Monthly Archive: April 2013

No Gratitude

Before I get to this…   I have to show you what I threw together the pervious day. People always love the quickie meal ideas I give more than the elaborate recipes (okay, I never have elaborate per se, but more involved).  So here’s another one that is highly adaptable and took under 5 minutes.   Thai sweet potato rice casserole with black beans.  Sounds like it took a lot of effort, when really, it was all thanks to a box, a can, and an appliance.    Pacific’s thai sweet potato soup may have been… Read more >

Los Angeles Bucket List

Now that I’ve shared the big news, I can start talking about all the last minute things we’ve been up to as our LA residency comes to a close.   On our drive back down to So Cal, Kyle and I created an LA bucket list.  Unfortunately, we will not be able to hit up all the restaurants we wanted to.  There’s too much food in our fridge/freezer (slash we need to save $$$) to justify going out to eat the way that we both want to.  Which would have to be every night for… Read more >

Kale & Quinoa Sunflower Macro Bowl

Like I mentioned forever ago, I made this for dinner, lunch, and then dinner again because it was so good.   It’s inspired by Native Foods’ sesame kale macro bowl, which I’ve gotten countless times before.   Chef Tanya’s version has steamed kale, brown rice, creamy ginger sesame sauce, tangy sauerkraut, gomasio and toasted sesame seeds.  Mine had steamed kale, quinoa, sauerkraut, and a creamy sunflower seed dressing.    The only thing you really need a “recipe” for is the dressing I made (because otherwise, you just add quinoa and kale and sauerkraut to a… Read more >

Sweet & Savory Breakfast Pie

  Making breakfast dishes in casserole pans is my new favorite hobby.  It makes the morning run so smoothly when there’s already food prepared.  All you have to do is cut out a piece and (re)heat it in the microwave.  So I can shower and Kyle can serve himself breakfast one-handed while holding P.  Don’t get me wrong, Kyle’s certainly capable of cooking things for himself.  It’s just nice to use teamwork when it comes to our party of three operations.  We take turns sleeping, exercising, working…so why not cooking and eating.  It would be… Read more >

Spring Cleaning

I’ve sat down to write this post a few different times now.  Each time I stop because I don’t know where to begin and how much to share.  Here’s as much as I can get out for now. I’ve been withholding news. It’s really really exciting news.  But it’s also bittersweet. Remember that trip up to Nor Cal?  Where we visited my family and Kyle’s business in Davis?  Yeah, we were actually doing some house hunting too.  And guess what!  We found a [perfect!!!!] place so easily, it’s like it was meant to be.  I’m… Read more >