Presto

Pasta: Brown rice pasta with roasted tomatoes & garlic, broccolette, squash & lacinato kale.

P(r)esto: 1 bunch of parsley, 2 cloves of garlic, pumpkin seeds, avocado, salt & olive oil

While watching: Comedians in cars getting coffee

Quinoa & Beans stuffed peppers

Red peppers stuffed with:
○Quinoa
○Tomatoes
○Black beans
○Kidney beans
○Power greens
A little avocado on top and tah-dah

"Fast" slow food

I love food. Love. With all my heart. Being on such a restrictive diet was getting in the way of that but once I got a grasp on what I could & couldn't have things got much better and not only do I love food my body very much loves me for it. And so does my husband who this is really about. 

I've been lucky enough to not need to work & still be able to do everything that I want and that is because I married a perfect human. I've also always been lucky enough that I get to see him every day for lunch.  For a little bit after baby was born his lunch break would be spent holding our newborn while I would try to squeeze in a shower & scramble around doing whatever I needed to do while I was lucky enough to have two hands & if I worked it out right I might be able to make us some sandwiches. Big might. Fast forward a couple months to the ultra organized, streamlined human that I am today & lunchtime is not only made in 10 minutes or less so now he comes home to lunch already ready and we all get to spend that time together plus it's also way healthier than anything we could get on the go which is great for me when I know I'm gonna be out all day with Turtle & there aren't any places I can just grab a quick lunch at anymore ("what do you have that's dairy free, egg free, soy free, corn free, gluten free, nut free, coconut free, canola free, carageegan free, beef free, chicken free?")

Our food is 99% organic and I attribute the fact that none of us have gotten so much as the sniffles in the last 7 months to that.

I can't have bread so rice cakes have been a legit friend to me although I can't help but feel like a 90's mom dieting when I eat them.

But if I'm in a pinch for a quick picnic with my dudes before bathroom shopping they're great with just some lunch meat

Protein shakes keep me alive. 

Ever since we lived in Huntington Beach I've come to love and appreciate Asian so we stay stocked up on rice noodles & wrappers. These wrappers are brown rice & cassava and they're my absolute favorite. When our farm box comes I prep & slice alot of our food so things can be grabbed & eaten or thrown in a wrap real quick.

This is my Emergency meal because I am very anti-microwave. It is Costco's organic kale & quinoa and they come in little microwavable pouches. On days when I really don't have a second to spare I pop one of these bad boys in & I'm rollin. I also eat an obscene amount of bananas, apples & pickles.

chocolate chip cookies [V, GF, SF]

Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes 

Pandora station: Edith Pilaf

Preheat oven to 350°

2 1/4 c. Rice flour 

2/3 c. Applesauce

2 tsp. Baking powder

3/4 c. Sugar

3/4 c. Brown sugar

1tsp. Vanilla

1/2 c. Coconut butter

1/2 c. Coconut oil

1tsp. Xantham gum 

1tsp. Salt 

3/4 c. Enjoy Life allergen free chocolate chips

For non-vegan*

Replace applesauce with 2 eggs and coconut oil & butter with 1c. of butter

Cream together applesauce, vanilla, coconut oil, butter and salt. Add dry ingredients one at a time, mixing in between each ingredient. Spoon onto a silpat mat or parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes or until edges brown. These are crunchy on the outside and so soft on the inside. They don't taste exactly like "real" chocolate chip cookies but dammit they're close. Grab a glass of hemp milk and get down.