My jeans are finally fitting better.

I haven’t made an effort to lose weight since I trained for my RKC weekend. I’m generally pretty comfortable in my body (most of the time) but over the last year as we traveled I ate more calories than than I burned. Pretty simple.  I wasn’t fat…not by a long shot…but I got to a point to where my jeans weren’t fitting.

It happens.

I had to make the choice to buy new jeans or lose some weight.

So I decided to eat a little less and move a little more. I also decided I wasn’t going to do anything extreme or follow any kind of “plan”.

No offense to those who follow Paleo. There is some solid science behind Paleo. I just thought it was funny. :-)

No cutting carbs.

No eliminating food groups.

I was just going to eat what I wanted but keep an eye on portions/calories.

And something amazing happened.

By moving more and eating a little less (I can pound a serious amount of food) I’ve been losing about a pound a week.

I haven’t felt deprived once.

The majority of my food has been whole real food because nourishing my body is a priority regardless of my weight but I’ve been reminding myself a serving a almond butter isn’t half the jar.

Although I’ll confess, up until a few days ago, I was even eating cookies, cake, and candy. (We wont’ talk about the hot doughnut shop that’s a short walk from the ski resort parking lot.) Keeping a food journal, an eye on calories, and having an accountability partner has helped me to eat those things in *GASP* moderation. It’s no small miracle because moderation is my strong suit.

Then few days ago, I decided I needed a “reset” because I was eating some sugar every day and decided to pass on sweets for the rest of this month. The sweets didn’t seem to be slowing down my weight loss but considering my past sugar addiction I was fearful things would spiral out of control. I don’t want to go there again.

Of course, the day I decided to pass on sweets (I like the word “pass” because it implies a choice and my choice puts me in the powerful position not the food.) a guy on the bus opened a box of Girl Scout Thin Mints and offered me one. When I said, “No thanks.” He offered me three. Punk. I decided to pass because February is short but the satisfaction of the cookies is even shorter.

There has been no extreme exercising either. Although unlike my tendency to try extreme diets, extreme exercising has never been an issue. I just decided to get up off my butt and move more. I go snowboarding a few afternoons a week, do short full body workouts 2/3x a week, and walk an average of 8,400 every day thanks to the motivation my Fitbit provides. It’s more than manageable. It’s been fun.

All this to say (once again)

It’s consistency that counts not perfection.

And

There isn’t a magic plan.

I’ve skipped workouts. I have had hot doughnuts.

But the difference is I didn’t say, “Forget it. I messed up.” Then blow off the rest of my workouts for the week and eat two dozen cookies a day.

I just made an effort to move more and eat thoughtfully consistently.

And it’s working.

Hugs and High Fives,
Jenn

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Remember the 30 day paleo challenge I was doing?

That’s okay. Neither do I.

Here is  our adventures in eating local while on the road plus a recap of my 30 day paleo challenge and the aftermath.

It’s been fun finding local food. We’ve been to farmers markets and farm stands from Maine to Indiana.

It was easy to find fresh local protein in Maine.

Our first whole lobster experience.

Thing Two enjoyed it.

In Maine, we also picked wild blueberries. Check out the difference between the wild blueberries on the right from Trader Joe’s blueberries on the left. Hmmmmm…..

I was sticking to and enjoying my 30 day paleo challenge until we stopped at the Skinny Pancake in Montpelier, Vermont around day 21.

I really didn’t want to order a salad. “I would never be back here again.”

So I decided, “screw it” and ordered a “garlique chic”  crepe and I would get back to the challenge after dinner.

Simple. As. That.

Except it wasn’t that simple because we stopped at the Ben and Jerry’s Factory and I saw the Coconut 7 Layer Bar ice cream.

“When would I ever be back to the Ben and Jerry’s Factory?”

So I ordered it and and enjoyed every bite.

I blame Vermont.

There were still few days left of the challenge and I decided to keep on despite my day of indulgence.

We ate well even though there was sometimes lack of selection. We stopped at small roadside stands for fresh produce.

And small local grocery stores…

…with bears in the deli.

Then we got to Indiana and my 30 days were up.

Instead of testing each eliminated food group for four days like the plan It Starts with Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways instructs. I decided to enjoy myself.

Rather too much.

