This week, like most weeks, consisted of Real Food and life lessons. Last weekend we were told about a particular problem and were invited to attend a meeting at City Hall on behalf of a group that we are very familiar with. I packed up the children and showed up. That’s how you show you care about things in general, you participate; you show up.
Well, we arrived and I quickly realized that I had not been given both sides of the disagreement. Outraged neighbors kindly informed me…and I ended up siding with them. At the time, a much bigger hearing was taking place before we were to go in, so we left after the news cameras showed up. It was a great lesson for the kiddos: No matter how well you know someone or how familiar you are with an organization, don’t just take their word on anything. It’s always best to hear both sides, always.
The moment I decided to leave:
In an effort to make my life more manageable, I used my Instant Pot (here) and took about 5lbs of meat that was frozen solid and made it fall-off-the-bone tender in 100 minutes. A decent amount of bone broth was created in there as well from the bones present in the meat. When I refrigerated the leftovers, it gelled big time…which is perfect when it comes to bone broth. Tender meat, like a falling apart roast or two, is so nice to have around because the leftovers can used to top salads, consumed in taco form or added to casseroles and soups.
The meat frozen solid before placing into the Instant Pot insert (still wet after being washed from just finishing another job):
Meat that went from frozen solid to fork tender in 100 minutes and it created some perfect bone broth from those bones in there!
We had a busy week of homeschool and then my eldest daughter had her birthday. In an effort to keep our lives more manageable (I use this phrase a lot!), we currently do not throw big parties or have any friends over for birthdays. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with doing so, but it doesn’t work for our family in this season of our life. I also refuse to spend hours decorating a cake to prove to anyone that I have sufficiently “birthday-ed” them enough. In fact, I didn’t even frost the cake. Who needs to have money spent on crafts and activities when you can frost your own cake? And that’s exactly what she did. My daughter frosted her own cake and loved every minute of it.
Here’s some lemon frosting (that’s arrowroot starch not powdered sugar on the sides of the bowl). Have at it birthday girl:
When you frost your cake wearing your party dress:
This coming week we will continue on and spring break is so close, I can smell it.
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