An easy and nutritious start to the week after a weekend away? Hot cereal to the rescue. Carry simplicity into the week with frozen slices of homemade bread and freezer jam:
Between this cool demonstration (and sampling) of hand-pulled noodles one night:
And nachos for dinner another, I didn’t have many meals to cook this week. We had grabbed the chips on sale while in Squamish. Quick and easy with beans from the freezer to, umm, make it healthy. Seriously though, adding two cups of cooked beans does mean less cheese. So it’s a good trade-off and the nachos are more filling. If you can eat them with your mom’s canned green tomato salsa, even better.
The drawback of all this fun? No leftovers. But hey, no problem. My stash of local apples in the fridge are still crisp. Combined with a not-forgotten summer soup in the freezer, we did not go hungry for lunch. Remember this summer bean soup I was so proud of? Or the leftovers from this roast vegetable and polenta dinner? Combine them together and what do you get? Well, still soup. But soup with more veggies. What’s not to like? Especially when it provides meals some six months later. Learn how I use the pantry notebook feature to keep track of all the things I stash in my freezer.
Every year when spring hits, I worry I didn’t bake enough over the winter. I finally tried these Scottish oatcakes:
This recipe is nutritious as written. But for tips about making other recipes healthier, see my forthcoming post on baking.
So did I actually cook a real meal this week? Of course. It was simple, healthy and delicious. I’m covering it in a whole separate blog post. Read about how I modified red beans and rice to use the ingredients I had on hand.
Finally, in another episode of pasta becomes frittata … Matt made this weeknight pasta when we needed a quick dinner before meeting friends:
Matt bemoaned the fact that he made too much pasta. Yet, I was happy. I had cooked up a wild rice blend the previous night. Combining the two leftovers, I threw together a tasty weekend brunch:
Never ever regret leftovers. Or frittatas.
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