Made with Love

When you have a day off, do you ever feel like there's not enough time in the day?!   I have this anxiety where I feel like we're not going to have a good day if we don't leave early in the morning, if there's not a plan, if we don't get everything prepared to leave on time, if it's too late in the day then we won't get to enjoy the day as much. With our schedules, there's only so many days where we have days off together. Sometimes I need to just let that go and let it be, I stress myself out thinking that way. I worry too much about having the day be perfect with my family that I am not actually enjoying the moment.   This weekend was filled with spontaneous moments with my loves and it was exactly what I needed to let that anxiety go. Friday, my sisters, Lennon and I spent that evening in Santa Cruz visiting a friend that lived down the street from the beach, and my son loves the beach. He said "beach, beach, beach" the whole way there. I ...

This past week, it was my group's turn to bring something for our class potluck, I volunteered to do a pasta salad that needed to be vegetarian! You can't go wrong with a pasta salad and to marry it with olives, cherry tomatoes, artichoke hearts, and feta cheese!!!  So funny I'm making this pasta salad then as soon as I got done, I checked my email that my professor had to cancel class. I had two aluminum trays full of pasta salad. I gave most of it away to my family and friends, which I did not mind sharing the love. I knew we couldn't eat all of that ourselves. This recipe is so tasty, simple, and fast because the only cooking you'll be doing is boiling this pasta! I decided not to do measurements for this one because I made this for my class of 15-20. you can adjust the measurements easily for however many you are trying to feed :)  Mediterranean Pasta Salad  Organic Penne pasta  Medium whole olives Jarred marinated artichoke hearts  Fe...