Summer Pasta Salad with No-Cook Heirloom Tomato Sauce

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This fresh flavored summer pasta salad with no-cook heirloom tomato sauce could not be easier to prepare! The flavor of the sauce evolves the longer it sits, so be sure to make it ahead of time.
Summer Pasta Salad with No-Cook Heirloom Tomato Sauce

I all of a sudden just realized I have no idea what day of the week it is.

Thursday? Tuesday? I feel like it’s not the weekend because my husband isn’t home, but who knows??? This working nights thing has thrown off my sense of self/time/space completely.

Consider me alert and oriented times one and admit me for delirium.

(Medicine joke.

Too much time in the ED.

Sorry.)

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Healthy Vegetarian Meal Plan – 6.30.18

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Last day of intern year!!!!

Just 12 more hours and I’ll basically be in charge.

HA. Definitely not how the medical system works. Really what it means is that I’ll actually get to spend time thinking about my patients instead of fielding near-constant phone calls because a patient isn’t happy with their “regular” diet and instead wants a lacto-ovo-vegetarian paleo kosher diet.

As important as that may be……..I almost definitely won’t miss it.

I think. Maybe.

So I’m working today and then I have approximately twelve hours off before I start on nights in the ER at Bellevue. Maybe you’ve seen ads for the tv show New Amsterdam that’s going to run on NBC in the fall? That’s actually supposed to be Bellevue. It’s the oldest public hospital in the US and certainly one of the busiest. It’s actually a really special place and my favorite of the three hospitals we rotate through.

That being said the ER is going to be insane (especially on the 4th of July at night) and I am mildly petrified. Send milkshakes.

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Strawberry Lavender Lemonade

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This strawberry lavender lemonade is the perfect non-alcoholic summer beverage! A lavender simple syrup adds a little something special to this fruity and refreshing drink that will have you #TrendingInTheKitchen.

[Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Pompeian. As always, my thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that keep me inspired in the kitchen.]
Strawberry Lavender Lemonade

Allow me to introduce you to my summer spirit beverage.

AND IT’S A mocktail.

Yeeeeeessssssssss. I’m shocked, too.

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Summer Bliss Farro Bowls with Peach Jalapeno Salsa

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Summer farro bowls topped with spiced beans, fresh corn, and a sweetly spicy peach jalapeno salsa.
Summer Bliss Farro Bowls with Peach Jalapeno Salsa

We got the funniest message from Remy’s daycare teacher yesterday.

The gist of it was basically “Sometimes Remy only eats the fruit and avocado you send for lunch and just picks at the main course. We are concerned and have been giving her extra fruit/food from the school lunch.”

I had to laugh because, uh, yeah. Sometimes Remy refuses to eat meals and just wants to snack all day.

Momma aware.

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