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Archive for the ‘Produce Prep Tuesdays’ Category

More Broccoli in the Box

Since broccoli is such a nutritional powerhouse, I am surely not complaining. But, unless I get my creative juices flowing, my family might be tempted to. 🙂 I decided that it was time to research dishes for broccoli, besides soup. I was reading a friend’s blog and found a link…

Garlic Parmesan Broccoli

Garlic Parmesan Broccoli: First, go to the refrigerator and grab that mason jar of pre-prepped broccoli 🙂 Next, heat your dutch oven or skillet, and drizzle 2 teaspoons of Olive Oil in the bottom. To the Olive Oil, add 2 tablespoons of butter. Add your broccoli to the pan. Now,…

“Fall is Here” Beef Stew

On cool days like these pot roast seems like the perfect, warm, comfort food. That was my plan today, but time escaped me. Time for the second best, warm comfort food…beef stew! Today is our littlest one’s 1st birthday. We are so grateful to God for him! We are also…

Open Me! Open Me!

That is what the boxes say to me each Tuesday morning when they arrive.  Really, it is what most packages say to me. 🙂  Here is today’s line up: 1 lb Yellow Onion 1 Spaghetti Squash 1 lb Sweet Potato 1 Bulb Garlic 5 Bell Peppers 3/4 lb Green Beans…

Fresh Corn Chowder

The weather is beginning to turn cooler here, finally.  And, there is still fresh corn at Lombardi Ranch.  So, that tells me that it is time for fresh corn chowder.  This version is made with unsweetened coconut milk as the base and therefore needs no cream or butter or milk. …

Do Mason Jars Really Keep Produce Fresh?

Several people have asked me if the mason jars I use really help my produce last longer. There are two answers to this question, yes, it last longer and no, it doesn’t last longer. 🙂 First, I have found that our prepared produce does last longer. Usually, when you wash…

Lemony Chicken Soup (Part 2)

Here it is…waiting for me. Let’s get this soup on the burner! I brought the soup to a low boil (which took a little longer than I had anticipated) and added the noodles. Once the soup came to a boil, after 15 minutes, it was all ready for us! I…

Lemony Chicken Soup (Part 1)

Lemony Roast Chicken yesterday, Lemony Chicken Soup the today. Knowing that we would be away from home for most of the morning and early afternoon, and that we would welcome our life group from church into our home tonight, I decided to work ahead for dinner. After I carved the…

Baked, Mashed Sweet Potatoes

On Tuesday, when the boxes arrived, I decided to bake the sweet potatoes that were in the box because they take quite some time to cook.  And, by baking them, I retained all of the nutrients that would have been boiled away in the traditional method used for mashed sweet…

Terrific Taco Salad

Salads for dinner are our favorite on hot nights. Last night happened to be one of those so it was surely salad time! Sprouts also had Organic, Grass Fed Ground Beef on sale for $3.99 a pound so I had some in my freezer. That is quite a deal! Using…

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