Tuesday: Eggs on Hash with Fruit
Wednesday: Pizza, Kale Chips with Watermelon and Cantaloupe
Thursday: Lentil Stew and a Little Homemade Sunshine
Friday: The Whole Bowl
Saturday: Taco Salad
Sunday: Breaded Pickerel, Pasta Salad, Sauteed Veggies, Bread and Apple Crisp with Vanilla Ice Cream
Chop-Chop Style Salmon
Ahhhh, spring break! There's no skating or dancing either which makes for a really nice break. The first day was really great. The girls barely argued, which is amazing these days. They played and danced together all morning, we went grocery shopping which was fairly successful and played games during the afternoon. The weather was very dreary and rainy, although I'm not sure if it rained or not, and so it was perfect for games. Hannah keeps talking about how it's so nice to not have to go to school and be able to stay home with Harper and I, but I think she's actually trying to convince herself of this. The joy felt by a teacher or an older student for a week off is perhaps lost on the kindergardener that gets to spend half the day at home and half the day playing with her friends at school.
Recipe
Dinner was this salad from Peas and Crayons and it was delicious. I did a couple things differently here and there but for the most part it's the same. I have to give Dave the credit for cooking salmon to perfection!
1 salmon filletlettuce [romaine, spring mix, etc...]
a handful of grape tomatoes, halved
crumbled feta
black olives
garlic powder
onion powder
mustard powder
turmeric
paprika
salt and pepper
3 Tbsp mayonnaise
3 Tbsp yogurt
1 tsp white vinegar
1 tsp curry powder
Cook rice according to package directions adding a pinch of turmeric, garlic powder and onion powder.
For dressing mix together mayonnaise, yogurt, vinegar, curry powder and pinch of onion, garlic and mustard powder and season with a little salt and pepper.
Preheat your oven or BBQ to cook the salmon. Drizzle the salmon with olive oil and sprinkle with onion, garlic, paprika, salt and pepper on both sides and cook until just done.
Layer your salad on a plate with lettuce, rice, tomatoes, olives, salmon, feta and sauce. Add on any other veggies you think might be good such as avocado or asparagus spears.
Eggs on Hash with Fruit
Rain, rain go away. It is raining today and cloudy and dark and dreary and so are we. It seems like the clouds moved into our minds and moods here today grumping us all up. I decided this afternoon was the perfect time to make some popcorn and watch a movie, to get rid of the grumps...or at least hide them for a little, while stuffing our faces with popcorn and hot chocolate and frying our brains with Shrek. There was also some laughter and cuddling which always helps.
Recipe
Breakfast for supper? Yes please. This recipe is from Good Cooks, the only thing I changed was Dave and I added some hot peppers to ours, oh and I made two batches.
2 large white potatoes, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (I used baby potatoes)3 tablespoons olive oil
1\4 cup yellow onion, diced small
1 cup chopped parsley (I used cilantro)
2 tablespoon red, yellow or green bell pepper, diced small
1\4 cup tomato, seeded and diced small
3 large eggs
Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat and add the onions and potatoes and cook covered for 5 minutes until the potatoes are soft. Remove the lid and cook for another 5 minutes until the potatoes are golden, add the peppers, tomatoes and cilantro (or parsley) and cook for another 2 minutes. Reduce heat to low, make 3 wells with the back of a spoon and gently crack your eggs in, cover and cook until eggs are done. We had ours with fresh strawberries, pineapple, grapes and oranges.
Pizza, Kale Chips with Watermelon and Cantaloupe
We have this rule around here about climbing. It was made by Dave and I suppose it's good, kids need to climb right? So the rule is, you need to be able climb up yourself and get down yourself. Dave made this rule when Hannah started climbing trees and it's actually done us well. The two things that get climbed in our yard is the tree and the playhouse. Hannah sits on the roof of the playhouse and, until today, Harper has been perfectly happy to play in the playhouse. I looked out today and Hannah was helping her up onto the roof! I went right outside, took her down and reminded the girls that they had to be able to climb up themselves. I then watched Harper try, try, try until she was able to climb up herself, but she was stuck up there. So I came out again, took her down and reminded her that she needed to also be able to get down herself. I then watched her try, try, try until she could get down herself (I've never wished my child to fail at something so badly). So now, she is perched on the top of the roof with Hannah and all I can think of is that she's going to fall backwards off the playhouse and break her neck! So I called them in to help with dinner. I'm pretty sure the only other time I've called them in from playing outside was when it was a hail storm. I just couldn't stand it, I'm praying she forgets she knows how by tomorrow (not likely)!
