Crispy Cauliflower and Shells Mac and Cheese

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Crispy cauliflower and shells mac and cheese is a hearty pasta bake with bright, fresh flavors and lots of melted cheese.
Crispy Cauliflower and Shells Mac and Cheese

Weird stuff is happening around here, like for instance Remy just walked out of the room where I’m working, dragging her father with her, while telling him to “give mom some privacy to work” (if you’re a mom, you know how momentous this is when you haven’t peed by yourself in four years) but also last weekend she ATE A VEGETABLE and this cauliflower mac and cheese is wholeheartedly to thank for it.

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Sweet and Salty Double Chocolate Chewy Cookies

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Addictive sweet and salty double chocolate chewy cookies – these are the ultimate chocolate cookie!
Sweet and Salty Double Chocolate Chewy Cookies

So we’re all going to a spa this mother’s day?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Maybe if you count your four year old walking on your back every day because she thinks it’s SO HYSTERICAL as “a spa experience”.

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Sweet Roasted Pepper, Kale, and Goat Cheese Shakshuka

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A lovely sweet roasted pepper, kale, and goat cheese shakshuka that is richly spiced and a great option for brunch or breakfast-for-dinner.
Sweet Roasted Pepper, Kale, and Goat Cheese Shakshuka

I was hoping that by having our entire family glued to each other’s hips for going on two months straight, some of my food preferences would have started to rub off on my extremely opinionated peanut gallery.

Yet, NO.

My husband still needs his egg yolks to be fully cooked through and Remy will only eat eggs “the way they make them at school”, which I think is cheese omelet that’s been reheated in the microwave-style, but who can say for sure. Whenever I try to ask her any specific questions about it, she tells me we will just ask the school lunchlady when she goes back and I don’t have the heart to tell her she probably won’t.

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Borracho Beans

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A hearty pot of borracho beans is perfect for a simple meal of rice and beans or for use in tacos, enchiladas, tostadas…the options are endless!
Borracho Beans

One of my favorite (even pre-pandemic) pastimes is to cook a big pot of dried beans on the weekend. They make for such a healthy, inexpensive meal and can be used for so many diverse meal options, such as tacos, pasta, salads, soups, curries…the list is truly endless.

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Pistachio and Raspberry Crumb Cake

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A light and tender pistachio and raspberry crumb cake that is just the thing to get you out of bed in the morning.
Pistachio and Raspberry Crumb Cake

Let’s just call this Mother’s Day brunch goals, and by that I mean please hand me this cake, a fork, and lock me in the bathroom alone for the WHOLE DAY (and then, yeah, just throw away the key).

Can you even imagine a better Mother’s Day gift than that?

Husbands/children of the world, I hope you’re listening – cake and total silence. That’s all we need.

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Persian Green Bean Frittata (Kookoo Loobia Sabz)

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A Persian inspired green bean frittata (based on the dish kookoo loobia sabz) made with finely chopped green beans and flavored with sumac. Great for any meal of the day.
Persian Green Bean Frittata (Kookoo Loobia Sabz)

So tomorrow I’m hosting my first (hopefully only? is that too optimistic??) toddler quarantine birthday party.

Remy will be FOUR at exactly 4:30AM tomorrow morning, and as she keeps telling me that means she will get to do big kid things like “wear a mask when she goes outside”.

How….lucky?? Also, please no one tell her that has nothing to do with her being 4, it’s just the way of life for the foreseeable future. And yes, I’m planning on capitalizing on that mask wearing excitement for as long as possible.

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