Snack foods

Feeling too pregnant to do a lot of cooking... but not to do a lot of snacking!

Like this one...

Spring Celebration Salad

Made this delicious salad for a birthday party we hosted, served with tri-tip & baked potatoes & yams and fresh melon... it was a lovely Spring celebration!!

Green Smoothies use up those CSA Greens

Making a recipe of these easy Coconut Green Smoothie Cups from the leftover greens in our CSA basket is my best idea ever. I use the kale, chard or whatever else in the same proportion as the spinach. Then I freeze it in cubes, maybe mix in any other fruit that is needing to be used (I added blueberries to these)- and I can pull out the cubes and have quick and easy green smoothies- this one I added a banana, cup or so of strawberries and half a cup almond milk.

Inspired by a friend & a box

This morning my friend posted a yummy sounding breakfast to her Facebook status and it inspired me to create today's recipe. It turned out so good, I wish I had made triple the amount.  I served it with grilled ham & cheese sandwiches for the gluten & meat eaters in the family and just enjoyed a double batch for myself for lunch.

Noticing that some of my CSA box's ingredients were starting to fade, I tried to incorporate as many as I could with the kale- apples, cilantro, broccoli... and then I looked up a few recipes and went from there. I decided to toss in the feta at the end, because I felt the need for something a bit creamy- it was an inspired addition, if I do say so my self.

Enjoy these pictures from the preparation. Click here for the full recipe.

Happy Sunday!

Decided to hop on a few linky parties, because it's fun to make new friends...

Dinner This Month

Does it work? The once a month cooking craze I have been reading about and salivating over every few months for the past couple of years. I have tried it once myself- a "month's" worth of freezer meals, but it wiped me out, and we had a freezer full of stuff I just didn't feel like eating...

Enter www.dinnerthismonth.com. A group of women have been test driving this group driven cooking experience for over a year now, and have gotten many of the kinks sorted out. I am ready to give it a whirl- even the social aspect of gathering with friends once a month to do something productive is terribly appealing to me. With baby #4 bearing down on me- I am looking at a summer of sleepless nights and the need for wholesome and delicious food that is easy to prep for me or Sugar Daddy (maybe even G-pie could help out here?) and if it is edible to C-dough & J-cakes, it will be a win-win-win-win-win-win situation!! (What a family of "weiners" we are!)

So I am gathering some of my homies and talkin' it up- I hope to connect at least 3 friends who are interested in sharing this journey and maybe some of them will also provide some guest blog posts on Eating Barefoot.

Have you, or has anyone you know, ever tried OAMC, or freezer meals as a meal plan? Would love to read your thoughts. Happy Friday!

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Going Gluten Free

So I have decided to really do it. Committed-ly.

So tonight I feasted on steak and grilled veggies and salad. I ate it too fast to take pictures.

Not sure if I want to go dairy free, too. The holidays are over (yes ours linger on - what with all the birthdays) and it is time to return to conscious eating.

And I have to get one of these nifty things utilized by Whole Foods at a recent field trip we went on. Yes, that is a blender attached to the stationery bike. Get your workout WHILE you make breakfast!

I've missed you, my little foodie blog.