After our awesome start to the weekend I felt pretty tired and lazed the rest of Saturday away in sweats.  It was pretty great to be honest.  I don’t usually let myself do that kind of thing (always trying to be hyper productive on the weekends when I have extra eyes on the kids), but I was really zapped of all my energy and gave myself the grace to just be. This lunch rocked my socks.  Like, ROCKED.  I want to make it again asap.  First I massaged both curly and dino kale in Nugget’s… Read more >

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… Read more >

Let’s just be honest about this right up front…my breakfast was actually a dessert.  Just want to be clear.  😛   [They are leftover peanut butter and chocolate chip oatmeal cookies from our first MOPS meeting of the year and they were GOOOOOOOOD]. I had approximately 65 carrots while making lunch because I was sooo hungry. Ever since the kids started school I’ve been doing longer workouts and my appetite hasn’t caught up.  I have always eaten lunch after the kids are done with theirs and all squared away with quiet time (or naps) because I like… Read more >

I did a decent amount of prep this weekend but nothing like last weekend.  I have found that if I go big once every month or so, the rest of the weekends don’t have to be as intense.  The whole chicken from last weekend lasted me all week – mainly in lunches for the kids and Kyle.  This weekend I made chili.  The kids (and Kyle) loved the black bean quinoa chili I made before so I basically made the same thing again.  This time I swapped in Lightlife vegan gimme lean ‘ground beef’ for the… Read more >