A better week

Last week was another tough week. We were booked every night, but thankfully the snow cancelled Girl Scouts. Trinks completed her science project and did an awesome job with it. The problem is, all the candy parts of the plant cell melted into the cytoplasm (lime jello) by the end of the day so I have no pictures. Trinks is doing so well at the new school that I am writing the check for next year for both kids. I have seen such an improvement in her attitude about school and her happiness is off the charts. She stumbled briefly with math, but has caught right up. She's also gotten nothing less than 110% in spelling - he last teacher told me she couldn't spell. Now I think she was bored and not trying.

Last week I forgot to figure out my breakfast. That was kind of important. I split the days between rice chex and Ezekiel bread. I like them both, but I try not to have a lot of processed food. This week I have leftover jambalaya and veggie soup. Today was the kind of day that I would have killed for two more crockpots. I cooked my garbanzos first as the chicken bones roasted. Then I swapped the beans for the carcas and made some amazing chicken stock. The jambablaya was cooking in the "good" crock, so I had to make my soup on the stove - GASP! I put together the quiche (broccoli and bacon) for tomorrow night. The crust does have gluten in it. This week I am doing my research and finding recipes for pie crust and pizza crust. I will play over the weekend. The other highlights of the week are: Tuesday - sandwich night, Wednesday - bacon wrapped meatloaf, Thursday - spaghetti (for me it will be quinoa pasta as soon as I track it down), and Friday - glutenfree pretzel chicken. Gluten free pretzels are so good, hubs eats them if I don't hide them. They are, however, a million bucks a bag. I love the sesame seed rounds, but they are almost impossible to find.

Yes, it's a little boring to list our dinners, but I want to track as much of the menu as possible so I can review if I slip. For snacks I have been enjoying raw almonds, raw Brazil nuts, and raw pumpkin seeds. S is allergic to the Brazil nuts, but they are so amazing. I want to check out raw macadamia nuts next.

Well - this week is definitely better planned and prepared than last week. I didn't spend the entire day in the kitchen, although it felt like it. I cleared several flower beds and I look forward to expanding a section for our veggies this year. Composting has been great, so I think we can liven up the nasty clay dirt we have. Next up is moving some shrubs so we can see the bird feeder better from the dining room table. It's our dinner time entertainment.