I’m a little late to the kale game.  Everyone has been raving about kale, specifically kale chips, for months (years?) and I’ve just been over here sitting on my couch, too busy not eating kale chips.  If you haven’t tried them yet, I’m not sure what it will take to convince you.  But let’s get real, everyone else in the world has already tried them. Once I decided to try them, the real issue was which of the 8 billion possible flavors I wanted to make.  Kale has a distinct flavor of its own that I love, so I didn’t want to choose something that would totally overpower it.  I settled on what used to be one of my favorite chip flavors – nacho cheese!  Bonus points: these are vegan!...

There must be something about getting older that makes each year seem shorter than the last.  I remember in elementary school that I felt like each year lasted longer than I could wrap my mind around, but now I hardly know what month it is.  This might be, in part, because I just realized my wall calendar at work was still showing July, ooops. I can’t stop time and I can’t stay young forever, but at least I can occasionally indulge in something my inner 7 year old would absolutely love: S’mores pancakes.  I made a couple healthier substitutions that the average child wouldn’t necessary be fond of, but I can assure you they’d never, ever know.  This pancakes taste positively amazing and might just be indulgent enough for a...

My eating habits tend to be pretty predictable, especially for breakfast.  Once I find something that’s easy and delicious, it will be my go to for weeks – especially if it’s something I can quickly grab and run out the door on weekdays.  All rules fly out the window on weekends, because I love making pancakes, or french toast, or biscuits… you get the idea.  But weekdays will always be dominated by whatever is easiest.  For a long time it was muffins, but recently we veered off into juicing at night (or Josh will wake up early) and I can just grab a mason jar full and walk out the door. But guys, sometimes I want solid foods in the morning.  And sometimes, I just really miss muffins.  If you...

There are things in life you think will never let you down and when they do, it’s so much more disappointing.  Unfortunately, this is me with any sort of technology 99% of the time.  You get something brand new and shiny and think “We’ll be BFFs until I’m sick of you and choose to replace you”, but they always turn on me first.  I’ve especially had terrible luck with phones – I drop them, kitties chew on them, I accidentally set them in a glass of wine.  Happens.  Right? But I was determined to never let it happen to me again and have kept my phone in pristine, beautiful condition. Until today.  Out of no where, my precious baby decided to go the way of a brick and just turned...

Because my long rant overshadowed the delicious s’mores pastries on Wednesday, I’m going to keep this post pretty short.  I don’t know why, but I’ve been obsessed with olives lately.  Putting them on a salad, mixing them into a salsa, or just eating them right out of the jar.  I want `em in my life.  My favorite are kalamata.  They’re extra salty and I feel like they have a meaty texture – just all around delicious. Putting olives in bread isn’t anything new, so I added some feta for good measure and kept these guys 100% whole wheat.  I was SO surprised at how soft and fluffy they were.  I didn’t do the most even job of distributing my olives and feta, so I had random pockets with extra –...

Does anyone have some tips on dealing with anger?  When I get angry, I feel it fill my body and I have no healthy way to let it out, so excuse me while I vent for way longer than necessary just a minute.  I went to a Thai restaurant and ordered a vegetarian dish with tofu.  After eating a small amount, I discovered a rogue piece of chicken in my meal.  Needless to say, vegetarian Kelly was not happy but the damage was done and any impending intestinal issues couldn’t be avoided.  The waitress asks if I wanted a box and I explained what happened and why I wasn’t happy.  She asked if I wanted it remade, so I told her I was basically afraid it would happen again.  Here...