We goin’ a little crazy over here! Can you tell Kyle’s been gone a bit longer than usual??? My wordpress account made me log back in because it had been so long and I have a camera roll full of kiddo selfies from the 5-7 pm hours. You do the math. Honestly though, when you are stuck inside and solo parenting, wellllllll….it can make a normally semi-sane person go a little bonkers!!! People ask me if it’s hard when he travels and of COURSE it is, but at the same time, I like being a… Read more >

I’ve been working up the nerve to make this. Instant Seitan (aka vegan wheat meat) Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups vital wheat gluten 1/4 cup nutritional yeast 1/2 teaspoon of thyme 1/2 teaspoon oregano 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup vegetable broth (may need a bit more) 2 tbsp tamari 2 tsp liquid smoke 1 tsp toasted sesame oil 1 tsp Annie’s vegan Worcestershire sauce 1 cup broth (for bottom of instant pot) Directions: Combine liquids in a large bowl, then add the vital wheat gluten, nutritional yeast and dried herbs. Mix together (kneading) until dough ball… Read more >

Kyle was out of town, so we kept things low key for the Super Bowl. In anticipation of ALL THE CHIPS, I made us veggie packed lunches. The kids had roasted cauli and potatoes with chickpeas, all made from scratch that morning, and then I had leftover rice and lentil salad with kale massaged in a lemon vinaigrette. Because when you have friends with a lemon tree… You get gifted ALL THE LEMONS. What a snooze of a game huh?? They danced to the half time show, but I was very underwhelmed by it all…. Read more >

When you have pears about to turn into mush…you let them turn into mush in some steel cut oats. With cardamom and vanilla and coconut milk. It was a pretty dreamy breakfast. Lunch was Thai themed with the last bit of my Nugget sesame dressing, leftover roasted root veggies, kale and leaf lettuce, salty almonds, avo and cilantro. Then I added a bunch of kettle Korean BBQ chips for extra crunch which was the best topping ever. The kids saw me eating them and asked for some too, so I gave them some thinking they… Read more >

We went to Fremont on Friday afternoon, leaving straight from school, so I packed us all lunches and then relied on leftovers for dinner. Thanks to the fun traffic we got home JUST before the kids died of starvation. Dramaaaaa. Here’s a little dessert action. I wasn’t that hungry, but I was exhausted from driving and for some reason decided I needed chocolate to make me feel better. Emotional eating at it’s finest. The appointment went great by the way (it’s his one year from peanut OIT graduation so they wanted to check in with… Read more >