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Pumpkin muffins & and allergy update

I have such good news! This past weekend was so awesome for a few different reasons and I’ve been on a high ever since.  Gah.  I needed this. I’ve been stuck in a rough patch for a couple of weeks.  I don’t know if you could detect it through my [infrequent] posts but I’m coming out of the fog now.  I haven’t felt super inspired to check in here on this space and so I just haven’t. But first, muffins! PUMPKIN muffins no less.  #basic fall move. Turns out this kid loves pumpkin (future food blogger?).  And… Read more >

Zucchini and Daiya drop biscuits

I had two things on my baking to-do list for the weekend and they were biscuits and zucchini something.  But then I got to thinking – maybe I could combine? So I looked up a few different recipes.  I used this one and this one and this one.   And then married them all together.  Here’s mine. “Cheddar” cheese and Zucchini Biscuits [gluten free, soy free, dairy free] Ingredients: 1/3 cup bacon fat (I’m pretty sure coconut oil, butter, Earth Balance, or any fat that’s solid when cold should work) 4 eggs 1 tbsp apple cider… Read more >

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 >