Having family home is quite a pleasant adventure and can make posting a challenge. Today, we hooked up one of our gifts and set up our new leather furniture. Bryan and I also spent some time helping out a friend.

The recipes are fairly easy and a lot of them can be made ahead and frozen in individual containers. This may be helpful for you if you are single or work outside the home. I find it to be helpful to me because when it is time for dinner, there is not prep or waiting.

Sunday

• Oatmeal with blueberries and honey- this can be made easily in the microwave. Follow the instructions on quick oats for a serving of oatmeal, add a teaspoon of honey and a handful of blueberries. Delicious!
• Thai Carrot Soup-I found this recipe a month ago and love it. Very easy to make and delicious. I didn’t have a bay leaf and I didn’t even miss it. Make a big pot of this and freeze away.
• Bean Burrito- I buy tortillas without yeast. Reading the ingredients is the best bet.

First you have to make the refried beans: soak the pinto beans overnight, then cook the pintos in a crockpot with a bottle   of  salsa. Fill water within 1 inch of top. Cook on high for 1 hr and then low for 4 hours. Fill the tortillas with cooked beans.

For Tofu sour cream: I buy Tofutti sour cream I tried making it last year and it was horrible.

Chips- I buy the Garden of Eatin chips because they don’t have anything but blue corn in them my kids eat them and they are right tasty.

Monday

• Blueberry Banana muffin – I made these last year and I was so glad to have something different than oatmeal or Ezekiel bread for breakfast. These freeze well too.
• Hummus  & serve with Garden of Eatin Blue Corn Chips and Veggies
  1 can Chickpeas/Garbanzo beans
  3 cloves Garlic
  3 Tblsp Lemon juice
  ¼ liquid saved from drained chickpeas
  3 Tblsp Tahini
  ½ – 1 tsp Cumin
  ½ tsp Paprika
  Place all the ingredients in a blender and puree, don’t add all liquid at the same time, just enough until hummus is a nice “dip” consistency!

• Pesto with 100% whole wheat pasta   serve a salad with veggies, apples and Annie’s Natural Organic Balsamic Vinegarette and there is no sugar in it which is very hard to find.

Enjoy the recipes and come back tomorrow for the rest of the week!