We’ve been green smoothie drinkers for a few years. I would say I’ve enjoyed 80-90% of our smoothie combinations. Andrew would be closer to 50%. The kids drink whatever we give them a lot of the time (at least a little bit), but not all the time. I figure a mostly good smoothie isn’t worth…
Food Staples
Food Staples: Mini Muffins
For years I have loved having muffins on hand as a snack. When I was in college my mom experimented with freezing muffin batter in silicon muffin pans. She would store the frozen batter discs in a ziploc bag in the freezer, ready to pop into the oven at a moments notice for fresh muffins….
Food Staples: Bulgar Lentil Meat Replacement or Extender
About two years ago as we took our first baby steps into the whole food plant based world, I came across the idea to use a mixture of lentils and bulgar wheat to replace ground meat. We had never eaten a lentil or heard of bulgar. Two years later and we now use this bulgar…
Food Staples: Sourdough Salad Pizza
I’ve always been intrigued by the idea of a weekly pizza night, but it isn’t something that our family has been able to pull off. Homemade pizza feels like a huge undertaking and our budget doesn’t quite have room for Friday night take-out. Then I came across this sourdough salad pizza recipe and our life is…
Food Staples: Economical Frozen Fruit
As I’ve mentioned many times, we’ve been thinking a lot about food in the Jackson household this year. The hardest part for me isn’t finding new recipes or buying new ingredients (although that is intimidating at first too) but rather figuring out new systems and habits to sustain the new recipes. We’ve come along way…