Since I am like a week behind in posting meals that we’ve enjoyed on the urban homestead, am going to combine the week before and last week’s meals. aka “two weeks’ worth”
Enjoy!
Summer vegetable medley
SATURDAY
Breakfast – homemade pancakes
Dinner – homemade flour tortillas, homemade rice (homegrown peppers, tomatoes) with homegrown red peppers and cheese
SUNDAY
Breakfast – homemade skillet granola
Lunch – leftovers from Saturday
Dinner – homegrown roasted eggplant, red peppers with pasta
MONDAY
Breakfast – homemade skillet granola
Lunch – OUT
Dinner – CA grown organic rice with homegrown squash, red peppers and greens
TUESDAY
Breakfast – homemade skillet granola
Lunch – homemade homegrown vegetable soup (greens, peppers, eggplant, squash)
Dinner – homemade homegrown vegetable soup (greens, peppers, eggplant, squash)
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast – homemade skillet granola
Lunch – homemade homegrown vegetable soup (greens, peppers, eggplant, squash)
Dinner – homemade homegrown vegetable soup (greens, peppers, eggplant, squash)
THURSDAY
Breakfast – homemade skillet granola
Lunch – homemade/homegrown herb pizza crust topped with homegrown tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and mozzarella cheese
Dinner -OUT
FRIDAY
Breakfast – homemade skillet granola
Lunch – leftover pizza with homegrown salad
Dinner – homemade/canned tomato sauce with pasta and parmesan cheese with homegrown salad
Winter squash
Tropical treats from our backyard and trades other fellow gardeners/farmers in the area
Chopped tromboncino squash
Wild rice (thanks to Erik from Minnesota ) pilaf with smashed squash
Melon (from Farmer Sergio), homegrown pomegranate and pineapple guava salad
Another huge tromboncino destined for the pot
Squash with pomegranate syrup and tangerine (from Janice K) salad
Vegetarian thanksgiving
Watermelon from Farmer Sergio
Colorful and tasty salad (Tangerines from Janice K – thanks!)
Last week here on the urban homestead was squash week! Squash for lunch, squash for dinner. I don’t know about you but with the cooler weather one can never have enough, warm and tasty winter squash! Definitely getting our daily allowance of vitamin A (beta carotene) from the squash and Vitamin C thanks to the citrus and tropical treats. Also enjoyed few unseasonable treats for this time of year- melons courtesy of Farmer Sergio.
SATURDAY
Breakfast – homemade pancakes
Dinner – homemade flour tortillas, homemade rice (homegrown peppers, tomatoes) with homegrown red peppers and cheese
SUNDAY
Breakfast – homemade skillet granola
Lunch – leftovers from Saturday
Dinner -OUT
MONDAY
Breakfast – homemade skillet granola
Lunch – homemade homegrown vegetable soup (greens, peppers, eggplant, squash)
Dinner – homegrown winter squash with homemade wild rice pilaf (wild rice courtesy of Erik in MN) made with homegrown celery and herbs
TUESDAY
Breakfast – homemade skillet granola
Lunch – homegrown tromboncino squash topped with homegrown/made pomegranate syrup, homegrown salad topped with tangerines (trade with Janice K) and homegrown pomegranates
Dinner – homegrown tromboncino squash with homemade wild rice pilaf (wild rice courtesy of Erik in MN) made with homegrown celery and herbs
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast – homemade skillet granola
Lunch – homemade homegrown vegetable soup (greens, peppers, eggplant, squash)
Dinner – homegrown tromboncino squash with homegrown salad topped with tangerines (trade with Janice K) and homegrown pomegranates
THURSDAY
Breakfast – homemade skillet granola
Lunch – homemade/homegrown herb pizza crust topped with homegrown tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and mozzarella cheese
Dinner – homegrown squash, homegrown salad with tangerines (from Janice K) and tofurkey
FRIDAY
Breakfast – homemade skillet granola
Lunch – leftovers
Dinner – homemade/canned tomato sauce with pasta and parmesan cheese
Do you realize how beautiful your uncluttered kitchen is? The lighting – the squash – the big country sink – the red cupboards – all just so beautiful and inviting.
I am thankful for all that you do and that you take the time to share with all of us who read along…
I continue to be inspired by your family and am looking forward to making more changes in the coming year to increase my family’s independence and sufficiency on our own 0.4 acre in town.
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Does Farmer Sergio grow those fall melons under protection? A greenhouse maybe?
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The Melons were planted in August.It stays warm enough out here to keep the plants producing till nov-dec.I pulled the last one just yesterday.I’m trying to do some tomatos under cover but my green house may be just to low budget.We’ll see what happens.
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If you have access to animal manure that is fresh you could try digging down about 1 1/2 – 2 feet in the green house and layering fresh manure and leaves or straw etc and covering this with soil. It will generate heat in the soil above it and may give you an extra couple of months of tomatoes. You may need to cover with with row cover at night.
I saw an above ground compost pile in a green house and the pile had PVC pipe coiled inside it. As the pile heated up it warmed the water in the PVC pipes which then ran out of the pile and through pipes underground in the green house. That was their soil/greenhouse heating system.
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