My Dozen

What Dozen things must I have in my kitchen:
1.) Onion
2.) Celery and Carrots
3.) Spices: Cayenne Pepper, Sea Salt and Garlic
4.) Almond butter/Peanut butter as well as Pecans/Almonds/Brazils or Hazelnuts
5.) Coconut oil and EVOO
6.) Lemons or Limes
7.) Tea and a pot for a bit of refreshing with cookbooks/mags to peruse
8.) An assortment of flours like spelt/brown rice/amaranth/oat/corn meal
9.) Brown Rice with additions of Rye berries and Wild Rice
10.) Salad stuff - anything goes
11.) Eggs preferably Cage Free
12.) Cheeses: Goat and Feta and Farmers for example plus a bit of Jalepeno Jack for nachos

To these things I add what I find is interesting, inexpensive this week or down in the bottom of my freezer like: Fish/Chicken/Beef/Lamb and Turkey and the organic veggies at Whole Paycheck that are anywhere near affordable...this week it was beets/leeks and parsnips.

I cook from my head but also my heart...I like the supper table to be cleared and pretty with napkins and placemats. I often cook soup each week and have a huge salad for several days. In winter it is best to consume the warm before the cold so a bit of soup is good before each meal. I like stews and country fare made healthier with lighter ingredients. Flowers are welcome but a nice teapot makes a lovely centerpiece and the one my husband gave me for Christmas has been sitting in a matching tray and will stay there til valentines day when I will find another lovely eye pleasing low thing to adorn the table center. I try to create tasty and economical healthy meals. Sometimes they are a 10 but really often I only hit a 7 or 8. I just keep on trying to tweek it to perfection. Life comes at you hard so be prepared!