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A bowl with three B’s

Now, more than ever, my basic hippie bowl formula is the way to make your life easier as you contemplate what to make with your dwindling grocery reserves. Green + grain + protein I typically opt for some kind of lettuce for the green category: kale, cabbage, spinach, whatever. But you could choose whatever you want. Peas, collards, asparagus…go crazy! In this case broccoli was the winner. My pantry is a bulk bin heaven, with everything from amaranth to farro to quinoa. I legit think I have over 5 kinds of rice. Anyway, pick the… Read more >

Birthdays in isolation

To answer a few questions up front: no, I haven’t gone grocery shopping in over a week, but I did go BIG right before the shelter in place mandate because I had a sense it was coming. On the way back from my parents’ house last weekend, I found out they were ordered to keep indoors along with seven counties in the Bay Area. After I heard that, I immediately went to the store for a “last hurrah” shopping experience. I felt like I was in supermarket sweep. I knew our pantry was adequately stocked,… Read more >

A Trader Joe’s dinner

I have another meal made entirely from TJ’s items. And similar to the last one, it was a CINCH to throw together and tasted awesome. I purposefully made a ton so that I’d have leftovers, although there wasn’t quite as much as I was hoping for because it was such a hit! First up, TWO of these bagged salads, called Tahini Pepita & Apricot Slaw Kit. If you wanted to DIY with this part, you could, but this is the crux of what makes the meal so fast to create. Nonetheless, the mix has shredded… Read more >

Green enchilada rice casserole

Hey look, it’s another freezer and pantry meal! I made a ton of enchilada sauce (A TON) last summer because our CSA was shoving peppers of every shape and kind down our throats and all I could do to keep up was make sauces to jar up and save. So I decided to invent an enchilada casserole dish. Everyone loves a one pot meal, especially when you are busy home schooling your kids all day long šŸ˜› I started by baking brown rice in the oven and browning ground turkey on the stove. I rubbed… Read more >

It’s easy to eat green

I know people felt like this year’s St. Patrick’s Day was super unconventional but we never do anything cool to celebrate any more anyway. Kids will do that to you holidays that revolve around drinking. But still. I made a bit of effort despite being trapped in – like for the kids’ lunch I made green pizza thanks to the TJ’s broccoli and kale pizza crust. Full disclosure, I thought this sounded atrocious and only bought it because they made me on account of it being green (it’s been in the freezer for several months)…. Read more >