If you’re looking for a new lentil recipe, this butternut squash with lentils and feta is IT. Both kids LOVED it and begged me to make it again stat. I also thought it was stellar and was wishing I had made double the amount. It makes a good side dish, but it could easily be a main on it’s own. And I wouldn’t have minded leftovers for lunch the next day either. The NYT has a winner here for sure. It was our first butternut squash of the year which means it is officially FALL…. Read more >

I just uploaded 225 photos from my camera onto the computer. So now what are the chances I ever get around to doing anything with them on the blog?!? I have been so swamped with this distance learning life (and backyard remodel) that I haven’t had a spare second to touch base here on the blog. But I’d be lying if I said I missed it. I haven’t missed it. I haven’t even had a second to think about it! Also our internet can barely handle two kids on zoom all day so I haven’t… Read more >

Another week of corona misery is creeping by.  How are you all surviving? We finally got a chance to breathe (literally and figuratively), but then BOOM another fire broke out (a few actually…) and now our new backyard patio is covered in ash and you can’t even see the sky.  It’s an orange brown haze that seems like the start of the apocalypse. So now we are trapped indoors AGAIN.  Seriously can we just end it already?  I’m too tired of putting on my Mary Poppins hat and pretending like everything is fine when in reality the… Read more >

This week has been yet another classic week of 2020…good news sandwiched by bad news… Some of the good news was that I made a massive bowl of my fave grain salad so my lunches were both delicious and already made. Also, we managed to escape to Lake Tahoe for the weekend. It was SUCH A MAJOR WIN for the family. We were finally able to go outside (the AQI was improved but still not great) and the kids got a much needed change of scenery. We all soaked up every second of the getaway…. Read more >