Meal Prep and Life with Baldy

The last few weeks have been crazy. Lots of family visits (good crazy) school events (medium good crazy, work drama (super annoying bad kind of crazy) and everything else in between. I haven't posted any of my cooking adventures in a bit-not because I haven't cooked, but because I always forget to take pictures.

I have made, and been successful with:

quinoa succotash

dijon roasted potatoes

chicken cacciatore

and lots more.

But I have no proof. You will just have to believe me. As far as weekly eats go, I have been on a massive Greek yogurt kick lately. I was mixing it with quinoa but I was finding it too many calories to eat in one sitting (read: I got full) so I have been just having it with blackberries and 1/2 a sliced banana.

This week for lunches I made something so easy and it was filling and yummy. I had a bit of leftover tomato sauce, so I tossed it with a red onion, a bell pepper and a pound of ground turkey (and some spices). I nuked it at work over greens a bit ago and it hit the spot.

The thing is, it sounds cliche but if you don't plan your food for the week you are planning to fail. Sorry but it's true! I am not the only busy person on earth and I know that when I don't plan it's a carb/sodium/fat fiesta for sure.

In other unrelated news: here is really what I was working on: feeling amazing about this little nut:

E is eleven and pretty much the coolest person ever. And not because she's mine. I learned a long time ago they kind of come out who they are. You can guide them, but they is who they is. She is the most confident, self-assured, kind, generous, talented, funny and smart person I know. She has the IDGAF attitude in the best way. She does the right thing because it feels right, not for any sort of bonus.

Yesterday she shaved her head in honor of our friend D, an eight-year-old cancer survivor. She was nervous when she walked in, which is not something I see too often from her. Her teacher came to support her which meant the world to her. (Side note: thank a teacher today. What a grossly underpaid and undervalued job.) She personally raised over $300 for St. Baldrick's which is the second largest contributor to pediatric cancer research after the federal government. It's not too late to donate...just click here!

Here she is before (in the yellow):

And here she is after!

Not too many people would do what she did. I wouldn't. I am genuinely proud to mother her and can't wait to see what the future holds, aside from smelly feet and unmade beds, which she is already kicking ass at.

xx, Randie