Our three youngest kids qualify for WIC through their adoption subsidy (and will until they turn five). This gives them fresh produce, cheese, eggs, milk, rice/pasta/bread, and beans and totals around $150/month in benefits. This is a lovely resource we are thankful to enjoy for our kid...
My big vice is diet coke/soda. I’m limiting myself to one a day with my meal, but make sure I’m drinking water throughout the day. Moments ago, I had a Diet Coke and it didn’t taste as good as normal. Hopefully, like you with Coffee, I can get off it altogether. That is...
We started with the charred green beans – which were topped with browned garlic and soft-cooked eggs and served on top of housemade ricotta. This was the best dish of the year, the lemony ricotta was fantastic with the drippy eggs and charred greens. Then we shared the dinosaur kale sala...
Think you’re staying away from caffeine by drinking decaf? Think again. There’s a reason they call it “decaffeinated” and not “caffeine-free”, and that’s because it isn’t. A decaf espresso can have as much as 16 mg of caffeine. A decaf cappuccino (which contains two shots of...
Last weekend we made a trip to Sprinkles to try the newCuban coffeecupcake. While there I also picked up avegan red velvet(this was recommended by a reader) and atriple cinnamon. I don’t know how this (triple cinnamon) slipped by me but it must be relatively new because they don’t...
When we were eating green beans this evening, Teo asked, “Mommy, what is inside the bean?”. I replied, “That’s what makes the bean grow into a beanstalk, just like in the movie”. He seemed very impressed and ate a lot of green beans. Here are the boys getting ready to watch...
These low calorie Starbucks drinks (iced) are all 100 calories or less, ranging from teas and fruit juices to coffees and espressos.
(he would make a great Iron Chef contestant). His version of chili included chorizo and espresso. If it had a fried egg on top (known as Estilo de Colleen) it would be the perfect breakfast dish. (By the way, Basi now has an incredible 1/2 price deal Monday to Thursday early ...