I’ve been keeping up with weekly meal planning for almost a year now – with random weeks off due to travel/holidays/etc.. But for the most part, it’s been a very successful technique in keeping our food budget in check. I thought it would be way more expensive once we started including meat, but it hasn’t been too significant of a difference because the marginal increase in animal protein is balanced by the fact that we all eat the same thing (thus, a decrease in overall ingredients). One meal as opposed to three. At least for… Read more >
Elise
February 16, 2014
avocado, beyond meat, big salad, broccoli, brussels sprouts, chia seeds, chik'n strips, chipotle, crock-pot, fish, kale, lentils, mexican food, pasta, potatoes, quinoa, salmon, soup, sunflower, tempeh, trader joe's
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I spent last weekend at my parents’ house because Kyle is out of town and I figured it would be more fun to have company while watching the 49ers game (sad outcome). Think he likes the pets?? If his first word isn’t ball, it will probably be dog. It’s hard to say which he’s more obsessed with. This is the only meal I photographed over the weekend. I could eat roasted vegetables for every meal always. P doesn’t like Brussels sprouts, but I’m not too bummed because it means more for me. He… Read more >
Elise
January 24, 2014
avocado, big salad, coconut, eggs, potatoes, pumpkin, root veggies, zucchinibaby
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Hey hey! It was a good week around these parts. I got some time to hang with girlfriends, I took P to the library and the zoo, and I even fit in several workouts. Happy dance. 🙂 Here are some photos I took throughout. Beet, carrots, apple, ginger juice + an article from my dad about the range of GI/immune responses to oats. Gluten is one tricky beast. Hilarious pose. This kid kills me. Do you have a textual relationship with your sushi provider? Guilty! I looked over and…this. Standing is now his fave. Ok,… Read more >
Elise
January 18, 2014
avocado, broccoli, eggs, juice, mexican food, potatoes, quinoababy
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The whole shebang of last week in one post. Here goes. Breakfast on Monday was the last of this savory bread and fried eggs. Breakfast on Tuesday was out – I had a savory crepe with hash browns at Crepeville. Because Crepeville’s portions are awesomely massive I had leftovers for breakfast on Wednesday. Which I paired with two fried eggs. Thursday I made steel cut oats in the rice cooker (the crock pot was already occupied) for our whole family. I topped mine with a bunch of non-nut things (aka seeds galore) – including… Read more >
Elise
January 13, 2014
avocado, big salad, butternut squash, chia seeds, chocolate, coconut, coconut milk, crepeville, crock-pot, eggs, glutino, goat cheese, hemp, kale, kefir, nutbutter, nutmilk, nuts, popcorn, potatoes, pumpkin, quinoa, seitan, squash, sunbutter, the essential baking co, waffles
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It’s so weird that we haven’t been back to LA since we left back in April. We’ve seen several of our so cal friends since but not all of them so we decided to pop in for a quick visit. Honestly, we’ve been trying to squeeze a weekend in since this past fall, but then all this (good) stuff was happening with Kyle’s business…and then the holidays came along…and you know how it goes… But we finally got this in the calendar and what a fun time it was! Now. As much as I adore… Read more >
Elise
January 7, 2014
avocado, bbq, big salad, brussels sprouts, eggs, fish, hemp, kale, native foods, nuts, pancakes, potatoes, quinoa, salmon, tempeh, the veggie grill, tofu
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