Today

Is Kyle’s birthday.

We are celebrating for reals later on this week with a date night (!!). My mom is going to babysit. It’s exciting.

Today, though, we have been hanging out enjoying the fact that we are all three together. We’ve already gone on a nice walk and the rest of the day includes season 2 of Downton Abbey and take-out from Veggie Grill (birthday coupons = free entree, heyooo).

Oh and I made cake! And frosting! Both are vegan and sugar free. I’ll post about it later.

Last night I made a HEAB inspired kale recipe [based on this recipe].

Which is basically kale sautéed in butter. I’ve only ever used coconut oil or olive oil, so this was a nice twist. I’m definitely going to continue to enjoy kale with butter (Earth Balance) in the future.

I had it with brown rice (with more EB) and a fried egg. Such a yummy simple plate. Maggie’s macro March posts kinda prompted me to make this combo(although it’s not too much different from what I’d ordinarily throw together – it’s basically just a hippie bowl plated differently).

It’s a rough life.

Comments (17)

maggie @ say yes to salad March 19, 2013 at 3:24 pm

Happy bday to Kyle!
Glad you are enjoying macro march 🙂 I am too!
Kale + butter (or EB) is SO good.
Now I have to start thinking about what I want for dinner…

Heather Eats Almond Butter March 19, 2013 at 5:36 pm

Happy Birthday Kyle, and yes, butter makes everything better…especially kale, rice, and eggs. Winning combo for sure. Hope you guys enjoy your date night later this week. I bet your mom is so excited about babysitting. I’m sure P will be in very good hands.

Emily March 19, 2013 at 7:59 pm

Happy Birthday to Kyle! I was at Veggie Grill today with my mom and she used her birthday coupon too! Definitely can’t complain about free food. (:

I’ve only ever sauteed my kale in coconut oil or olive oil as well but using EB sounds so delicious! Let’s me honest, anything tastes good smothered in that stuff…I’m pretty sure every single one of my meals includes either hummus, EB, or a nut butter of some kind. It’s a problem. (:

Katie March 19, 2013 at 8:19 pm

Oh sweet little love with the mouth-open-sleeping. I am pretty pumped about that cake, too.

janetha March 19, 2013 at 9:32 pm

happy birthday to kyle!

Lori March 19, 2013 at 9:41 pm

Happy Birthday Kyle – yay for date night later on too.

Hello P, you cutie patootie x

Cheers
Lori

elaine c. March 20, 2013 at 12:02 am

happy bday to your hubby!
been catching up on your posts and thought i’d just leave one big comment.
P is stinking adorable 🙂 your story about the birth/after/etc: i love that you were able to capture so much emotion in all of that. for such a stressful time, it sounds like you had so much love and support around to help get you through it all. kyle sounds like a keeper 🙂 and of course, still loving the food stuffs.
that cake looks like one big chocolate truffle!! mmm, chocolate truffle…
congratulations on your family of three 🙂

Nicole @ Fruit 'N' Fitness March 20, 2013 at 5:33 am

Happy Birthday Kyle! I can’t wait for the vegan and sugar free cake recipe!

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Alexis @ Hummusapien March 20, 2013 at 9:18 am

I can’t wait for that cake recipe! Looks super chocolaty, just how I like it. lately I’m loving kale with Whole Food’s zesty tahini dressing. It’s seriously addicting.