MENU September 28 - October 4, 2014

MENU September 21 - September 27, 2014

Tomatoes!

My 5 year old was outside yesterday and she made a discovery. Our tomatoes finally turned red!!! So excited!

Oh happy day!!!

This lunch was made by dad! What a rock star!

Bagel with veggie cream cheese, cheddar sticks, canteloupe, and peanuts. 

Apples!

We went to visit our dear friend, Brother Lynn, and came home with a bag of apples! They are golden delicious and boy are they ever! So we made applesauce. I just used our handy dandy peeler, slicer, corer, put them in a pot with a splash of lemon juice, cinnamon, and a pinch of salt. I covered and simmered them for a few hours, then smashed them with a potatoe masher. Delicious! 

And Brother Lynn made me promise to make apple cinnamon pancakes. We made them late Saturday night, put them on a cookie sheet, covered them with plastic, and put them in the fridge. Then Sunday morning I scrambled some eggs, and reheated the sheet of pancakes in the oven for 10ish minutes. It was perfect! Saved lots of time and cleanup, plus I got to sit and eat with my family. Usually I am standing at the counter flipping pancakes. Success! I'll do it that way again. And of course, homemade syrup. 

Bagel with veggie cream cheese (my kids fave), quesadilla, homemade applesauce, ants on a log, pretzel/peanut/nutter butter mix. 

MENU September 14 - September 20, 2014

PB&J, half banana, cottage cheese, pretzels, and nutter butter cookie bites. 

Bagel and cream cheese, cheese sticks, cashews, cucumbers and ranch, and a no bake cookie. 

Bubblegum

We've discovered blowing bubbles! Big time :)

Apple cinnamon peanut butter wraps, watermelon, Fritos, cherry tomatoes, and string cheese. 

MENU Sept 7 - Sept 13, 2014

Buttermilk waffles with raspberry jam, cherry tomatoes, apple, cashews, and string cheese. 

MENU August 31 - September 6, 2014

MENU August 24 - August 30, 2014

Cabbage

Here's Larson's entry for the Bonnie cabbage contest. It weighed in at 8 lbs 8 oz. He did a great job taking care of his cabbage all summer. And because it was his, he chose how we cooked and ate it. 

He wanted it steamed with butter and salt. Great choice! We also had watermelon from our neighbors garden and tomato soup. 

Birthday boy!

We had a celebration at our house today! Larson turned ten. And because it fell on Labor Day, we had our whole family together. And no school! Here's what he requested for dinner...

Waffles with syrup, whip cream, and raspberries, scrambled eggs, and bacon. Doesn't get much better than that! Especially since we also had donuts for breakfast! Yikes!