simple recipes + simple ingredients
Happy New Year! These 30-something parents of two under two spent our New Year’s Eve on the West Coast by celebrating with the Eastern Standard Time’s midnight ball drop, and we have zero regrets. 2019 is already looking good with a good night’s rest and a freshly brewed cup of coffee and we are ready to get cooking! So, as it turns…
Today’s post is brought to you by: we’ve had too many cookies and it’s starting to show. If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll know that we’ve made this chocolate chip recipe several times during the month of December (including last night). Half of the time I tell myself that baking a batch of these would be a nice gesture…
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Well, whoever “they” are must never have had a toddler with razor sharp hearing and a propensity for repeating four letter words. That’s right, darling Sofia, with her barely there pigtails and lavender fleece onesies, has added a particular four letter word to her wide vocabulary that includes “ball.” So parenting…
Our little bundle arrived over a month ago and we are fully embracing life as parents of two under two. Our life has never been more chaotic, busy (as in, I started writing this post a week and a half ago and am now able to finish it), or full of love than it is now. And as for sleep?…
If you’re anything like me, you may always have a surplus of fruits and vegetables at the end of the week that are about to go bad. Also, if you’re anything like me, you know that it stems from weekend optimism that starting Monday you will make only healthy and nutritious decisions, get a few workouts in, and not fall…
One of the best things about California is the abundance of fresh produce and ingredients everywhere. You can find a Farmers’ Market on every corner, grocery stores filled with products from local vendors, and tons of fresh fruit and vegetable roadside stands. When my good friend Mayra stopped by with a giant basket of freshly picked vegetables and fruits from…
There’s nothing like a holiday called Labor Day that reminds you that you are 6 weeks away from delivering your second child. And that you are not ready. Not ready, as in the house is still being child-proofed for your daughter, that you’re not entirely certain where your son will sleep, and that you just moved cross-country and…
