This week I’ve decided to make lots of bean dishes. There are so many kinds of beans and so many possibilities that there’s always a new recipe to experiment with. I’m planning to do a big shopping at the end of this week, but it will have been eight weeks since I’ve stocked up, so supplies are running low! But I still have a nice variety of beans and grains. I’ve bought fresh fruit and vegetables, chicken, and some other odds and ends in the last eight weeks, but I’m looking forward to refilling my depleted pantry. I definitely prefer shopping at the beginning of the month when I’m flush with cash, though. 🙂 It’s much easier to be relaxed when you know you have everything you need at the beginning of the month, and can splurge afterwards.
Sun- breakfast – traditional granola, milk, pears; lunch – celery sticks with peanut butter; dinner – turkey hash, wild rice pilaf, salad
Mon – b – Amish oatmeal; l – wraps – whole wheat tortillas, cheese, lettuce, tomato; d – barley and white bean salad
Tues – b – buckwheat/millet pancakes; l – barley and white bean salad; d – falafel with techina sauce, salad
Weds – b – pumpking pudding; l – stuffed baked potatoes; d – sausage bake
Thurs – b – cornmeal scones; l – will be out shopping; d – lentil rice mushroom loaf, or CORN if there’s enough in the fridge
The garden production is starting to pick up, and on Friday when I popped into the produce store, I realized I didn’t need to buy anything but lettuce for the salad, since we have cukes, tomatoes, yellow squash, and zucchini – and there was more than enough for our needs for Shabbos. That was exciting! I also have some swiss chard and spinach that I really should harvest. So our homegrown organic veggies will be supplementing meals from now on. As far as fruit, I have pears, cherries, watermelon, and bananas, so those will supplement our breakfast meals. I have some dehydrating and pickling experiments I want to try in the next couple of days with the watermelon.
Avivah
I have a question/comment on granola. I made it a lot in Japan (not too many cereals besides oatmeal there we could eat). I remember why I love it (healthy with lots of nuts and flaxseed and such) but it’s annoyance is that we eat it so fast! A nice serving of granola (enough to fill a person at a meal) is so much more oatmeal than a person could eat if I boiled it. Do you ration granola in your family? I tried that, but there was almost a coup in the house. 😉
I have the exact same experience with granola – I made double the recipe (16 cups) and that is enough for about three meals. And that is mostly without me, dh, dd14, or ds16 having any!! I don’t make it often – I suppose that’s one way of rationing it.:) When we make it, they can have as much as they want, but that doesn’t happen often. 16 cups of cooked oatmeal would make a LOT of food that would last the entire family for all week, every day for breakfast. So oatmeal isn’t very economical if you look at how fast it gets gobbled, though it’s still lots cheaper to make it than buy it. For yumminess, I really prefer baked oatmeal – I also think it’s more filling and satisfying. But this morning I knew I’d wake up late and didn’t want to plan a breakfast that I’d need to be present to prepare.
OK, that makes me feel better. 😀
Avivah, would you please share your recipe for pumpkin pudding and for sausage bake?
Yes, I can Rina, but it will take a couple of days. 🙂