I have a bunch of random thoughts I just wanted to share. It’s official.  I’m smoothie obsessed.  I look forward to them the second I finish my morning workouts.  That’s a lie.  I look forward to them when I’m falling asleep at night and dreaming of what I’ll have for breakfast.  Yep, I do that. I even splurged on some fancy raw vegan granola from Whole Foods this past weekend (it was on sale for 50% it’s normal price and I’m a sucker for a deal). I will do a roundup of protein/green powders soon… Read more >

Last month (back when I was still pregnant and in mega nesting mode) I asked The Kitchn what the heck to do with all the kumquats that our tree was pumping out…aside from just eat them plain (which is fine but we had way more than enough for that purpose). Kumquat marmalade seemed the most useful of all the comments/suggestions, so I went and googled a bunch of different recipes and kinda morphed them into one jumbled all inclusive recipe.  David Lebovitz‘ was the dominant force and from there I just added my own tweaks to the citrus madness. Did… Read more >

Weekend visit from my parents! We went out for a late lunch at Crepeville.  I got the Caesar salad with grilled salmon.  Nevermind that I had had a Caesar salad the previous night.  I really like them.  A lot. I brought food for P, obvs. Hey look!  A meal plan! [Don’t get too excited] After my parents left we ran some errands and I cleaned the house…you know…Sunday stuff.  We had meatballs and rice for dinner.  So gourmet.  🙂 The meatballs were Aidell’s chicken teriyaki and pineapple which were part of operation pre-baby freezer stocking.  I don’t really care… Read more >