the fam's favorite dinner yet

well, there is one thing you can expect from the mullies...pictures of food in reality time.  

no staged, pretty martha stewart action here.  can you tell i snap and go?

i was looking at that above picture pondering, jeesh, does that even look appetizing??  

hahahahahahahaha

i guess you'll just have to trust me and hopefully i'll get better at this:)

tonight's dinner inspo:

beef and broccoli casserole

sometimes i follow a recipe.

sometimes i google ingredients to get inspiration and then turn it into something else.  

i got lucky tonight with the latter and everybody l.o.v.e.d it.  

tommy likes it.  no feeding, no cajoling...he's like french or something. 

the mullies italian ground beef and quinoa

1 lb grass fed organic ground beef

1 large organic onion chopped

(cook together and drain fat)

1 T worcestershire sauce (i found a bottle with no artificial ingredients at williams sonoma)

1 t dried basil

1 t dried oregano

1 t dried parsley

1 c coconut milk

1 c organic beef stock

1 cube vegan bouillon

1 c leftover cooked quinoa (if you add uncooked quinoa...  cook at least 20 minutes or until tender)

(add above ingredients to meat and onions.  bring to boil and simmer until ready to serve).

sides:

christina's broccoli

sliced organic pears

gluten free garlic bread - i saved the frozen "butts" of the udi's sandwich bread, spread earth's best natural buttery spread & garlic salt over one side and baked them with the broccoli for about 5 minutes.

it's the first 100% happy family eating dinner since we started 52 days ago...

everybody noticed, it was a celebration...i want more of these!!

chicken with apples

we had a very romantic family dinner last night.

my inspo came from chicken and apples from the wellness mama

notes:

i diced up the onions to camouflage them to look like apples.  

it totally worked, hahahahah (insert evil laugh).

i added probably around 3/4 c white wine at the end and let it all simmer for about 10-15 minutes.  

oh baby it was good.

i served it with noodles and i  also chopped up a fresh pineapple for a side.

so the evoo, sesame oil and seeds were for the broccoli that i cooked up.  

that shit got eaten so fast that i didn't even take a picture.  

my friend christina shared this little gem with me.  thank you my cooking friend!!!

christina's broccoli is the best mom!

fresh broccoli chopped up

toss with evoo, s&p

throw a few garlic cloves in the pan

cook at 400 degrees for 10 min, toss, add another 5 min

take out and sprinkle some sesame oil & seeds on top - cook another minute or so...

my kids will not let me make it any other way now.  

mac set the table for me.  

he wanted to make it a restaurant.  

so he made place cards and a menu.

welcome to mat...each seat cost: 7.99 + $1.70 dollars off.

now we must learn how to put napkins in our laps.

 cheers mac!  thank you my little helper:)  

maybe you'll get into the food biz someday.  

his food promises to be "gas free".