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There are so many things I should be doing right now that aren’t blogging. I’m sleep deprived and treading water in a major way, but in an effort to vent/decompress, I’m here, writing. This lunch salad had two kinds of kale massaged (DOUSED) in TJs sesame dressing, plus leftover salmon, salty almonds, and cilantro. I also had heaps of carrots on the side to round it out. Moving on to dinner… Someone at church has an orange tree because there were a ton up for grabs last weekend so I snagged them. We have mostly… Read more >

Picking up where I left off… Is it just me (I tend to be a bit of a scrooge, so it may be) or has Valentine’s Day gotten completely out of hand for school kids?? Like what the what is going on here!? Both kids came home with elaborate goodie bags full of treats FROM EACH STUDENT. Uhhhh, excuse me? Our Valentine’s were cards. Home made cards. They painted them the week before and then cut them out into heart shapes and decorated them with stickers and signed them. That’s it. I feel bad for… Read more >

Birthday week! Mr. P had a MAJOR week with his birthday, Valentine’s Day, the 100th Day of school, his party, and visits with BOTH sets of grandparents! Lucky kid. We went to my parents’ for a family celebration on Saturday. Valley is OBSESSED with Brookie boo. She is 100% ready to be a mama (in her eyes)and talks about “when she’s an adult” and “when she’s a mama” 24/7. I had chips for lunch. And some greens to pretend it was balanced. But really, it was about the chips. And for dinner we had so… Read more >

Fancy dinner night!! Remember that TJs toasted sesame dressing I mentioned before? Here’s the meal I made the first time I tried it. I worked 1/3-1/2 the bottle into a ginormous head of cabbage during nap time so that it would soften and wilt down to a nice texture by dinner. I have been getting cabbage and bok choy every week in the CSA and I got a week behind with the cabbage, but playing catch up is easy when your whole family loooooves cabbage! I splurged and bought us some nice chunks of salmon… Read more >

PREP GAME STRONG. Kyle and the kids voted for lemon poppyseed bread next. Let’s see if this loaf lasts any longer than the banana bread I made last week. I made THE most delish salad for lunch and I hope I can replicate it again because it was everything I’ve been craving lately and I already want it again. It started with these leftover roasted veggies – butternut squash, rutabaga and turnips, and Brussels sprouts. The other stellar part of this was Trader Joe’s new organic toasted sesame dressing. YOU GUYS. Get your hands on… Read more >