The Week in Food

Making Raspberry Tea

 This is a big hashbrown... made from real food.

This is grated potato cooked in butter in my saucepan.

I finished it off with a bit of Kosher salt and black pepper.

I am a hot breakfast eater... not a huge fan of cold stuff unless it involves smoothie or yogurt and fruit.

 Love my scrambled eggs, too.

 I enjoyed a new tea this week... tried the Stash Chai Spice.  Very nice flavor!

 Chicken Tortilla Soup

 ...with add ins... avocado, tortilla strips and grated cheese.  YUM!!!

 We are growing some food this year, too.  This is a squash section from the garden.  

I need to separate them a bit now that they are getting bigger.

 Lookie... little tomatoes!

More real food... Pork Chops, Kale Salad, Corn on the Cob shucked by me and Basmati Rice cooked in Veggie Broth.  I love real food!

From whence cometh your food?

My husband and I took our younger two boys out fishing this morning.  They are in Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts.  They are earning belt loops and merit badges for fishing so this was a very cool opportunity for them.  The local Fishing Club puts on events for youth throughout the year and this was one of those events today.  They did a special day for scouts.

It was a great opportunity for the boys to see where food comes from.  I am a huge believer that our society is missing something by not seeing the source of food in it's natural habitat.  To be honest right up front our boys did not catch anything.  The catfish below was from a man that was helping the boys fish.  They got to get up close and personal with a real live catfish.

They learned some skills... saw a real fish being caught and then released and then... 

I realized I had catfish in the freezer... so we had catfish for dinner.  This is a baked catfish recipe  that is a hit in our home. (had to use regular bread crumbs because I did not have Panko crumbs in the house - Panko is much preferred but still, this was good)  They loved the connections made today between the real fish and dinner.  It was a great lesson and a delicious meal.  The veg in the background is some seasonal summer squash, simply sauteed with a little salt and pepper.  We also had fresh watermelon.  I love days like today!