~Eat Your Veggies! and Other Food Adventures~

So lately I have been on a kick to get more veggies into my family meals... but in a way that the boys will eat them. I'm lucky in the fact that Aodhan and Luke both love vegetables but I don't like doing the same old same old.

 One of the great things about Aodhan is he loves soup and one of his favourite kinds is Wor Won Ton. When we were in Taiwan I learned how to make lion head soup which is similar minus the won tons. I found a basic recipe years ago and from that I have customized it to our families tastes (I am not a measuring and recipe following kind of girl). The base of my Lions head soup is pork meatballs that are kind of like the filling for a won ton. I use bok choy, carrots, baby corn (Aodhan's favourite), celery, red peppers, mushrooms, onions, chicken broth, and noodles. You cook up the meatballs, add the veggies, next comes the stock, and in the last few minutes you add the noodles. A yummy, hardy, vegetable filled meal for the family.

Another thing we eat a lot of in this family is salads. Recently I decided I wanted a Greek salad (minus the olives) for dinner and I was having a hard time thinking of what would go good with it. Then I thought well what about pitas, chicken, and tzatziki sauce?!?! So me being me I looked up a recipe for Pita bread and made my own from scratch with a yummy salad, chicken skewers, and homemade tzatziki sauce. Everyone loved it!

This week I am trying the Salads in a jar idea I found on Pinterest. I will have to post if it is a success or failure.