Broccoli Mac and Cheese

Boxed Mac and cheese has got nothin on this. Like OMG. Its shockingly easy to make your own cheese sauce at home, and gluten free at that! The combo of brown rice rotini, mixed cheese sauce, and broccoli. Yum! My toddler had two helpings. NEVER HAPPENS!

Sauce:

Saute 2 Tbs butter with 2 Tbs gluten free flour. It will look weird and like you did something wrong

Pour in 2 cups of milk and whisk well, like really well

Let it bubble and start to thicken

Keep stirring and add in some salt, pepper, and 2 tsp garlic powder

Add 1 handful mozzarella cheese and 1 handful mild cheddar cheese

Whisk until cheese is melted and its all combined!

Noodles:

Cook I package of rotini noodles

During the last 5 of cooking add in 1 head of fresh broccoli cut into florets

Drain and combine into the pan with the cheese sauce

Give it a stir to get it all yummy and mixed up

Salt and pepper more if needed!

Potato and Bacon Frittata

The chickens have been really doing well with their egg laying! We get about 20 eggs a week. Egg dishes are a regular staple for our dinner repertoire. This Frittata was a super quick throw together meal. The bacon can be omitted to make it vegetarian but it really makes it extra hearty.

Microwave 4 potatoes chopped up for 5 minutes. Set aside

Sauté 5 pieces of bacon chopped up in a large pan

Add potatoes to pan with bacon

Add in a large head of chopped broccoli

Add in 8 large eggs that have been scrambled in a bowl

Mix it all

top with @tillamook shredded cheddar

broil for 8 mins in the oven then top with scallions 
Serve with ketchup🙌🏼

Ginger Soy Salmon Filets

Salmon. One of my favorite dinner proteins. Tasty, nutritious, versatile, and cooks in minutes. Perfect in my book. Salmon is total brain food, giving you a good dose of inflammation reducing Omega 3 Fatty Acids. Perfect to add to your families weekly dinner repertoire. Introducing it early in life will definitely increase the likelihood of your kiddos liking it and them building a taste for it. The recipe below is super kid friendly as well. Salmon can be pricey so my favorite way to incorporate this on a regular basis is to purchase it in frozen filets. Its convenient, defrosts quick, and leaves you with perfectly portioned pieces. I purchase mine from Whole Foods Market, which I know seems like it would be more expensive, but oz for oz  happens to be a really good deal. They've always got some on sale. I feel like if I'm going to have animal sources of protein it's important to learn a bit about sustainable farm and fishing practices. If your interested, check out that link. Really interesting stuff.

This recipe incorporates fresh garlic and ginger. Full of antioxidants and flavor, try incorporating both of these as much as possible into your diet.  Fresh ginger is great added to warm water with lemon or tea, and I like to keep it in the freezer so none goes to waste.When buying ginger, it will look like a gnarly, twisted root (which it is). If dirty just give it a rinse, chop off a 1 inch piece and peel it. Now your ready to chop it into pieces as big or small as you'd like. 

Ingredients:

2 defrosted Salmon filets

2 pieces of aluminum foil, large enough to form packets around the Salmon

1 inch of ginger root chopped

2 cloves garlic chopped (1 for each piece of Salmon)

2 Tbs low sodium soy sauce or Tamari

Drizzle of sesame oil (small drizzle onto each filet, optional)

Place one Salmon filet on each piece of aluminum foil, top with garlic/ginger, soy, then sesame oil. Close the aluminum foil to create a packet for each.  Place each package on a baking sheet and bake at 375 for 12 minutes or until Salmon feels firm to the touch and flakes with a fork.