It’s possible that we’ve been eating out a bit more than usual these days. It’s also possible that anybody else’s cooking is a lot more appealing to me right now than my own. This is how the girls and I ended up in a bagel shop for lunch one day last week. (and the week … Read more
We survived! Literally, anyway. Our day started in the car where we enjoyed breakfast in the form of pumpkin oats and lunch in the form of hummus, veggies, pita chips and my favorite portable protein; hard boiled eggs. Five hours later, we finally made it to Zombie Land in time for our 4 o’clock wave … Read more
Dinner tonight was about ease and speed. Mama’s got a 6:30 yoga class she wants to get to, gang! Chop chop! Or should I say “slice slice!”? With fast cookin’ potatoes on my mind, a couple of orange spuds and I went head to head with the mandolin. A mandolin is a fancy schmancy slicer … Read more
I don’t know about you, but we learned how to ride the bus. Crazy, no? We’ve only lived here for nearly two years now. Did you know that Google Maps makes it EXTREMELY easy to figure out how to get from Point A to Point B on the bus? Yet another thing I learned today! … Read more
One Mindless Trick to Eating Fewer Calories
October 12th, 2011 | Posted by in Healthy Habits - (6 Comments)I can’t seem to eat salad without hummus these days. Normally I try to spare you the daily salad shenanigans unless it’s something new or remarkable – and at first glance this salad is neither new or remarkable. But Wait! Today’s Hummus on Salad story has a moral to it. It starts with the sad … Read more
There are plenty of good reasons to eat a salad – but I know that if I don’t make salad eating easy, it’s less likely to happen. I went a stretch of days without eating a salad (gasp!) and it took me a second to realize it was because I’d fallen behind on food prep. … Read more
Have you ever found yourself eating a grilled hummus and coleslaw sandwich for lunch and wondered how on earth such a concoction happened to land on your plate? Oh right, I think it started because I was making soup. Soup that began with potatoes. And then some beans were added too. And then Bean and … Read more
Whenever I get carrots like this: I feel really cool. Like – That’s right! My carrots are so crunchy granola they still have their crazy green tentacles attached, yo! These greens are like mace for hippies. They protect me as I walk back to my car from CSA pick up. They totally say “Don’t mess … Read more
Have you ever run your finger along the side of the near empty Sabra container and wondered: “how the heck do they make hummus so dang smooth?” Have you then stuck that hummus covered finger in your mouth and wondered: “how the heck do they make it so dang creamy?” Well wonder no more. I’ve … Read more
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