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Last month (back when I was still pregnant and in mega nesting mode) I asked The Kitchn what the heck to do with all the kumquats that our tree was pumping out…aside from just eat them plain (which is fine but we had way more than enough for that purpose). Kumquat marmalade seemed the most useful of all the comments/suggestions, so I went and googled a bunch of different recipes and kinda morphed them into one jumbled all inclusive recipe.  David Lebovitz‘ was the dominant force and from there I just added my own tweaks to the citrus madness. Did… Read more >

Weekend visit from my parents! We went out for a late lunch at Crepeville.  I got the Caesar salad with grilled salmon.  Nevermind that I had had a Caesar salad the previous night.  I really like them.  A lot. I brought food for P, obvs. Hey look!  A meal plan! [Don’t get too excited] After my parents left we ran some errands and I cleaned the house…you know…Sunday stuff.  We had meatballs and rice for dinner.  So gourmet.  🙂 The meatballs were Aidell’s chicken teriyaki and pineapple which were part of operation pre-baby freezer stocking.  I don’t really care… Read more >

Last week we went strawberry picking and came home with 5 POUNDS of strawberries.  Fresh berries are incredible, let me tell you.  P would agree – he ate a lot before they made their way to the bucket. So what do you do with five pounds of berries?  Well, eat them raw mostly.  They are just so freakin’ good we have been having them with breakfast, lunch, and dinner.  But besides that, I decided this chia jam was next on the list.  I don’t have the My New Roots cookbook, but I want it now! I… Read more >

Day by day we are getting into our rhythm and it makes me so pumped (we still have plenty of disaster moments too).  I love my little ones something fierce and they are already all about each other too.  I mean, P wants to be around V all day long, touching her, petting her, helping me soothe her, all of it.  He gets really sad when she cries and wants me to console her immediately regardless of what I’m doing (including feeding or playing with him).  I have a feeling they are going to be… Read more >