Have you guys made Gena’s hemp chimichurri yet? I’m a big fan of this sauce, and have been finding ways to put it on everything since I made a double batch of it a few weeks ago. It stays good for a while, but you may find yourself making another batch sooner than you thought because you used it all up. Or maybe that’s just me. For these sweet potato bowls, I followed Gena’s recipe in her cookbook Power Plates. It’s a go to for me when I’ve hit a road block in my meal… Read more >

Back in Spring, when we were bored and looking forward to Summer, the kids and I wrote down a bucket list of things to make together. We have actually been really good about doing them! As you may have picked up from what little I mention here, Kyle travels quite a bit for work. One of the nice things about his job is that he returns with strawberries! Often it’s more than I can handle, so we give them away to anyone who is within a 60 mile radius of us. But now that the… Read more >

We went to Maui! And it was bliss. [As if there were any other option] Hawaii is 100% paradise. It’s where I am truly on vacation from the second we step off the plane…and as the kids get older, it’s just getting better and better! Case in point: the photo above with our luggage. Two small suitcases, two boosters. THAT’S ALL WE PACKED!!! No pack n play. No suitcase full of diapers. No portable toilet. None of that. Full disclosure: P only switched to a booster a month ago and V only got one for… Read more >

Another week of this fun… In addition to the normal haul (potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, cucumbers, zucchini, corn, etc) we got some new things this week – including white peaches and long beans! And more of these beautiful shelling beans, which I think I forgot to show you last week… So pretty! Kyle said this was the best chili I ever made, which is hilarious to me because it was barely a chili. It had tomatoes, beans and ground beef, but beyond that it was such a hodgepodge of veggies…anything I could grab to use up… Read more >

This will be quick because we drove back in two days with a quick stop in Bend for the night. We got coffee at Bobbie Jean’s (MEH) on the way out of town and can’t say much about it. I never thought I’d miss Starbucks coffee, but I was really really ready for a decent cup of decaf by the time we got home. We had lots of food for the road because Kyle’s parents grilled extra tri-tip for us and then we packed up a ton of other goodies. No shortage of food for… Read more >