There have been bbq’s at home…

…and fun nights out with my family.

I didn’t throw it all out the window. We still went to farmers markets and picked apples from an orchard.

Had a date night at Trader Joe’s.

Last week, I got in a few workouts

and some kisses with kettlebells.

But I haven’t been “perfect” and that’s okay. Perfection is overrated. Or so I have heard.

I had my fair share of fun food while visiting my family but I’m ready to get back to real food or clean eating or whatever you want to call it.

Here is our freezer as of this morning. It’s stocked with as much local beef and organic chicken that will fit and our fridge is full of lots of produce.

I want to do a complete review of It Starts with Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways but this post is already on the long side. I’ll try to get around to it in the next week or two but for now I’ll say one thing.

Feta.

Thirty days without feta is no fun.

Hugs and High Fives,
Jenn

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I have three thoughts this Thursday.

Life is Like Berries.

A Healthy Dessert.

30 Days of Paleo 

Thought One – Life is Like Berries.

Two weeks ago after a busy week in NYC followed by a fulltime family RV rally, we decided we needed a few days up in the mountains to unwind. Nearby there was a local farm with pick your own raspberries. Thing Two and I spent an afternoon picking and chatting. If you know me well you know I think in metaphors. It may be strange to some but I find symbolism in everything and have since I was a child. Finding connections in the world is how I cope with life. Not to go all spiritual on you but it is one of the ways God speaks His peace into my crazy mind.

Anyway as we were picking berries I kept thinking about how much life is like picking berries. At first glance the bushes are large and overwhelming. You look down at your empty basket and at the rows of bushes and wonder, “It’s going to take forever to fill this thing.”

Looking at the bushes as a whole, it’s hard to see the berries but once you squat down and start looking you’ll find berries. A few are stand up on the bushes proudly displaying their perfect ripeness. However, most of the berries are in a various other states. Some are half eaten. Some are still green. Some are dead on the ground. Some lovely ones have fallen and are waiting to be picked up. It seems the majority are beautiful plump berries hiding behind leaves. These berries take a little more time and a little more effort to find but they are so worth it.

As Thing One delighted in doing something “old fashioned”—He once said he’s “just an old fashioned boy in a futuristic family.”—I carried on, one berry at a time, reminding myself it’s not honest to eat your weight in berries before you pay for them. It wasn’t too long before I looked down and saw that our baskets were nearly full.

They didn’t get full by magic. They were filled one berry at a time.

Just like life.

Thought Two – A Healthy Dessert

We came home with three two pounds (Ahem) of fresh raspberries. My favorite way to eat them was in a half of cup of whole milk (cream would have been ideal) with a tsp of maple syrup.

Divine.

Whole milk (I never buy that low fat white water called “milk”.) with a bit of maple syrup has been on of my favorite treats for years. I often get surprised looks when I tell people as if maple syrup isn’t good for anything but pancakes. A cup of milk (I prefer raw) with a small spoon of maple has been one of my favorite treats for years.

Thought Three – 30 Days of Paleo

Milk and maple syrup are not paleo.

So what about this 30 days of paleo?

First of all I have no intentions of ever becoming Wilma Flintsone. I believe paleo is a healthy way to eat but I doubt I will give up cheese or maple syrup despite what some say it may be doing to my body.

My favorite food philosophy comes is the traditional food way of eating made popular by Weston A. Price.

Although that is my favorite way of eating, it doesn’t been I follow it all the time. The first four months of living in an RV were crazy. I started eating refined sugar for the first time in almost four years and I ate more Taco Bell than I’d like to admit. I have 10 extra pounds to prove it. But that’s okay because learning how to live in a 320 square foot space was all I could handle at the time.

A few months ago we finally settled into our new nomadic life and I starting making the effort to find farmers markets and good food again. Taco Bell lost it’s appeal. Mostly.

But I still struggled with sugar.

One of the things that always helps me is reading about nutrition. A few months ago I read Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Healthbut since I already don’t eat a lot of grains, (I started experimenting with grain elimination three years ago.) It didn’t really hold my interest.

Two weeks ago I ordered It Starts with Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways by Dallas and Melissa Hartwig. (Both are RKCs which I find cool.) I skipped right to the 30 day plan and started it with Brent. I’ve been making my way through the rest of the book. So far I’m enjoying it and will give a full review when I finish the 30 days.

For 30 days I’m not eating dairy, grains, legumes, some oils, and SUGAR. Aside from a few sips of of an experimental pumpkin maple smoothie I was making my kids I haven’t had a bite of sugar natural or refined for 13 days.

I feel amazing. My energy is level is back to consistent and my mood is up.

Now I just need to start sleeping 8 hours a night.

It feels good to be finding my old new self even if it means I’m going to skip out on the ice cream at the Ben and Jerry’s factory in Vermont.

Hugs and High Fives,
Jenn

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I’ve said this many times but I was spoiled in my hometown of Ventura ,California with multiple year round CSAs to choose from, raw milk from the local health food store, an Azure Standard drop off site, two Trader Joes within 4 miles of my house, and friends who could connect me to groups for the best price on grassfed beef.

Eating healthy on the road was a different story. We quickly left the year round growing climate of southern CA. Our RV kitchen is micro-sized compared to house kitchen. It was sometimes a challenge to find a grocery store much less one that stocked the products we really wanted. We had a few events that strained our budget.

But we kept on and decided we would just do our best to eat a real food diet and not beat ourselves up over the occasional fast food stop.

Seven months later, I can confidently say we have finally adjusted to finding real food on the road. It’s a combination of feeling more comfortable living in a small space, making an effort, and, I’m sure, the warmer weather.

We’ve not only adjusted but finding farmers markets has become an adventure we enjoy. Multiple times we’ve visited small towns like Port Royal, South Carolina, that we would have otherwise skipped had I not taken the time to seek out a farmers market on Local Harvest. More importantly, we’ve met great people we wouldn’t have met otherwise.

People like Michael from Mibek Farms. Their beef was fantastic!

Michael told us about his pastured raised beef farm and insisted we try our first raw oysters. Yum. I think.

Every time we come across grassfed local beef, I stock up with as much as I can fit in our little RV freezer. My boys love tacos and hamburgers but ground beef is one the things I have a really hard time buying unless it’s grassfed and blessed by the pope.

Our freezer after stocking up on beef from Tudor Hall Farm who was at a little farmers market we just happened upon in Sherpherdstown, West Virgina. (This beef will last us about 5 weeks.)

At Shepherdstown farmers market, we also met lovely Krissy from Blueberry Hill Vegetables, a certified organic farm. I found this cool article about their life as small local farmers.

We’ve bought seafood from roadside stands.

And at the urging of a particular 9 year old…

…we have gotten adveturous with some really local catch.

We’ve also been able to find Trader Joes in North Carolina and Virginia to stock up on some of our favorites.

And some places we are just out of luck…

“Natural and Organic Products”? Hmmmmm.

I’ve maintained brewing my water kefir and kombucha. Pretty soon I’m hoping to add in sprouting and someday I’m going to get brave enough to make sourdough. Or not.

That doesn’t mean we haven’t chosen to enjoy some local favorites like beignets in New Orleans or…

other less than healthy foods like fried green tomatoes. Oh my goodness who would have thought these were so good!

I had to try, shrimp and grits, a low country favorite.

While I was at it, why not some (You see that flawed logic there ) fried okra, green bean casserole, and macaroni and cheese. BTW, I can eat a lot but Brent and I did share this.

While I’m sharing some of my less than healthy choices I may as well let you know I’m still struggling with my sugar addiction. It deserves a post of its own. I’ll just say that choosing to eat sugar again was not good choice at all.

Hugs and High Fives,
Jenn

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When I was at the Robert is Here fruitstand, I saw a new-to-me fruit called Sapodilla.

Mistaking them for potatoes, I would have walked past had I not read the sign.  “Tastes like a pear with brown sugar!” What??? Yes, please!

Brent and I ate most of them plain for dessert. Sapodillas are soft and creamy. They remind me of a pear flavored pudding with brown sugar. Perfect for a smoothie.

Sapodilla Smoothie

2 Sapodillas
1 Frozen Banana
1 Cup Plain Yogurt (I use whole fat)
1/2 Tbs Maple Syrup
1/8 Tsp Cinnamon
Large Handful of Ice

Throw it all in a blender and blend until creamy.

