Monday, December 3, 2012

Weekly meals

Last weeks meals were dee-lish. Meat loaf never happened; it takes an hour to bake and I just never got around to making it early enough to have for dinner. Round two will happen this week :)

This week:

  • Steak with roasted beets + veggies and salad
  • Tilapia over greens w/ roasted squash
  • Roasted turkey, green beans, sweet potatoes, veggies, and cranberry sauce
  • Next day turkey soup
  • Meat w/spaghetti sauce and veggies
  • Meat Loaf + salad and veggies

Friday, November 30, 2012

Crafty crafty

Here are a few fun ideas for those of you that like to craft it up for the holiday season!

Beautiful ruffled linen tree skirt
photo courtesy of the lovely Sharon Hines
A fabric Christmas tree inspired by this blog
photo courtesy of Sharon

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12 days of Christmas onesies
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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Pork curry

I whipped up some amazing pork curry last night for dinner, super simple and so delicious! Based loosely on a recipe from Robb Wolf

Pork curry - serves 4
Ingredients:

  • 1 lb ground pork (would work well with turkey, chicken, or lamb as well)
  • 1 red onion sliced thin
  • 3 cloves garlic roughly chopped
  • 2 small yukon gold potatoes, diced
  • 2 cups spinach ( or chard/kale)
  • 1/2 can full fat coconut milk
  • 2 1/2 Tbs curry powder
  • salt to taste
  • green beans/haricots verts to serve
Method:

Bring water to boil and cook potatoes until fork tender. Towards the end of the cooking time add green beans to the boiling water and let sit for 1 minute. Drain potatoes and beans, separate. 

Heat a few tablespoons of olive oil in a heavy bottomed pot. Brown meat and add onions and garlic, saute until soft. Add in curry powder and potatoes and cook a few more minutes until fragrant and meat is cooked through. Pour in coconut milk and add spinach, stir to combine, and cook until spinach is wilted. Season with salt to taste ( I think I added a tsp or so). 

Serve over green beans, enjoy!

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Arizona adventures

We went to Arizona  a few weeks ago to visit my parents and had many fun adventures! Our visit in pictures: