I grew up with this family as an extension of my own…our lives revolved around soccer and traveling for tournaments and because they had four girls and we had three, our families were basically inseparable. Unfortunately we all have way too much stuff going on in our lives and getting together is nearly impossible.  But we made it happen!  We got a majority of us all together!!  [Sorry Laura and Emily! You were missed] These two were born only a month apart and I look forward to the day when we send them off to… Read more >

Nothing to see here!  Just another Friday at cooking school…eating a spiralized veggie salad with parsley, olive oil, balsamic vinegar and feta. I had no dinner planned on Friday because part of me thought we may be going to my parents’ house for the night.  But we didn’t.  So I came up with this! The tahini dressing was the usual combo of tahini, water, maple syrup and salt. Half of which I tossed the mixed greens and arugula in. And half of which I added to the quinoa. Mixed it all together with roasted sweet… Read more >

Here are the two salads I’m alternating between lately. I’ve shown both before (plenty of times) but in case you were wondering what my lunches are looking like, I’m just over here buried beneath a pile of kale. My vegan winter salad is apparently a year round salad now, that is unaffected by seasons.  I tried it with a vinaigrette made with champagne vinegar instead of red wine or balsamic and it wasn’t as good, so stick to the original recipe I gave you way back when. curly kale massaged in home made vinaigrette candied… Read more >

Look at this lunch made by a 3 and 5 year old! It took them two days to polish the whole thing off, but they made it and ate it all to themselves for back to back lunches. I’ve been setting three goals for myself each week to do with the kids.  Nothing major – just activities, crafts, and whatnot – but I have found that having ideas at the ready makes me actually follow through and DO stuff that requires more effort rather than just take them to a park.  Not that there’s anything… Read more >