Everyone says the holidays are so much better through a child’s eyes but it’s absolutely true. I feel so cliché, but my first Christmas as a mom was just about the best one I’ve ever had. The other cliché about kids enjoying the wrapping more than the actual present is also 100% accurate. Tissue paper > anything and everything. Last weekend, Kyle and I celebrated our own holiday with just the three of us here in Davis on Sunday. Santa came and filled our stockings and we exchanged our gifts to each other. … Read more >
Elise
December 27, 2013
almonds, chocolate, eggs, goat cheese, hummus, Mary's Gone Crackers, potatoes, salmon, tofurkybaby
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This weekend was full of relaxing at home. Thank goodness! Last weekend I came down with mastitis and was way too ambitious for my own good. We went to a football game with a couple and their 6 month old on Saturday. And then traveled to the East Bay for a baby shower on Sunday. It was really fun, but I my suffer-in-silence-and-just-push-through-it approach completely backfired. Come Monday I felt like crap and it was just me and pacman left to our own devices. Raise your hand if you’re surprised by my stubbornness…nobody? Yeah that’s… Read more >
Elise
November 11, 2013
almonds, curry, eggs, figs, fresh n nova, goat cheese, hemp, hummus, Mary's Gone Crackers, oatmeal, peanut flour, pesto, pizza dough, popcorn, potatoes, pumpkin, smoothie, tempeh, tofu, trader joe's
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Kinda unintentionally took a little break from the blog. I wasn’t overly busy, still doing the same work/parent thing, but I just didn’t feel like writing an (uninspired) post about nothingness so I left the computer off. And that’s that. Nothing exciting happened while I was away though. For dinners: I made this creamy dijon tempeh casserole dish again. This time with 3 blocks of tempeh (I 1 1/2-ed the whole recipe) in an 8×8 casserole dish. Boom. Party in my mouth. That’s taken care of a few dinners/lunches. Even… Read more >
Elise
October 22, 2013
almonds, avocado, eggs, food should taste good, goat cheese, nutbutter, nutmilk, oatmeal, pasta, peanut butter, potatoes, pumpkin, sushi, tempeh, tofu
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Trrrrrrrrouble. [Don’t be deceived by this photo, he’s not crawling. At. All. He rolls to get everywhere. He’s surprisingly mobile for only using rolling as a means of travel. I’m sure I’ll be swallowing my words later but it would be nice if he showed some signs of crawling. Like maybe contact with the ground. On the other hand, he’s basically ready to walk since he holds himself up using the coffee table or wall as support…hmmm…tummy time to standing? Kids are confusing.] On Thursday my parents came to Davis to visit for a few… Read more >
Elise
October 15, 2013
almonds, avocado, coconut, eggs, fresh n nova, mexican food, nutbutter, nutmilk, oatmeal, pancakes, pumpkin, soup, strawberries, sunflower, sushi, suzie's thin cakes, van'srestaurant review
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I fell in love this week and ate the same thing 4 nights. Or at least a variation of the same thing. It all revolves around this goat’s milk feta by Redwood Hill Farm. OMG you guys. Oh Em Gee. Truth: I got this sample from the company when I visited their farm a few weeks ago. It sat in the fridge all this time because (silly Elise) I thought I didn’t like feta. I’ve never tried feta, so I don’t know why I thought this, but it’s just never been appealing to me. … Read more >
Elise
October 11, 2013
almonds, dates, goat cheese, squashrecipe
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