Here's the plan

Here's my plan for the upcoming week. Recipes to come. (BTW...my camera is not working right :-(

Salmon BLT

BBQ Pizza (on flatbread)

Breakfast

Chicken Alfredo with fettuccine

Hot ham and cheese

Leftovers

The Clean 15

After yesterday's scary dirty dozen post....I thought I'd calm your minds with some foods you can buy and eat and not have to worry about them being organic. This also came from The Daily Green.

1.Onion

2. Avocado

3. Sweet Corn

4. Pineapple

5. Mango

6. Asparagus

7. Sweet Peas

8. Kiwi

9. Cabbage

10. Eggplant

11. Papaya

12. Watermelon

13. Broccoli

14. Tomatoes (this was on the dirty list too) IDK??

15. Sweet Potatoes

The Dirty Dozen!!

Have you heard of the dirty dozen? No, not the movie. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) puts out a list of our dirtiest foods. I know I can't afford to eat everything organic.....but according to EWG....these are the foods I should try to buy organic. This came from The Daily Green and here is their dirty dozen (or 14). :-)

1. Tomatoes

2. Pears

3. Peaches

4. Apples

5. Sweet Bell Peppers

6. Celery

7. Nectarines

8. Strawberries

9. Cherries

10. Kale

11. Leafy Greens

12. Grapes

13. Carrots

14. Pears

(they also add Meat, Milk, and Coffee to their list)

I was inspired by my friend, Shelly's blog. She is super organic and has great organic recipes!

Smoovy

My family loves smoothies....or smoovie as my son says. We buy frozen berries in bulk from Costco and that seems to be most affordable. By using frozen berries, you don't need to add ice....and it doesn't get watered down. :-)

1/2 cup vanilla yogurt (or whatever kind you like)
1/4 cup milk (or juice for a little sweeter)
1/4-1/2 cup frozen berries

Blend and enjoy!

28 ways to save money at the Supermarket

This article is by far one of the best on saving money at the supermarket I've read. The only thing I would add would be how to save on cleaning products. I'll add those recipes another day. ;-)

28 ways to save money at the supermarket

Leftovers

Do you end up throwing out leftovers.....or do you savor every last morsal? Guess it depends on what it is, right.
I like to buy roasts. For one thing, I can throw them in the crockpot and not really have to "cook" dinner. The other reason, they go soooo far.
Take for instance, a beef roast.
Night one, we have roast (made in the crockpot) with salad and baked potatoes.
Night two, shred the beef....add BBQ sauce and you have shredded BBQ sandwhiches.
Night three, Add the shredded beef to plain cheese pizza, add some jack cheese, cilantro, and you have bbq pizza. So easy right?

How about pork roast?
Night one, sliced served with asparagus and fluffy potatoes.
Night two, chop it up and stir fry with some peppers, onions, mushrooms, broccoli (whatever veggies you have on hand) and rice
Night three, add any leftover pork and rice with peppers, onions, tomatoes, sausage, shrimp, with creole seasoning....and now you have jambalaya!

Chicken? The possibilities are endless!
What do you like to do with leftover chicken?

Healthy Sweet Potato Pancakes

It's snowing.....again. It's definitely an inside day.....so that means.....I'm cooking. :-) (and cleaning a little :-(

We started off our day with Healthy Sweet Potato Pancakes

2 cups white whole wheat flour
4 t baking powder
2 T brown sugar
1 t cinnamon
2 cups milk (plus more for thinning)
1/4 cup milled flax seeds or wheat germ (half and half would be awesome)
4 t butter, melted
2 eggs
1 sweet potato, cooked (a heaping 1/2 cup is good)

Mix well. Let sit for a few minutes and it will get smoother. Add milk for thinner pancakes. (I ended up adding quite a bit) Butter or spray your pan.
Pour 1/4 cup of batter into a med high hot pan. When you see bubbles, flip.

Enjoy!

These take a little bit longer to cook than normal pancakes. You could also sub in pumpkin instead of sweet potato. Yum! Double your batch and/or freeze your leftovers for a quick breakfast during the week.