Last week was another productive one. I made peanut butter ice cream, strawberry milkshakes, taco dip, bbq sauce, bean paste, sprouted wheat flour, cream cheese, kefir, soft pretzels, cream cheese dip and grain free granola. I also baked my nephew's birthday cake yesterday. Glad that's in the freezer and ready to go. It's a bit scary to do a 12" cake because it's so big. But it turned out well. Now I can focus on the decorations over the next 2 weeks. I also started working on my nursing cover. It's all cut out. So this week it's time to start sewing!
This week will be normal busy, but not chaotic. Today is church and Super Bowl. We're not going to a party. But I'm still going to have lots of fun food. I already prepped some of it this morning. Tomorrow is Harvest Health and gymnastics. In the evening I'm going out for dinner with a friend. Tuesday is Anna's Circle and our last milk pick up. One more week of the good stuff, then it's back to Mooville. Wednesday is Kindermusik and Meijer. No plans right now for Thursday and Friday. That will be a treat. Saturday we're going to another Calvin basketball game and celebrating my mom's, dad's and brother's birthdays. We'll have them over to our house after the game. I think we're just getting take out for dinner. And I'll make some kind of dessert. I haven't decided what yet.
Not too much work in the kitchen planned so far. I think I'm going to make fermented ketchup this week since I have a bunch of whey to use up. And I might try making an electrolyte drink. I feel dehydrated all the time, even though I drink a ton. And digestion is getting tougher and tougher by the day as the baby grows. I feel like I need a better way to get fluid in my body that I can absorb. I need to start working on cake decorations for my nephew's cake...getting things drawn and laid out so it's ready to go next week. And I want to do some sewing. I also want to start working on toy organization. We got some shelves/baskets for Rebecca's room. So hopefully I can start making progress on that.
That's about it for this week. By the end of the week I'll be heading into the 3rd trimester. So I'm trying to serve seafood at least once a week. Lately I'm starting to wonder if there is a full 3 ring circus in my belly :P This little one sure is strong! Only 13 weeks to go.
One other note - I added a recipe page to my blog. So it will be easier to find a recipe quickly. Bear with me while I go through them to make sure all of the recipes listed have been updated and our NT compatible. It will take a while.
Here's what's on the menu this week.
S (cook salmon, prep salmon cakes, make layer dip, boil eggs, church, clean shower drain, organize toys, make deviled eggs, make popcorn, Super Bowl)
B - yogurt, grain free granola, squash (me), sourdough pancakes w/ blueberry topping, banana (Justin)
L - salmon cakes, peas, peaches
D - mexican layer dip, tortilla chips, packers eggs, kettle corn, crackers w/ cheese and sausage
M (make ketchup, prep dinner, HH, gymnastics, put away laundry, dinner w/ friend)
B -
D - Panera Bread (me), goulash, corn, garlic toast (Justin)
T (prep smoothies, feed sd, AC, organize toys, milk, class, soak quinoa)
B - strawberry, cherry, avocado kefir smoothie
D - leftover deviled eggs and mexican layer dip
W (sewing, make kefir, KM, Meijer, soak walnuts)
B - warm and nutty cinnamon quinoa
D - sloppy cornbread, beans, pearsauce
Th (prep soup, cake planning, make graham crackers, sewing, dry walnuts)
B - strawberry(me)/strawberry banana(Justin) milkshake, fruit, avocado
D - pea soup with ham, sourdough bread
F (clean, make muesli, thaw pie)
B - grain free muesli
D - hashbrown egg bake (half w/o potatoes for me), broccoli, cauliflower, pearsauce, sourdough bread
S (sewing, bake pie, clean, laundry, Calvin bball, take out/celebrate Feb. birthdays, soak beans)
B - leftover hashbrown egg bake, avocado, toast
D - take out from Olga's, blueberry pie
Very sad that its your last milk pickup this week! They must not have any openings for shares like you'd hoped? Any idea when they will?
ReplyDeleteI have been working on a recipe index page for more than a month now. I need to make some time to finish it up... it is taking forever, though! I haven't been updating recipes, though... only when I make them again do I update them.
I like your new background, too. Very cute!
We're looking forward to seeing you on Saturday! My vote is no Qdoba... I love it, but it makes me sick every time I eat it. Chipotle is better and they use better quality ingredients if you have one nearby? My gut can usually tolerate Chipotle WAY better than Qdoba...
No, I knew they wouldn't have any openings right away. I'm just hoping that at some point they do. I am 5th on the waiting list. They don't have people drop out very often, but you never know.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I decided I was ready for a change and for something brighter. I'm ready for spring! :)
We don't have to do Qdoba. I was just trying to think of what's by us. I've never heard of Chipotle. Definitely none here. I'm going to see if Olga's does take out. My parents love it. Not overly impressed with the menu myself...not a single item on their menu that doesn't contain soybeans (aside from pop and milk). I'll probably order something small and maybe eat some veggies from home.
Chipotle is basically just like Qdoba and Panchero's. Chipotle uses the best quality ingredients out of the three, with Panchero's second and Qdoba last. They all still have some ways to go, but for instance, Chipotle uses pastured sour cream and I think pastured (if not, its just natural, free-range, hormone-free... still better than the alternative) chicken, among other things.
ReplyDeleteI'm not impressed with Olga's menu either... I am having a very difficult time deciding what to get... even for Carson...