Slices of Life

I've been playing around a lot with vegetable and grain based soups this winter trying to get my family, or at least my husband, to join me in eating more plant based meals. I figure soups were an easy way to do this. I thought this soup was pretty delicious but I'll be honest and say that my husband's first words were "where's the meat?"  Oh well, I enjoyed it and it made for some yummy lunches for the week! I love a quick and easy crock pot soup on a cold winter's night! And this one was super easy. I used what fresh veggies I happened to have on hand, added in some seasoning and then threw in some farro at the very end to help make it a more hearty meal. Without the farro I think this would make a lovely appetizer soup! Ingredients: 1 onion; diced 2 zucchini; cut into bite sized pieces 2 summer squash; cut into bite sized pieces 1 carrot; peeled and sliced 2 tomatoes; diced 1 cup mushrooms; sliced 1/2 cup fresh basil  3 cloves garlic; minced 6 cups brot...

 It's been 4 months or so since my last "recipes we've been making" lately post and I have a really wide variety of recipes to share this time around.  We made these  taco turkey meatballs with rice and corn on the cob one night and they were a huge hit with my boys.  I tired my hand at making my own cranberry sauce this past Thanksgiving and I followed this easy crock pot recipe.  I poured mine into 6 individual serving cups when I was done and I was really afraid I might have overcooked it since I forgot about it and left it simmering an extra hour! But I still thought it was pretty good. We made this cherry tomato and basil pasta for Alec's birthday dinner. I did add 1/2 cup or so of red cooking wine and we swapped out the angel hair for whole grain spaghetti. We thought it was delicious and oh so easy! We were really running low on groceries one night and I did a google search with the ingredients I had on hand and came up with this chicken penne pasta me...

It's the last Wednesday of the month and that means it's time for What's Up Wednesday. I am so happy to see February coming to an end. While winter is far from over here it often feels like February is one of the longest months of the year; but it flew by this time.  What We're Eating: Sunday:   Chicken & sundried tomato orzo one dish Monday:   Chicken fajita chili with cornbread Tuesday:  Salmon (chicken breasts for the boys), baked potato (sweet potato for me) and zucchini.  Wednesday: Lasagna (I'll make a meat variety for the family and an eggplant one for me)  Thursday: I'm picking up Alec at school and him and I are heading to a show so we'll eat out and everyone else is on their own.  Friday: Ham steak, rice pilaf, and peas Saturday: Chicken, broccoli, & rice casserole (Alec's favorite!) with salad.  What I'm Reminiscing About:  Nothing that I can think of.  What I'm Loving: Even though it has been very cold and icy at l...