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Another week of corona misery is creeping by.  How are you all surviving? We finally got a chance to breathe (literally and figuratively), but then BOOM another fire broke out (a few actually…) and now our new backyard patio is covered in ash and you can’t even see the sky.  It’s an orange brown haze that seems like the start of the apocalypse. So now we are trapped indoors AGAIN.  Seriously can we just end it already?  I’m too tired of putting on my Mary Poppins hat and pretending like everything is fine when in reality the… Read more >

This week has been yet another classic week of 2020…good news sandwiched by bad news… Some of the good news was that I made a massive bowl of my fave grain salad so my lunches were both delicious and already made. Also, we managed to escape to Lake Tahoe for the weekend. It was SUCH A MAJOR WIN for the family. We were finally able to go outside (the AQI was improved but still not great) and the kids got a much needed change of scenery. We all soaked up every second of the getaway…. Read more >

I never thought I’d see the day, but it has arrived! My kids told me they are sick of oatmeal! [It makes sense given the frequency that they eat it] So after a week+ hiatus, filled with pancakes, waffles, eggs and banana bread, I finally came up with another option! Breakfast cake! Shhhh…don’t tell them it’s just baked oatmeal (with vanilla yogurt on top as “frosting”). I made a peaches ‘n cream flavored dish, with whole milk, honey, cinnamon and sliced peaches on top. It baked up beautifully and then when it was time to… Read more >

If you were in a salad rut, maybe this post will help. Salads can get such a bad rap, but these were 100% delicious. Which is why I can’t bring myself to order salads at a restaurant! Because compared to these, of course they are boring!