Sigh. Well I figgered it would happen sooner or later, honestly I thought it would've been sooner, but a mutiny is in progress!!!!
We all miss our chemical-laden goodies, I won't lie, me included. Dave is really craving soda, and the boys claim there are never any snacks or convenience foods for them now that school is out. They are sick of hard-boiled (farm fresh!) eggs and roasted chick-peas for snacks, and want junk food. I admit it is tough to plan in advance every bite everyone is going to take in a day. Breakfast has been pretty easy, but lunches the kids can make themselves and lunches to pack for Dave have been hard. I am going to work on that, maybe whip up some stuff and freeze it for the boys to microwave for lunches while I'm at school. I could make bean and cheese burritos and freeze them, put together a pizza they could bake, stuff like that.
It is just going to require some more strategic advance planning on my part.
I have been making batches of granola to keep around for easy snacking, we've been putting on the yogurt, yum yum! But granola will only shut them up for so long....
The other day I had a bunch of cream skimmed off the milk, and Isaac and I made a batch of butter. That was fun, he didn't get it at first, and was annoyed that he had to keep shaking it, and was all, "where is the butter going to come from?" and then when he saw the butter start to form in the jar, he was amazed. That was pretty cool.
I used the whey left over from my last batch of yogurt to make the bread yesterday, and that turned out well. Of course, according to Farmer, it was a very good day for baking bread, apparently the high humidity helps the dough to rise.
We are heading to the beach for a week for vacation, I am doing my best to plan meals around local stuff from the farm, but I did go to the grocery store and buy some convenience items, like chips and cereal, because I just don't have time to make enough food to last a week, and I won't have all the supplies I will need down there. Sigh.
BUT I am perservering, letting the griping go in one ear and out the other, and reminding everyone that the sacrifice of convenience pays off in environmental soundness and our health. Plus, as long as I put the home-made yogurt into the bowl, sprinkle the granola on top, and cut up some strawberries to go with it, then hand it to them with a spoon, they do consider that "convenience" food lol! They are just lazy!
Ok, off to flip the laundry and work on my español!
I'm standing strong in the fight for local, sustainable eating!!!
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