2015 Week 39

Holy Guacamole fall is beautiful.

Dinners this week:

Sunday - Dinner with friends after the Bronco game.

Monday - Baked ziti with garden greens.

Tuesday - Taco Tuesday! 

Wednesday - Salmon cakes with slaw, fruit, and homemade bread.

Thursday - Easy mac and cheese with butternut squash and a fruit salad on the side.

Friday - Going to the cabin with friends, making spaghetti, meatballs, garlic bread, and salad.

Saturday - Cabin time!

2015 Week 38

 We attended a fall fest in our little town this weekend.

In addition to all the usual activities (pumpkin launch, hamster balls, haunted house, crafts)

there was a bubble machine.

It was this industrial sized thing that created a mountain of bubbles.

The kids had the best time, running in and out of it, 

creating beards and gloves and boots out of bubbles.

So fun.

Dinners this week:

Sunday - Chili and potato wedges with friends after the Bronco game.

Monday - Grilled fish tacos with salad and garden tomatoes.

Tuesday - Tacos!

Wednesday - Spaghetti and salad.

Thursday - Grilling.

Friday - Family photos tonight. Either an easy mac and cheese dinner or grabbing something out.

Saturday - Homemade pizza night.

2015 Week 37

The fall weather has arrived and though the evenings may be short, they are magical.

Sunday - Scott's homemade mac and cheese with veggies and fruit.

Monday - Leftovers.

Tuesday - Veggie stir fry with udon noodles, served with fruit.

Wednesday - Lentil and butternut squash curry with naan and fruit.

Thursday - Grilled fish tacos.

Friday - Homemade pizza.

Saturday - Spaghetti, garlic bread, and green veggies and salad.

2015 Week 36

Our sweet girl had such a fun birthday week.

She requested a rainbow cake (again) and I wanted to do something different.

I found the idea for this baby on Pinterest (of course) and it was a hit!!

Dinners this week:
Sunday - Easy mac and cheese and garden veggies.
Monday - Ribs, mashed potatoes and sauteed zucchini.
Tuesday - Taco Tuesday! Always a hit!
Wednesday - Grilled salmon, brussels sprouts, bread.
Thursday - Sweet potato hash with a fruit salad, yum!
Friday - Pizza night (dinner out for me!)
Saturday - Grilling burgers and veggies.

Pumpkin Nutella Muffins (High Altitude, Whole Wheat, Low Sugar)

The start of school around here means fall,

and for me, fall means baking with pumpkin. 

These Pumpkin Nutella Muffins hit the spot on a Sunday morning.

Ingredients: 

1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup Pumpkin
1 egg
1/2 cup whole milk
5 Tbs butter, melted
1/4 cup packed brown sugar

Nutella

Directions:

1. Mix all the wet ingredients together in a bowl with a wooden spoon.

2. Add all dry ingredients to bowl and mix well.

3. Spray the muffin tin or add muffin liners and divid dough (we usually get 11 muffins).

4. Take a baby spoon and add a dollop of Nutella to the top of each muffin. Then take a toothpick and swirl the Nutella into the muffin dough.

5. Bake muffins at 375º for 18-20 minutes.

6. Let cool and enjoy.

2015 Week 33

Well, the start of school and the end of summer have kicked our booties!

So much to get done, so many places to be and no dinners planned.

It was a week or two of flying by the seat of our pants and 

I'm hoping to turn the ship around this week!

Wish me luck!

Dinners this week:

Sunday - I'm having dinner out. The kids and Scott are having pork chops, mashed potatoes and greens.

Monday - Spaghetti with a green salad and breadsticks.

Tuesday - Easy dinner of homemade mac and cheese and nuggets, fruit and greens.

Wednesday - Crockpot veggie curry with brown rice and fruit.

Thursday - Peanut noodles with tofu. 

Friday - Pizza night, TGIF!

Saturday - Grilling out with friends.

2015 Week 31

 Summer is winding down here.

Baseball has ended (always a sign of fall),

 we visited the county fair, 

and had some fun with glow bubbles.

All good things.

Dinners this week:

Sunday - Grilled chicken and halloumi cheese, with garden tomatoes and other veggies.

Monday - Easy mac and cheese with veggies and fruit.

Tuesday - Kitchen quesadillas and veggies.

Wednesday - Breakfast for dinner!!

Thursday - Green noodles, garden tomatoes and fruit.

Friday - Homemade pizza night.

Saturday - Grilling with friends.

Have a great week!!