Caldo Verde (Kale and Potato Soup)

I wanted to share my friend’s blog with you. She’s an amazing chef and is back to blogging after a mommy hiatus. She has a toddler and a newborn and still manages to cook fantastic meals daily. Her new focus for her blog is to introduce “new ways to use familiar ingredients, learning about ingredients that aren’t commonly used in the typical American household, and learning how to get the most out of your pantry in ways that will appeal to the whole family.” Give her a read. You won’t be disappointed!

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Dinner was delicious/I am so awesome

So I found this polenta recipe online, and I adapted it using the ingredients I had leftover from yesterday’s chicken parmesan meatloaf. The polenta turned out sooooooooo delicious! I should’ve taken a picture. 🙁 You’ll just have to imagine a bowl of cheesy, tomato saucey, meaty, polenta goodness.

I washed my 5 new pocket diapers from Just Simply, and the colors did not run. Not even the black or red one! That was a good thing, definitely. Then I left baby with hubby and a bottle of pumped breastmilk and had some me time. I got my hair cut! Hubby likes it long, but I was tired of it. It was super boring, and just hung there. So I got it cut where it’s just touching my shoulder with lots of layers. Now the big question is whether or not I can recreate what the hairdresser did when I style it. Doesn’t it suck that your hair never looks as great as it does when you leave the stylist?

I have some more fluff giveaways to enter in the next two hours before they end. Until next time! Bye

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