Broccoli shows up at #37 in the list of 44 Healthy Foods Under a $1 and this is at least true for conventional broccoli – organic tends to be more expensive.
Broccoli is at low risk for pest invasion so it’s supposedly sprayed less than other vegetables, but the Environmental Working Group puts broccoli right in the middle list of their list of Fruits and Vegetables with Pesticide Residue (ordered from worst to best) – what’s a semi-paranoid produce penny pincher to do?
Are you sick of zucchini yet? Well hang tight, we’ve still got a few weeks of summer left.
With a frittata on the dinner menu, I gathered up the latest round of CSA zucchini (both yellow and green) for shredding and salting before I made it sit in the corner to think about what it did wrong.
Oh Zucchini, you didn’t do anything wrong. You’re just so… so… plenteous! So abundant! I’m at my wits end trying to come up with ideas for you.
As an oat lover, I usually end up making eggs for meals other than breakfast. Today I made Veggie Frittatas for dinner.
Ingredients:
1 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
5 or 6 eggs
1/4 c of milk (optional)
1/4 c of cheese (optional)
Vegetables of your choosing
Salt and pepper to taste
In a large pan, saute vegetables on medium heat in EVOO until soft. I used what I had on hand; onions, garlic, mushrooms, red pepper and spinach.
Because the spinach cooks fast, I got the other veggies started and held off on the spinach until everything else had softened up.
*Except it’s not a Quiche, it’s a Frittata.
I planned to make a quiche for a small gathering over the weekend. I realized later I needed to make a dairy free dish, so I googled, “Dairy Free Quiche Recipe”, and that’s when I remembered that quiche is not really quiche without milk of some sort. I suppose you could add some non-dairy milk, but what I really was going to make was a frittata.
Spell check keeps trying to tell me “frittata” is not a word. Stop waving your intimidating squiggly red line at me, Spell Check. I am certain that I could not, should not, would not make a “Fritter”, but thanks for your not-so-helpful suggestion.
This was supposed to be post #9 of 44 into this series of Healthy Eating on a Budget. Cauliflower was on today’s agenda. Unfortuantely, it wasn’t until after I made, photographed, devoured and sat down to write this post about Red Pepper and Cauliflower Bisque that I realized cauliflower is NOT on the list of affordable healthy food items under a $1 that I’ve been working from.
Can you hear me groaning from here? Planning fail. Well guess what! I’m going make a case for cauliflower anyway, because that list of 44 healthy foods is not the boss of me. More importantly though, this soup was too delicious to not share.
I eat eggs just about every day. They are easy to prepare, crazy good for you and there are approximately one gagillion different ways to use them. I completely agree that eggs are one of the healthiest foods on this planet and in my opinion, represent the pinnacle of affordable nutrition.
I try to buy pastured eggs from my local co-op or farmers at the markets because free range chickens produce eggs that are nutritionally superior to conventional eggs. When I don’t have time to get to the markets or the co-op, I do sometimes buy organic supermarket eggs, but it’s important to say that organic supermarket eggs are not the same as eggs you would get from a local farm or your own backyard.
I recently saw a quote that said:
The greatest prison people live in is the fear of what other people think.
Somehow, that resonates much deeper than the standard “don’t worry about what other people think” one liner. That just makes me think “don’t boss me.”
I mean, it’s probably not a bad idea to care a little bit about what other people think… especially if it motivates you to do things like brush your hair and to change out of your food splattered yoga pants before leaving the house. But maybe not caring so much that it paralyzes you from trying new things or being an authentic version of yourself. In that case, forget everybody. Do what you want! (Whoops, I think I’m bossing you.)
October 12 Baked Pumpkin Oatmeal
August 22 Intermittent Fasting Lately
July 29 Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
July 16 The Birthful Podcast: My HBA2C Story
June 15 Dairy Free Gluten Free Quiche*
June 12 The One Where I Tell You How it All Came Together
August 16 A Blueberry Tossed Salad (to make before blueberry season is over!)
August 10 Zucchini Noodles with Homemade Pesto
August 9 Are You There Blog? It’s Me, Alison.
June 12 Superlative Summer Potluck Dish
The girls and I hiked, biked and triked ourselves a couple of blocks to our local farmers market this afternoon.
We enjoyed the sites.
The sounds.
(Asparagus speaks to me.)
The signs.
The realization that tonight’s dinner plans were about to be revamped.
Brussels sprouts can wait until tomorrow.
More Mama’s Weeds
