I just need another name for my ‘menu’. Menu is so boring and it is what I’ve been doing nearly weekly for over 13 years. Yuck. I need a word that will encompass the exciting opportunity to prepare fresh and seasonal foods with familiar spices and herbs. Combined with hot tea, fresh water, fresh apples, and hot cereal. That is fall to me. It’s the signal to clean up the garden. Put the outdoor toys away; watch the frost disappear in the sunshine, and snuggle in for the winter.
With Fall, comes anticipation of Christmas, the exciting possibilities of a new school term, and an innate nesting instinct. For all my city-dwelling-ness, I all of the sudden dream of canned fruit lining my pantry, and home-made pies in the freezer.
How weird is that? I’ve tried lots of those things when I was younger and trying to be what I thought a wife should be. For now, I’m settling with a little extra shopping for fruits and veggies in season, a little knitting, and some ‘empty’ time to let the creative juices flow. More of that on my personal blog: Mommy Motivation.
Enough rambling, here’s my “menu”:
bkfsts: hot cereal(we use Bob’s Red Mill GF Hot Cereal), toast and fried eggs, cold cereal
Lunches: tuna salad wraps, ham & cheese bagels, GF Prepared Soup
Supper: leftover turkey & potatoes, turkey lasagne, hot “chicken” caesar salad, turkey tacos
Snacks: hot popcorn, Quaker Chocolate Chip Rice Cakes, Plain rice cakes with melted cheease, Yoplait 0% Source yogurt topped with GF Corn Flakes.
