Author Archive: Elise

In the last week TWO of my friends have bought the instant pot as a direct result of how much I’ve been raving about it. And I still don’t have one!!  WAH!  All the recipes I keep flagging are instant pot recipes too.  I need to get a grip. [Update: it’s in my cart, I’m pulling the trigger as soon as Kyle gets home on Friday and I can confirm that he didn’t get me one for my birthday.  I’m hoping he got it for me, but he doesn’t read the blog so he doesn’t… Read more >

She’s a blur in real life and in photos.  That’s her nature. My morning plans fell through so I went to stroller strides.  I’ve basically been going twice a week since Kyle’s been gone because it’s all I can do to keep my sanity.  I switched to the unlimited for this month.  I don’t know why but the kids both love it.  P doesn’t get to go unless it’s on a Friday because he has school on Mon-Thurs mornings, but he always seems sad that V gets to go without him.  I have no idea… Read more >

Apparently I lack the brain power to come up with meals after a week without Kyle…we have done tacos two nights in a row (no complaints from the little people) and tonight I did nachos.  Basically with all the same stuff but in a different arrangement on the plate.  In case you couldn’t guess, I haven’t gone to the store or meal planned for the week ahead.  This weekend was move in for the UC Davis students and I hesitate to make the comparison, but you can probably guess what the shelves at TJs look… Read more >

Here’s what last night’s dessert started as… But I totally finished off that entire truffle pig peanut butter bar. How a dessert decided on putting “pig” in the name is beyond me, but it didn’t stop me so I guess the branding team knew what they were doing after all… And then the next morning I went on a run with both kids in the double and totally over ate at breakfast. This is the (dense as F%$@) nourish bread from Nugget that I blogged about last week.  Each slice weighs as much as a… Read more >