wingin' it.

sometimes the biggest perk is knowing how to wing it. 

And by that I mean, 

don't have any idea what I'm going to feed the family and 4:30 has come & gone....

open the fridge & knowing by looking thru you can make something out of whatever I find. 

this is a bit of a learned skill. 

and it doesn't always play out.

So, the other day as the night came quicker than my routine of chores, I needed a quick meal for 7. 

I usually always have the "trinity"

its a food term for our regular pantry items that are really the base of everything. 

carrots

onions 

celery

Had some ground beef thawed

I usually have ground turkey but a family friend of ours bought a whole half cow

and their freezer didn't hold it all

{lucky us}

and I got 2 shelves full of grass fed beef.

 and sometimes your husband works on a Sunday 

but brings you home this..:-}

that's my pile of papers to update my calendar in the back
hence the wine-ha!

So I made soup with the veggies

added broth

seasoned it

added a can of cannelini beans

made a meat ball mixture with the beef 

and just before ladling it out

added 2 handfuls of baby spinach

it disappears in seconds

& 

makes it delish!!

+

1 more veggie in my kiddos 

 handful of spinach

 seconds later

Served it with a sprinkle of parm

done. 

and I made up dinner.