Makes one EXTRA large smoothie or two medium smoothies.

Anyone else ever tried a sapodilla? We are heading up to North Carolina soon. Anyone have any advice as to what to see or do? Any good local foods we should try?

Thank you for the kindness regarding my last post about breast cancer. Your support and encouragement were sincerely uplifting. I’m going to do my best to not think too much about it. There isn’t much I can do until we get back to Ventura in the fall. In the meantime, I going to put my energy into being present with my family and not lost in worry.

Hugs and High Fives,
Jenn

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I finally found time to make a new recipe. A tabouli recipe. If you want to call it a recipe. Tabouli is sort of a like a caprese salad. There are pretty standard ingredients with a few variations among recipes.

Although, by necessity, mine makes a slight divergence.

When I was at Robert is Here, I bought some parsley with the intention of making tabouli. However, when we settled down in the everglades I realized I didn’t have any bulgur a traditional ingredient in tabouli.

When you are in the Everglades you just don’t run out to the store unless it’s the campground store to buy mosquito spray or Spam. Both will kill you if used enough.

Anyway I decided to improvise with what I had on hand, quinoa.

Quinoa Tabouli

1 Bunch of Parsley
3 Tomatoes
1 Clove of Garlic (pressed)
1 Lemon (the juice squeezed)
2 Tbs Olive Oil
1 Cup of Quinoa (measured uncooked)
Sea Salt and Pepper to Taste

Cook the quinoa. I always cook mine using a ratio of 1:1. I bring the water to the boil stir in the quinoa and some salt. I let it continue to boil for a minute or two before I off the heat, cover it, and leave it. No clue if this is the “proper” way to cook quinoa but it always works for me.

While the quinoa is doing its thing, I chop the parsley (fine), the tomatoes (course), squeezed the lemon, and pressed the garlic. By the time, I’m done with all this, the quinoa is ready to be tossed in a bowl with everything else. Simple dimple!

Hugs and High Fives,
Jenn

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As you may have read, eating on the road has been a bigger adjustment than I had anticipated.  The longer we are on the road the easier it becomes or perhaps it’s just that we’ve been in Florida where there is a year round growing season. Either way, I thought I’d share some of the more unique places we’ve stopped.

Before we headed out of Tennessee we stocked up at Trader Joe’s. (I know Trader Joe’s isn’t unique but I sure do miss it.) It wouldn’t be accurate to say we don’t buy any processed food at the grocery. I do my best to cook most of our food from whole food ingredients but sometimes this momma is tired and cranky so I figure a quick curry dinner that uses a pre-made sauce is better than a stop for fast food. These are my favorite convenience foods and Trader Joe’s staples.

Meow Cow says, “What’s for me?”

I had no idea that Trader Joe’s had started carrying coconut oil!!! Either I missed it in California or it is a newer item.

I found the Market at Washington and High through Eat Wild.

We stocked up on local grassfed ground beef.  This sign at the top of the meat case is a picture of the butchers that says, “Tennesseans process this meat.”

I love visiting small local grocers.

I also love trying local chocolate now that I’m eating sugar again. (BTW it’s going really well. Maybe I can get around to writing some more about it later.)

We were so busy traveling for a few weeks that we didn’t have time for any more local stops until Port Charlotte where Brent and I had a date at a Farmer’s market in Punta Gorda and then recently at the Alliance of the Green Market in Fort Myers.

We heard about the Green Market through my friend Rhiannon. I met Rhiannon on the phone when I bought a Bodybugg a few years ago. She was my “Bodybugg Coach” and we ended up keeping in touch. How cool is that!!! We met at Bennett’s Fresh Roast, a local coffee shop, with our families before we went to the Green Market.

I have to admit I was tempted to get one of these “maple bacon doughnuts” but decided against it. We had a long day ahead of us and I didn’t want to feel sick.

Back to the Green Market. We left with a good amount of fresh fruit and vegetables.

Including starfruit!!!

Salmon patties, starfruit, and salad with sprouts. Love alliteration!

Then the other day, we stumbled on this gem, Robert is Here, a fruit stand in Florida City.

It was a blessing. We hadn’t planned well (imagine that) and needed some things before heading into the Everglades for a few days. We had already passed all the conventional grocery stores so seeing Robert’s fruit stand in the middle of the swamp was like finding an oasis in the desert.

