Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

Of Note: National Vanilla Pudding Day*

Housekeeping: clean bathroom, laundries

Weather: rainy, mild

Dinner:

butternut squash-apple soup (crockpot)

grilled cheese (and chicken) panini (using up extra bread, leftover cheese)

broccoli tops, baby carrots, bell peppers & dip (ranch dressing)

*vanilla pudding with fruit & whipped cream

Nature:

- The rain may be tedious but it's making everything so green!

Notes of the Day:

- Butternut squash-apple soup is a very autumnal dish - both in season and feel - but today is so dark and rainy it just seemed like a good fit. And the house smells amazing! We like dipping our grilled cheese in the soup. :)

- While looking for the nutmeg (for the soup), I came to the realization that the baking cabinet was ridiculously overstuffed and disorganized. Also, a bottle of herbs had spilled - dried bits of oregano were everywhere. So I emptied the whole cabinet, vacuumed it out, and then sorted through the items. Finally, I put everything back - expired items went out, and the overstock went down to the pantry. (I'm doing a post at the main blog tomorrow on my pantry.)

- I breaded and baked up some boneless/skinless chicken breasts this morning because there were going to expire. (The original plan was to grill them.) We can use the chicken for lunches and pizza toppings.

Comments

[Amy]

Dawn,
Have you considered using almond flour for your breading and other uses? I'm diabetic and control it entirely through diet: I use almond flour (and coconut flour) instead of white or wheat flour - even rice flour spikes my blood sugar, as do all of the other "gluten free" products. Almond and coconut flours have been a godsend, since I love to bake.

There are a lot of neat cookbooks out now that use almond and/or coconut flour for baking - I know you've written that one of your sons has a special diet, and I wonder if this might not be of some use to you.

[Elizabeth]

Hi dawn,
I am looking forward to your pantry post.
Elizabeth

[Tracy Willis]

Can't wait to see a post on the boy's toy room one day! Love your blog!

[Dawn]

Thank you for the information, Amy - I am just now starting to investigate alternate flours. I have been happy to find there are many cookbooks available now to help with this, but I especially appreciate hearing "real" experience from readers like yourself!

THank you, Elizabeth and Tracy - my pantry post has gone up, but I will give thought to a toy room post, Tracy. It's such a mess at the moment!

Blessings, all ...
~ Dawn