Mama Kay’s Reflections

I can’t believe it is September already! We really enjoyed our August in Montana. Although there were a few 100 degree days the heat only lasted a few days at a time followed by some really lovely days. In fact, the month ended with temps in the 60s! Much better than our normal succession of [...]

It took me awhile to get back to it but I finally wrote another newsletter for Investment Cooking. This month it is on making muffins for the freezer. You can sign up for the free newsletter at www.investmentcooking.com. I hope to put a new newsletter out every month again. I hope you enjoy it!

Monday:

Breakfast: English Muffins & Fruit

Dinner: Cheesy Chicken Pot Pie

Tuesday:

Breakfast: Quiche

Dinner: Pizza (small group Bible study night)

Wednesday:

Breakfast: Muffins & Smoothies

Dinner: Chicken Strips (We didn’t have these last week; they are in the freezer.)

Thursday:

Breakfast: Oatmeal

Dinner: Soup & Salad

Investment Cooking: whole chicken in the crockpot for meat & stock

Friday:

Breakfast: Dutch Babies

Dinner: Lentils, Rice & Fried [...]

I decided to start doing weekly plans again for our meals. I usually plan breakfasts and dinners. Lunch is usually leftovers, sandwiches or something easy. Here’s my plan for this week:

Monday:

Breakfast: Banana Muffins (from the freezer), cantelope and orange juice

Dinner: Teriyaki Chicken, stir fry veggies and steamed rice

Tuesday:

Breakfast: Baked Oatmeal, fruit and OJ

Dinner: White Chicken [...]

In my freezer!

After a year of waiting we finally got our half of a cow we agreed to buy from our CSA farmer. Overall it was more expensive per pound than I expected but still better than what I could have paid elsewhere for grass fed beef. The steer was around 2 years [...]