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This Week in Food

#TFW your top pant button pops open.... oops.  BUT it wasn't actually too defeating a feeling to have happen because it means I've found plenty of snacks on this dairy-free, soy free, corn-free diet.

Chipotle is great as a restaurant option for us MSPI moms but I wanted to try my hand at something similar, but different, myself.  Despite not being a vegan, I'm really digging the Oh She Glows website. This DIY Burrito Bowl recipe was the second recipe from her site I've made and "muah!" <----- that was supposed to be the sound of me kissing my lips with fingers like real chefs do.

I joked on my MSPI Lady Facebook page (like it if you haven't!) that I need to get better at food photography but I feel strongly as though in just days my skills improved already ...maybe? (see below)
I cannot imagine there's a bigger fan than me of cilantro out there, so this was taken right before I doused my portion with it until the beans could barely be seen, ha! We also mucked with the vegan-ness of it by adding Applegate Farms Grilled Chicken Strips.  The pre-cooked chicken strips are huge time savers --and really, not that expensive -- plus, available at most grocery stores so you don't have to make a special trip to a more natural store. While I do love to cook, these have become pretty much a staple at our house that we incorporate into at least one dinner or lunch a week.

Applegate, Grilled Chicken Breast Strips, 8 oz

This week was also week two of feeding purees to baby girl. We did butternut squash last week and tried avocado for a few days early this week and have done sweet potatoes last two nights. Kind of all over the place not really following conventional rules (go figure!) but I found my old "cookbook" by Annabel Karmel from kiddo #1 and plan to make and freeze lots of these recipes for her.  Just start calling me Blair "Betty" Crocker! :)

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