Day three hundred and fourteen

A pot o' veggies (carrots, butternut squash, potatoes, and onions).  About to be...

Dinner: Butternut squash soup, grilled cheese on homemade gluten-free bread (recipe: Gluten Free on a Shoestring), and sliced apples.

Day three hundred and two

This is a mystery lunch.  I'm a month behind in posting photos, and I can't recall what this one is.  It's clearly sauce with mozzarella cheese on top of it, but I just can't tell what's under it.  Brown rice pasta?  Anyone?

Dinner: Chicken in a teriyaki glaze (Recipe: Double Delicious), brown rice (with pureed cauliflower; Double Delicious), sliced apples, and salad.

My daughter wanted me to take a pic of her plate as well, so here it is.  :)

Day Two hundred and seven

Cauliflower puree (three heads of cauliflower, which are now in the freezer. Once they're solid I'll pop these out of the tins and into a ziploc freezer bag. They'll go into rice, sauces, tacos, etc). The funniest part was when my younger daughter saw the puree in the colorful silicon muffin cups- she actually ate one with a spoon, as it apparently gave off a cupcake vibe.

Tilapia with asparagus, carrots, and orange slices (recipe: Parents mag). Each portion cooks in its own package of own parchment paper- it was cute enough to get the girls to the table so they could see what dinner was inside their "presents."

Dinner: Tilapia with asparagus, carrots, and orange slices; wild rice pilaf with cauliflower puree; cauliflower; and sliced apples and blueberries.

Day One hundred and fifty-two

Lunch: Pizza muffins on whole grain sandwich thins, peas, and sliced apple. My daughter didn't want to eat pizza for lunch, until I offered to let her make it... then she helped, and promptly gobbled it up. Perfection.

Dinner: Chicken enchiladas on whole grain tortillas (with pureed butternut squash and cauliflower), fresh strawberries, and steamed broccoli. This was another night when the freezer saved me-- I'd previously made a batch of grilled chicken and frozen it for future use. After thawing and turning it into enchilladas, dinner was made without a dishful of dirty pots and pans.

Day Ninety-five

Monkey bread (before). This was the first time I made this, so I wasn't sure what to expect. It was quite yummy.

Monkey bread (after)

Monkey bread


Christmas morning breakfast: Monkey bread, scrambled eggs, and sliced apples. This was an abbreviated breakfast of what we'd normally have, b/c we were still under the weather.

Dinner: Chicken and rice soup with ginger (before)

Dinner: Chicken and rice soup with ginger (after)

Day Ninety-two

Chocolate peanut butter dip (with carrot puree; recipe: Deceptively Delicious) and sliced apples. My kids love this dip, but today it went with my husband, for a holiday party at work.

Dinner: Turkey meatball heroes (with pureed butternut squash mixed into the marina sauce), steamed broccoli, and clementines. Confession: I barely made any of this. The meatballs were ones I had made a while back and frozen, and the bread was picked up last-minute from Shoprite. I was at my daughter's school for the afternoon today, and my plan to put dinner in the crockpot before I left never happened. This came out well, though, so all was fine in the end.