Peach crumble, spinach-rice soup, and a Daily Menu

I've been craving fresh peach pie for months. Not the kind made with pre-cooked, canned style peaches in a heavy double crust, but with fresh sliced fruit on a light crust, with vanilla ice cream. As it has not been peach season, the craving has been in the back of my mind for months, waiting. It's almost here, peach season; I saw the first local peaches, small and too firm to really be flavorful, at the market the other day, so I know we're heading into the best season of the year! But the craving was still too strong and I remembered that I had frozen peaches from our trip to Frog's Leap last summer.

I pulled them out, along with a few frozen berries, and made a crumble with them. I'm no baker and pie crust is beyond my ability or patience! I made a crumb topping with oatmeal, brown sugar, flour, and a little butter, baked it until it was golden, and enjoyed the peachy goodness! It's not pie, but was quite delicious and used all but the sugar were local ingredients - peaches from Napa, oatmeal and flour from Windborne CSA, butter from Strauss. I'll definitely make this again for a sweet treat that is low in points (I estimated it as 2 Points per serving for the minimal butter and sugar.)

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Last night's dinner was an Asian-style spinach soup with a little bit of beef (less than a pound for about 6 quarts of soup), rice, lots of leeks, ginger, garlic, cilantro, and Asian spices (soy sauce, Chinese 5 spice powder, lots of black pepper.) I used 5 bunches of spinach and 2 leeks that had been building up in the fridge. The one pot dinner was very satisfying and a tasty last minute throw together meal. It was another almost all local dinner - only the ginger, spices, and soy sauce weren't local.

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Daily Menu

Breakfast
Peach crumble

Lunch
Spinach-rice soup with beef
2 c. milk

Snack
Yogurt, 1 t. flaxseed oil, and fresh strawberries (yippee!)

Dinner
Young root vegetable braise with fava beans
Green salad with oil and vinegar dressing
Grilled salmon (I found one more package in the freezer while unearthing the peaches! Yay!)


Daily 8 - the 8 Healthy Guidelines
1. Fruits and veggies, 5-9 servings a day - yes
2. Whole grains - yes (oatmeal, rice)
3. Milk, 3 servings a day - yes
4. Healthy oil, 3 teaspoons a day - yes
5. Protein - yes
6. Limit sugar and alcohol - yes
7. Water - 8+ cups
8. (Prenatal) Multivitamin - yes