Preschool Nate

It was Nate's first day back at preschool this fall. Since he's 3, he will be going three mornings per week.
Nate's snack in this mini (180ml) Spongebob container: Veggie Booty; oatmeal raisin cookie; baby carrots.













Some of the perks of the 3 year old class are markers and scissors.

On busy days like this,
it's handy to have a
frozen stash of pesto
ready to add to a quick
pasta dish.

And I scored on a bunch
of cheap pears at the
supermarket, so I used
them in a salad.

I had ordered some Soy
Bleu to try for the first
time recently, so I added
it to the salad too.

Peppery Pear Salad
(serves 2)

salad greens for 2
1 pear, cut into slices then cut in half
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup crumbled Soy Bleu (optional)
2 T. walnut oil
1 T. olive oil
1 T. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper

Wash & tear greens, place in bowls.
Cut pear and add to greens.
Add chopped walnuts.
Crumble on Soy Bleu (or other sharp tasting alternative)
Mix last 5 ingredients vigourously in a small bowl. Pour over salad.

Feels Like Winter

The weekend was busy with haircuts, donor milk drop-off, and sushi.

Maia is getting used to
hats & mittens as the
weather cools off. Within
3 days the weather was
70 degrees and sunny,
40 and rainy, or 18 degrees
at night with frost on the
ground come morning.

Monday:

AJ's snack:
meatless
meatballs;
broccoli;
baguette
slices;
fruit
salad.










Ryan's lunch: mini pumpkin muffin; broccoli; meatless meatballs; fruit salad; baguette slices.

Tuesday:
Ryan's lunch: Ian's Alphatots (letter potatoes); blueberries; Tofurky sandwich; mini banana walnut muffin; green beans; ketchup for dipping potatoes.

Nate's lunch:
potatoes N-A-T-E;
green beans;
sandwich;
blueberries.




AJ's snack:
sandwich;
green beans;
Alphatots.






I brought a friend with a
new baby some food:
Chick Pea and Roast
Vegetable Salad from The
Essential Christmas Cookbook,
and a fall pack of mini
pumpkin muffins (I made
two batches this week
with our remaining farm
squash).

I caught Maia and AJ
gazing at each other
on the floor. I don't do
"tummy time"; when
she's ready she can
get there and do it on
her own.


Wednesday:
Ryan's lunch: carrots; cucumber; Tofurky deli slice "flower"; blueberries; roasted vegetable pizza slice; mini banana walnut muffin; peanut butter cookie w/dark chocolate topping.

I sent a Thanksgiving
gift swap off to a friend:
a mug filled with Lake
Champlain dark chocolates
on the bottom, peanut
butter cookies, mini pumpkin
muffins, and a pack of
homemade note cards.


Thursday:
Nate's lunch & AJ's snack.

Ryan's
lunch:
Annie's
saltine
crackers;
a tiny
forelle
pear;
broccoli;
mini
pumpkin
muffin;
a grape;
cucumber
slices;
1/3 Amy's
vegetable
pocket.

Friday:
Ryan's lunch: vegetable crackers w/Tofutti cream cheese; baguette slices; blueberries; cucumber slices; a mini gel cup; a Thermos of chili!

Today was our first
winter farm share
pickup! Despite a high
of 34 degrees, the
greenhouses were busy
with people collecting
their produce.

Outside the collards greens were withered from frost, but inside the new mobile greenhouse remay covered rows of thriving greens. Out in the fields root vegetables were hunkered down awaiting harvesting during the next couple of months. Not bad for New England!












First winter farm share: 13 pounds of root vegetables including white potatoes, sweet potatoes, turnips, carrots, rutabagas; 4 winter squash (Ryan picked out the 2 biggest & the 2 smallest he could find, urf!); swiss chard; green & purple bok choy; leeks; scallions; lettuce; cabbage; spinach; mixed baby asian greens.
Ryan ran around checking out the condition of the children's garden and tasting chives from the herb garden that were still viable. I grabbed a few sage leaves that were still in perfect condition.