One Week Sample Menu

For Kim who requested one of my sample menus:

*we have our largest meal mid-day at 2pm and we eat lighter in the evening at 8pm
** this is how I actually write out my menus for the week. I include page #’s and the name of the cookbook, and if guests are coming, I [...]



Why I Plan My Menus:

A menu plan saves money. Reducing trips to the supermarket, a menu plan reduces impulse spending. Using leftovers efficiently cuts food waste and ‘working in’ an ingredient that I already have helps me use what’s in the pantry or garden.
A menu plan saves time. No frantic searches of what to prepare… I know exactly [...]



Fava Beans

Here are the results of my efforts:

1st planting                       2nd planting                   harvested beans                 cooked beans with ham



My Pantry

It’s been busy around here! As you’ve already read, we had family for a visit, then another young woman came from France for 4 days and finally this weekend, we will have another gal in one of our ‘guestrooms’.
Work is busy, church is busy and our house is staying full! In spite of all of [...]