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Trying to do too much

In true Elise form, I’ve taken on wayyyyy too much and my perfectionist overachieving ways have made my life more miserable than had I just settled accepted where my limits are.  The simplest (and least important) example is the 4 drafts I have partially written in my blog’s dashboard.  I also have a baking/cooking to do list that’s obscenely unnecessary, for which I’ve purchased all the ingredients.  So now, as long as they sit there taunting me, I will feel like a failure until I deal with them.  “Deal with them” being the key part of that… Read more >

Pumpkin muffins & and allergy update

I have such good news! This past weekend was so awesome for a few different reasons and I’ve been on a high ever since.  Gah.  I needed this. I’ve been stuck in a rough patch for a couple of weeks.  I don’t know if you could detect it through my [infrequent] posts but I’m coming out of the fog now.  I haven’t felt super inspired to check in here on this space and so I just haven’t. But first, muffins! PUMPKIN muffins no less.  #basic fall move. Turns out this kid loves pumpkin (future food blogger?).  And… Read more >

Zucchini and Daiya drop biscuits

I had two things on my baking to-do list for the weekend and they were biscuits and zucchini something.  But then I got to thinking – maybe I could combine? So I looked up a few different recipes.  I used this one and this one and this one.   And then married them all together.  Here’s mine. “Cheddar” cheese and Zucchini Biscuits [gluten free, soy free, dairy free] Ingredients: 1/3 cup bacon fat (I’m pretty sure coconut oil, butter, Earth Balance, or any fat that’s solid when cold should work) 4 eggs 1 tbsp apple cider… Read more >

The weekly menu

What.  A.  Week. My little peach is having a rough one and it’s so hard to watch her be so miserable.  She’s normally such a happy baby, but ever since her 6 month shots she’s been fairly inconsolable.  If she’s not nursing, she’s not happy, which makes life with a toddler interesting.  I’ll spare details because I could vent forever, but I really only want to share the week’s eats, not the drama.  Just figured a little background might be necessary to explain why the dinner scene was not very elaborate. Meatless Monday fo yo… Read more >

Paltrow Project savory broiled tofu

I have been noshing on these tofu slabs with such delight I hardly want to share with P. But of course I do  🙂 We had the same thing for lunch yesterday – tofu, avocado, rice cakes (“popcorn” to him), with carrots, butternut squash and kale on the side.  He had bell peppers too. The savory broiled tofu in Gwyneth’s book is awesome.  I used garlic infused olive oil instead of sesame oil and minced garlic, but otherwise stuck to the recipe. It’s definitely one I’ll be remaking on a regular basis as part of my weekly… Read more >