Tuesday: The Fridge in a Pita
Wednesday: Grilled Salmon, Rice and Fennel and Orange Salad
Thursday: Salmon Salad and Egg Salad in Pitas
Friday: Calzones
Saturday: Out to a BBQ
Sunday: Mexican Rice Casserole, Salad, Corn Bread and Ice Cream
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| Hannah's counting the apples! |
Leftover Pasta
" I love rock and roll, put another house in the cemetary, I love rock and roll, put another house in the cemetary!"
This is what Hannah has been singing all day. It's amazing I really feel like the words to that song, or at least that line, are pretty easy to get. She is very much my child!
Recipe
We had lots of leftover pasta from last night, no mussels of course Hannah finished those today. So I threw in the roasted veggies and a little of the pesto from the other night - it was delicious!
The Fridge in a Pita
Wow. Hannah's had a little bit of trouble sleeping lately and she is very sensitive to her clothing, especially when she's tired. So today, five minutes before we need to leave for school, she can't find any pants that don't bug her. I'm trying to be sensitive, but to be honest it can be really hard to believe that none of her clothes (all of which have been fine for so long) feel good. She had herself so wound up that any comment such as, "Did you try some tights and a dress?" was met with tears. This went on for half an hour with no end in sight, so I called it, "I think maybe you need a break today." I called the school to let them know we weren't coming, Hannah put on some pj's and we sat in front of the TV watching Tree House and eating popcorn for a good part of the afternoon. It's been so cloudy lately and I think that it's not just me that it affects, but tomorrow I'll be sure to have her get dressed for school very early.
Recipe
I was going to run out to the store this afternoon, but that didn't happen so I had to scrounge around the kitchen. I peeled and cut an eggplant and sweet potato in rounds, layed them out on a cookie sheet, sprayed them with olive oil, sprinkled them with salt and then roasted them in the oven at 450F.
I put a can of drained and rinsed chickpeas in a pan with some olive oil and sauteed them until they were nice and crispy adding some garlic powder to them.
I mixed some leftover pesto with a little mayonnaise and spread it thinly on half a pita, then added the eggplant, sweet potate, chickpeas, some sundried tomatoes and a little feta. It was quite good, the crunch of the chickpeas with the smooth insides of the sweet potato and the little bit of oil from the sundried tomato went really nicely together.
Salmon, Rice and Fennel Orange Salad
Tonight as I'm putting Hannah to bed she says to me, "I saw Soleil (a little girl from her preschool class last year) in the hall at school today with her big sister, when I was going to the bathroom from music." I said, "Oh, did you say Hi?" Her eyes got big and round, "No, Mama. We're not allowed to talk in the halls...but, I did wave to her, but just a little one." She's so funny.
Recipe
It was cloudy and rainy again and so I had planned on a clear soup with salmon and rice but, then the sun came out and it was warm and soup just didn't seem right. So I grilled the salmon on the BBQ, just brushing it with a little sesame oil. We had basmati rice with peas and green onions and then I just seasoned it with a little rice vinegar. The salad comes from Moosewood at Home. Slice the bulb of fennel, after removing the tough outer layer, into thin strips, add two sectioned oranges (cut into sections so the juice can run), toss together with a Tbsp of olive oil and a little salt and pepper and chill in the fridge, covered, for at least half an hour.
Salmon Salad and Egg Salad in Pitas
Looking over the blog this week, I realized I hadn't written anything for Thursday. So, I decided I would think about Thursday and add a little blurb...yeah, right - like I can remembe Thursday. I barely remember today....
Recipe
I do remember that we had salmon salad and egg salad pitas (mostly because it's written down and there's a picture). I mixed the leftover salmon with pickle and a little mayonnaise and did the same with some hard boiled eggs stuffing it into pitas with lettuce and red onion.
Calzones
Dave came home early from work today and as I'm heading out the door to go work out I can hear him and Harper conspiring in the kitchen. Harper' s negociating some order of activity and says, "Play a game, go get Hannah, then make the cookies." to which I respond, "Cookies? Who's making cookies?" Harper looks at me and says, "I can't tell you."
They did make cookies, six delicious imperial cookies which we took with us to Assiniboine Park where we played in the Children's Garden and went over and listened to the Winnipeg Orchestra Symphony that was playing in the park. It was lovely, the best part being that the kids were all invited to come up and dance at the front of the stage. Harper was back and forth from us to the front. Hannah on the other hand spent the entire time up front dancing, sometimes she was the only one, spinning and jumping and dancing and free!
Recipe
Even though these are a little different there's no new recipe. I divided the dough that we usually use for pizza (which we buy) into four, sauced one half and added onions, sundried tomatoes, olives, mushrooms and a little cheese and then folded them together pinching the edges (I'm sure you could make them look a lot neater and prettier than I did, but that's not really my thing).
Out for a BBQ
I took the girls up to one of the parks in our neighborhood this morning. There's one that has four or five different kinds of monkey bars (who knew there could be four or five different kinds?), my monkey was in heaven!
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| For the record we biked there and she ran to the bars, I don't make her wear a helmet when she does the monkey bars...although secretly I would like to - but I squash that down! |
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| Harper was in love with this slide! |
Recipe
Dave and I had a lovely evening out at my cousin's for a BBQ. We had veggie burgers that were actually cooked on the BBQ! I'm going to get the recipe and try them, although she's not sure she'll be able to remember exactly what she added. They were delicious, on beautifully grilled bread with lettuce and thick slices of pickles. She also made two yummy salads!
Mexican Rice Casserole, Salad, Corn Bread and Ice Cream
It's really hard to believe that we are heading into the last week of school. This end of school excitement seems a little odd for me as the past few years it really hasn't affected me. I'm so looking forward to having Hannah home all day, the freedom and carefreeness! I'm not sure what life is going to be like next year and I kind of feel like we've somehow made this climb, where we are now perched on the top of this hill. We'll stay at the top of this hill, perched and carefree enjoying our little bubble for the summer. Once September comes I feel like the bubble is going to pop and we are going to topple down that hill, a little head over heels, into a new stage for us. This, school age (full days) child stage. It's not that I feel like our "bubble is going to burst" in the negative way, I think the decent down the hill is going to be fun and it may take some time to find our footing and get comfortable with the pace of the slope but we will and then we'll start to slowly make the climb again...
We had a delicious dinner at my mom and dad's tonight. The girls were really tired from a day in the sun, not to mention Dave, and we came home a little early.
We are heading out in a few days to spend two weeks with Dave's parents in Nova Scotia. We are all so looking forward to seeing them and reconnecting. We'll be at their cottage for the most part and I won't have my computer with me so I will be not be posting for the next couple of weeks.
I hope the sun shines down on you!
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