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How can I be saying that? Well, the freezer, fridge and cupboards are stuffed to the gills! This week, I received my every other month stock up items from a natural food warehouse (not Azure, but there’s plenty of Azure stuff from prior weeks). And we have loads of fruit and veggies from the Farmer’s [...]

The yummiest part of the weekend was making a gluten-free version of Halawa-Halawi. It was so simple I wonder why I didn’t do it before: substitute buckwheat flour for the whole wheat flour. That’s it! (Use the buckwheat flour from de-hulled buckwheat.)
I made the date version of my vanilla-coconut ice cream again. The dates make [...]

We had guests over on Saturday. The husband/dad of their family was helping us plan an addition to our shop/pole barn. The meals turned out so easy because of all the prep cooking I did on Thursday and Friday.
On Thursday, I cooked two chickens in the crockpot and a quick soak/cook of a full pot [...]

There are times when I plan out my menu a week at a time. That is usually when we have company coming or a very busy week ahead.
For regular life, I plan out the main meal components just for a few days. Notice I said “main meal components” not “menu”. This is because what works [...]

Naomi and I worked in the kitchen all day on Saturday to prepare Haniya’s birthday dinner. Haniya is a total gourmet and picks very labor intensive food each year. That’s okay though because I love to make it and need an excuse to do it!

Naomi grinding the ingredients for falafel
Naomi was such a big help [...]