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
Ratatouille Garden
Perfection in Five Vegetables
Saturday, November 14, 2015
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.
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.
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