Category: Veggies

  • How we make a balanced dinner

    How we make a balanced dinner

    How we started cooking together I never enjoyed cooking before I met my husband. In fact, I would say I was morally opposed to cooking because I saw myself as a modern, working woman who wanted kids but did not want to get stuck doing cyclical chores that did not…

  • School Lunch

    School Lunch

    Note: In the photo above, one kid gets pesto pasta as the base, the other plan fettuccine with red pasta sauce packed separately. Both kids have one lamb chop, roasted carrots, roasted green beans, and sliced and roasted green zucchini. Easiest way to pack a school lunch Our kids greatly…

  • Roasted Asparagus (with cheese)

    Roasted Asparagus (with cheese)

    Roasted Asparagus is in our weekly veggie rotation. Here’s how I make it: The kids go wild for these asparagus and after they run to the pan to see if there’s any remaining cheese for them to pick off the pan and eat. I have to pull my daughter away. I…

  • Roasted Parsnips

    Roasted Parsnips

    Here’s a veggie I don’t roast too often since it requires even more work than roasting carrots but once a quarter I’ll select this veggie to roast. Recipe: 4. Sautee your strips in a large frying pan on medium-low so they can brown. 5. Pour some water into the pan…

  • Bribery & Veggies

    Bribery & Veggies

    So my kids love my roasted vegetables. They will eat entire trays of my vegetables for dinner. However, when we go to restaurants or travel, we have a big problem. It takes me around 45 minutes to 1 hour to prepare and roast my veggie trays for them every night…

  • Roasting Veggies: 101

    Roasting Veggies: 101

    What you’re looking at here is what I was bringing to a friend’s house for dinner who invited us to bring a side dish. If I want my kids to eat veggies, I know the chances increase if I bring roasted veggies of my own making since not many people invest…