Welcome back to the world of healthy living! Where we eat actual dinners and mucinex isn’t a staple portion of our diets. PHEW. It feels nice to be back here. I did a bunch of prep so that we would have awesome meals ready to go without too much hands on prep because the week was a little crazy. I think that’s the new norm now, so I am just embracing it and figuring out ways to eat well in spite of having less time to cook. I love the Thai quinoa salad in Run… Read more >

Remember when I went through that waffle phase, wherein I made myself waffles every. single. morning. for over a year straight???? Now THAT was commitment! I can’t believe I had the time or energy to do that every day from scratch. I kinda forgot all about them for a while there, but then yesterday I had a hankering for them (plus a heaping mess of cashew butter on top!) and decided to go for it. So I made myself a big ‘ol waffle. Well, actually I made two (full) waffles, but I only ended up… Read more >

Kyle and I are big fans of kiddo solo dates. I’ve shared some of them here on the blog before…and I can’t say enough about how fantastic it is to get some special bonding time with one kid. P planned this one all by himself after I asked him what he wanted to do. 1. Go to Starbucks and build LEGOs. DONE. 2. Watch the World Cup soccer game (this was back in July) DONE. 3. Get ice cream DONE. 4. Play mini golf. DONE. 5. Get sushi. DONE. We went to Huku, our local… Read more >

Wow, guys. Is January officially the longest month of all time? I feel like we must be half way to 2021 by now! Are you ready for summer break, too? There were leftover Costco chocolate muffins from a church thing and I took two home. Best. Decision. Ever. It’s moments like this that make me miss our membership. But then I remember the jam packed plastic section of the recycle bin following each trip and re-commit to keeping my waste down. Even if it means I lose the convenience of individually packaged lunch options. I… Read more >

I loooooved this meal the first time I made it, so it was high time I made it again. We are big walnut fans in this house (it’s mine and Pattycake’s favorite nut), so why not make taco “meat” from it? Have you seen the graphic showing the carbon footprint from the production of various foods? You can see it and read the article here, but spoiler alert: beef tops the chart in greenhouse gas emissions. I didn’t actually see the article before making this meal, so it was a happy coincidence that I swapped… Read more >