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Touring Davis

As I alluded in the last post, we had a road trip planned for the next day in Nor Cal.  Boy oh boy are we pushing our luck with all these long car rides with an infant! But this is what he does most of the time so we are really lucky (so far).  Fingers crossed. I packed lots of food for us so we could hit the road early (basically right after we had both showered and I’d breastfed P).   Kyle and I both had similar breakfasts, but his was sandwiched between some… Read more >

What can I say?

This weekend was just plain awesome.  I don’t know what else to say.  My sister came to visit.  My friends threw me a baby shower.  And I just felt so loved.  And fortunate.  Things are good. Thursday night was tree decorating and burrito bar. On Friday, my sister arrived!  Hooray 🙂   While she was doing the oh-so-hideous I-5 drive, I woke up early, made breakfast (the standard egg and GF bread with Earth Balance), and read.   I had a snack a little later.  Rice cakes with nut butter & dried fruit is becoming… Read more >

Curry Vegetable Couscous with Cashews

This is another one of those meals that came together coincidentally.  After I scoured the pantry and fridge for a few minutes, I created my own little Top Chef challenge and came up with this.   Curry Vegetable Couscous [vegan, gluten free option] Ingredients: 1 cup (uncooked) couscous (I used Lundberg Farms’ GF brown rice couscous) spinach tomatoes 1/4 cup plain almond milk 1 tbsp curry powder 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp onion powder pinch of each cumin, turmeric, paprika, dried ginger 1/2 cup roasted cashews Directions: Cook couscous according to instructions.  I used… Read more >

No more excuses

I never quite know when I’m going to get home on work days, but it’s usually around 8 pm.  Showering is always my priority, which means dinner time is further delayed.  This is why I do so much food prep (because there’s nothing more annoying than being starving and staring into an empty fridge).  My essentials include greens and cooked grains.  You can doctor those up in combination in so many ways.    So whether I’m tossing quinoa, kale and sweet potatoes with a nutty sauce and crushed peanuts…or mixing swiss chard with a soy… Read more >

Ruts and randomness

After 8 months and 30 (ish?) countries, my sister is officially back in The States.  Her luggage isn’t, but that’s a different issue.  I hadn’t actually touched base with her over the phone since mid-October, so it was nice to finally hear her voice again.  Of course within 10 minutes of catching up, she told me some things she thought I needed to work on blog-wise.  Ummm…thanks for the input Laura.  ;)  So this post is for her.  There will be no recipes.  Instead, I’ll share some of the other more random things that I’m… Read more >