Victory is Mine

Note to self: The Boys will stay on my side as long as I continue to serve them pesto (which is fiiiiiinnne by me)! Last nights dinner was a success, quote, ‘I could even eat this without the chicken’. (I think I mentioned before that I would make dinner that I could eat and then alter it to The Boys liking.) Honestly, I’ve made this dish in the past, but I’m not letting that sway my victory.

• walnut pesto (made with nutritional yeast instead of parm)
• chopped tomatoes
• 2 ice cubes of veggie broth

~ Heat ~

• just before finished heating, add chopped greens and pasta water.
• add pasta

 I also just came across a recipe for jalapeño pesto that I am extremely excited to try!

Sometimes I make things that I immediately obsess over and then make myself sick of within a week. I don’t think that’s going to be an issue with lunch. I’m loving this weeks salad concoction. One thing I learned about a year ago when I first started getting a wide variety of veggies from our local farmer: the more you buy and the bigger variety you have on hand, the better you’ll become at preparing awesome dishes that you never would have thought of before. Even though at first (and sometimes still) I was completely intimidated by all the new things to make through this new lifestyle, I now am embracing how much it’s forcing me to learn and push me out of my comfort zone.

 

• green tomatoes
• yellow bell pepper
• cucumber
• cilantro
• avocado
• kale or greens
• wheat berries
• lemon juice