Ever since I had the roasted tomatoes at the Full Belly farm dinner I have wanted to make something similar.  It felt silly to buy tomatoes when we have them coming out of the garden at a crazy rate, but the problem was, we kept eating them in meals so there weren’t quite enough to roast in a big dish.  I really wanted to almost poach them in olive oil until they reduced into a sweet gooey mess of tomato jam… So I finally found the moment this Sunday. The oven was already on for… Read more >

Kyle was gone over the long weekend so I had dessert every night.  Because chocolate is my security blanket. That yellow coated almond was a lemon creme almond that the Nugget employee made me try (I was chatting him up while getting my bulk bin discount on and he said they were a hidden gem of an item).  It was so good!  Like a lemon cream pie kind of thing?  Not that I’ve tasted lemon cream pie…is it different than lemon meringue pie?  Because I used to LOVE lemon meringue pie, but haven’t had it… Read more >

You know you’re living the good life when a praying mantis occupies a large chunk of your afternoon… How about I kick off this post backwards with the most important meal of the day…DESSERT.  Is dessert a meal?  I guess it is if you have it the amount I do…MEAL IT IS! My friend bought me these because I did her a favor and they are SOOOOO GOOD!!  There are 12 in total, soooo who has guesses on how long they last?? For the people who have been asking me to take a photo of… Read more >

School started (for P)!  It feels good. We went to Art Beast (his favorite place) on our last day of summer and really soaked up the time as a trio. Mr. P also had a special one on one day with Kyle over the weekend (because he and I had ours a few weeks ago).  V and I had a tea party, went swimming, and got ice cream together while the boys did their thing.  🙂 And decorated the wall paper for her cubby so that when her school starts next week she will feel… Read more >