Eating Fresh

For his birthday, the kids and I made dear husband a special meal with some new recipes. We started around 3pm and had everything ready in time for our usual 6:30 supper. Whew. I couldn't have done it without Eldest working with me, side by side. I just love that.

After we pushed back our chairs from the table and declared the meal delicious, I realized that most of the ingredients we used were super-fresh ~ homegrown by our family. Cool!

The Menu:

Fresh Herb Pork Tenderloin

Vegetable Medley

Scalloped Potatoes

Mint Tea

These items came from the grocery store:

Pork tenderloin

Olive Oil

Butter

Decaf Tea Bags

Milk

We grew all these ingredients ourselves:

Yellow squash

Bell peppers

Tomatoes

Potatoes

Onions (purple for the medley, white for the potato dish)

Garlic

Mint

Rosemary

Italian flat-leaf parsley

Basil

Oregano

Thyme

Eggs

Honey

Judging from the pile of fresh stuff on my porch right now, for tonight's supper I'd better work in lots of yellow squash, potatoes, onions, garlic, shallots, and herbs into the meal. I like a good challenge. We'll see how we do.