Tasty Tidbits

The crocuses are up! Welcome to spring!

Although the sprinkling of snow we got here on Friday indicates otherwise, it's time to start planning & planting for the upcoming garden season. The Bup got compost this week & did some work on building up our raised beds. I'm hoping to plant some onion sets, spring peas, seed potatoes, & leafy greens this weekend. It'll all depend on the weather!

Mom made this pretty table runner. I've since ironed both it & the tablecloth in anticipation of having my parents & grandparents over for dinner on Sunday. We'll follow up dinner with our favorite: 6-handed pinochle! Hopefully the women's team wins. :-)

Here's what we've been eating in the last week:

Breakfasts

• Mint Chocolate Green Smoothie
• Peach yogurt with Angela's Blissful Buckwheat Granola Clusters, Bear Naked Fit Granola, Triple Berry Crunch, & Homemade Coconut Cherry Granola
• Overnight oats with chia seeds
• Baked cherry oatmeal topped with coconut butter
• Bananas & crunchy pb

Lunches

• Leftovers
• Sandwiches
• Baked sweet potato
• Roasted seasoned potatoes
• Salad with avocado & Gena's Almond Butter Dressing - This tastes similar to peanut sauce! Super yummy!
• Apples, grapefruit, oranges & clementines

[scenes of my stove while cooking Sat. night dinner]

Dinners

Saturday:

• Ashley's Black Bean Polenta Burrito Bowls
• Green salad

Sunday: 

• Mega Salad's with carrots, onion, mushrooms, chickpeas, walnuts, kiwi, dried cranberries & Fat Free Vegan's Hidden Cashew Ranch Dressing

Monday:

• Sweet Potato, Corn, & Lentil Soup
• Homemade bread

Tuesday:

• Polenta fries (made with leftover polenta from Sat. night)
• Mega Salad with leftover black bean mixture, onion, carrots, mushrooms, avocado, dried cranberries & Fat Free Vegan's Hidden Cashew Ranch Dressing

Wednesday:

• Heidi's Skinny Spaghetti Squash Alfredo - This sauce was easy to make & we even had leftovers. I love spaghetti squash!
• Steamed broccoli

Thursday: 
Dinner at Mom & Pops' before choir

• Vegetable & Bean Jambalaya
• Italian seasoned bread
• Green salad

Friday:

• Jessica's Roasted Red Pepper Quinoa White Bean Burgers
• Sweet potato fries
• Green salad

Treats

• Peanut butter oatmeal cookies
• Dark chocolate Wilbur buds
• Trader Joe's Sipping Chocolate
• Maple frozen yogurt with peanut butter sauce (made with melted pb + almond milk)
• Katie's Copycat Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs - These are delicious!!! Luckily it only made 7 or else I'd never stop eating them!