Food School: a 31 day course (day 14)

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Accidental Cinnamon Gnocchi

I have one kid who eats tons of fruits and veggies but doesn’t like meat–or should I say has trouble chewing meat–dislike vs. unable to chew are two different things.  Unfortunately, he was non-verbal the first 3 years of his life . . . and unable to express an opinion–other than choking!  He also doesn’t like dairy.  No meat, no dairy . . . sounds like an accidental vegan to me!  He loves bread with butter but now that I’ve switched butter for Earth Balance . . . 

One of my little guys favorite meals is gnocchi.  I discovered at Target–Pumpkin gnocchi.  How awesome, he loves pumpkin–so his favorite dinner just got better!

Go here for the original post on gnocchi with the recipe.

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To make this recipe Vegan I used:

  • brown sugar 
  • Earth Balance for the butter
  • organic cinnamon 

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The pumpkin taste didn’t come through as much as I would have liked, but he ate two helpings!  

Be Blessed.

 To receive a free copy of my Blessed by Breakfast cookbook, please go to http://blessedbybreakfast.com and sign up! I send updates that include; family tested and approved recipes, video tutorials, tips and tricks on how to begin your day with the blessing of food.

cookbook coming soon

Books I suggest: The Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat,

Young Readers Edition The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

Hope’s Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet

Some of my friends have also joined the 31 day challenge:  

Anastacia Maness  http://rocksolidfamily.com/31-days-building-commitment/

Racquel Narciso http://howtomakeitinsanfrancisco.com/…/

Pamela Hodges http://ipaintiwrite.com

I’m linking up to these blogs. 

 

Food School: a 31 day course (Day 12-feed lot “art”)

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This summer I grew rosemary, thyme, cilantro, basil, mint and sage in containers on my deck–it took up very little space and my yield was incredible–even when I forgot to water them :-)

My garden was on the smaller size yet I had more strawberries, cucumbers, several varieties of tomatoes . . . than I could eat.  

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So you can imagine when I saw these aerial shots of a feedlot.  I am amazed at how many thousands of acres it takes to “grow” beef.  

I’m still trying to understand it all.  We grow the genetically modified corn, to feed the cow, the cow stands in his own crap, then kill them and hose them down with more antibiotics . . . I’m sure there is more to the story . . . and I’m completely over simplifying the situation.  But however the story is told–there is NOT a happy ending.

I don’t understand it and I think the cattle farmers want it that way!  But I know if I had that much space–I could grow a lot of strawberries!

The pictures are abstract and beautiful in a sad way.  I encourage you to look at them to see a sliver of beauty among such an ugly situation.  

I urge you to find your local farmer who has grass-fed cows in a manner that is gentle to the earth.  Eat Wild is a searchable website that is awesome!

Eat with LOVE:  Local, Organic, Vegetables, Everyday.

Be Blessed.

 To receive a free copy of my Blessed by Breakfast cookbook, please go to http://blessedbybreakfast.com and sign up! I send updates that include; family tested and approved recipes, video tutorials, tips and tricks on how to begin your day with the blessing of food.

cookbook coming soon

Books I suggest: The Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat,

Young Readers Edition The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

Hope’s Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet

Some of my friends have also joined the 31 day challenge:  

Anastacia Maness  http://rocksolidfamily.com/31-days-building-commitment/

Racquel Narciso http://howtomakeitinsanfrancisco.com/…/

Pamela Hodges http://ipaintiwrite.com

I’m linking up to these blogs. 

 

Food School: a 31 day course (day 11–CSA box)

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My CSA box came and this is what is in it!  (see video below) I’m so excited to create a new and exciting menu from these simple foods.  I love to create . . .  in the kitchen.

On the menu this week will be:

  1. Vegan Broccoli Soup
  2. Vegan Stir Fry with Chicken on the side for my Non-Vegan family
  3. Spinach Lasagna–not sure how to make this–I think most pasta is Vegan?
  4. Cinnamon Gnocchi  for my little guy–I will alter the original recipe to use Earth Balance so that will be Vegan too!
  5. Kale smoothie–I’m not a huge smoothie fan but I need to make it and drink it so that I can add it to the cookbook Blessed by Breakfast!

So this is what is in my box this week!

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Tomorrow is our local farmer’s market where I will pick up some extra veggies–potatoes, peppers and maybe some herbs–I think I have some basil eating rabbits passing through my yard!  I want to make up a yummy basil infused olive oil for my salads.

Be Blessed.

 To receive a free copy of my Blessed by Breakfast cookbook, please go to http://blessedbybreakfast.com and sign up! I send updates that include; family tested and approved recipes, video tutorials, tips and tricks on how to begin your day with the blessing of food.

cookbook coming soon

Books I suggest: The Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat,

Young Readers Edition The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

Hope’s Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet

Some of my friends have also joined the 31 day challenge:  

Anastacia Maness  http://rocksolidfamily.com/31-days-building-commitment/

Racquel Narciso http://howtomakeitinsanfrancisco.com/…/

Pamela Hodges http://ipaintiwrite.com

I’m linking up to these blogs.