We made it! Friday! Football! … and did I mention Friday!? Haha.
I hope you had a great week and hopefully you have a fun, extended weekend ahead of you. It’s been a busy week around here and this is what we’ve been up to.
What I’ve Been Eating
I’m hooked on buying microgreens. I picked up this kale variety last week and just love the way the look on salads. I also ate them stuffed inside a veggie and hummus wrap. The package is deceiving though because it doesn’t look big, but I struggle to use them all up in one week and am looking at ways of doing so so I don’t waste them.
I can’t seem to make fish tacos without making a slaw to go on top of them. It’s a simple mix of shredded cabbage, sour cream, lime juice, red onion and cilantro and it adds so much flavor to the tacos!
I love the new Clean Juice that opened up in Birkdale. I usually go green, but decided to try the Immunity Blend this week which has orange, carrot, pineapple, turmeric and lemon. It was delicious! The girls thought so too.
I also mixed up the meal plan to accommodate these beauties.
David didn’t even miss the meat. My nacho technique is a single layer of chips, covered with cheese. Broil until melted. Add chopped toppings and a little more cheese. Broil again. Top with homemade guac, sour cream, chopped jalapenos and cilantro. Dive in face first.
What I Discovered
My friend Alison told me about StorylineOnline while we were chatting about how much Hailey loved reading books. It’s a free site where celebrities read books to children and it’s AWESOME. I highly recommend Library Lion. It’s one of Hailey’s favorite books and I was excited to see it on the site!
I learned that canned pumpkin puree actually is not required to be all pumpkin, even if it states 100% pumpkin. Apparantly the USDA has a loose definition of pumpkin and the canned stuff could actually be butternut squash, hubbard squash, etc. Read more about it here and learn how to make your own puree from Cassie before the pumpkin craze descends on us in full force.
What We’ve Been Up To
Dealing with the dishwasher. Still. The quote we got to fix it is about the same as the cost of a new dishwasher, so the hand-washing continues… dare I say I’m getting used to it?
Hailey got a haircut. I also learned that she likes her hair short. I asked if she wanted to grow it longer and was met with a certain NO THANK YOU.
I had some of my Shaklee girls over this week and enjoyed learning about all the new nutrition research happening while snacking on cotton candy grapes. Have you tried those? They are kind of a cool novelty, but I think I prefer old fashioned purple.
Nutritional yeast! You can find it at your local health food store or you can buy it online. It is packed with B vitamins and has 3 grams of protein per Tbsp. It tastes cheesy, which makes it delicious on popcorn or kale, but I’ve also been adding it to the girls’ mac ‘n cheese. Just about 1 Tbsp.
I loved this post on Momastery entitled It’s Not You, It’s Them. Perfect for every parent out there who has felt like they very slowly might be losing their sanity. …that’s all of us, right?
Lindsay posted a guest post by Corrine Dobbas featuring 7 tips for having a healthy relationship with food. I did a ‘scope the other day about my love for intuitive eating and feel that these 7 tips are fantastic for those that are interested in going that direction with their eating habits.
And that’s a wrap!
What have you been up to this week?
Have you discovered, eaten or read anything great?
Share with me!
k says
I love nutRitional YeasT!
emma @ be mom strong says
FRIDAY!!!! Yes I dumped NY on just about everything when I’m not eating meat! In fact, the girls had it on pizza last night!
Parita @ myinnershakti says
I made fajita nachos this week (nachos topped with sauteed onions, peppers, and mushrooms). A little messy to eat but so good! Have a great weekend!
Erica D House says
Love nutritional yeast! I put some on steamed broccoli with garlic salt and a bit of mayo. It’s divine.
Bummer to hear about the canned pumpkin 🙁
John J. says
Your “wrap up” did not include David’s excitement over Tech’s win over the “Little Sisters of the Poor”. Certainly an extra nacho was devoured to celebrate (or perhaps one of his brews!)
brynn says
I’ve been loving turmeric as well! It gives a little zip to pressed juice.
Heather says
I’m ridiculously excited for a 3 day weekend! I have a feeling nachos might be on our menu after seeing a picture of yours. Ha ha. Funny that you mention the cotton candy grapes – I almost grabbed them when I saw them yesterday, but then put them back. So unadventurous of me. :p
Lindsay @ The Lean Green Bean says
thanks for the link love friend!
Lynne says
Yummo! Those nachos look delicious. I’ll have to try your method. Thanks for sharing.
Jane says
I bought the cotton candy grapes this week for the first time. They are good but after a handful a little much for me! The owners of “Clean Juice” are awesome people! They are very involved volunteering at Elevation! 🙂 Love to see the support of their new business.
Erin @ Her Heartland Soul says
I love microgreens! That salad looks fabulous!
Christine says
I love the cotton candy grapes, as does my 10 month old! I love how he smells like cotton candy after eating them, haha.
This week hasn’t been very exciting….trying to find someone to excavate a propane tank that is under ground in our back yard, what a pain. Quotes have been outrageous!
Food wise I grilled up some peaches last night (with cinnamon, brown sugar and a touch of butter) and served with vanilla ice cream! I will miss peach season!
Elizabeth says
I love the link to the post on ‘It’s not you. it’s them”. I needed that! and it was so funny! I seriously may post the quote on the fridge.
Also, how funny is it that your H knows how she prefers to wear her hair! Kids are so funny – and honest!
Tracy says
This was a great post! Thank you!
Love, love nutritional yeast…especially on salad! I also recently discovered this product that has nutritional yeast in it plus some other ingredients…
https://thrivemarket.com/gopal-s-original-rawmesan#Ingredients
Really good!!!
Have a great weekend!
Leah says
ive enjoyed your periscopes lately! We’ve been busy starting school this week and getting ready for my brother’s wedding. I buy a lot of canned pumpkin (I run out of homemade quickly into the season!)- are there good brands to buy?
Beth says
I put nutritional yeast on everything. I love it & as a vegetarian, I love all the extra nutrition. It’s great on faux Caesar salads, mixed in w grains instead of Parmesan, coated on baked tofu & tempeh to make breaded “fingers,” as soup garnish esp lentils, yummy on broccoli & you can make a super cheese sauce w it.