Tag: low carb

Cauli Rice Lettuce Wraps

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I’m not trying to brag or anything…

…But our pediatrician says Louisa is advanced.

I mean, only in physical strength which she got entirely from her father, but I’ll take it.

This baby will literally fight us when she doesn’t want to be held or go to sleep. Like contorts her body HARD to try and wriggle away. She also rolls. Only from belly to back so far, but STILL. My personal favorite trick is her bassinet work. She squirms her way to sides so she can press her face as hard as she possibly can against the mesh. And as of last night, she has learned to do full 360s! Like, I put her down facing one way. Wake up in the middle of the night and she’s the other way. Wake up in the morning & we’re back to square one. We’re skipping walking and potty training entirely and going straight to the Olympics.

One day I’ll get a life & stop talking about my baby.

Time: 45 minutes (prep + cooking) | Serves: 3-4

Ingredients:

  • 1 yellow onion, diced
  • 1/2 lb. of shiitake mushrooms, chopped
  • 2 cups of riced cauliflower
  • 1 can of chickpeas, rinsed + drained
  • 3 tbsp. of soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp. of rice vinegar
  • 1 heaping tbsp. of peanut butter
  • 1 tbsp. of sriracha or gochujang
  • 1 tsp. of garlic, minced
  • 1 tsp. of ground ginger
  • 1/2 tsp. of Chinese five-spice
  • Green onions, for serving
  • Romaine hearts or butter lettuce, for serving
  • 2 tbsp. of olive oil
  • S+P, to taste

How to:

  • Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat
  • Add onion + S+P, cook for 3-4 minutes
  • Add mushrooms + cauliflower rice + chickpeas, cook another 5-6 minutes
  • In a bowl, combine soy sauce + rice vinegar + peanut butter + sriracha + garlic + ginger + five-spice
  • Pour into veggies + cook another 5-6 minutes
  • To serve, scoop some into a lettuce heart + repeat
  • Motor these lil tugboats right into your pie hole

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Cowboy Caviar Stuffed Avocados

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We had the loveliest virtual shower this weekend!

I was incredibly anxious about it – surprise, surprise.

As you all know, I never mind being the center of attention…except when it’s for real life things.

Allow me to explain. I don’t mind getting on stage at a karaoke bar and belting out Adele to a room full of strangers – friends taking embarrassing photos, the whole nine. I DO, however, mind things like birthday parties and showers where I am the object of everyone’s focus for no other reason than existing. Add in having to open presents in front of people?! I can’t imagine a more pure form of torture. THEN throw in doing it virtually?! You would think that might make it better, but it adds another layer of complex emotions I can’t handle. So basically I spent the morning of this baby shower crying. I’d like to blame hormones, but it’s just me.

We did get some DOPE gifts tho, I just wish Garrett was forced to open and react on camera instead.

Time: 30 minutes (prep + cooking) | Serves: 3-4

Ingredients:

  • 3-4 ripe avocados
  • 1 cup of cooked quinoa
  • 1 can of black beans, rinsed + drained
  • 1 can of black eyes peas, rinsed + drained
  • 1 corn on the cob
  • 1 red bell pepper, chopped
  • 1/2 red onion, diced
  • Juice of 2 limes
  • 1/4 cup of cilantro
  • 1/2 tsp. of cumin
  • S+P, to taste

How to:

  • In a bowl, combine quinoa + beans + corn + red bell pepper + red onion + lime juice + cilantro + cumin + S+P
  • Open an avocado + remove the pit + add some of the caviar + more cilantro
  • Serve chilled
  • Smash it all up + slop up the contents of the plate

Adapted from here!

Brussels + Chickpea Salad

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Why have I been doing my own grocery shopping all these years?

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When there are people you can pay to literally do it for you????

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I’ve been v resistant to the instant cart/click list whatever your grocery store calls their grocery shopping service life.

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I am one of those freaks who LIKES grocery shopping. I like creating my list and picking out all of my things myself. A simple pleasure. Which has been stripped from me since COVID! I truly haven’t stepped foot in a grocery store since March. Been v blessed to order Garr around to do my bidding. But we decided to try something different last week and order our groceries online and just pick them up curbside. Umm…absolute GAME CHANGER. I have seen the light! Now, I do need to offer my training skills for how to pick out avocados to last a full week. And the art of digging around the spinach boxes for the best possible expiration date.

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But baby steps, people.

 

 

Time: 45 minutes (prep + cooking) | Serves: 2-3

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb. of brussels sprouts, roughly chopped
  • 1 can of chickpeas, rinsed + drained
  • 1/4 cup of walnuts, chopped
  • 1/4 cup of pickled red onions, sliced
  • 1/2 cup of dried cranberries
  • 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp. of olive oil
  • 2 tbsp. of apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tbsp. of agave
  • 1 tbsp. of Dijon mustard
  • S+P, to taste

How to:

  • Preheat oven to 400
  • Arrange brussels on a lined baking sheet + chickpeas on another
  • Drizzle each with 1 tbsp. of olive oil + S+P
  • Bake for 20-25 minutes, tossing once in the middle of cooking until roasted to your desire
  • Meanwhile, combine remaining olive oil + apple cider vinegar + agave + Dijon mustard + S+P
  • To serve, combine brussels + chickpeas + walnuts + onion + cranberries + dressing
  • Serve warm
  • Swan dive into the bowl + doggy paddle your way out with your mouth