It’s that time of year!! Family visiting. Fires roaring. And work is getting slow (enough) because it’s the holidays so everyone can get together. We were in Chico this past weekend for a wedding, a 1st birthday, and a new baby visit. So many happy things to bring us all together!! We arrived in town on Friday evening and only swung by the hotel for a hot second to drop off our bags (I stayed in the car because P was asleep in the car seat). Immediately after we went to see Billy &… Read more >
Elise
November 26, 2013
chocolate, chocolate cake, eggs, goat cheese, mexican food, potatoes, trader joe's
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Last I left off was my birthday dinner. The next day we went to brunch at La Boulange. Mine is the salad on the right. Odd for a breakfast choice, but the taste buds wanted it. We hung around the house until my dad got home from work, then we walked to WF to grab sandos. This is the crappy iPhone shot I got. They were out of the Sonoma chik’n salad (which uses Beyond Meat), so I went with a basic vegetarian sando with the works. Vegenaise and avo together are good stuff. … Read more >
Elise
October 30, 2013
big salad, chocolate, chocolate cake, dessert, goat cheese, mexican food, salmon, spinach salad, whole foods
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Buying bananas at Costco is hard to pass up (so cheap!) but they all go ripe at the same time. All 150 of them. So one second you have a bunch of green fruit and then you blink and find yourself with a million pounds of brown spotted bananas to use up. Stat. I’ve been adding them to everything. And freezing them for smoothies. I have 2 loaves of banana bread in my freezer. I have pumpkin banana bread in the fridge. I have made gluten free banana pancakes for myself twice. These… Read more >
Elise
October 28, 2013
banana, butternut squash, chocolate, chocolate cake, fish, kale, oatmeal, pamela's products, pancakes, quinoa, salmonrecipe
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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 >
Elise
April 12, 2013
annie's, big salad, chocolate cake, eggs, kale, pasta, pea soup, quinoa, squash, tvp
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In my family we call this “the special plate”. You get it on your birthday or when you do something that deserves kudos (like getting a new job or graduating or something like that). But enough about the serving ware, let’s talk about this cake. It’s sugar free, for one. And vegan. It’s pretty good also. It does taste semi “healthy” but I really liked it. Kyle did too. We both agreed it was super rich and filling, so you get lots of bang for your buck. Mini Vegan Chocolate Birthday Cake [vegan,… Read more >
Elise
March 27, 2013
chocolate, chocolate cakerecipe
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