Menu 11/8-11/12

Monday: Chickpea Noodle Soup 
we added 1 tsp of poultry seasoning and parsley

Tuesday:  Thai bowl  

We made this with the ingredients in our home . We roasted bok choy, kohlrabi, onion, garlic, and sweet potatoes at 400 for 40 minutes. We used frozen peas instead of edamame. The lime sauce we used sunflower butter and added 1 TBS of maple syrup. We served it over rice and drizzled the lime sauce over it.

Wednesday: Chili  (half the recipe and vegan only) with Engine 2 Cookbook corn muffins, p111

Thursday: we have so many leftovers, we have moved the Lentil Stew to another week.

Friday: Snobby Joe with sweet potatoes sliced and seasoned with garlic, salt and pepper and topped
with guacamole.

Holiday, Wholefood, Plant-based, Gluten-free Potluck 11/6/21

 This month's theme is holiday. Everything was delicious. December 4 with be the "White Elephant Exchange" at Earth to Us at 1:00

Thanksgiving Stuffing 

whipped sweet potatoes 
2 large sweet potatoes, peel and cut into 1 inch cubes. Steam cubes for about 25 minutes. Place steamed sweet potatoes in bowl and mash with a potato masher. Add sage, salt, pepper and maple syrup to taste. Stir in all ingredients.

Mushroom Gravy 

Pumpkin Cookies (recipe to come)

Hemp Hot Chocolate 

My son

Our son has made so much progress in the last couple of years. He is verbalizing, still only when he wants to, but he wants to more often. He is trying to do more things around the house: turning on and off lights; pushing buttons for food processor and his breakfast; opening draws for his apron; carrying his cup with ice to the table; trying to pull up his pants; getting himself on and off the toilet; putting himself in bed and getting out of bed himself; pulling his shirt on and taking it off; getting himself in and out of the car.... I know these seem like little things to most of you, but these are huge skills to start gaining at 26 years old. In addition to him being the kind, gentle, loving guy, he has always been, he is stepping up as he grows into a man. 

His story

Cystine 

Canary

Thanksgiving Stuffing

We did a practice recipe for our Thanksgiving stuffing. 

Ingredients:
1 bag of Ener-G stuffing cubes
2 stalks of celery diced
1 onion diced
1/2 recipe of Hempe Italian Sausage Crumbles, the remaining we saved for pizza or spaghetti
1 tsp Poultry seasoning
1 tsp no salt seasoning
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 cup dried cranberries
2 1/4 -2 1/2 cups vegetable broth to sauté the vegetables (1/4 cup) and moisten the bread cubes.

Directions: sauté the vegetables in vegetable broth and seasonings until soft. Add the bread cubes and more vegetable broth until the cubes are moistened. Add the Hempe sausage and cranberries. Transfer all to a baking dish, lightly sprayed with a oil spray. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes

Hempnog

Hempnog

 Ingredients:

1/2 cup hemp
6 cup water
1 cup pitted dates
2 tsp vanilla
2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cinnamon

Directions: Place all the ingredients in a high speed blender. Blend until smooth and creamy. Pour into a mug and top with nutmeg.

Totals for the summer garden 2021

 The summer garden has been pulled up due to the upcoming frost. Our totals for this summer

individual melons
Watermelon 8 Cantaloupe 9 French petit Melon 10

in pounds
Potato 8 Spaghetti Squash 34 Tomato 188.5 Banana pepper 34 Jalapeno 2 green beans 18.5 Yellow squash 6 Zucchini 24 Leysa Pepper 41 Cucumber 24 Candy roaster squash 12.25 Butternut squash 30

Menu 11/1-11/5

 Monday: Beet and bean burgers with slaw and baked sweet potato slices

Tuesday: Quesadilla from Forks over Knives fall 21, p 79 
We added garlic, onions and peppers to the rice and beans. We used adzuki beans. I am not a pea fan, but peas are really good in this dish. 

Wednesday: Falafel, vegan tzatziki, (both from Trader Joe's) with Harissa veggies, serve on Bfree pita.

We also made a variation of Roasted Potato & Green Bean with Mustard Sauce from Blue Zone with sourdough bread for a friend who is sick. They are meat eaters so we added Beyond Meat Sausage instead of chickpeas.

Thursday: Pizza 

Friday: Meatless Loaf served with the mushroom gravy and baked sweet potatoes