Parenting like a pro over here. These kale chips weren’t quite as cheezy as I was hoping for.  They were delicious nonetheless and stopped me from eating another 2 cups of mac nuts after my salad was all gone, which is my usual MO. Loungin’ We arrived at my parents’ house with WF goodies in hand, and immediately sat down to eat.  I got slaw, cornbread, and pulled pork, but the slaw had WAY too many red onions for me, so I gave it to Kyle. Mr. P and I drove off to Fremont the… Read more >

I am soooooo happy to have a zucchini plant this year that is giving me heaps of produce to shred, spiralize, etc.  Since I had the food processor out already, I prepped a bunch for me to have on hand for pancakes, muffins, whatever, next week. Blender bread!  This is from Danielle Walker’s cookbook Celebrations. I had it bookmarked to make for next week as breakfast/lunch/whatever fare, but then I realized I wanted it that morning.  Stat.  But it had a 60-70 minute bake time, not even counting the prep time, so I decided I… Read more >

More pancakes pleeeeeeease… As you wish, my bebes. And then some leftovers waffles for moi.  With cashew buttah. We played outside, I planted the basil that I’d been growing inside, they picked chard and strawberries and zucchini, and they drew a map of all the cities they knew. Until it was time for library. The weather has been nicer out (not as hot) so I didn’t think library would be as crowded.  I was wrong.  It was still a cluster. The kids have been breezing through their summer reading sheets though, so we need new… Read more >

Initially I was planning on starting my SIBO protocol right after the wedding ended.  But I realized I needed to get myself all set up for a successful 30 days with food prep, which I obviously didn’t get to do this weekend. So now I’m using the week to ramp up to it.  I’m going to get shopping done, plan out meals, and then next weekend I’m going to try to prep a bunch of stuff…but then I am going to wait until after the 4th of July to start. My bestie Jess is coming… Read more >

My baby sis is married!  And what a perfect, fun, amazing weekend it turned out to be!  I was pretty stressed going into it on account of the baby sitter situation…and the other normal stuff that accompanies a wedding. But things went about as smooth as you could hope. Truth be told, Valley girl did NOT like having a baby sitter. AT. ALL. and so that was hard, but it’s over and I’m just glad for that. Started Thursday like the rest of the week…with breakfast and play time outside until it got too hot…. Read more >