what's for supper tonight?

I am getting so tired of asking that question…

even though I have bought the ingredients for the weeks meals I never seem to feel like eating or making the things I planned… It doesn’t help that I am feeling (and am) very picky on the most part… (no pasta, not too much rice, not too fond of tomato based recipes, not too fond of beans, don’t like bland etc…)

And well…. It has been two weeks now that I just don’t feel like eating meat… at all… so many of the dishes that often made it onto the meal plan are out… which gives me even less to work with… I have been scouring websites and blogs the last few days trying to find things that I feel like eating… but finding things that look good and are easy enough to make when kids need your attention is a bit hard…

And it doesn’t help that the boys are a bit reluctant to try new things… They did like the souvlaki I made last week, but didn’t want to eat the veggie burgers I made last night… though I have to admit that they were a bit dense for me also…
Tonight I am making BBQ seitan with mashed potatoes… we’ll see what they say….

Any meal suggestions out there?
What are your favourites?

mmmm… muffins…

This morning I woke up knowing that I had to use my new mixer… So I decided to make some banana-oat chocolate chip muffins for breakfast…

Isn’t it a beauty?


The batter turned out perfectly of course…






3/4 cups flour
3/4 cup oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 large ripe bananas, mashed
1/2 cup apple sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/3 cup butter, melted
chocolate chips (or raisins, nuts etc)

mix wet ingredients in bowl, mix dry ingredients and then add to the wet
bake at 375 for about 20 min



shopping day…

I have been wondering what to get Khéna for his second birthday for a while now…

we have enough toys… I have been wanting to purge toys, not have more…

yesterday I thought of the perfect thing…

Simon agreed…

so this morning I decided to head to IKEA…

I packed the boys into the car and we headed out… we got there at about 10:40 and the boys wanted to go to the playland… but it was only opening at 11… se we waited around a bit and they went in and Khéna and I went shopping a bit.. I don’t go to IKEA much but there is so much cool stuff there and the kids loved the playland…

I got the chair and few more things and we put the things in the car and then headed back in to eat…

Just as we were leaving IKEA I saw that Homesense was right next to it and my pizza stone broke a while back so I thought that since we were there I should pick up a new one… Just across the Aisle from the pizza stones were the mixers so I checked out the one that I have been waiting for (still on backorder) and saw that it was on special at the same price and in stock… so I called Annie for her to look up the number for Sears, called them and cancelled my order and picked up the one that was there… omg… I can’t wait to use it!!! It is now sitting on my counter and just calling for me to bake something!

oh… and Khéna loves his chair…

warning: do not click if hungry…

I shared this site with Annie yesterday and I couldn’t believe that she didn’t already know it…

Foodgawker.com

She couldn’t believe that I hadn’t shared it with her before yesterday… so I thought I would share it with everyone…

It features food pictures from blogs…

good looking food… yummy looking food… and food that will make you drool…

you can also put it by category… (at the bottom of the page if you can reach it) I always seem to get lost somewhere between the top and the bottom of the first page… clicking on a picture that brings me to cool foodie blogs with amazing recipes and then just following links from there…

Adventures with Seitan…

Since last week I have really felt really put off by meat… So last week my meal plan involved more veggie meal than meat based ones and this week they are all veggie based…

Yesterday when making my meal plan I looked over a few YouTube videos on how to make Seitan… and having Vital Wheat Gluten already in my cupboard today I decided to try it out and make some Seitan Souvlaki…

So I put about 1 1/2 cups of gluten in a bowl with nutritional yeast, a bit of flour and a few spices

yeast and gluten

Added Broth (water, tamari and spices)

adding broth to the yeast and gluten...

Knead together and let rest…

Seitan resting

Boil in Broth and simmer for an hour…

Boiling Seitan

It doubles in size and looks… well… a little like a brain…

Seitan

Took it out of the broth and patted it dry…


Seitan

and then I cut it in bite size pieces and marinated it in a bit of oil, lemon juice, garlic, tamari and oregano for a few hours… and then took it out and placed it on a baking sheet…

Marinated Seitan

Then Broiled it for about 10 min…

Seitan Souvlaki

It turned out really good!!

I made some Tzatziki with some homemade yogourt that I drained a bit before mixing with drained shredded cucumber, garlic, salt and a bit of dill… and then served it on a pita…

I really liked the texture, especially after broiling, and the broiling added a bit of crunch like when you BBQ…. Simon and the kids liked it also…. So I think that I will be trying out different ways to eat it…

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