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Accountability day by day

I’ve been aggressively snacking between meals and all the nibbles are going undocumented.  This bothers me because I want to have a better handle on my eats.  I get frustrated because I don’t always have time to eat well so  (excuses excuses) I just grab the easiest and fastest thing and shove it down my gullet between diaper changes, laundry, and all that jazz (the joys of motherhood I guess).  But I want to be accountable for what I’m putting in my body.  I used to take photos of everything I ate and that not… Read more >

The every-day eats

I am bad about taking pics of my daily eats (like I used to) but I get requests for them more than the “real” recipes…so here are  bunch of the quickie things I throw together on the regular.  From last week… Millet with sautéed spinach, baked tofu & avocado I made the millet in the rice cooker, sautéed the spinach with sesame oil and tamari, and used Wildwood tofu. I made extras.   I also re-made this salmon pasta, but in a HUUUUGE vat.   Lots of veggies to use up?  Throw them in!  I… Read more >

Merry marry 1st birthday weekend

Parties all around this weekend!  And lots of driving to get to them all!   This was the only thing I took a picture of on Thursday.  Clearly it was the highlight of my eating day (the highlight in the non-food realm was Peyton Manning scoring a million points for my fantasy team).  Dove dark chocolate is crazy good.  My mom gave us two bars as a part of a wedding anniversary present and I had been saving them…for what I don’t know.  I wasn’t expecting to love it as much as I did though. … Read more >

The bad side of perfection

Don’t let “perfect” be the enemy of “good”.  That’s one of my favorite phrases.  We could all do well to remember it, which is why I’m posting it here.  I get questions and comments all the time about foods that I show on the blog or use in recipes that are/are not FODMAPs friendly.  I’m not perfect.  I try to eat a low FODMAPs diet most of the time and I do pretty well with it, but I definitely eat things that I know are FODMAPs.  Sometimes they are things I know I hardly react… Read more >

Savory & Sweet Flatbread options

Back to the flatbread! Are your tomato plants going bonkers yet?  Mine is just on the cusp of it.  So far, just a modest steady stream.  A handful or so every couple of days.  It’s cool though.  I got a late start planting my garden due to our move.  But I have neighbors and coworkers with gardens and they are hooking. it. up!   Remember when I was pregnant and wanted all things tomato?  To be clear, I’m not pregnant.  But I do think that the tomato cravings lingered around.  Same with my love affair… Read more >