A glimpse at my latest happy things... I know I still owe you a carrot cake smoothie, and I PROMISE it's coming soon, but it's been awhile since I posted my weekly menu plan here {you can always see my weekly updates here on Pinterest}, and my happy things have been piling up, so I though it would be a good time to share some happy cheer with y'all :-) So, first up, this week's dinner plan, all gluten-free or adapted to be gluten-free, then next up, my happy things! Weekly Meal Plan: Week of May 6, 2013 DAY ONE Lasagna Soup from A … [Read more...]

California Poppies in bloom on the Coast to Crest Trail in Del Mar... So many happy things to share with you this week :-) But, first, here's what were eating for dinner this week...{All gluten-free or adapted to be gluten-free.} Weekly Meal Plan DAY ONE Lemon Zucchini Pasta from Oh My Veggies {Making with gluten-free pasta} Cherry Tomatoes Salad {with lettuce from my garden!} Fresh strawberries DAY TWO Chinese Fried Rice {with chicken instead of shrimp} from Jeanette's Healthy Living Steamed broccoli Fresh … [Read more...]

Do you ever think to yourself, It's great to be back in my own kitchen again!? After a month of crazy {as in good crazy!} travel, both basking in the sun in gorgeous Key West, and schussing down the snow covered slopes in Taos, I'm absolutely, positively, 100% ready to be back home in my kitchen, writing my weekly meal plan, and baking up a batch of delicious strawberry lemon almond muffins. That is until the next adventure beckons me :-) In the meantime, here is my latest weekly meal plan, and a peek at the things that have been making … [Read more...]

Even though it was a rainy, gloomy weekend, I was so happy the rain stopped a little so I could go for a run in the canyon near my house :-) How was your weekend everyone??? With Miss SiSi under the weather, and the weather under-the-weather, I had a pretty low key weekend... Loads of laundry were done...TV was watched...magazines were read...board games were played...and meal planning was done. Here ya' go! Weekly Meal Plan DAY ONE "Layer's of Love" Ravioli Lasagna {SiSi's pick of the week} from No Whine With Dinner by The … [Read more...]

Cathedral Rock~A sneak peek at my trip to Sedona and The Grand Canyon... Wow~It's hard to believe, but my last Weekly Meal Plan & Happy Things post was all the way back in October! Now, don't you all worry. I have definitely been eating :-) I just haven't been posting my meal plans here, and to tell, the truth, I've been a little wonky with the meals I have planned these past couple of months. Not to worry though!  The holidays are over, and it's time to start regular planning again, now that SiSi and Big Tex are back in … [Read more...]

Visit My Weekly Meal Plan board on Pinterest for links to this week's dinner meal plans. Today's post will be short but sweet. Sweet as in chocolate chip cookie cake sweet...almond flour berry muffin sweet...and, just a smidgen of bittersweet... You see, this morning I waved goodbye to SiSi as she and her friends set off for the little apple pie town of Julian, to spend the next 5 days exploring nature, telling ghost stories, and just plain having fun at 6th grade camp. It's not our first time apart... Mr. Spicy and I have … [Read more...]

Sunset at La Jolla Cove...A very happy thing indeed!  Photo by Big Tex. I've got lots of happy things to share with you this week, but first my weekly meal plan. If you follow me on Pinterest, you may have noticed that last week was "a week without a meal plan". With Mr. Spicy out of town for work in Washington DC, plus a wedding to attend, somehow my weekly meal plan never materialized, so this week I'm excited for things to be back to normal {as normal as they get around here!}, so here we go... WEEKLY MEAL PLAN DAY ONE Rosemary … [Read more...]

FX Photo Studio "Art Effect" applied to a boathouse photo I took in Christchurch New Zealand. Some of you may have noticed the absence of a menu plan last week... In my defense, it was a pretty busy week meeting new clients, dealing with kids' sports/homework/play dates/fights, feeding our ever growing menagerie of pets{1 dog, 2 guinea pigs, and 1 "stray" cat}, doing volunteer work at SiSi and Big Tex's school {I'm pretty darn good at filing and making copies if anyone ever wants to hire me!}, tackling my 1st attempt at Insanity. {Hubby … [Read more...]