YOU GUYS. I’m so so far behind.  Life just really took it up a notch this past week.   Or am I two weeks behind now?  There’s no real way to catch up.  Personal responsibilities aside, we have had some extra craziness lately.  But we are all good now and life is cruising along with only a week left until Christmas! So how to recap a dozen-ish jam packed days?  No way man.  Here are some highlights.  LOOOOOVED my first imperfect produce box.  I will tell you more about it later.  It’s not sponsored or anything,… Read more >

My friend recommended this recipe for Thai coconut curry meatballs to me (I think she went to college with the blogger) and I added to the weekly menu asap.   They were SO good!  Everyone was a fan.  I made rice to go with them, but served them over leftover spaghetti squash for myself.  It felt weird to buy basil offseason, and I was half expecting to omit it thinking I wouldn’t be able to find it at the store, but I was wrong.  Plus, it was on sale!  I swapped in a shallot for the… Read more >

Just an average cruciferous haul – not too much, not too little.  It will probably last a week (ish), which is perfect because I just signed up for imperfect produce!!  I’m so excited that this company is finally delivering to Davis!  Not only do they reduce food waste by giving a home to less attractive fruit and veggies, but they don’t do any other packaging, so it’s truly minimalist farm to doorstep.  I get to login to the website later to customize my order (add more of things I want and remove things I don’t).  Since… Read more >

You know how I’ve been making an extra effort to use up things stashed away in our pantry/freezer for the past few weeks/months?  Apparently that’s a new trend that’s gaining popularity.  It’s called shelf cooking and there’s a whole hashtag devoted to the #shelfcookingchallenge.  Who knew!?!  I’m game!!  I love the feeling of using things up, plus it is in alignment with my efforts to reduce waste.  Not that I waste things in the freezer or pantry.  Throwing them away is not my problem, but rather, collecting things “just in case” to the degree that… Read more >