Category: cooking

Meatless Monday – Tofu Chilaquiles

I first heard about chilaquiles when Teen took a middle school Foods class. His motivation to eat good food drives him into the kitchen to make it himself, which is where I found him one afternoon, frying chips and scrambling eggs. He topped oily-soggy chips with eggs and dumped green salsa over the whole thing - tasty … Continue reading Meatless Monday – Tofu Chilaquiles

Meatless Monday – Wellness Teas

Anyone overdo it this weekend? Anyone? C'mon, yesterday was Superbowl Sunday, after all. Even if you ate (mostly) healthy perhaps, like me, you still managed to eat a few too many bites of, for example, nachos or Girl Scout cookies? About a year ago I read a cookbook that advocated starting each day with a cup … Continue reading Meatless Monday – Wellness Teas

Meatless Monday – Crock Pot Bean & Wild Rice Stew

What a humdinger of a weekend! Guy traveled for work. Wrong place at the wrong time on the rugby pitch sent Teen to six hours in the ER, leaving with a full arm cast. Tween got stuck in a snowstorm that dumped 6-10 inches in about 12 hours on Winter Camp, closed the roads, and provided an unexpected … Continue reading Meatless Monday – Crock Pot Bean & Wild Rice Stew

Meatless Monday – “Beyond Meat” White Bean Chicken Chili

It began with a video I saw on Facebook. Some weeks later Guy mentioned he'd also seen it. Interesting concept: this guy who wants to eat meat, while also reducing his environmental footprint, produces a plant-based fake meat that is more convincing than these types of products have been before. And then Tween mentioned yet again how he'd like to … Continue reading Meatless Monday – “Beyond Meat” White Bean Chicken Chili

Meatless Monday – Roasted Sweet Potato Wedges with Jalapeno Aioli

As Teen gets older I am acutely aware that our time with him under our roof nears an end. We have a year and a half until high school graduation, and though the first year and a half of his life seemed almost interminable (exhaustion, diapers, crying - from both baby and mommy, mind-numbing boredom involved … Continue reading Meatless Monday – Roasted Sweet Potato Wedges with Jalapeno Aioli

Meatless Monday – Carrot Cake

I'll admit, I was sad to send the kids back to school today after a marvelously relaxing holiday break. Last night we pulled out backpacks we hadn't seen nor opened in two weeks, and just unzipping the zippers and catching sight of the overflowing binders and spirals raised my anxiety. Once again we're back at … Continue reading Meatless Monday – Carrot Cake

Meatless Monday – Cauliflower Soup

A year ago I wrote this post about lining up my expectations with my Quirky Christmas reality. Always a struggle, during this month between Thanksgiving and Christmas the house has been clean for about three-quarters of one day; the cards still haven't been mailed; worse yet, the packages will cost us a mint to ship … Continue reading Meatless Monday – Cauliflower Soup

Meatless Monday – Veggie “Meat” Balls

Yes, I know it's Tuesday and this post says "Meatless Monday." That's how things go sometimes, especially in a busy holiday season. No judgment, lots of grace! Because their parents turned veggie before they were born, our kids have been vegetarian their whole lives. They've never had a beef burger. They've only had meat by accident. At … Continue reading Meatless Monday – Veggie “Meat” Balls

Meatless Monday – Getting Saucy

The best part of a veggie Thanksgiving meal? Not spending All Day Long cooking a turkey! We keep the menu fairly simple and mostly traditional - mashed potatoes, stuffing, salad, veggies, biscuits - and add some baked salmon with oranges, cranberries and rosemary for the fish-eaters and a small turkey breast for the carnivores. We divvy … Continue reading Meatless Monday – Getting Saucy

Meatless Monday – Veggie Chili

A dear friend offered to host the annual family-friendly Halloween/Trick-or-Treating party (meaning, as much fun for adults as kids, including Kitchen Dance Party long after we all should have been asleep) . This Halloween dealt us a new parenting milestone - Teen definitely had his own plans and Tween, willing to attend party and eat food, felt … Continue reading Meatless Monday – Veggie Chili