Today went fast, but my kids with Halloween just around the corner.  I did a pumpkin project with them today, which they loved.  We wrote about pumpkins, read about pumpkins, talked about pumpkins and carved a pumpkin (not a jack-o-lantern :))  Some of them had never touched the inside of a pumpkin, so they loved cleaning out the guts! They brainstormed many names but voted to name our pumpkin “Homeboy”.  I thought it was an interesting choice.  🙂

Unfortunately Brady could not join us for the fun.  Isn’t Homeboy cute?

So after an energetic day of school, I was craving something warm and filling.  I didn’t really have a plan, and we are missing some critical ingredients for our favorite dishes so I had to get creative.  I ended up cooking 1/2 an acorn squash and some kashi pilaf to start.  I knew these would be good choices regardless of what else I thought up.  I then opened a can of lentils and chickpeas.  In the meantime, I made some fresh pesto with my entire basil plant.  I decided to strip all of the leaves off before it froze and they were no good to use. I then mixed everything together to make one great, fibery, fall dish.

Fall Fiber (use as much as you would like of each)

• chickpeas
• lentils (canned or cooked)
• Kashi pilaf
• fresh oil-free pesto
• acorn squash (cooked)
• salt and pepper

Mix all cooked ingredients together and dig in.

This is a very veggie dish, and it did not appeal to Brady at all.  He ended up making his own pizza with some frozen dough, cheese, chicken and fresh pesto.  The pizza was great too!

It’s been freezing here so I love to get my workout done in the morning, when I am too asleep to think about how cold it is.  Im off to work on grad school papers…yuck

Yay for being one day close to the weekend (that means Florida for us!!)

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