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This week on the Digest you'll see one of Asher's favorite ‘traditions' every time a holiday comes around, my favorite lunch of the week, and what to do with all of that juice and bones leftover from a crockpot meal! I also recorded a fun podcast The Paleo View where we talked about motherhood and paleo! You can listen below and then make sure to join me for a LIVE Facebook Q&A this Thursday at 5pm PST / 8pm EST!

Make sure to listen to the podcast and then join us for any questions you may have! I'll be LIVE on Facebook video answering your questions as they come in, and Sarah and Stacy will be in the comments helping out! Sarah discusses the science behind paleo, pregnancy, and breastfeeding, and Stacy offers her tips as a former La Leche League expert!

 Easton's all smiles in the office!

I met a friend out for lunch and I'd have to say this was my favorite lunch this week! Warm spinach salad with sautéed cauliflower, brussels sprouts, apples, bacon, cranberries, pomegranate seeds, and lots of seared ahi tuna on top.

Whenever a holiday comes around Asher always asks for that kind of shaped pancake. This time it was a pumpkin shaped pancake with some melted dairy-free chocolate on top to make the jack-o-lantern face! You can find my Pancake recipe in Meals Made Simple on page 68.

Last weekend we had another pumpkin patch visit (and I wouldn't be surprised if Asher asks to go again this coming weekend)! After 3 pumpkin patches in 2 weeks, and with our stowaway pumpkin from Nashville, our collection is officially out of control… you could call us pumpkin hoarders!

We got a picture of what life would be like with triplets and a newborn this past weekend while watching my nephew and one of Asher's buddies! I was the only female amongst 5 boys haha! You moms of 3+ are my heroes! 

You know all the extra liquid and bones that are leftover from a crockpot meal? I turned it into soup! It's already collagen/gelatin rich from the bones cooking in it all day and the liquid is like a rich stock. I do it with pot roast all the time and it makes an awesome beef soup. 
This was a recipe mash up from Meals Made Simple. I saved the liquid and bones from the slow cooker Chicken Verde and I used leftover Pork Tenderloin to make a version of the White Pork Chili. It looks kind of gross in the pot, but it tasted amazing afterwards! I enjoyed mine with some fresh avocado on top.

 Asher loves to wish everyone good morning at the start of his day and watching him say hello to Easton in the mornings is one of the most precious things because they are both so cuddly at that time!

I didn't have time to scoop and press individual cookies so I baked my Real Deal Chocolate Chip Cookies as cookie bars! I doubled the batch and baked them for about 17 minutes and they turned out perfect. Crisp on the outside and gooey and melty on the inside. That's my kind of cookie, folks! It's even more incredible served with a scoop of dairy-free vanilla ice cream!

I had extremely important plans at 6:00 pm. Asher always has so many fun ideas. This night it was a costume contest between our family. He delivered this note and then ran away. haha

 And after the costume contest, we baked and frosted some Sugar Cookies! I love how Easton just can't take his eyes off of his daddy! 🙂

This is a pretty good picture of what recipe testing looks like. 15 pounds of honey gone in the blink of an eye!

Here's a throwback to last year's costumes. I definitely don't have time to come up with something to beat it this year since I'll likely throw on a pair of cat ears and a leopard print sweater and call it a costume! I thoroughly enjoyed a bowl of my Mexican Chicken Chowder from Against all Grain. It is the perfect color for this Autumn season!

Now this is what I call a good mail day! I'm obsessed with these chambray minimoc and all of the cute stickers for documenting E's milestones from Lucy Darling Shop! Yay!

My second favorite lunch was a BLTA Ranch Burger Salad and is reprising its roll as my favorite way to enjoy leftover burgers! I used the Dairy-Free Ranch from Meals Made Simple and threw on some dill pickle kraut for good measure!