What We Ate

 Sunday night Drew made his DELICIOUS home made broccoli cheddar soup. It's seriously so freaking good. Makes up for the fact that he cooks every 4 months. Jasper and I had this for leftovers on monday, you should probably be jealous.

 On Tuesday Jasper requested pasta- like he does every other day. Kept it simple with just boiled pasta, pepper and BOURSIN CHEESE. I posted a recipe before with this cheese and I didn't feel like making it for a quick lunch- but this instead of a sauce was ah ma ziiing. Seriously. Try it. And it feels a lot healthier than some heavy sauce.

 We eat this probably every week. It's just so simple and delish. Cheese and spinach pasta.

I love baked potatoes. Jasper enherited this love from me. Maybe because I HAD to have one every day at 4 (weird huh) during the first 4 months he was in my belly. Throwing a salad on the side felt like it made up for the pound of sour cream we had to have on our potatoes. But we also ate the skin- making it healthy (er)

What did your kiddos eat this week? Anything delish we need to know about?

What We Ate

We decided to celebrate Sweden's Waffle Day (Yes, they have a waffle day) a week late by making waffles on Monday. We decided to make it more fun by adding red food coloring. (This was lunch, not breakfast) 

 I decided to jump on the band wagon and make quinoa. I found a recipe for lemon/garlic quinoa and it was surprisingly good! With the quinoa I also made veggie tacos. SUCH a tasty and healthy meal. It was so good Jasper was asking for it for breakfast the next day...

 About once a week I get lazy and make Annie Organic Mac and Cheese. Jasper and I both LOVE it. He asks for pasta almost every day, so I have to give in once in a while. Served with a side of strawberries and applesauce.

 Wednesday night I made garlic and lemon chicken and potatoes. Can ya tell I like lemon and garlic? Threw in some asparagus as well. Everyone asked for seconds, so I'll call it a success.

Thursday it was finally nice enough to eat outside! Jasper and I enjoyed grilled cheese with two different kinds of cheese (organic cheddar and Swedish mild ost) and yellow peppers. If you haven't tried grilled cheese with sliced peppers in between the cheese slices you absolutely must. Jasper asked for a side of strawberries and cucumber.

As always, I'd love some fun, easy, healthy (ish) meal ideas!!

What We Ate + Weekly Organic Meal

I used to post organic meals, and I figured now was a good time to bring them back.

I used I would say 90% organic ingredients for all meals, so from time to time there might be an ingredient that isn't organic.

 From this week you can probably tell we are big fans of Italian food in this house. Could be from my Italian grandparents? When I was pregnant I had to eat macaroni with butter, parmesan cheese and pepper almost Every day. For some odd reason Jasper has developed the love of this simple dish as well. We like to throw in some organic cherry tomatoes as well or sometimes fried zuccini- SO delish. Added in some buttered croissants with cheese.

 Pizza. With Veggies and pepperoni Enough said.

Lately Jasper and I have been making fresh fruit smoothies almost every morning. It's SUCH a great way to start off the day! But Wed. morning we got busy and I never made us our smoothies so Jasper asked for it for lunch. NO problem!  Along with the blueberry/banana/raspberry smoothie we also had apple sauce, carrots, cucumber slices, warm pita, hummus and pita chips.

Anyone have some simple, healthy, easy lunch tips?

And now for the Weekly Organic Meal

I saw a recipe similar to this a while ago, and threw this together Wednesday night. And trust me. It was Orgasmic. Everyone needs to go and  TRY THIS.

Ingredients
Pasta
Garlic
Cherry Tomatoes
Asparagus
Borsin Cheese
Parmesan Cheese

Boil pasta
Towards the end add in the asparagus for about 2 min.

While Pasta is boiling- throw in chopped up garlic in some oil and saute it.

After pasta and asparagus is done, drain and put into garlic. Keep on heat for a few minutes mixing the garlic, pasta, and asparagus. Add in borsin, parmesan and tomatoes. Keep stirring for a minute on heat.

After I had plated the food I decided to throw some more borsin cheese on because it's SO FREAKIN GOOD!

Eat!

Needless to say Everyone asked for seconds of this.

What We Ate

I'm always running out of fun, healthy (ish) lunches for Jasper and I so I thought I would start posting some of the simple meals that we come up with.

We now only buy organic groceries so we eat all organic at home, but we will still indulge in the occasional McDonald's.

Monday I was at the doctors getting my strep confirmed and some meds so no lunch was made for jasper. Drew took him out to lunch and then brought me Panera broc. cheese soup. My absolute favorite.

Tuesday Jasper asked for pasta- so pasta w sauce and garlic bread made from italian bread.

Wednesday we made bagel sandwiches. One of our favorites. Cream cheese, sliced cheese ( i Refuse to eat 'american cheese' slices, those gross waxy things, so I buy a huge block of organic cheese and slice it myself) yellow pepper and cucumber. So delish.

Thursday is our little gym day. It's farther away now from where we live, about 30 min. but we are going to finish up the semester. Class is from 11:45 to 12:45 so I usually grab some Sonics for Jasper to eat in the car so he doesn't fall asleep in the car and comes home ready for a nap. We got Mcdonald's Thurs. instead of Sonics so Jasper (and mamma) could get shamrock shakes.

Friday for lunch we made quesadillas. We eat these at least once a week. So simple and easy and I can throw a bunch of veggies in there and feel better about eating all that cheese. I have a huge thing of spinach I bought to make a quiche so we are trying to so I threw some of that in for the first time, along with a yellow pepper and it was great! Jasper loved it as well.

I can't wait till the farmers market in our neighborhood opens so Jasper and I can walk there and get fresh fruits and veggies to add to our lunches!

Anyone have any simple, tasty and healthy lunch recipes?