Give me the beat [girls] and free my soul, I wanna get lost in your rock and roll, and drift away!
^^ One of my favorite songs!!
Great day today!! The past few Sundays I did a lot of writing, but today I just worked on the household, which I find very relaxing. We had our doula meeting (SO helpful!! So excited!) and then I read some more Ina May and then I actually IRONED MY PILLOW SHAMS after they came out of the dryer! Could that be a subliminal nesting urge?! I also folded the shirts in my closet (if you watched this video, you’d know that is not the norm!) (I was freshly pregnant then!) And organized all of our cloth diapers.
Snack:
The above was eaten at 5pm and took away my appetite until about 7:30 when I really still wasn’t hungry, but started to think about dinner. Rice was in the rice cooker and the menu in my head read: Rice + Beans + Garden a.k.a. rhythm, rhyme and harmony 
This delicious mixture materialized in about 10 minutes.
Brown rice topped with a can of pinto beans and frozen PEAS (I love peas!) plus swiss chard from our garden and a sauce made of nutritional yeast. The sauce was simply 1/3 cup yeast, 1/4 cup milk, a generous pinch of salt, and a sprinkle of smoked paprika. Cashews on top – totally delicious!
I’m starting my Monday behind in my workload but totally organized in the dwelling place.
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Can you do a post on Matt making bread? Like the whole thing start to finish (obviously cut out all the rising time and stuff). I’m curious to see his kneading and shaping techniques!
On this page, there are a lot of Matt’s old bread recipes that include some techniques. Hope they are helpful!
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Ahh that’s awesome! I agree that a new post about this would be awesome though. Of course, it’s totally up to you,
oh I guess I skipped that part, I never saw it! xD I’m totally going to make one sometime b/c if anyone knows bread, it’s YOU guys!
Hahah you sound super energetic in tonight’s post! Love it!
I like how you call it rhythm, rhyme, and harmony. It really is!
Now that all my friends have babies I know what a doula is. Did they exist before 2010?!?
I love peas too, but I always seem to forget about them!
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I was struck by your snack time and meal time. Do you normally eat dinner after 7:30 pm? We are eating dinner (we are a family of 4: me, hubby, 2 teenage boys) by 6:00 pm every night. Sometimes, we sit down to eat at 5:30. We don’t usually snack prior to that meal, however. So, I was just curious if that was the timing for today, or typical for you and your hubby. Happy Sunday! 
I’d say we usually eat at 7 and I try not to snack past 4:30 or I won’t be hungry! Sometimes dinner is pushed back to 8 and sometimes we do eat at 6
We’re late eaters at my house, too. I work 3rd shift, though, and am not out of bed until 6 pm most days. So, our dinner time is usually 8:30-ish (even with one person following the ‘normal’ work/sleep hours). Actually, eating later (even on non-work days) helps me to not snack in the evenings.
Good for you for liking Sundays! I like Sundays less than any other of the days of the week because I hate doing chores. The thought of getting organized for the week is enough to get me down! Once Monday comes, I’m ok, but getting through the “I know I need to do all of this” on Sunday, is a bummer! I end up just relaxing (which is not a bad thing!), and saving my chores until Monday.
Sounds like a perfect Sunday to me!! That is one of my favorite songs too!
Ironing your pillow shams? Pfft. Try ironing your underwear.
To be fair, I was in boot camp when I did it.
i feel like sometimes when home is organized and feeling like you want it, everything else will slip into place behind it. at least i know it works the opposite way… when i feel disheveled in the apartment, everything else ends up feeling a little out of control, too. it’s gotta work positive, too!
You’re not the only one who loves peas, I also love them! Glad I’m not alone. I even like canned peas, which I know, are so very nutritionally void. But I grow my own Swiss chard and lettuce, so it balances out. May I ask what kind of nutritional yeast you use? What are the benefits?
Also, I’m very addicted to straws. Do you like the washable ones, or do you recommend sticking to the disposables?
I just get the bulk yeast from Whole Foods. It’s full of protein and lots of B vitamins. Cheesy in taste.
I like the aluminum one enough to not buy the disposables anymore, but disposables are nice for travel.
my mom always sang it “give me my spoon now and feed my soul, I wana get lost in my oatmeal bowl and drift away!” Of course before serving us our morning oatmeal when we were kids
Happy memories!
Haha!
I don’t often put nuts on top or or into recipes (I pulverize them to make nut flour though) but ohmygosh you just made me crave cashews! Fabulous looking meal!
Funny enough peas is one vegetable I’m not a big fan of- I find them kinda tasteless!
Had to laugh at ironing the pillow the shams… you really are nesting!
Dinner looks delicious!
Siggi’s makes Grapefruit? How is it?
It’s good but not my favorite
Dinner looks tasty! I love the cashews on top for crunch
Yum- the cashews look SO tasty on top! I need to incorporate them into a meal this week… (though I’m lazy and it will probably be something predictable with Asian flavors!)
I love using trail mix or nuts as toppings for things! I especially like putting them on my salad–it gives it a sweet and salty touch that perfectly rounds out the meal!
I love, love, love that song! So good when done a capella
And I don’t think I’ve had frozen peas in such a long time, but I just happen to have some sitting in the freezer so I might need to reunite myself with them!
Is Matt giving us all the middle finger in that last picture? Lol!
I hope not!
You must be going through a nesting urge to be ironing pillow shams
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do you make these recipes up on your own
Yup