Slices of Life

I've been toying with the idea of sharing a typical week's worth of menu items but found that most weeks I don't eat a huge variety of different meals.  Since I'm the only one eating most of these vegetable heavy meals I often eat the same dish a few days in a row.  Instead I decided to take some photos from the entire month I've been eating this way and showing some of the various items I eat for meals.  Breakfast:  Most days I opt for fresh fruit with homemade granola but I'll also happily eat leftovers for breakfast.  On weekends I tend to cook up large pans of mixed vegetables and I'll heat up some veggies and then pop either a regular potato or a sweet potato in the microwave to go with them.  grapes, berries, pineapple and my homemade granola Sweet potato (with a bit of butter/salt/pepper) and zucchini, summer squash, onions and peppers Pan fried potato with zucchini, peppers, onions, mushrooms, and edamame I've also begun trying a few recipes with

It's finally spring break here (or April vacation as all our local schools call it).  Alec still has track most days but since I don't have to drive him this has very little to do with me. It does mean I get to sleep in a bit this week and I have hopes to get a little creative with some painting but we'll see...  The link with the most views from last week's party:  Solar Eclipse & A Decision by One Rineer Kid, One Bearcat, & One Redhawk A few that caught my eye: Walking Songs-- Walk Paths Near By To Where I Live By Life Images by Jill  Inveruglas and Glencoe in the Highlands of Scotland by Mille Fiori Favoriti This party will remain open until the weekend.  My hope is that everyone will share all sorts of wonderful posts: travel, recipes, how to's, crafting ideas, and more.  Anything that is family friendly is welcome; even old posts that you'd like to get some new views for. You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter Lin

 I made a meal a few months back when Alec was not going to be home and I just sort threw a bit of this and that in a pan and added some leftover past we had on hand. Well, my guys liked it so much they asked me to make it again and more of it!  Now this recipe makes 12 servings (according to the tortellini packages!); my family really loves leftovers for breakfast and lunch so I try to make most pasta meals stretch. But in all honesty my guys are big eaters and this recipe made about 6 or 7 servings for them.  Ingredients: 1 package sweet Italian sausage links; sliced 1 onion, diced 2 tsp. minced garlic 1 cup sliced carrots 1 cup beef broth 1 jar spaghetti sauce 2 packages (13 ounces total) tortellini; cooked and drained 1 large handful of fresh spinach (or about a cup of frozen spinach) 1 cup heavy cream Sautee sausage, onion, garlic, and carrot slices in a large pan until sausage is cooked through and veggies are fork tender.  Add in broth and spaghetti sauce and simmer (if using fr