Is there anything better than the pristinely smooth top of a new jar of nut butter?? 2020 may have a low bar, but the answer is still no any time you ask me. I’ve been meaning to show you this new jar I opened last week. It’s been on my shelf for a while, but I don’t like having 10 nut butter jars open at once, so I was happy to finally give it a try. It’s wonderful! I rarely get the no stir kinds of nut butter, so it was a welcome change not… Read more >

Oh my goodness we are ALREADY back to packing lunches? I guess not really “packing”, since nobody is leaving. Here’s my strategy though…I am still going to create an at home lunch time/recess just like they would have at school. I am still going to pack them lunch boxes the night before, that they will then take outside with them for a pre-set amount of time. After they finish eating they can simply stay outside and play until the lunch recess period is over. This is actually for my own sanity more than anything else… Read more >

Well, my kids still don’t like tempeh. So that’s a bummer. At least it means more for me and Kyle. I marinated the tempeh in a combo of olive oil/tamari/balsamic vinegar/salt/pepper in the pan for a couple of hours before I fried it. It absorbed all the marinade, so I added a little more olive oil before turning the stove on. I also added a little water a few times as it cooked so that it would broil and steam a bit and not burn. Meanwhile I steamed corn in the IP. And made slaw…. Read more >

Can I ask for something? I am so out of meal ideas!! Completely 100% out. So tell me what you’ve been making. ANY IDEAS ARE GOOD IDEAS PEOPLE. In the meantime I will share this meal, in which I combined chips, lettuce, tomatoes, black beans, cilantro, and ranch dressing with sautéed bell peppers and beef and it was a nice little taco salad. Thank you in advance for any help in the meal planning department.

Normally I make my own pie crusts because it’s pretty easy, but I’m cutting corners these days so I bought a two pack from the frozen section of Nugget. Buying two pie crusts is a bit like giving a mouse a cookie…you may as well just make TWO PIES, right?!? Right. And that is how we came to have the same meal last week and this week. It was actually a welcomed relief to have a dinner already made because (in case I haven’t made it abundantly clear) sh!t has OFFICIALLY hit the fan here… Read more >