Welcome to Refrigerator Confidential Day #7 & #8, the final post of this up close and personal look at our refrigerator. I hope you have enjoyed reading about the kinds of foods we like to buy at the farmers’ market, and how we manage to eat all or most of it by the end of the week. It is always a challenge, and does require a fair amount of effort from us, but this is how we like to eat. . .it is our lifestyle, and we wouldn’t trade it for any other way.
Friday’s Meals with Recipes:
Breakfast
Me- Oatmeal with Granny Smith Apples {recipe & photos on Refrigerator Confidential Day #5}
Green Tea
Freshly Pressed Ginger Kombucha
My husband- Peanut Butter & Arugula Wrap on a Whole Grain Tortilla
Lunch
Grilled Eggplant Moussaka
Pickled Beets {recipe & photos on Refrigerator Confidential Day #2}
Layers of russet potato, zucchini, eggplant & seasoned ground beef topped with feta cheese & creamy Bechamel sauce with Pickled Beets
Our friend Molly dropped off a delicious Grilled Eggplant Moussaka yesterday, which I promptly put in the oven for our lunch. I have never made moussaka, and I’m not sure that I have ever eaten it before, so I have nothing with which to compare it. Comparisons are unnecessary though, because it was outstanding. Molly has a business called Maui Go To Girl {“consider it done“}. If you are a busy person who could use some assistance with meals, errands, moving, event planning and much, much more, please check out her website at www.mauigotogirl.com. Her services are many and I can assure you that you are in good hands with Molly {food-wise and otherwise}!
Dinner
We went to Milagros in Paia, where you can find one of the best Maui happy hour prices we know of {$3.00 beer and margaritas-no food discount}. We filed our taxes yesterday, so decided to go out and celebrate with Kalua Pork Nachos-yum! After we came home, we had popcorn while we watched episode 2 of season 1 of Twin Peaks. We didn’t watch it when it first came out, so we are catching up on popular culture. While it was a tasty eating day, it wasn’t stellar in terms of vegetable consumption-definitely not up to our usual standards. It’s what you do 95% of the time that matters, according to us. . . you have to be able to eat some not-so-healthy for you foods every now and again.
Peanut Butter & Arugula Wrap on a Whole Grain Tortilla
1 whole grain tortilla {we use organic sprouted wheat tortillas}
Peanut butter of your choice {I can’t imagine not choosy crunchy.}
Arugula-lots of it
Fresh lemon juice
Salt & pepper
Spread tortilla with as much peanut butter as you want, and top with lots of arugula. Squeeze a little fresh lemon juice over the arugula and season with salt and freshly ground pepper. You could also drizzle a little extra virgin olive oil over the arugula. It’s always a good thing to have something juicy on a wrap, otherwise they can be dry.
Here is what’s left from last Saturday’s purchases. Not bad. We consider the carrots, celery, cabbages and kabocha squash to be staples, meaning we don’t necessarily don’t intend to eat them all during the week. Imagine adding all that to what we’ve already eaten! So really, what’s left are 2 green onions, a half a green pepper, 2 jalapeños and a bit of kale. We’d call this a successful eating week! We only ate out twice-last Saturday night at Nuka {mmmm!} and yesterday at Milagros, so that was helpful.
It’s Saturday again & we have started the cycle all over again!
Here’s the foundation of another week of great eating!
Isn’t this organic red leaf lettuce gorgeous?
A Bundle of Beautiful Baby Romaine Lettuces
I hope your farmers’ markets are open or opening very soon! Go out and get yourself some delectable fresh produce for your health and good eating.
Bon appétit!
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