Recipe
We had my two nephews and my niece for supper tonight so we had pizza - cause it's easy peasy. I not only bought the dough but I also bought the cheese all shredded from the dough place (not at economically smart, but so nice to have it all shredded). The kids had just cheese and so I made kale chips and cut up some melon to make me feel better about the balance of the meal. Dave and I had the usual; olives, onions, mushrooms and artichoke hearts.
Lentil Stew and a Little Homemade Sunshine
It's raining again and I really want to go on and on about the rain and how much the cloudiness brings me down, but honestly who wants to hear about that? So instead today we decided it was time to do something to make us smile. Homemade sunshine, also known as lemon crud or that really good stuff in lemon meringue pie. It is very rare that I decided to bake, mostly because it is altogether too scientific for me and because I have no self control and eat far too much of it. But today I felt like baking...or more like eating. The girls and Dave were very surprised! So we made some lemon curd, it really does look like sunshine and kind of made me happy like sunshine does...for about five minutes. We then worked really hard to whip up an angel food cake from a box. I cut the cake in half and the girls smeared all the lemon curd on it and then we put the top back on. I tried to make boiled icing, but let the sugar go too long and it didn't work (normally when I bake, something goes wrong), but really angel food cake doesn't need any icing. The upside of the baking was that it was very exciting for the girls and it gave us something to do together during this dreary day, the downside is that they were literally bouncing off the walls at bedtime after having a piece.
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The sunshine!
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We had lentil stew from this post here. It is one of our favorites; filling, cheap, healthy and tasty! Is it terrible that I keep recycling this photo? I keep forgetting to take a new one.
The Whole Bowl
Another day of rain. I started a book last night before bed, The Hunger Games. I know, you've all read it. I jumped on the train a little later than most. I have to tell you I love to read and I have been starting and abandoning books lately, they weren't all bad just not fitting and I've been feeling a little lost with nothing to read, so I was so happy to have this book grab me right away. This afternoon I decided to take the kids to the YMCA to run around and play on the play structure, at the last minute I thought to bring my book...it's good I didn't start this book until the last day of spring break or I may have ignored my children for a whole week (not that I do that...).
Recipe
We had The Whole Bowl from this post. It's a spring/summer meal and with all the rain it didn't quite fit, but we loved it anyway.
Taco Salad
The sun! The sun! We saw the sun! We played in it, and basked in it's glory and I even at one point may have bowed down to it and all it's sun shinny power! We had quite the adventure to the park (which is just at the end of the street) where, I had to pick Harper up and run to my aunt and uncle's house nearby so she could us the potty and Hannah fell off her scooter in a giant puddle on the way home (she has my grace). She fell in the puddle and screamed and screamed even in my arms, I thought that possibly she broke something she was so hysterical...in the end she had two little scratches which we washed up with a little soap and water. She changed her clothes looked up at me and said, "Can we go bike riding now?" I think that it was the shock of falling in the puddle and being wet from head to toe that shook her up so much...funny since I have actually seen this kid use a puddle as a pool on a hot day...
Recipe
Taco salad was not what I was going to make for supper today, but we played outside until 5:30 and needed something fast, because the girls were staaaaaaaarving.
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| Everybody helped make dinner tonight. |
Talapia fillets
Old Bay seasoning
We shook some talapia fillets in a bag with Old Bay seasoning and Dave grilled them on the BBQ to go on top of our taco salad.
Taco salad to me is often a great way to use up leftovers, which is what we did tonight, we used:
Lettuce
Red pepper, chopped
Corn (I usually like to use it raw off the cob, but tonight we only had frozen)
Green onions, chopped
Cilantro, chopped
Olives
Tortilla chips, crushed
Guacamole
Green salsa
Feta cheese
Sour cream
K Sauce (leftover from last night)
Toss it all together and top it with the grilled fish!
Breaded Pickerel, Pasta Salad, Sauteed Veggies, Bread and Apple Crisp with Vanilla Ice Cream
We went to my parents for Sunday dinner. Oh, how I love Sunday dinner! The end of spring break tomorrow and then it seems we have holidays and visits to look forward to until June!
I hope the sun shines down on you this week!
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