Food and fund raisers

I could pretend this frothy iced java was purposeful, but the truth is that I got distracted and my coffee got cold and then by the time I came back to it I was ready for a colder bevy.  So I added ice and blended it and voila!  Coconut milk tastes better blended into a cold drink in my opinion.  Actually it tastes the same, but the texture is better when it is blended because when it’s hot it form oil slicks on the surface.  I don’t generally have a problem with this, but I’m not that picky about how I get coffee into my face as long as it involves LOTS of plant milk and sometimes stevia.  Also, I keep a spoon in my mug at all times to re-stir it before every sip because I’m used to the milk separating at times.  Better that than weird additives yes?

You’d think I’d learn by now but I still didn’t remember to add enough carbs to this lunch salad and so I wound up eating one million and fifty five thousand more candied walnuts after the bowl was gone.  Ok, I’m announcing here and now so I am accountable: add more carbs!  I need to roast some sweet potatoes or squash or make crackers or SOMETHING.  Geez.  I keep saying this and not doing anything about it.  Am I expecting different results despite not making any changes????  Are you thinking what I’m thinking?  [see definition of insanity]

This salad was a tweak on the Greek chicken salad I have been making quite a bit lately (which means Kyle was out of town).

The only thing . changed was I added lettuce (in the form of arugula, pea shoots, spinach, and some other goodies).

I also tried a new feta (because TJs was STILLLLL out of the Pastures of Eden feta).

I got this at the co-op.  It intrigued me that it was made from both goat and sheep cheese.  I think it’s a bit more firm than some of the other feta I’ve had recently, but it was just as salty and delish as ever.

We ate a bit earlier than usual because I was tired and wanted to start the night’s wind down asap (solo parenting prerogative) but then we ended up having a dance party in the kitchen while I made a massive batch of pancakes.  Sometimes I make contradictory decisions.  The kids were stoked though because they’ve gone without pancakes for a realllly long time.  The thing is, ever since school started I haven’t found the time to squeeze in an AM pancake-athon because school starts so early.  Making them at night (in bulk no less) means they now have pancakes for at least 4-5 breakfasts.

Which makes mornings go extra fast.  And that’s good news for everyone.

Check out these awesome sleeping positions.

Every night I check on them before bed is a surprise.

I’m so happy to be picnicking after school gets out on Wednesdays again.  It was one of the best parts about P’s school last year, and now that V is there we get to continue the tradition.  🙂

I just realized I finished the Green Valley organic lactose free cream cheese and didn’t add it to the grocery list.  Boo.

You know the best part about having kids overlap at school?  Grocery shopping without them.  Ok that’s a lie.  That’s definitely not the BEST part, but it’s a darn good one.

Afternoon snack attack!  I got these on sale at Safeway a while back and they are pretty good.

I wasn’t expecting to spend an hour and a half keeping V entertained throughout P’s choir practice, but that’s the curveball I got and thank goodness I had the Moana soundtrack and water wow book.

Oh man.  This post is all over the place.

This dinner was another gnocchi winner.

The adult version had arugula, shrimp, walnuts, and the last of the Cibo organic sun dried tomato pesto.

The kid version had spinach instead of arugula and no pesto.

The cauli gnocchi is SO GOOD.  I don’t regret my hoarders style decision to buy 15 bags at once because I’m going through them so fast.  The kids haven’t even mentioned the difference either (I typically give them half and half).

I don’t have many other photos of the week, but we did go to Sudwerk Brewery for a family night out (that I planned) with my stroller strides crew.  The turn out was insane and by 7 pm it felt like all of Davis was there.

They had live music and a food truck and a ton of beer on tap.  The kids were running around like wild animals for most of the night with all their friends and I’m pretty sure we will do it again soon because of how fun it was.

I got four tacos to start (two carnitas/two chicken), but then ended up getting two more (fish) tacos once I realized they were pretty small.

We stayed out past the kids bedtime, but not too late, because the next morning was a special family stroller strides class (with all the same people!).  There aren’t usually Saturday classes, but this was a fund raiser for our friends who are adopting a girl from China.  It felt awesome to help them out (bonus! we got in a workout as a foursome!).

I love when Kyle gets to come to stroller strides classes (as does he), and this was especially awesome because it was for a good cause.  Started the weekend off in the best way.