5 Things Every Mom Should Be Doing

Before I was a mom, I would look at other people’s kids and think to myself “really, how hard can it be? Why are their mouths always covered in something?” Now, I joke with my mom friends that I’m THAT mom whose kid has a permanent smear of some sort: i.e: reminence of teething cracker […]

Homemade Almond Milk

A fellow nursing momma told me her hubby liked his cereal with Breast Milk. Now, i’m all for BF past 12-months, but at 420-months it’s time to find an alternative. I think some homemade almond milk will taste just great with that cereal. To my friend who feeds her daughter AND hubby breast milk, this […]

Screaming Teething Child Alert (…but this is really about my boobs.)

Tonight I could use a drink, a cigarette, and lots and lots of sex. Why? Because my 7-month-old is Teething. TEETHING with a capital T (and why not all caps too) because there’s snot, there’s screaming, there’s inconsolable bursts of frustration, and there’s I’ve-tried-everything-but-nothing-works. Actually, totally kidding. No sex. Because, besides being completely at a […]

Tahini Sauce

Homemade Tahini Sauce: You’ll need: 1/2 cup Tahini Juice of 1 lemon 1 tsp crushed garlic 1/4 tsp salt 1 tbsp Olive oil 1/2 to 1 tbsp water Handful Parsley or cilantro leaves How to: Blend in the food processor adding water or olive oil until you get your desired consistency. I like mine a […]

Gluten-free Sprouted Chickpea Anti-Inflammatory FALAFELS

Today I made deliciously crispy anti-inflammatory gluten-free sprouted chickpea falafels [say that twice really fast bahaha] and I’m excited to share the recipe with you! You’ll get about 20 falafels which sounds like a lot but I almost ate all of them in one sitting (um I shouldn’t confess that should I?) so make them […]

Venezuela

I’ve lived out of my country for over a decade, but on a daily basis phrases like these will come out of my mouth when speaking to my husband: “babe, in my country people party until 6am,” or “I used to listen to Shakira when I was in my country,” or “we eat our Arepas […]