The happenings of a Saturday .

This is how I wake up to my kitchen on most mornings.. who am I trying to kid anyhow . Every morning .

We try to spend most of our evening with our kids . So the table is left a mess but I don't really mind . I enjoy having my morning tea while cleaning up .



I started our Saturday morning by feeding my family something I know everyone will eat .

FRENCH TOAST . Yummy . And seeing how you can see my reflection in my kettle I would consider this a self portrait as well .LOL.
I then I dressed the girls up in hopes to take a few pictures of them as I still have not got there 1 and 3 year old pictures done yet . Lack of poor communicating (on my part )with friend / photographer these days . Really need to get these done before this next babe appears . Here are a few pictures I got though.

This girl can FAKE cry to laugh in seconds . We are going to have our hands full when she is older .
So this day took a last minute curve to head to Minot to pick up a few Reno things and I picked up a few groceries . So no mini photo shoot for my girls today . We will try again .

I went to find Addy to tell her we are going shopping and this is where I found her.

Then I headed back upstairs to find Izzy doing this and quite proud of herself too. The life of a mom.

Not from Scratch

I had 20 minutes to lunch and like to give my family a nutritious lunch ,but just not sure what to make . I grabbed a recipe book down and looked what I had in my fridge (need to go grocery shopping ).

So I found a Quick broccoli soup .

This recipe called for 1 can of mushroom soup and one soup can of milk ,then let that boil while mixing it well.

I then added 1cup of broccoli and one cup of marble cheese (it asked for cheddar but marble was all I had .Still worked well)

with a dash of Worcestershire sauce . Cook for 5minutes and then let simmer until broccoli is tender .

A quick lunch and everyone loved it !

Can a Vegan be born not raised ??

I pose the question can a Vegan be born not raised not knowing of this is the correct term to be using ,so with all respect please correct me if I am wrong .  Our Izzy seems to be on the Vegan path . She will not eat meat . You cannot even trick her into it now she has not always been like this .She would eat pretty much anything you would plate up for her . Now as I post this I am not against this or will I  try to change her. if this is a long time lifestyle for her. She is who she is and I love her just this way . But it has sure changed the way I think about Whats for dinner ??? SO if anyone has any tidbits on how to make whats for dinner easier on this dear mom  please share .I would love to make one meal for my family but please all .
But can this really be happening is she a "REAL " vegan or is this just a phase ?? We are definitely a meat eating family .She enjoys eating fish and milk products , although she will not eat beef ,pork or chicken or eggs .
 My dad ,brother and grandpa are  hunters and we do eat wild meat . I am almost up to trying anything to eat myself not so much my hubby . SO on my journey to see whats for dinner tonite ??
~L~

Whats for supper ???

The million dollar question most days so still trying to figure out a system that works for me without making me crazy too. I am thinking of starting to do a meal plan as the day to day cooking doesn't always work now that we live on the farm and not have a grocery store or a neighbour right across the street . But may procrastinate a start to this until the new year . But one thing I have been doing is trying new things I have been getting a new recipe either from the world wide web or a cook book one a week so far and trying it out so we have not had any bad disappointments or horrible mishaps as of yet !But had to share this yumminess with you !and everyone is our family enjoyed .

The recipe you can find here http://thepioneerwoman.com although I made it the earth friendly way without the foil package . It was great and if you have not used any of Ree's recipes or have not checked out her blog or bought her cookbook what I still have to do as she has not wronged me yet . I have now tried a few of her recipes a few being fried round steak , her fave meatloaf to name a few . She has not disappointed and I really haven't expected her to either . Quite a few of my try something new has came from her blog .  As I figure out my meal planning system for now and when I think I got it worked out for us I will share what we are doing !

What does your family do ???