For dinner I created a new recipe, I call it, “Curried Buckwheat Vegetable Pilaf”.  It was full of goodness, and hit all the major food groups.  We loved it.  Little Bear called it, “Delicious”.  Nothing is better than the youngest stating he likes dinner, especially a curry dish. 

Tomorrow is Friday.  TGIF!  This week has been long.  I am ready for the weekend.  Do you have plans?

Good Thursday night to you.

peas and love….
Krys and the boys

To celebrate the birthday of the poet Robert Burns, I made shepherd’s pie for dinner and shortbread.  Wow, do I miss shortbread.  And I miss being in Scotland eating it and drinking a proper cup of tea.  So, I decided to make some shortbread and eat it with a lovely cup of Scottish tea a friend sent over from the most beautiful place in the world, Scotland. It was delicious.

We read poetry during storytime as well.  It was nice.

Hope you are having  a lovely Thursday.

peas and love….
Krys and the boys

Well, not really.  To celebrate the Chinese New Year, I made edamame fried rice for the boys and Orange ChickUN and Vegetables.  It was delicious.  I served it over brown rice.  It was much better than any take-away from a restaurant.  Mmmm.

The boys made paper lanterns and drew dragons to celebrate the new year.  It is the year of the dragon.

Happy New Year, my friends.

peas and love….
Krys and the boys

This evening made a roasted cauliflower, garlic, and swiss chard dish with a side of quinoa and chickpeas.  It was quite tasty.  Simple, yet very well rounded.  A lot of vitamins, minerals, and goodness were represented in this meal.  I love meals that hit all four food groups and then some.  And are tasty too. 

It was a lazy day today.  The boys played Legos, their latest and longest obsession so far.  We hung out around the house and were pretty much slackers with the exception of language arts time. 

Hope you are having a lovely Monday.

peas and love….
Krys and the boys

But he left behind some awesome pancakes.  This morning, I treated my guys to our ‘Elvis Pancakes’ recipe.  Peanut butter, banana, chocolate chip pancakes.  Yum.  I topped them with warm maple syrup and fresh banana slices.  Ahh, you gotta love Sunday morning breakfast.  It is such goodness.

We did our weekly baking this morning, then ran errands, and took a lovely nap.  Hope you are having a lovely day.

peas and love….
Krys and the boys

It’s Friday.  Why not have something awesome like tacos.  And that is what we did.  I simmered some pinto beans in the crockpot all day.  The cooked in some homemade chipotle butternut squash soup I had in the freezer.  Best idea ever!  I made tortillas and we filled them with the pinto beans, kale, mushrooms, carrots, and served them with a side of roasted potatoes.  Yum!  They were delicious and very tasty.  I made a nutritional yeast sauce to drizzle over them and added a little hot sauce.  A great way to kick off the weekend.

Do you have plans this weekend?  We are going to take it easy.  Nothing planned, which is always nice.

peas and love….
Krys and the boys

I made this soup last night and it was amazing.  A dear friend of mine had posted the recipe.  It was from ‘Best of Home’ magazine.  I decided to veganzie it.  Yum!  We loved it and Little Bear wanted even more of it.  I doubled the recipe and have a large container in the freezer now. I plan to use it later as a base for a veggie pot pie. 

I am so tired this week.  We have a hella lame neighbor who leaves his dogs out all the time.  Three days this week, we got a 4:45am dog barking wake-up call.  Ugh.  It is so frustrating to be around irresponsible dog owners.

Well, I am off to get the bike set up and head out for a quick ride with my boys.  Hope you have a lovely day.  The weather here is perfect.

peas and love….
Krys and the boys

Dinner tonite was quick, easy, delicious, and ever so healthy.  We were both tired.  We got the 4:45am chihuahua alarm clock.  No thanks to our douchebag neighbor who let his dog out at that time and left for work. It barked the whole time.  Arrrrgggghhhhh!  So, tonite’s dinner was quick.  I cooked up some organic buckwheat noodles, lightly sauteed some garlic, pickled ginger, edamame, carrots, fresh spinach, threw in some raw sunflower seeds and sauteed it in a little olive oil and ume plum vinegar.  Perfection.  I add a dash of Sriracha sauce.  Oh so good.

The weather today was perfect.  If you didn’t know any better, you would think it was Spring.  It is supposed to be that way for a while.  Yay!

Well, I am off to do some dishes and relax with my guys.

Happy Tuesday!

peas and love….
Krys and the boys

Tonite I made black bean burgers for dinner.  Yum!  They were delicious.  They had avocado, onion, spinach from our friend’s garden, a cashew cheese, and spicy mustard on toasted homemade bread.  I served them with jerk seasoned new potatoes.  Oh so good.

Yesterday was Boogie’s first day or martial arts.  He loved it and can’t wait to go again.  He loved it so much, he refused to remove his uniforn until bedtime.  I can’t wait for little brother to attend with him next year.  

There is no food to report for yesterday, Josh was working, so we ate leftovers.  I did make a ton of stuff this morning:   pumpkin waffles, granola, coconut lemon larabars, and cashew date larabars, bread, and chocolate crinkle cookies. 

Well, I am off to relax before the weekend is officially over.  Hope you had a good one. 

peas and love….
Krys and the boys

Since I have gotten back into cycling.  I am focusing on eating even more rounded meals.  Tonite I made a Mexican style bowl, it had brown rice, black beans, chopped raw greens from the garden, roasted sweet potatoes, nutritional yeast sauce, and topped it with pepitas (raw pumpkin seeds).  It was simple, very healthy, low fat, and delicious.  Oh and I can’t forget, very well rounded.  Grains, starch, protein, greens, B12, all kinds of goodness mixed into the dinner.

I usual cycle 3-4 times a day.  I love it.  Today the wind was brutal and it was cold, very cold.  The boys of course were snuggly and warm in the bike trailer.  They were layered, had a comforter on them, as well as the trailer has a plastic cover to protect them from the elements.  My cycling miles will add up to even more in April.  I will have two 20 mile days a week.  I am actually excited about adding more miles.  Making my goal 45-50 miles a week. Woo hoo!

Speaking of the cold, we are having a hard freeze tonite.  It has made me realize that if given the choice, I think I prefer the warm over the cold. 

Well, I am off to watch a movie with my guys.  Hope you have a great evening and are staying safe and warm.

peas and love….

Krys and boys