Sunday night I made this pork soup which has graced our menu (and the blog) a few times already.  I made a few swaps based on the ingredients we had on hand and what was available in the store (WF was out of ground pork!) but it’s a forgiving recipe in that way.  As long as you stick to the basic flavors with seasonings and whatnot, it is super delicious however you make it! I used ground beef and kale instead of pork and mustard greens and then used vermicelli brown rice noodles instead of… Read more >

January is here and all that jazz.  Resolutions, fresh starts, yadda yadda.  Moving on. With blogging, the more time that passes, the further behind I get, and then I get overwhelmed and don’t know how or where to start.  I fear if I don’t just post something – anything – it may be February.  So here it goes. December 29th Breakfast: lactation cookies (both flavors) and coffee [well rounded] Lunch: kale and cabbage salad with avocado, sunflower seeds, and grapes [also copious amounts of Brianna’s poppyseed dressing] Sips: Rebbl maca mocha [been eyeing these for months and… Read more >

The holidays with children are unlike anything I’ve experienced before.  I loved Christmas as a kid (obviously) but seeing it all through the eyes of your toddler is just a whole other tier of fun.  There are no words to describe the joy. Setting new traditions in motion, pacman and I baked cookies together for Santa. What a cutie pie.  He’s a champ of a sous chef. We used Danielle Walker’s recipe for “real deal chocolate chip cookies”.  He calls them “chocolate chippies”.  This was actually the first time he’s really had chocolate aside from the few bites of… Read more >