Monthly Menus are Back!

Feedback has reported that people enjoy knowing what's being cooked and eaten in our kitchen each month. So, the monthly menus are back...they actually never left but were not exciting enough for blog posts.

We finished summer off with Just Use It July and All-Gone August. Whenever it's moving time I am always amazed at how much food we have in our cupboards and freezer. So our focus was put into using it all up! We left BC with only one cloth bag full of food & condiments being sent over to a friend's house...pretty good if you ask me.

Our September was spent in a friend's friend's apartment while the friend was away. Really, an amazing gift to be able to live there for almost a month (rent free!) while we searched and searched for an apartment in Toronto. The month was spent eating simple meals, ones that didn't require many ingredients or a recipe; thus titled Simple September.

The best meal of the month - Roasted Vegetable Quesadillas. SO GOOD. Here's what you do:

1) Roast whatever vegetables you want (recommending cauliflower, broccoli, bell peppers of any color, onion).
2) On a baking sheet, put flour tortilla, grated cheddar cheese, roasted veggies, more cheese, and then another tortilla. Bake at around 400 degrees until the tortilla is crisp and cheese is melted.
3) Eat with salsa.

Simple, huh?

And now for the present - it's One-Dish October! Anything that can be a meal unto itself - even if we prefer to have fruit or veg or bread on the side - counts. Crock-pot recipes are great but the month is not constrained to that appliance. So far we've had Lentil Taco Salad, Mexican Minestrone, and Waffles. I would LOVE any recipes that you enjoy, especially slow cooker ones!