Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Week 38, Day 7

Breakfast: Oatmeal.  The milk is technically over it's sell by date but it is still ok, so I need to get it used up.

Lunch: Phyllis had a ham sandwich, apple, carrots coins with Italian and beets.  Cressida had a PBH, apple, carrot coins, and beets.  Dai had a PBJ with apples, the last corn on the cob and prunes.  Jason has bean burritos stuff, and carrot and celery sticks.

I am making New England boiled dinner.  Today is a rough night with much extra-curricular activities.  I am hoping making it ahead will help.  I planned it awhile ago and so I bought a huge head of cabbage.  6 pounds!  Plus we are using the CSA savoy cabbage.  I didn't core the cabbage, but I see now that I should have - especially when it is that dense!  I used up the last of the potatoes - some CSA and some not.  I had to get carrots.  Usually I buy them in the 10-pound bag at Costco but I didn't want to go that far so I went to Nob Hill.  I must say - the carrots seem more bitter. That is my lunch today.  I used to add two meats - but mostly Phyllis and I like it - the other put up with or pick around it - so now just one, which makes it much cheaper.

Dinner: New England boiled dinner.  Phyllis's favorite part is the meat.  Dai gets no meat at all and her favorite part is the potatoes.  Phyllis didn't eat her cabbage - so I ate hers and mine - my favorite part.

Prep ahead: cracked wheat prepared and soaking on the stove.  I just realized that maybe it is the almost 24 hour soak versus 8-10 that resulted in the "bready" flavor that the kids didn't love in the past.Will have to bear that in mind tomorrow.

I made pizza dough using a pizza dough recipe that uses half fresh ground wheat flour.  Yes, in the bread machine, not by hand.  I had CSA tomatoes and fresh basil left.  I got the basil for the baked ziti but it was a lot and I do not want it to go to waste.  I think, it is for leftover lunches, though, rather than eating today.  Dai was bummed when I started dishing the New England boiled dinner because she saw the pizza and thought that was what we were having.  Lunches should be really easy though.

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