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Wow factor

You know I wouldn’t return to Davis without a trip to my parents’ Whole Foods right?? So obviously I grabbed the essentials – bulk organic decaf coffee, lemonade kombucha, and my favorite 9  grain kale salad.  I just realized I said this exact same thing two weeks ago when I was last there.  😛 I added candied pecans back at home and had two big bowls full.  I bought enough for another day’s lunch although in reality I wish I could have it every day this week.  It has all kinds of grains – rice, farro,… Read more >

Instant Pot Jam

It’s that time of year! The instant pot made this year’s batch of jam incredibly easy!  And hands off!  I barely chopped the fruit and left all the skin on and went to the park while the pressure cooker did it’s thing in a mere 5 minutes.  Then it stayed on warm until I had time to deal with it (after dinner when they were taking baths)! All I did was a quick pulse with the immersion blender and then stir in chia seeds and poured into jars.  SO EASY.  No added sugar.  No heating… Read more >

The birthday bunch weekend

There were two candles on this cake – one for my dad and one for my “baby” sister.  Someone joined the 30 club!!!  As a birthday present, she got rear ended on the freeway on the way to my parents’ house.  Isn’t that nice!?  Sorry Bee 🙁 It was a super fun weekend for me though, packed with family time and good food. My mom made a gluten free, dairy free chocolate cake, but instead of making the coconut cream frosting we always use she bought the Simple Mills frosting.  She (and I) have noticed… Read more >

Pesto Salmon Gnocchi

Summer time and the living’s easy… I had an identity crisis on Wednesday when I was BY MYSELF for 2 hours in the middle of the day.  Kid free. Ok, I will back up. For the first time in all of my time momming, both kids are drop off eligible for camps that are at the same time!  His was from 9-2 and hers was from 1030-1230.  I wasn’t sure how they would do but it was easy peasy, no separation issues at all!  [FYI that’s still rare for us, even at places like church… Read more >

Bacon Wrapped Date Salad

No sweetener needed for these oats – just a super ripe banana and a huuuuuge amount of plum chia jam. Stone fruit season is when I start adding gobs of fruit puree to everything I can in place of sugar.  Pancake batter, oats, etc.  And yet I still haven’t worked up the nerve to try flavoring my kombucha with actual fruit. I feel like my ginger and lemon ones are so solid, why risk messing it up, but now that we have 100 nectarines that are ripening all at once, I’m thinking about it…  However… Read more >