Treat, please.

Halloween isn't even technically here yet and I'm already raiding the kids' trick-or-treats they collected today. Gotta make sure they're safe, you know.

turkey bats

Saw a cool idea to press cookie cutters into cheese slices to make fun shapes to eat. We did that today with turkey slices for lunch. Bats, cats, and pumpkins. Fun!

My favorite comment: "These are really good, Mom." Like we'd just made a recipe or something.

Baby food is a hit, with non-babies

I moved beyond rice and barley cereal tonight and made a thin rice cereal-acorn squash tonight for our 5-month-old. I made a big bowl of it and told my older two kids that they could eat baby food tonight too, if they wanted. They loved it! My husband and I exchanged smiling glances as the kids kept asking for more. It was completely unseasoned squash that I had roasted in the oven. They just enjoyed eating "like a baby." Wonder how long it will take before the novelty of this wears off?

As for the baby? He wasn't so impressed.

Week 74--Texas Inspiration

Mon – falafels
Tues – Fideo con Pollo (new recipe from my sis in Texas--see below)
Weds – beef stir-fry
Thurs – stuffed peppers and mashed potatoes
Fri – fish w/cornbread and greens
Extras – chip plate

Quickly assembled. I believe "comino" in the recipe below is cumin if my bits of Spanish serve. Happy cooking.

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Fideo con Pollo

1 cut up chicken

1 small bag fideo or vermicelli

1 small diced onion

1 TBSP consomme (chicken bouillion)

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp pepper

1 tsp comino

2 TBSP oil

1 tsp salt

Fry chicken in skillet and set aside.

Stir-fry noodles in oil until golden.

Drain oil.

Add onion, stir until clear.

Add 3-4 C water with bouillion or chicken broth

Add garlic, pepper, comino, salt.

Add chicken and simmer, covered.

Rubber hits the road

Menu planning (for me) is done in order to make life easier. I will now put this to the test. It's after 10PM, and really, I just want to go to bed after a busy weekend away.

How quickly can I put a menu together? Let's start the clock: