July 2, 2013

Well, this is a quick post.  Basically we had a quick and easy meal today.  I didn't want to cook.  I threw a pork tenderloin roast in the crock-pot with 1 cup salsa and 1 cup brown sugar.  This is probably our favorite quick prep meal.  It cooks until shredded...about 4 1/2 hours on high in my crock-pot.  We always have this on tortillas with our favorite toppings: sour cream, cheese, olives, lettuce, tomatoes, and avocados.  I put it in in the early afternoon and after we got home from Seven Peaks with the kids at 8pm we had a great dinner already ready.

The rest of the day I read a new chapter in my spices book while I was at work.

Then, we spent an hour in kitchen doing some produce prep.  This is what I call the time after we pick things from our garden.  Madalynn came outside with me to pull: radishes, carrots, zucchini, lettuce and kale.  I have so much kale, but I just don't have time to make the smoothies/green drinks that I wanted to try this summer.  It just takes more time than I have in the morning.  I just have to get a little more organized for that kind of stuff and maybe I will be able to do them later this summer.  I did try to make some kale chips..um, I think that other versions of kale must taste better than Red Russian Kale because that was just awful...the smell, the eating, the everything. I threw them out.  However, now I know that they don't work.  Russ couldn't believe that I even tried.

I always take and wash everything and store them where they need to go.   It just takes time.  When I pick lettuce I usually do it on a week that I am going to be planning salads.  I had hoped that we would have a little shredded pork left over to go in the salad, but after Seven Peaks we were both so hungry that we just ate and ate.  I am gaining back the 5 lbs that I lost in the last month so I need to start eating smaller portions again.

Well, that is it for now.