Having been in Minnesota last weekend, and with a Labor Day trip to Michigan on the horizon, PT and I haven’t done a lot of grocery shopping lately. We were living on what I had brought back from Michigan, and as that was running out we were only a few days away from Minnesota. We are making a master grocery list for Meijer while we are in Michigan, and tallying the fruits and veggies we are going to get, measured in bushels, at roadside stands.
So we are getting creative!
Beet and Corn Risotto
We had beet I wanted to use up, but no greens so I couldn’t make a salad. I automatically think about rice when I’m using up leftover food because stir fry is such an easy way to thrown everything together, but beet stir fry? I didn’t think so.
But rice=risotto… beet risotto? With corn!
This was so good. Sure, food shouldn’t be that color, but damn! I made risotto like usual, roasted the beets and chopped them, threw in half a can of corn with the beets at the very end with some Parmesan! Amazing.
Everything Else Stir Fry
Cashew Goodness
Last night I had to use up carrots, cucumber, pineapple, corn, and goat cheese. Without buying any other ingredients. So, naturally, I thought of rice, and figured I could use everything but that pesky goat cheese in a stir fry.
So cooked up some brown rice and I sauteed some onions, added carrots, cucumber, pineapple, and corn, PT did some fancy seasoning and saucing, and we finished it with both sesame seeds and cashews. It was great! I love pineapple in stir fry.
But, we still have three dinners left and I’m running out of options.
Not to mention breakfast! We are out of milk and fruit, so oat bowls are a no go.
Steel Cut Oats in the Crock Pot!
Hearty Breakfast
We had picked up some steel cut oats at Green Grocer a couple weeks ago, and this cool weather begs me to get the crock pot back out!
We threw some oats in the crock pot last night with raisins, some butter, cinnamon, and a lot of water, and in the morning it was done! We ate half our bowls, with brown sugar on top! It was so much food; but that just means we already have tomorrow’s breakfast.
This was a MESS, though. I washed the crock pot once already, and it’s soaking a second time. Might not be worth it.
I realize that when normal people eat out of their pantries they eat, like, cans of beans with mustard. We aren’t quite there yet. But tonight’s dinner? No idea. I’ve got a bag of potatoes, some onions, and goat cheese. I don’t even have pan cake mix! Goat cheese risotto? hehe
This should start getting interesting.
