Round 2! Actually, if you count the Thanksmas we had in Tahoe earlier in December with Kyle’s family, this is really our third Christmas. No such thing as too much celebrating, right?! Especially when it’s baby’s first Christmas. We got to my parents’ house just in time for a few cookies. Which provided the perfect fuel for the Niners’ game. My little cheerleader fell asleep on my shoulder during the game so I wasn’t much help in preparing dinner. After we put him down we had a mini facetime sesh with my sis… Read more >
Elise
December 28, 2013
apples, avocado, chocolate, dessert, eggs, fish, hummus, king arthur flour, nuts, potatoes, pumpkin, quinoa, root veggies, salmon, vegan cookiesrecipe
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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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For all the recipes I find in cookbooks, magazines, and blogs, I don’t make very many! I’d say they serve as inspiration mostly. My taste preferences usually then guide me in tweaking things to make them how I want them. But in the past few months I’ve been drawing blanks in my kitchen (I crave nothing and because of this I cannot for the life of me create menus in advance). So basically I have been (a) remaking my faves over and over (and over) again; and (b) (finally) making things I’ve starred from these… Read more >
Elise
November 15, 2013
butternut squash, cauliflower, chocolate, crab, dessert, eggs, fish, nuts, quinoa, salmon
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Last I left off was my birthday dinner. The next day we went to brunch at La Boulange. Mine is the salad on the right. Odd for a breakfast choice, but the taste buds wanted it. We hung around the house until my dad got home from work, then we walked to WF to grab sandos. This is the crappy iPhone shot I got. They were out of the Sonoma chik’n salad (which uses Beyond Meat), so I went with a basic vegetarian sando with the works. Vegenaise and avo together are good stuff. … Read more >
Elise
October 30, 2013
big salad, chocolate, chocolate cake, dessert, goat cheese, mexican food, salmon, spinach salad, whole foods
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Buying bananas at Costco is hard to pass up (so cheap!) but they all go ripe at the same time. All 150 of them. So one second you have a bunch of green fruit and then you blink and find yourself with a million pounds of brown spotted bananas to use up. Stat. I’ve been adding them to everything. And freezing them for smoothies. I have 2 loaves of banana bread in my freezer. I have pumpkin banana bread in the fridge. I have made gluten free banana pancakes for myself twice. These… Read more >
Elise
October 28, 2013
banana, butternut squash, chocolate, chocolate cake, fish, kale, oatmeal, pamela's products, pancakes, quinoa, salmonrecipe
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