Recipes

Crock Pot Enchilada Quinoa

Crock Pot Enchilada Quinoa 2 cans of black beans, drained 2 cans of corn, drained 3 15 oz cans of enchilada sauce 1 can diced green chilies 30 oz of tomatoes (I used a jar of my home canned tomatoes so I am guessing at the quantity here) 2 c uncooked quinoa salt and pepper… Continue reading Crock Pot Enchilada Quinoa

Menu Monday

A Menu of Plants

Life is running along quite quickly.  It would have been tough week getting nutrition if I didn't have a prepped and stocked fridge.  Because I took the time to chop and store veggies and fruits for the week I was successful in eating healthy, nutritious food everyday. Breakfast looked like this every day: I would… Continue reading A Menu of Plants

Menu Monday

Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail

Food is no longer entertainment at my house... if you don't count the personal pizzas we made with the grand kids yesterday. Food is fuel.  That doesn't mean that we don't eat well.  We do!  Food is tasty in it's natural state.  I am enjoying food more than I have before. Today I have decided… Continue reading Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail

Menu Monday

Wrapping up August in fresh veggies

It is great to live in a beautiful place where many things grow.  This week we enjoyed fresh plums, peaches, watermelon, cantaloupe, cucumbers, tomatoes, corn, zucchini, yellow summer squash, onions, green beans, raspberries and strawberries.  I didn't really make "recipes" for meals.  Some meals were just 1/2 a cantaloupe and a spoon.  🙂  Other meals… Continue reading Wrapping up August in fresh veggies

Menu Monday

Yummy Things at My house

Oh the bounty of veggies that are in my valley at this time of year!  It's great!  We eat like royalty... vegetarian royal family.  Teehee. Today I am not going to give a play by play of what I ate.  Breakfast was usually a fruit and greens smoothie or sauted veggies of some sort.  I… Continue reading Yummy Things at My house

Menu Monday, Recipes

Pumpkin soup 

Many people have ask how I made my pumpkin soup.  To be honest, I am mainly a dump-in-what-I-can-to-come-close-to-the-recipe kind of cook.  Thus, the following is as close as I can get to the recipe I made for... 4 tablespoons butter (I used Smart butter) 1 cup chopped onion 1 clove garlic, crushed 1-2 tablespoon Thai red curry… Continue reading Pumpkin soup 

Thought Tuesday

A Paradox, A Paradox, A Most Perplexing Paradox! 

This morning, while I was loading the dishwasher I came upon a paradox. Too much food. I kept thinking of my mom… “eat all of that oatmeal. You know there are starving kids in Africa.” Scraping plates into the garbage disposal was a bit depressing. Truly, we could have fed a small family with the… Continue reading A Paradox, A Paradox, A Most Perplexing Paradox! 

Menu Monday, Uncategorized

Turning the Food Pyramid Upside Down 

Every waking minute of every day we are bombarded with mixed messages about what to eat and what not to eat. It is hard to wade through the myriad of “knowledge” that can be found in the big wide world. Fast food, comfort/reward food, snack food, convenience food, fad diet plans with their very own… Continue reading Turning the Food Pyramid Upside Down 

Menu Monday

Stone Soup 

What’s for dinner? That is one of the hardest questions to answer. Stone Age women had no choice but to make do with whatever food their men brought back to the cave after a hard day's hunting. Me? I have to sort through recipes, diets, allergies and picky kids. It just might have been easier… Continue reading Stone Soup 

Thought Tuesday

Impressions of Water 

I’ve been contemplating gaining more motivation to drink more water. Here is a little of the information that is now compelling me to hydrate!I’ve learned that I need far more water than the suggested 8 glasses a day. The average adult losses about 2 ½ to 3 liters of fluid a day through sweating, breathing,… Continue reading Impressions of Water