Robert had a fantastic selection of fruits and vegetables.

And alligator jerky. I passed.

Robert still runs the stand over 50 years later! The story goes he set up a stand to sell cucumbers when he was 6 years old but since no one knew he was there he didn’t sell anything all that Saturday. So his dad put out a sign that read “Robert is Here”. That was in 1959! Cool, right!

I was so happy to meet Robert and support “stand”. Everything we bought was delicious. We even stopped again on our way back out of the Everglades.

Well, I know we haven’t shopped at as many local markets as I would have liked but we’re trying.  It’s been a challenge and an adventure. One I’m grateful to take on!

Hugs and High Fives,
Jenn

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There have been many adjustments the last few months since we moved into an RV. The obvious being a small living space and the constant moving. What surprises me is those have been the easiest changes. I love having less stuff and less to clean. (I can’t even tell you how freeing it feels.) I love waking up in different places throughout the week. Brent and I don’t do much planning and I love not knowing where we are going to be week from week. That is just how we roll and we are loving it.

However, our free-spirited approach to our new lifestyle is affecting other areas of our life. Not necessarily in the best way.

I’ve always been a “loose” routine person. I’ve never been one to go to the gym every day at the same time and when I made meal plans they were always “rough drafts”.  However, my life before looks OCD compared to my life now.

While living in an RV is living up to my expectations in many ways, (Really, sometimes I afraid I’m going to wake up and it’s all going to be a dream.) there is one way, in particular, it is not. Before we left I imagined stopping at roadside markets and looking on Eat Wild and Local Harvest for places to buy food. In reality, it’s not always convenient. We may or, more likely, may not be in a town the day of their farmer’s market and, to be honest, I’d rather spend my time exploring funky towns instead searching for food.

I was spoiled in California. S-P-O-I-L-E-D. There were numerous CSAs, (I belonged to this one) food co–ops, a nearby farmer’s market almost every day of the week, two Trader Joes within 2 miles from my house, a local health food store, and a Whole Foods (that I have never even been in but still) not far away. I had a freezer full of grassfed-yada-yada-yada beef and could buy fish right off a boat. While the price at the pump in California feels like getting hit in the stomach with a brick, fresh local affordable produce was always available. California is a foodie’s dream.

We’ve been on the road living in an RV for two months and now I realize that it’s not as easy to eat healthy all over the country. Not impossible but certainly not as easy. In the big cities, it’s easier to find healthy food. I drove by the Whole Foods Mecca Flagship store in Austin and almost confused it for an airport terminal. Later in a smaller town, I found myself next to tears (Boohoo.) while I stood in the bread aisle for nearly 15 minutes searching for something suitable. A few days later, we were in a really small beautiful town where there was only one modest grocery. The produce aisle was a sad little section of fruit and vegetables. No wonder people are buying processed and boxed food. The pictures on the packaging looked really appealing compared to the wilted lettuce and bruised apples.

(This lot was from one of the better grocery stores and it takes up my entire counter.)

Add the lack of availability with a super small kitchen, fewer appliances, very little routine, lots hours in the car, and so many wonderful distractions like National Parks, friends, and mountain biking, it’s a wonder we are not living off of microwave dinners

But the thing we are adaptable creatures. Our ability to adapt is rather astounding. Every day I find myself forgetting I even live in an RV on the road. I don’t need a huge fancy 10,000 horse power “blender”, (I never had one but a girl can dream.), a CSA, and I’m certain I can cook up a decent meal even with droopy broccoli if I make the effort. I may not always be able to have my organic-grass-fed-blessed-by-the-Pope-beef but I can still do my best to make a plan.  Even if it’s just a rough draft.

Hugs and High Fives,
Jenn

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This morning I lay in bed wondering about the state of my immune system and pancreas.

That’s what most people think about upon waking, no?

Since moving into an RV and hitting the road many things have changed.  I wake up to different surrounding almost every day.  I have a small refrigerator.  I have about a foot of space between my bed and my closet.  I drive a truck.  I don’t shop at the same stores every week.

I eat sugar.

White refined sugar.

The sugar I avoided for over 3 years and thought I would avoid for the rest of my life.

