Despite the fact that my sidekick doesn’t actually like tomatoes (despite his repeated trials with our garden’s sweet 100s) I spent last week trying to find a marinara sauce that was safest for him to eat.  This meant doing research and emailing companies, not taste testing. As a label reader, I was surprised that I was unaware of certain ingredients in my food!  I’ve bought Newman’s Own marinara in the past and although I can’t recall which flavor, several contain SOYBEAN OIL in them!  Super weird in my opinion, but I guess I never looked out for soy in the past… Read more >

Just some random photos from the week that made me happy.   I brought this Tiger Salad to a BBQ on Saturday (only I nixed the sesame for allergen purposes). I love my mandolin for slicing cukes!  It’s so fast and fun to take down a whole vegetable in seconds. Mama snuggles. In a clockwise fashion: massive salad with hemp seeds and all the veggies; cake farewell; banana bread; 105 degree weather treats. Buying massive amounts of bananas at Costco certainly has it’s perks. Chard from the garden, stays fresh in my vejibag. Top dog. Getting in… Read more >

This week we made two big steps for Patty-cakes’ plant based eating and I am very excited.  I made a batch of roasted chickpeas – which the little dude ate singlehandedly over the course of the week.  I also got up the nerve to try sunflower seeds (I’d tried an oral sunflower oil challenge previously and no reaction, likewise I tried superficially testing him by placing a dab of sun butter on his wrist and no reaction), which have become an easy favorite.  He loves the seeds a ton and is neutral on the beans, but will… Read more >