We have been shopping at the Holly Grove market some lately. I love all of the beautiful veggies! Most of this salad came from the market.
Brussels Sprouts were one of those things that I didn't have until I was able to have a kitchen of my own. So when I bought them I was kind of leery, assuming that they were this awful vegetable moms mad their kids eat. I roasted them in a steamer bag and was so impressed! They have a leafy, juicy texture and a bright, green flavor and soak up anything you put on them. Oh! And fun facts about Brussels sprouts! I always thought they were Brussels sprouts but they are (capital "B") Brussels because they originate from Brussels. Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and lettuce are in the same family which makes sense because they have a similar shape and flavor. This was one of the more interesting things I learned in my biology class in collage. Probably because it had to do with food. Go figure...  My housemate made this yesterday for lunch and it was AMAZING! I love all things lemon and all things garlic so put the two together and I'm a happy girl!  I have made this for a long time. My housemate bought some dates to put in her smoothies as a natural sweetener so. I thought they sounded food in oatmeal. It was perfect because it was a good texture and a dark sweet flavor similar to brown sugar.   This is one of those things I made because I wanted something specific and I had to work with the meat I defrosted. I am kind of obsessed with sweet potatoes and carrots lately so I wanted a Shepard's pie with sweet potatoes. But, I had defrosted a whole chicken so this was my solution.
I need to think about a better name for this one. It is not shepherds pie because it is a chicken stock gravy and chicken instead of beef. Also, it has sweet potatoes instead of white potatoes. It isn't chicken pot pie because of the potatoes. Whatever it is it was awesome! My two year old loves Popsicles but I hate him eating straight sugar. I bought these Popsicle molds during that whole Popsicle makin craze this past summer. I think they still have them at Walmart for $2. I usually make a smoothie for myself and freeze the leftover for N to have Popsicles. These were especially good because they had so much in them!  I am not going to give you the recipe for the rice in this meal because it was awful. I have yet to master baked cheese rice and pork chops. But the cabbage was great and very easy.   2 green apples 4 carrots 1 blood orange Sweet and easy! I ended up juicing the orange with a citrus squeezer because I thought that would be faster than peeling it. The first time I juiced I made orange juice. I put the whole orange in the juicer, not thinking about how the pith is bitter. It made my orange juice awful! So don't put citrus in a juicer! |
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