It started with the Boys Scouts.  The Boy Scouts…who would have thought?  Who would have thought their Chocolate Lovers Popcorn would taste so good.  I passed off the popcorn as a “super special” occasion.  I mean my Boy Scouts only sells popcorn once a year.

Next it was Halloween.  I have no clue as to why but on my way by the candy dish I ate a mini Snickers.  It was the first piece of real candy I had had since December 2007.  Again.  I decided, it was just one.  Then a few hours later I had some Raisinets.  Of all things.

I did some thinking the next few days and decided I was going to try and eat sugar “in moderation” like a “normal” person.

The problem is I don’t respond to sugar like a normal person.  I respond like a drug addict.  Cravings, eating in secret, hiding evidence, and eating it despite feeling horrible.  I’ve not had a full blown binge but I have been eating multiple servings throughout the day, pumpkin pie with breakfast, a cookie after lunch, and ice cream after dinner.  I need a sugar drip line straight into the blood stream.

There is no balancing act for me.

I’m not proud.

It’s been showing on my waist but believe it or not that is not what bothers me the most.  I’m bothered because I feel out of control.  I’m bothered because I eat it despite waking up every night with pain in my stomach.  I’m bothered because sugar is hard on the body.  I’m bothered because I’m supporting an industry that I am AGAINST.   What we eat is sooooo much more than the size of our pants.  Even if I wasn’t an addict I would still have issues with refined sugar as I do with pasteurized milk and factory farms.  Food is politics.  Food is ethics.  Food is freedom.

And I am no longer free.

I’ve wondered about the truth of my sugar addiction from time to time.  Is it real?  Am I really an addict?  If so, you don’t give an addict their drug of choice in moderation.  We don’t tell people to shoot heroin in moderation.  We don’t tell alcoholics to drink in moderation.  But it’s just sugar….

Just sugar.

My body responds to sugar like a fiend.

Based on my feelings and actions I’m convinced what I hoped wasn’t true is true.

This has been one heck of a reality check.  I’m not mad at myself.  I’m not invincible.  I don’t have the iron will I thought I had and I’m entirely not sure how much “will” plays a part.

I’m human.

I have much more to say about this and I have two more workouts, Arizona and New Mexico, to share very soon but for now I’ll leave you with this.

Hi my name is Jenn and I’m a sugar addict.

Hugs and High Fives,
Jenn

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Our CSA box this week.

Seriously, 24 artichokes, albeit, they are small but still…24!

We also got English peas, apricots, lettuce, bell peppers, Tokyo turnips, cauliflower, potatoes, parsley, and  summer squash.

It’s the Motherload.

Today, I made the English Peas recipe that I had on my meal planner for yesterday.  I’m all about flexibility.

First, Thing 2 and I shelled the peas.

(I wish I would have little hands to work hold forever.)

Creamy Basil Peas with Chicken (or Pasta)
Adapted from my CSA’s, Abundant Harvest, Flyer

1/4  Cup Chicken Broth
1/4 Tsp Sea Salt
2-3 Cups English Peas
2 Cups of Whole Milk
1/2 Cup of Basil Leaves
1/2 Cup Parmesan Cheese
1 Tablespoon of Butter

1. Cook half of the peas in the chicken broth until soft.

2. Put the peas, broth, and basil into a food processor and process until creamy.

3. Put the rest of the peas, milk, and salt in a pot. Let it boil over and make a mess and then get super irritated Bring to a simmer and cook until peas are soft stirring periodically.

4. Once peas are soft stir in the heaping 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese…

…and pea puree and butter.  Of course.

My kids and husband ate it over whole wheat spaghetti WITHOUT complain I might add.  Nothing short of a MIRACLE.  Okay, so there was a little fuss from the kids about the “green” until they had a bite.  Yum!

I ate it over a piece of grilled chicken.  I’m not a big pasta fan although my hips like it quite well.

This recipe is a keeper for sure!  I loved it and the kids loved it.

Now what about the 24 artichokes!!!!  I’m leaving town tomorrow night for Fitbloggin’ and we certainly won’t be able to eat them by then.  The apricots are already in the dehydrator but not sure about the artichokes???  Any suggestions???  Can I freeze them?  Do I need to steam them first?

Hugs and High Fives,
Jenn

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