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Instant Pot Marinara Sauce

This. Was. So. Easy. Without further ado…here is the instant pot website’s recipe, from which I adapted my own version (because tomatoes fresh from the garden are exponentially more divine than canned ones). Instant Pot Marinara Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp garlic infused olive oil (if not aviding fodmaps you can use fresh minced garlic) 1 shallot, diced 1/2 small yellow onion, diced 8 baby carrots, diced 4 oz mushrooms, diced 1 1/2 tsp dried basil 1 1/2 tsp dried oregano 2 tsp salt 14-15 large tomatoes, chopped 1/4 tsp black pepper 2… Read more >

Prepping blended green juice

I feel like I’m so far behind in posting because we have been going going going…that’s the way of this summer it seems.  Kyle was gone for a couple of days last week and it was a fairly empty week as far as the kids’ activities were concerned so I made an impulsive field trip to SF for the day. We went to the California Academy of Sciences.  And just for fun, check out the photo on the right from a trip we took previously almost exactly one year to the date! I packed us lunches…. Read more >

Leftover creativity

You guys KNOW I didn’t leave the East Bay without hitting up WF for my favorite salad right?? It’s packed with sooo many nuts and 9 different whole grains, and lentils and kale and feta, gah.  It’s heavenly. The ratio of everything is hard to nail down on my own.  I just love this version so so much.  Anyway, I bought enough for two lunches this week so of course it was gone by Tuesday. 😛 I still hadn’t made it grocery shopping for reals (I didn’t go til mid week which is so unlike… Read more >

40 years of marriage

Cheers to 40 years! My parents have been exemplary role models for marriage so it makes perfect sense that my siblings and I would throw them a party to celebrate.  The number of people who RSVP-ed yes blew us away!  Traveling from near and far to show their love and support for our awesome parents.  🙂 My G-ma had a fun time seeing the kids.  It’s been almost 6 months. I spent the morning with my sisters setting up and getting organized so that by 4:30 we were all ready for the fun to begin…. Read more >

Packaging things up

I have SO much to catch up on! I’m going to randomly share the last bits and pieces of last week so I can recap the highlight of the weekend…the PARTY that my sisters and I threw for my parent’s 40th wedding anniversary. 🙂 Yes, I made the junky salad again. I had half a bottle of Brianna’s dressing left, so I may as well, right??  It was GOOOOOOD. The co-op didn’t have the Siete chips, but luckily Nugget had one bag left!  Eek!  I grabbed the beanfield “nacho” chips too, just in case I wanted to… Read more >