Kyle was out of town, so we kept things low key for the Super Bowl. In anticipation of ALL THE CHIPS, I made us veggie packed lunches. The kids had roasted cauli and potatoes with chickpeas, all made from scratch that morning, and then I had leftover rice and lentil salad with kale massaged in a lemon vinaigrette. Because when you have friends with a lemon tree… You get gifted ALL THE LEMONS. What a snooze of a game huh?? They danced to the half time show, but I was very underwhelmed by it all…. Read more >

When you have pears about to turn into mush…you let them turn into mush in some steel cut oats. With cardamom and vanilla and coconut milk. It was a pretty dreamy breakfast. Lunch was Thai themed with the last bit of my Nugget sesame dressing, leftover roasted root veggies, kale and leaf lettuce, salty almonds, avo and cilantro. Then I added a bunch of kettle Korean BBQ chips for extra crunch which was the best topping ever. The kids saw me eating them and asked for some too, so I gave them some thinking they… Read more >

We went to Fremont on Friday afternoon, leaving straight from school, so I packed us all lunches and then relied on leftovers for dinner. Thanks to the fun traffic we got home JUST before the kids died of starvation. Dramaaaaa. Here’s a little dessert action. I wasn’t that hungry, but I was exhausted from driving and for some reason decided I needed chocolate to make me feel better. Emotional eating at it’s finest. The appointment went great by the way (it’s his one year from peanut OIT graduation so they wanted to check in with… Read more >

Kicked off yet another Monday on the right foot…with a pile of produce. I can barely keep up but it’s not exactly something I’m complaining about. I juiced a crap ton of it right away that night, but the juice was extra extra green (if you know what I mean) so I went to pick some tangerines from the yard to sweeten it up a bit. Much bettah! This random lunch salad had kale massaged with balsamic vinaigrette, topped in avo and candied walnuts with carrots and smoked goat cheddar on the side. We made… Read more >