Some Food Observations

Ever since going unprocessed I am using a lot more:

Garlic: probably because it’s a great way to add natural flavor

Honey: sugar substitute

Oats: making my own granola, and using it as a substitute for breadcrumbs

Vegetables I don’t usually buy (like snap peas): we’re branching out from our old cook book- Campbell’s 30 min and under (yes I used to go page by page through this book) and trying new recipes.  It’s actually been a lot of fun.

Some pictures from the past week:

Omelets for dinner!  Thanks to not being able to eat meat on Friday’s during lent, and Tom being upset with me bc I asked him to make shrimp jambalaya but neglected to buy Cajun seasoning… we had omlets for dinner.  They were delicious.  Peppers, onions, and garlic.

On Saturday we had family game “night” at our house (we try to rotate each month and get the MD part of the family together).  Tom had to work at 3 pm so we did a game lunch instead of a game dinner.  I decided to make lots of dips since it was afternoon time.  We did lemon garlic hummus and veggies, French onion dip and chips and spinach and artichoke dip.

 

Seriously what did I do before I bought my food processer?  Oh yeah… I don’t think I told you that yet… I BOUGHT A FOOD PROCESSER.  AND I LOVE IT.  I knew I would love it because I loved borrowing my neighbors.  But now I have one of my very own.  Making dips was so easy.  I made the spinach dip and the hummus in about 30 minutes and that includes getting all the ingredients out and putting them away. 

On today’s agenda… using the food processor to make orange crushes: orange juice, ice and maybe rum.  Yummm.  Hopefully it will be delicious and we will have a yummy unprocessed summer drink.  I’m also thinking of trying it with lemon juice instead of orange (my favorite summer drink is lemonade and black cherry rum… but black cherry rum is processed).  Pics later this week!