San Diego Lobster Street Tacos

Hi guys! Hows the morning going? Iโ€™m pretty excited to welcome yโ€™all to Jessโ€™ Virtual Baby Shower with my contribution to the fun: San Diego Lobster Street Tacos!  Virtual Baby Shower I’m so excited for baby How Sweet on the way, and the chance to virtually celebrate with so many wonderful blog friends. When Bev and Ashley first…

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Grain-Free and Dairy-Free Almond Butter Lava Cakes

These paleo molten chocolate cakes with almond butter are a grain-free, dairy-free, refined sugar-free take on the classic lava cake. They’re sure to be a crowd-pleaser, even for those without dietary restrictions! Hiiii ๐Ÿ™‚ Howโ€™s the morning going? Thank you so much for all of your amazing giveaway entries and โ€œfeel betterโ€ wishes. Thankfully, Iโ€™m on…

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Goat Cheese, Beet and Jalapeรฑo Flatbread

This is my healthier at-home version of our beloved Bo-Beau Kitchen flatbread: goat cheese, beet and jalapeรฑo. AKA three things you wouldnโ€™t really think to put together. But, this unique flatbread combination is so right. The component that helps bring everything together is a sweet onion-tomato spread. To make this, all I did was heat…

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Sur La Table dinner at home

Nothing like a Tuesday night fancypants (yet easy!) dinner after a hot barre class. (Hot barre! Not to be confused with the Whole Foods meal, but equally delicious and a rare form of workout torture/triumph.) Ok, and wine too ๐Ÿ™‚ Even though it was a little lonely preparing this meal by myself instead of with…

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Banana split smoothie

Hi! Happy Wednesday to ya ๐Ÿ™‚ How’s the day going so far? This week has already been a lot of fun. I took Livi to her yoga class and we planted some herbs in the garden. I might eat my words later, but I feel like you really have to work to kill plants here.…

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It finally happened

Today, I finally felt like I LIVE here. I thought it would happen quite a while ago, especially with resuming the usual to-dos and chores, but nope. It still felt like vacation, even when I had a mountain of laundry to tackle and bags of groceries to put away. It comes with the novelty of…

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Quinoa Chicken Enchilada Casserole

How’s your day been? I’ve got a delicious healthy weeknight dinner of you to add to your repertoire: quinoa chicken enchilada casserole! It sure is a good one to have planned for on days like today. Wednesday is writing day, so I spent some quality time at the Love Starbucks. (Zen tea = my fave!…

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11/22: Friday Faves

-An amazing party with amazing friends.  (My neck is doing something intense haha) Last night was my little “see ya, later” party, which came at the perfect time because worksickness kicked in a little this week. The shenanigans of the locker room were the best ever, and something I miss the most. The hostess with…

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10/25: Friday faves

Hi friends! Let’s all do the Friday dance! Or the piรฑata dance? I’m just now getting a chance to get to the computer, since Livi and I had to rush on base early this morning. I had to get some blood work done, and since kids are no longer allowed in the base clinic (so…

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Party at our place

This little Tuesday night tradition we have going on? Let’s keep it forever ๐Ÿ˜‰ We wanted to have everyone over for dinner while the Pilot’s mom is here, so last night was pizza night at our house. I would have loved to make a *real* dinner, but we met up at Grant’s for an hour…

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Chefs in the kitchen

Whew! What a whirlwind of a morning. Up at 4:30 -I have no idea how that happened- to the airport, and here in LA after a few traveling adventures, of course. It feels like 5pm already ๐Ÿ™‚ Before I set off for today’s events, I wanted to say a quick “hello” and tell you about…

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Dinner with the KERFs

I was so excited when Kath told me they’d be making a visit to Tucson. One of my favorite things about blogging is that I’ve made so many real-life friends through the blog world. Kath and I have been friends for a while -she was one of the first blogs I ever read!- and I’ve…

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