Simple Meals + Honest Book Reviews + Practical Living
The Murmur of Bees is a historical fiction set in Northern Mexico in the early 1900’s during the Mexican Revolution and the Spanish Flu. The novel was originally written in Spanish, later translated into English, and every sentence was absolutely poetic and magical. I think there’s also something charming about novels that are translated into English!
Last year, I managed to surpass my reading challenge of 52 books by finishing 54. Which was v surprising to me because I had a four week old baby at the start of 2019. I plan to keep the same goal of 52 books for 2020, just being realistic here — I’m due with my second baby in June, and have a strong feeling my reading time will drop to essentially zero with two babies, two cats, and one husband.
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As much as I love this dish, and my family loves this dish, I am patiently waiting until my kids are a tad bit older, and have better fork-to-mouth motor skills, because turmeric stains. Enough said. This dish does have a ton of ingredients to prep, and a pretty long cook time, most of which is hands-off, but still. Overall, it’s a pretty smooth and painless recipe, and the end result is totally worth the initial struggle.
I honestly don’t know if there’s anything better than reading several fantastic books back to back. Books that hook you in with equal intensity, in very different ways. I lucked out with my Kindle picks this month, and finished four wonderful books that were all very, very bingeable. I’m thrilled to share them with you over the holidays.
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As you all know, I’m a huge fan of audiobooks and would never be able to complete my annual reading challenges without them… and I take my audiobook picks v seriously.
We’re very lucky. Our 11 month old baby girl will eat anything we put in front of her. And I mean anything. She’s happy with beef burgundy, calamari, lamb curry, chickpea masala, shrimp jambalya, and even pizza. Getting her to eat the daily recommended serving of fruits, vegetables, grains, and protein is not a problem at all, but it also means my meal planning and meal prep game need to step up tremendously. Especially since my husband and I are trying to cut down on dining out during the weekdays, and this includes lunches! So with that, here’s what my weekly grocery list currently looks like.