I had planned on making this lentil shepherd's pie...but it didn't quite work out. I bought all the ingredients and a few days later went to make it, then realized you have to roast the sweet potatoes first...which takes 45 mins. Plus the time to bake the pie! We wouldn't be eating until like 8pm or something! So I roasted the potatoes and put them aside to make the following day. Cut to 4 days later (pushing it for potato freshness!) and I'm prepping the ingredients...then discover the mushrooms had molded. Argh!!! So I scrapped that recipe all together and made the stand-by peanut butter noodles. I'll still make the shepherd's pie at some point, but it does seem like a lot of work. I'll need to do some of the chopping and stuff earlier in the day, or even make it during the day and re-heat for dinner. Four to six PM is kind of a nightmare around here sometimes!
Ok, so, backtracking. I think Monday was the shepherd's pie deal. Tuesday was Fat Tuesday so we had some wine with dinner (whatever it was, haha!) Wednesday, Kyle had a meeting so the kids ate a plate of snacky fruit and stuff, and I had Brussels sprouts (my favorite to eat when Kyle is gone...he hates them.) Thursday I made homemade pizza again, since the kids love it. We even used real cheese! Friday we picked up some Greek food on our way home from school as a special treat. Isaac had gyros (he LOVES gyros), Esther had hummus and pita, and I had falafel. It wasn't our favorite restaurant, but Kokoras in West Seattle is hard to beat.
We're assessing our vegan-ness and may be making some changes coming up. I'll save that for my next post!
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