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The weekly menu

What.  A.  Week. My little peach is having a rough one and it’s so hard to watch her be so miserable.  She’s normally such a happy baby, but ever since her 6 month shots she’s been fairly inconsolable.  If she’s not nursing, she’s not happy, which makes life with a toddler interesting.  I’ll spare details because I could vent forever, but I really only want to share the week’s eats, not the drama.  Just figured a little background might be necessary to explain why the dinner scene was not very elaborate. Meatless Monday fo yo… Read more >

Paltrow Project savory broiled tofu

I have been noshing on these tofu slabs with such delight I hardly want to share with P. But of course I do  🙂 We had the same thing for lunch yesterday – tofu, avocado, rice cakes (“popcorn” to him), with carrots, butternut squash and kale on the side.  He had bell peppers too. The savory broiled tofu in Gwyneth’s book is awesome.  I used garlic infused olive oil instead of sesame oil and minced garlic, but otherwise stuck to the recipe. It’s definitely one I’ll be remaking on a regular basis as part of my weekly… Read more >

The weekly menu

Last week closed out with lots of simple meals.  With Kyle being gone I lost steam by Wednesday and turned to the hippie bowl formula I know and love.  Grain + green (veg) + protein.  No objections from the mini man. He helped me chop up this butternut squash and toss it in olive oil.  He then napped through the oven time and woke up to some delicious squash.  I let him sample one but then wait til dinner for the rest. For dinner I fried bacon and then sautéed kale and brussels sprouts in their fat…. Read more >

Opening my Thrive box

It’s been a week since I declared my love for this service and that’s maybe a record.  I spend hours a day on their site which is maybe a little sad, but a reality nonetheless.  In my defense, when you’re nursing all the live long day and you have a mobile device that let’s you virtually walk the aisles of your favorite health foods store (all in the luxury environment of your [child free!!] rocking chair) then I’m not sure there’s a better use for the iPhone.  Mic drop. So yeah, if you haven’t joined by now I… Read more >

A new bubbly beverage

Aside from kombucha, the only real beverage I drink is water.  I occasionally buy Zevia, but consider it a treat because I have a history of diet soda abuse and it’s a slippery slope. Recently I was sent obi – a probiotic drink that’s made from organic juices and a proprietary non-bitter stevia.  But beyond tasting great, it’s actually beneficial to your gut because it undergoes a water kefir ferment (which results in probiotic strain called BC30).  Per the company “Water kefir is one of the best probiotics available but no one has been able to make it commercially available… Read more >