It is that time of year again......my favorite time of year.....Harvest time! When all our hard work pays off in the kitchen and on our dining table! We have been hard at work cooking, preserving, canning, freezing, and baking everything we grew this year. It seems like there is a lot more than past years! Or maybe we are just doing it better this year! From zucchini bread to pickling cucumbers to canning salsa......and everything in between. It has definitely been a full time job preserving everything but this winter when we are enjoying all our delicious goods...it will be worth it! Being able to provide our boys with food grown by us and at the same time teaching them about growing our own food makes me happy! There is a huge sense of joy that overcomes me when I watch my boys walk through the garden, pick their favorite vegetable, and eat it right off the vine.
Our dinner's have been full of harvested vegetables.......here are a few that we will add into this week. Happy to start posting our menus again!
WEEKLY MENU:
MONDAY: Homemade fresh tomato soup and grilled cheese & spinach
TUESDAY: Vegetable Stir fry over rice thai noodles
WEDNESDAY:
Quinoa Stuffed Peppers and
Baked Salmon with Cilantro & Lime
THURSDAY:
Garlic & Greens Whole Wheat Spaghetti and
Fall Harvest Pear Salad
FRIDAY: Homemade garden vegetable pizza and garden greens salad
SATURDAY: Leftovers
SUNDAY:
Crock-pot Potato Leek Soup and homemade bread
What are you cooking this week?
Peacefully,
Alyson
"In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy." -William Blake
We too are putting up lots of food for the winter and it feels so great. The connection to our food is really important to me and watching my little man make his way in the garden, enjoying it as much as I do warms my heart. These lessons we teach in the garden are ones that will last a lifetime.
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KIM! Thank you SO much for stopping by! I just adore your blog! Long time follower! I look forward to reading more of your blog.
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I love that you make meal plans :) Meal plans are the best and yours looks yummy. I saw your post on bloggy moms and following you now. I look forward to your future posts :)
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I love meal planning! I seriously saves me and my family! If for some reason I miss a week and don't meal plan (which is rare)....my whole week is SO messed up. Thank you so much for stopping by and following. I look forward to checking out your blog!
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