Good morning, everyone! We are experiencing (literally) the calm AFTER the storm. Boston was spared much damage from Hurricane Irene yesterday, instead merely getting quite a bit of rain and a little wind. I am so thankful that our area was relatively unaffected. I encourage you to say a prayer/send positive thoughts to those who didn't fare so well- especially where there is flooding. Our friends in Western MA have had really bad weather luck this year, with tornadoes just a few weeks ago and now much flooding. (Sidenote: did you catch this? So funny!)
On to our menu for this week. I'd like to start by saying that you might have noticed that we're mainly eating vegetarian lately- I'm really glad to be back to healthy and conscious eating. Now that the heat has died down (fingers crossed!), we'll be back in the kitchen with tons of healthy and affordable recipes to share!
Breakfast:
- McCann's Irish Oatmeal, fresh fruit
- Kashi Go Lean with coconut milk
- Homemade wheat toast with Sunbutter and banana
Lunch:
- Mushroom and sausage ragu over polenta (sub Gimme Lean "Sausage")
- Black bean and sweet potato quesadillas with homemade guacamole
- Chickpea tacos with pico de gallo (cook chickpeas with taco seasonings and mash slightly)
- Smoky black bean soup
What are you cooking up this week? Spill the beans (teehee) in the comments and link to your Menu Plan so that we can steal your great ideas ;) As always, linking up with Orgjunkie.com and Menu Plan Monday!
Tomatoes. I love tomatoes. Love them. Dream about them. Crave them for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I grow them in my garden, but not nearly enough to satisfy my huge appetite for perfect, ripe, juicy summer tomatoes. Here's how I've been eating tomatoes lately:
Gorgeous, marinated tomato salad using a variety of heirlooms. Mmmm.
No-bake lasagna lets the fresh, tangy flavor of summer tomatoes shine through. Mmmm
Tomato sandwiches. All day. I could eat 5 tomato sandwiches per day. Maybe more. This grilled onion and tomato sandwich looks quite tasty.
Linking up with What I Love Wednesday at Lollipops Blog! Go check out what other bloggers are loving! What are you loving this week?? Spill the beans!
Hi Tiny Wallet Stylers! How was your weekend? Ours (as we mentioned in our Menu Plan Monday post) was absolutely wonderful.
Mike and I have been meaning to get over to IKEA for a while- we have a little notepad with running lists for each store we don't get to regularly: Michael's, Christmas Tree Shop, etc. When we have more than a few items on any list, we make a stop at that store. Most of the time it's not urgent things that we need, so it's okay if we wait a little while. We find that this technique prevents us from suffering from the "just need one thing" syndrome- we walk in with one thing in mind and walk out with a whole cart full of things that we just don't need.
So anyway, on this trip to IKEA, we're looking for:
Lyckhem Dining Table- $179.00.
Possibly one or two of these Tryta benches- at only $9.99 a pop, they would be great extra seating. We would paint them and add pillows and cushions to make them more comfy!
This Gilslev rug for the new office/guest room. $19.99 for a 6'x4' rug?! Does anyone have this- is it reasonably nice? We would be using it to cover up the ugly, scratchy rug that is already in there.
A pair of these adorable Eivor curtains for the office/guest room. It's a small room, so we're going to use gray/white as the main colors and then add fun splashes of color with accessories and art. They ring in at $14.99 for the pair!
We'll report back with all of the cute things we will inevitably bring back home with us :)
