Ahi Tuna Bowl with Asian Slaw

An easy Ahi Tuna Bowl when you can’t bear to drag your kids into a restaurant for sushi. Frozen brown Rice, Trader Joes Ahi tuna steaks marinated in soy sauce, sesame oil, sesame seeds Avocado Pickled Cucumber, from previous post Asian slaw: Trader Joes Rainbow slaw (prepared salad no dressing) Add additional bagged slaw Sliced green onions Red pepper, diced Sesame oil Soy sauce Sugar Lime juice Cilantro, roughly chopped Dash of Sriracha Pepper Sear Tuna (I made teriyaki chicken for my kids too) and roughly chop. Make slaw at least an hour in advance so it can combine.

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Bai5 frozen pops

Popsicles aren’t just for kids! And this one is low cal for all those tired and busy Moms out there. Frozen fruit Bai5 Juice Sparkling water Mint Fill Popsicle mold with your favorite frozen fruit and matching Bai5 Juice. I added mangos and mango juice. Blueberries, pomegranates, or any other combos would work. Add sparkling water and a sprig of mint. Sit back, relax, and invite a friend over!  

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Summer 2015

Summer 2015- Green hair, same clothes, not a lot of brushing hair or violin. Sun burns and bathing suits all day even to bed. Driveway full of strollers and bikes and crackers and garbage. Hose permanently turned on and water balloons in every nook and crevice. Late nights and late mornings with too many Jesse episodes. Sugar for breakfast lunch and dinner with a “treat” in-between. Bike rides and crashes, close calls and scraped up knees and elbows. Yelling, fighting, sharing beds and laughs. Leaving every door open, inviting every fly in and leaving trails of food and wrappers wherever they go. Sunday hikes with lots of complaining, and going all day until they crawled into bed. 3 year olds keeping up with 9 year olds and running back and forth across the neighborhood 12 hours straight. Everyday. I’d say it was perfect!

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Pickled Zucchini

Spicy Pickled Zucchini Who has leftover zucchini from their garden?This is a delicious way to put it to good use (and it goes on the BLT you will most definitely want to make). Trust me, it’s incredible and worth the time. I was skeptical at first but have made it 3 times in the last week. The onions are to die for as well! 3 medium zucchini, thinly sliced 1 medium white onion, thinly sliced 2 shallots, thinly sliced 2 garlic cloves, peeled and halved 1 1/2 TB sea salt 1/4 C fresh dill sprigs 1 small fresh red chile pepper, very thinly sliced 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes 1/2 TB yellow mustard seeds 1 TB Black peppercorns 3/4 cup cider vinegar 3/4 cup white wine vinegar 1/3 cup sugar Cut the zucchini into thin slices. Place in jar along with the cloves of garlic. Add remaining ingredients (except dill) in a sauce pan. Set it over medium heat and bring just to a boil. Remove from heat and carefully pour over zucchinis and garlic in the jar. Top with…

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