This is my new favorite cookbook (prime day for the win). It’s like it was written for my eating style – gluten and dairy free without refined sugar!  I love it.  I totally watched Laguna Beach way back in the day.  I lived in LA during the height of that show…and then The Hills…oh MTV days….hahaha.  And now Kristin Cavallari is a legit cookbook author!?!  Crazy times.   Anyway, flipping through the book I am excited about so many recipes. First, muffins.  Banana quinoa flax muffins to be exact. I didn’t have quinoa flour on hand… Read more >

This. Was. So. Easy. Without further ado…here is the instant pot website’s recipe, from which I adapted my own version (because tomatoes fresh from the garden are exponentially more divine than canned ones). Instant Pot Marinara Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp garlic infused olive oil (if not aviding fodmaps you can use fresh minced garlic) 1 shallot, diced 1/2 small yellow onion, diced 8 baby carrots, diced 4 oz mushrooms, diced 1 1/2 tsp dried basil 1 1/2 tsp dried oregano 2 tsp salt 14-15 large tomatoes, chopped 1/4 tsp black pepper 2… Read more >

I feel like I’m so far behind in posting because we have been going going going…that’s the way of this summer it seems.  Kyle was gone for a couple of days last week and it was a fairly empty week as far as the kids’ activities were concerned so I made an impulsive field trip to SF for the day. We went to the California Academy of Sciences.  And just for fun, check out the photo on the right from a trip we took previously almost exactly one year to the date! I packed us lunches…. Read more >