Saturday, November 14, 2015

Week 1

Breakfasts:

   Apple Cinnamon Steel Cut Oats (Slow cooker)

   Peanut Butter Overnight Oats

   Chia Seed Pudding

   Skinny Omelet

   Muesli

   Easy Crockpot Breakfast Pie

   Paleo Waffles


Lunches:

   Asian Tuna Salad and Avocado Lettuce Wraps

   Club Sandwich Roll-Ups (Jicama and Apple Salad)

   Sausage, Sweet Potato and Kale Soup

   Fruit-and-Nut Curried Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps

   Grilled Cheese and Apple Sandwiches with Relish Tray and Dip

   Cheese Quesadillas with feta/dates and mandarin orange/cilantro salsa

   Ramekin meatloaf with roasted vegetables

Dinners:

   Greek Chicken Salad

   Minestrone Soup

   Chicken Pico de Gallo

   Beef Cabbage Bowl (Slow Cooker)

   Baked Dijon Salmon

   Cherry Chicken Lettuce Wraps

   Moussaka

   

   

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

say what?

i'm probably not the best person for this project. i don't help plants grow; i'm good at helping them pass gracefully from this life, though. it's not for lack of wanting to, but i have to admit it is for lack of trying. and yet, i'm determined to plant a garden. not just any garden -- a ratatouille garden.

what's that, you say? what's a ratatouille garden? well, ratatouille is a french provincial dish made from five vegetables: tomato, eggplant, zucchini, green pepper, and onion. plus a little basil, probably. and olive oil. and salt.

i don't actually know the particulars because, while i spent sixteen months living in france over a decade ago, and i literally went door to door asking for recipes for ratatouille, i have yet to make the dish to rival what i ate while i lived there. it was sheer heaven, i tell you.

but why blog about it? because while vegetables are growing, i'm going to have a lot of thoughts. and a lot of down time (i think) since vegetables take, according to my charts, forty to eighty days to mature. and my goal is to grow all of the vegetables for ratatouille such that they will ripen at the same time, at which time i will have finally found the perfect recipe.

can you imagine what my homemade ratatouille, made from vegetables i grew in my own garden, will taste like? yeah, i can't either. but if you stick with me, i'll let you know. and in the meantime, i might have a few thoughts to keep you amused while we wait.