I told you it was going to be a plant based week after our indulgent vacation and I meant it!  P is also teething and has no appetite for meat so why bother buying and cooking it for anyone? This menu was one for the books.  All fantastic and fresh and super tasty – just the kind of fare you need after excessive overeating and drinking.  Ya know? On our first night back home, I threw this together.  Our fridge was practically empty except for the 400 tomatoes.  And I picked several more pints that ripened while… Read more >

Indulge me as I relive our vacation through the few iPhone pics I got. Up in the clouds. Special Tim Tams.  Yummm.   Dinner at Leilani’s.  Fish (monchong I think?) and shrimp with coconut black rice and bok choy. Auntie L train. My lunch 75% of the days there.  Papaya seed dressing is where it’s at. Some naps were harder to get out of him. But I don’t mind a snuggle session one bit. Mango fizzy something or other (with booze). The Ka’anapali breakfast.  So. Much. Food.   More drank, more mama naps. More fries…. Read more >

Long time!  We ditched the mainland for a family vacay in Hawaii this past week to celebrate my dad’s 60th birthday.  It was the WHOLE family plus sig-Os. SUCH a fun trip. Another Mai Tai for the little man? And some more Lava Flows for mama, please!  Pineapple is the ISH people.  In liquid or solid form. P was fawned over endlessly for days on days plus he got to play in the pool so I think he had a good time (despite the two – three? – molars working their way through his gums… Read more >

Applegate is a company who clearly prioritizes eliminating cross-contamination of allergens as evidenced by this statement: “Every state-of-the-art policy and procedure is adhered to strictly to prevent cross-contamination. Although you will find the processes not so much art as industry. That’s at the top of our commitment. You can feel confident that Applegate products are manufactured in accordance with specific operating procedures to ensure that there is no contact with allergenic ingredients. Not ever. That’s more or less the very reason we exist when you think about it – to bring you food you never have to worry about. Our facility… Read more >

A quickie since I’m busy packing… I requested a flag to be flown over the Capitol in DC in honor of us buying our home, and on July 9th, it was!  Now we have the exact flag to hang proudly here in Davis.  Pretty cool in my opinion. This week was a teething doozy.  Fortunately P figured out straws well enough for smoothies to fill in the nutritional void because he was NOT having it with solids.  At all. My first pickling experience went so well I decided to do another batch.  This time I pickled… Read more >