I ought to title this How Brittany Acquired Her Groove Again as a result of it’s solely simply now, virtually a yr after transferring in, that I’m getting again into my full kitchen routine. Possibly it’s being impressed by the autumn season or simply feeling extra settled, but it surely’s very nice to be really feel in my factor.
Yesterday, for instance, I spent a pair hours within the kitchen to set us up for the week forward. I made:






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Now let’s discuss lunches. Recently I’ve actually been having fun with soups that I make of Sunday, freeze in cubes, and stick within the mini gradual cooker within the morning to be scorching and prepared for me by lunch. One other profitable lunch choice after I’ve accomplished some prep work, are veggie, grain, and protein bowls. The combo I most lately loved for a pair days in a row was quinoa, roasted butternut squash, roasted beets, sauteed onions and beet greens, with rooster. Then I put my favourite Emily G vinegar sauce over all of it.
Talking of rooster, I take advantage of canned rooster loads. It’s so handy as a lunch protein. Nonetheless, a top quality canned rooster will be exhausting to return by so I’m going to attempt to make my very own with this new digital stress canner. I’m so excited to attempt this uncooked packing methodology for canned rooster so I should purchase rooster when it’s on sale and make it shelf steady. I’ll let you understand how it goes!
A recipe I really feel like you could learn about are these bakery type blueberry muffins. These are usually not an added-protein or low sugar form of recipe, however if you’d like your loved ones and mates to say omg these are so good, then that is your recipe. I made them once more on Saturday earlier than the ladies’ soccer video games they usually had been an enormous hit.






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A remaining observe about meals for now- soccer Saturdays. Not all our neighbors are as into faculty soccer as we’re, however we’ve been forcing them- ahem – inviting them to expertise all of the delights of soccer Saturdays by luring them with meals.
That is clearly a little bit of an exaggeration however I’ll say it’s been enjoyable to host mates on a couple of events, put out a giant snack unfold, and train them find out how to bark on the TV (I child, I child). Among the finest components is having so many neighborhood youngsters take part so all of the snacks get devoured. It critically makes me so blissful to feed folks and with the youngsters round, no snack goes uneaten.


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The largest snack hits have been: grapes, candy potato chips, French onion dip, pimento cheese, and any candy choice. I stocked up at Dealer Joe’s on a few of their seasonal pumpkin cookies and pumpkin batons. I’m such a sucker for seasonal treats.
And that’s a peek into what’s been occurring in my kitchen recently! What have a few of your recipe wins or cooking routines regarded like lately?