The Plan:
Day 1: Braised red cabbage with apples and bacon, Crusty bread
Day 2: Roasted winter veggies over curried quinoa (skip the greens/cauliflower; use parsnips, carrots, sweet potatoes, golden beets)
Day 3: ♥ Heart-shaped ♥ Homemade pizza
Day 4: Superbowl Chili
Day 5: Penne pasta with homemade pesto and red peppers, Frozen fruit smoothie
Day 6: Homemade tomato soup, Grilled cheese sandwiches
Day 7: Pot roast, Basic baked squash, Slow cooker applesauce
Pantry Shuffle:
Out of Storage: (preserved when in season and coming out of my root cellar, freezer, canned, or dehydrated stash)
- Red cabbage (root cellar)
- Golden Beets (root cellar)
- Carrots (root cellar)
- Parsnips (root cellar)
- Sweet potatoes (root cellar)
- Butternut squash (root cellar)
- Ground beef and chuck roast from Mastodon Valley Farm meat share
- Pesto (homemade and frozen in summer)
- Red peppers (chopped and frozen in summer)
- Strawberries (frozen from picking in June)
- Peaches (frozen in August)
- Tomato soup (homemade and frozen in summer)
- Apples (root cellar)
Into Storage:
- nothing this week
Notes: Celebrating with food
For my family, any time there is a celebration, food is front and center. This week is no exception. It’s the Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day! I get two nights off from cooking and my husband will show off his skills. He has been making the Super Bowl chili recipe above for years and to be honest, it is one of the best chili recipes I have tasted. Since this also happens to be the week of Valentine’s Day we will be celebrating with heart-shaped pizza, which is another specialty of my better half! I love the traditions that we have and that certain holidays are marked with certain foods. It’s so comforting!
