When it comes to what my family eats for meals, it’s a mixed up crazy food world in our kitchen. Pesto on quesadillas, Mexican lasagna, and the always a big hit: Mediterranean tacos- it's a virtual United Nations of flavors. With homemade hummus spread on pita bread, feta cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, onions, and a quick… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan
Category: in the kitchen
Meal planning, grocery shopping, and healthy eating. Cooking, eating healthy food and reducing food waste.
The Best Ever Egg Salad Sandwiches
When our backyard chickens first began laying eggs, we were so excited. For those little creatures to produce an entire egg almost everyday was somewhat of a miracle. Every egg was tallied (and still is) and we joked about how our chickens, who were finally laying eggs, were laying golden eggs because if we calculated… Continue reading The Best Ever Egg Salad Sandwiches
Weekly Meal Plan
Since this week’s meal plan began with fish and ended with shellfish, I had to break up the seafood with some pork and beans in the middle. Not pork and beans mixed together, although I do love that meal. The beans we ate this week were not one but two nights. Tuesday’s garbanzo beans sautéed… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan
Spicy Hummus
“Ewwww….your breath is bad.” My daughter whispered to me during church one recent Sunday morning. “What do you mean?” I whispered back, “I just brushed my teeth.” “Please don’t talk to me.” She said as she covered her nose and mouth with her hand, shaking her head. You can imagine the look that accompanied this… Continue reading Spicy Hummus
Weekly Meal Plan
The season for soups and stews is coming to a close. Don’t get me wrong - I’m not complaining that summer is coming – it’s just that I love making a double batch of bean soup or a hearty stew, freezing half of it and having an easy dinner in the freezer. It's a little… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan
Shrimp and Quinoa Salad
I love having a hearty pasta or whole grain salad on hand for a healthy lunch or dinner. Who am I kidding? Breakfast and after school snacks are a great time to eat a hearty salad, too, and unless I put a note on the food in our refrigerator that says "Keep Out!" with a… Continue reading Shrimp and Quinoa Salad
Weekly Meal Plan
Dinner two nights this week included a quinoa salad I’ve been experimenting with. It will be featured on a Fusion NW TV show soon. We filmed it in our kitchen on Wednesday morning and talked about three easy grains to cook. These grains are good to eat while transitioning away from white rice and white… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan
Weekly Meal Plan
This meal plan is our vacation meal plan from the week we spent in San Francisco, California for our home exchange. The house we stayed in had a great kitchen that was well stocked and we gave the kitchen a workout! I brought some staple food items with us and the rest of our food… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan
Three Easy Grains to Cook
When it comes to keeping a stocked pantry, I try to always have certain items on hand so that when I check my meal plan to see what’s cooking for dinner, I know there will be enough of something when it comes time to prepare it. These are three easy grains that I like to… Continue reading Three Easy Grains to Cook
Weekly Meal Plan
The theme of this week’s meal plan was eat through. That’s what I like to call it when we we’re going on a trip and I don’t want to do lots of grocery shopping before we go out of town. We also needed to make room in our freezer, refrigerator, and pantry for our home… Continue reading Weekly Meal Plan
Go Gingham 