triple batch of my avocado dip.
And I started soaking raw almonds and measuring fresh medjool dates for gluten free fruit bars.
Yeah, it's a family in the kitchen kind of day.
Attendance contest
I haven't exactly made a secret of the fact that December was a lean month for us. With unexpected medical bills and the new-ish car payment and the quarterly bills, we didn't have much left for groceries.
We ate more beans than usual, gave up meat and ate most of our summer canning stock.
Plus we made the most of some of those holiday party leftovers...
And as the retail season gets busier, Target offers employees food in the break room and we always have peanut butter and jelly available. So that helped.
Speaking of Target, to get back to the point of this post, every year we have an attendance contest that extends between Black Friday and January. It's a nice little motivator to keep working during a hectic time.
First, you make a snowflake and write your name on it. It goes on the wall. If you call out sick, show up late (more than 5 minutes later than your scheduled shift-- I love that they give you some wiggle room), or screw up one of your punched at the time clocks, your snowflake comes down.
At the end of the contest, all of the remaining names come off the wall and they get entered into a drawing for a $250 gift card.
I won. This was my third year in the contest and I won!!!
Now, while Target is far from a Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, or farmers' market, they sell food. And in this economy, when you're a family that isn't making ends meet, and you're underemployed and looking for a job... The choices often come between paying the doctor, keeping the house warm, or buying food, well it's hard.
I mention this only because I know other families face the same choices.
So while in an ideal world, I'd love to get meat and dairy from the farm, organic vegetables and spent lots of money at Wegmans, the reality is that I can't.
That means we will get our produce and non-perishable goods from Aldi and Target.
We will continue to run mostly a dairy-free household for the ear infection prone child. Any dairy products we buy I would prefer to come from the farm (transitioning from commercial half-and-half to farm fresh raw milk for coffee, as one example).
So here's to the New Year!
We ate more beans than usual, gave up meat and ate most of our summer canning stock.
Plus we made the most of some of those holiday party leftovers...
And as the retail season gets busier, Target offers employees food in the break room and we always have peanut butter and jelly available. So that helped.
Speaking of Target, to get back to the point of this post, every year we have an attendance contest that extends between Black Friday and January. It's a nice little motivator to keep working during a hectic time.
First, you make a snowflake and write your name on it. It goes on the wall. If you call out sick, show up late (more than 5 minutes later than your scheduled shift-- I love that they give you some wiggle room), or screw up one of your punched at the time clocks, your snowflake comes down.
At the end of the contest, all of the remaining names come off the wall and they get entered into a drawing for a $250 gift card.
I won. This was my third year in the contest and I won!!!
Now, while Target is far from a Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, or farmers' market, they sell food. And in this economy, when you're a family that isn't making ends meet, and you're underemployed and looking for a job... The choices often come between paying the doctor, keeping the house warm, or buying food, well it's hard.
I mention this only because I know other families face the same choices.
So while in an ideal world, I'd love to get meat and dairy from the farm, organic vegetables and spent lots of money at Wegmans, the reality is that I can't.
That means we will get our produce and non-perishable goods from Aldi and Target.
We will continue to run mostly a dairy-free household for the ear infection prone child. Any dairy products we buy I would prefer to come from the farm (transitioning from commercial half-and-half to farm fresh raw milk for coffee, as one example).
So here's to the New Year!
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Zippy Egg Wrap
In a tortilla shell:
- one egg fried in coconut oil
- half a spicy black bean burger from Morningstar
- home canned salsa
- one egg fried in coconut oil
- half a spicy black bean burger from Morningstar
- home canned salsa
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
My daughter makes pork with apples
This is a family favorite, 30 minutes to the table even with an 8-and-half year old doing the cooking.
Adapted from Recipe Zaar. Submitted by Lorac.
Heat 2 tablespoons coconut oil in large cast iron skillet.
Brown pork chops. I used 5 thin boneless.
Add:
- 2 cups apple juice
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- about 1/3 cup brown mustard
- 4 small apples chopped
- 1 teaspoon Italian herb seasoning
Today we added 1 cup diced butternut squash.
Bring to a boil, then simmer uncovered for 10 minutes.
Adapted from Recipe Zaar. Submitted by Lorac.
Heat 2 tablespoons coconut oil in large cast iron skillet.
Brown pork chops. I used 5 thin boneless.
Add:
- 2 cups apple juice
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- about 1/3 cup brown mustard
- 4 small apples chopped
- 1 teaspoon Italian herb seasoning
Today we added 1 cup diced butternut squash.
Bring to a boil, then simmer uncovered for 10 minutes.
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