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The weekly menu

It’s kinda silly categorizing this post “the weekly menu” considering the week was only, like, a second long and I already blogged about the first half of it, but it is what it is. To recap, Monday we did melon, avo, and butter lettuce salad with poppyseed dressing.  Legit. Tuesday we had crock pot stuffed bell peppers. They were based off this recipe but then I made them completely different to meet all of our families allergy requirements and preferences. Wednesday we skipped market (again) and cooked in.  The weather was forecasting 108 again but it was only mid… Read more >

Slow cooker stuffed bell peppers

Whatcha gonna do with a bunch of bell peppers and tomatoes? Stuff em.  With each other. Set and forget is all you want on a 108 degree day anyway.  I prepped this while feeding little man breakfast.  He ate the tops of the bell peppers (diced) and then tried to swoop on a tomato in the process. Slow cooker beef and tomato stuffed bell peppers [gluten free, soy free, peanut/tree nut free, dairy free, sesame free] Ingredients: 5-6 bell peppers 1 lb ground meat (I used beef) 3 tomatoes, diced 1 green onion, sliced 1 cup… Read more >

Fake three day weekend

Sweet baby child this Saturday’s breakfast was nooooo joke. How much did I spill on her head? Only one bite actually but it happened to be the very center piece with the most ooey gooey sticky sugar section.  I still ate it of course.  And then cleaned her head with a wipe (not my tongue). Since Pattycakes now has gymnastics classes on Saturday mornings it’s easy to just walk across the street after and hit up market for breakfast.  And entertainment in the form of music and parks…while Kyle and I treat ourselves to yummy… Read more >

Bark?

Question mark in the title because I’m not sure this is bark like the kind you get from the store or the kind you see at every holiday party between December and January.  But it’s chocolate that you break off in whatever shape you want, so maybe that’s qualification enough. I’ve made this a few times and decided to share the “recipe” although it’s something I tweak with each go.  The permutations with coconut oil and cocoa powder are endless, so I’ll offer suggestions at the end too. Coconut Chocolate Bark [vegan, gluten free, soy free,… Read more >

The weekly menu

I promised to make Kyle whatever he wanted on Father’s Day, and of course he requested this chopped BLT salad (a staple in our rotation).  But then we were feeling a little blah about our meat consumption after the weekend at the vineyard (ribs for dinner and bacon for breakfast) so we pushed it to Monday night’s dinner instead of Sunday. Still ate outside and made a relaxing night of it, even though it was a work day.  P had a deconstructed version of the meal (minus the cheese) and demolished the bacon first.  OF. COURSE…. Read more >