A few December dinners somehow slipped by without getting their spotlight, so here I am sharing the photos in case you needed some ideas, too. This was a way of reinventing leftovers – roast chicken served over rice with cauli and broccoli that I sautéed in tamari. Then I topped it in a sesame soy sauce with crushed peanuts on some. Taco salads with avo, ground beef, and chips on top. Like I mentioned before, I use the Bolthouse Farms avocado cilantro dressing whenever I make this. Which I massage into kale or whatever other… Read more >

I finally sucked it up and took a trip to TJs while Kyle stayed with the kids. The wait outside wasn’t as long as I thought it would be, but I knew I wouldn’t be back any time soon, so I really went hard on the seasonal stuff. I’m a sucker for their holiday sweets anyway, so when you factor in the scarcity mindset that covid causes, too…well it’s no wonder I went big! Here are some of the items I simply HAD to try… First, this sweet & salty snack mix. OMG you had… Read more >

I’m sure I’ve posted many a kale salad like this before…I bet I could make it blindfolded. It’s basically a version of the grain salad I make every day but swapping in roasted butternut squash for the grain and pomegranate arils for the cranberries. Can you see the formula? Green – kaleCarb – squashCheese – chevreNut – caramelized pecansSweet – pomegranateDressing – champagne vinaigrette That’s it, that’s the formula. I also added chickpeas because I had some leftover and figured we could use more carbs anyway. I feel like I am roasting squash on a… Read more >

We have had a WEEK! It has been such a major countdown to get to this break, I’ll tell you what. I don’t know who is more excited – me or the kids!? We now have two glorious weeks off of distance learning, and I plan to spend the entire time without ANY semblance of a schedule. Sleeping in til whenever, watching holiday movies, playing in nature, all that jazz. If I won the lottery I would spend all my $$$ on puzzles and just cuddle up with them on repeat. With coffee topped in… Read more >

And yet, I’m still forcing us to go out and blow off some steam every afternoon. It’s not actually that bad yet, but 50 can feel pretty cold after an hour or two. The kids don’t seem to mind at all, but unless I’m playing soccer with them, I’m too cold to last longer than that. Luckily the yard is now perfect for them, so once I have hit my limit at the park behind our house I can throw them in the backyard and watch from inside (usually while I get to work on… Read more >