plan, prepare and eat nourishing food

and I am really enjoying cooking! Last Friday I bought some Gravenstein apples from the farmers market and made a pie. Okay it was a rectangular pie as I’ve somehow managed to misplace the four pyrex pie-plates I had so I used a casserole pan instead. I’ve brought lunch again every day so far this week and had a hot meal for Paco when he got home from school: Monday was lemon chicken, Tuesday he asked for quesadillas again and tonight the request was for BLTs. Once I changed grocery shopping modes I always seem to have fresh things on hand to make something!

and bringing my lunch to work! I’ve cooked pork-chops in grand marnier sauce, mashed potatoes with horseradish, quesadillas with black beans, cheese, green onions tomatoes and sour-cream – and fresh fruit every day! Last week I made a huge pot of vegetable minestrone which lasted for 4 days. For breakfast (for me anyways) oatmeal with flaxseed has been working really well; it fills me up and keeps me feeling good for hours! The gala apples from Yakima fruit market have been especially delicious the past couple weeks; I have one or two every day.

lately I’ve been on a fruit jag. Our raspberries are ripe; every morning I’ve been picking about 1 cup for breakfast. Yesterday at Costco I bought tangerines, cherries and bananas. Paco’s friend Colin came to help Paco with a big yard cleanup job today and I could offer him a yummy plate of fresh fruit, a croissant and iced hibiscus tea!

I made chicken enchiladas with home-made tomatillo salsa. I made orange-currant scones and another batch of granola. There is still soup from few days ago – so for lunch this weekend I had soup, cheese and french-bread. Yum! For me this goal is about several things: cooking more, eating nourishing food and eating out (especially at work) less. Doing well so far!

I cooked (and froze some) great vegetable minestrone I made from scratch. I cooked Paco his favorite meal: pork chops, garlic mashed potatoes and green beans. I made enough for several nights so he could have good food when he got home from class. I made granola which it turns out Max likes! Max is usually partial to smooshy food so I was surprised to find him scooping this granola into a little bowl, taking outside and munching on it!