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| As we're eating fresh oranges regularly, now, I thought I'd save some of the peel and make a batch of candied orange peel. My kids all think of this as a Christmas treat, and I love this stuff. Some people don't care for it. So I guess this is a love it or hate it treat. In any case, it's a thrifty candy. |
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| My whole family agrees that candied orange peel is even better when coated with dark chocolate. I used about 1/2 cup of chocolate pieces, combining semi-sweet chips and broken pieces of unsweetened baking chocolate for a dark chocolate with about 70% cacao. |
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| It's reminiscent of those jellied orange sticks enrobed in chocolate. I didn't coat all of the candied orange pieces, but saved some as is to chop and freeze to add to cranberry bread later this winter. |
On with the suppers this week.
Saturday
leftover Thanksgiving dinner
leftover pie
Sunday
chicken soup, using chicken carcass from Thanksgiving plus veggies and potatoes
scratch biscuits
Monday
beef stew
pumpkin scones
salad of shredded cabbage, lentil sprouts, sliced celery, avocado chunks
persimmon wedges (our neighbor gifted us with a box of persimmons)
Tuesday
Salisbury steak and gravy
brown rice
frozen peas
roasted root vegetables (garden beets, garden turnips, store carrots)
stewed prunes
Wednesday
beet green frittata (beet greens from yesterday's harvested beets)
toasted whole wheat bread
Asian slaw
steamed carrots
Thursday
tuna melts (gotta get our fish in some way)
roasted pumpkin (our last fresh pumpkin)
canned green beans
sautéed gingered pears (Asian pear chunks I froze in September from neighbor's downed tree branch, butter, ground ginger -- delicious and no sugar needed)
Friday pizza and movie night
scratch pepperoni and olive pizza
cabbage and avocado salad with salsa and mayo dressing
carrot sticks
leftover pie
carrot sticks
leftover pie
Saturday
leftover Thanksgiving dinner
leftover pie
Sunday
chicken soup, using chicken carcass from Thanksgiving plus veggies and potatoes
scratch biscuits
Monday
beef stew
pumpkin scones
salad of shredded cabbage, lentil sprouts, sliced celery, avocado chunks
persimmon wedges (our neighbor gifted us with a box of persimmons)
Tuesday
Salisbury steak and gravy
brown rice
frozen peas
roasted root vegetables (garden beets, garden turnips, store carrots)
stewed prunes
Wednesday
beet green frittata (beet greens from yesterday's harvested beets)
toasted whole wheat bread
Asian slaw
steamed carrots
Thursday
tuna melts (gotta get our fish in some way)
roasted pumpkin (our last fresh pumpkin)
canned green beans
sautéed gingered pears (Asian pear chunks I froze in September from neighbor's downed tree branch, butter, ground ginger -- delicious and no sugar needed)
What was your favorite meal this past week? My favorite was our pizza night. The pizza was good, but it's more than just the meal. I really look forward to sitting and watching a movie with family each week. It's relaxing and takes me out of my own life for a few hours, if that makes sense.
Everything so quickly changed from Thanksgiving and late fall to Christmas season. I've got some gingerbread cookie dough in the fridge to make little men and women tomorrow. I listen to Christmas music (using Roku to find yule log Christmas music videos) all day while I'm working in the house. The dining room has been transformed into gift wrap central. Saturday we'll pull out the rest of our Christmas decorations (tree went up on Thanksgiving and outdoor lights on Sunday) and have a decking the halls snacky dinner. I feel like we're full into holiday mode. How about you? Are you all in on the Christmas season already, or are you putting it off another few days. I understand going either way. I really wasn't looking forward to doing the Christmas season work. But now that I'm listening to music, lighting candles, reading Advent scripture, and making plans for gifts for my loved ones, I think I can do this and be cheery about it.
Wishing you all a lovely weekend.
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