Tabouli or Not Tabouli
That is the question!
Evening, folks! Hope you had a great Thursday…can you believe tomorrow is Friday already? I can’t believe our Louisiana trip is already coming to an end. 
This afternoon, we spent more time with little ol’ Sophie. Katherine has been having a little trouble with the feeding, so this afternoon, she and my mom took Sophie to a…well, I guess a boob instructor? Lol. Anyway, the woman was very helpful and they are having much more success now! After they finished, she and Sophie came back to our house to hang out for a while. Check out Sophie’s cool onesie:
I heart my auntie…I wonder who gave her that? 
After some hemming and hawing, Ryan and I set out for a run around 5:00. We did an easy three miles, and I’m so glad that we decided to bite the bullet and just do it! It felt good to get some activity in before dinner.
When we came home this afternoon, I found a GREAT surprise package waiting for us on the front porch: a package of POM’s!
The lovely folks at POM wonderful sent me an entire CASE of this stuff, which is awesome, because I usually buy it anyway to mix with my Amazing Grass, but it kind of adds up, you know? I love, love, love pomegranate juice, and I was happy to mix myself a delicious cocktail with it when we got back from our run:
It was the perfect pre-dinner treat! Thanks, POM Wonderful!
And speaking of dinner…
It was really great tonight! So fresh and crunchy and spring-like!
We had homemade Gazpacho with all sorts of fresh veggies. The recipe came from Cuisine At Home magazine, so I can’t share it here, but it was really good!
Along with the gazpacho, we had tabouli salad, made by yours truly. This tabouli came from a box to start with—the Near East brand. Then, after I cooked the tabouli with the spice packet, I doctored it up with: chopped mint, chopped parsley, lemon juice, feta, grape tomatoes, and cucumber. Yum!
Our gazpacho had lots of fun mix-ins, like avocado, dill, and Salvadoran sour cream.
I feel like gazpacho is one of those things that people either love or hate. I didn’t used to like it, but for some reason, now I love it!
Katherine and Kevin actually decided that they’d like to try one more night on their own, so we aren’t on baby duty yet. She said that she might want me to come over EARLY tomorrow morning and take over for the morning shift, so if that happens, I’ll be up and at ‘em bright and early! No biggie—I wake up pretty early anyway, especially down here in Louisiana where everything is an hour earlier!
Hope you’re having a great night!
Yumm… your dinner looks delicious! I’ve never had gazpacho before but it looks great, I love all of those flavors. Especially with avocado.. i’ve been on an avocado kick lately!
And Sophie is ADORABLE!! And Katherine is beautiful, she’s like.. glowing!!
Delicious gazpacho!! Looks so gourmet!
I want to steal Sophie! She’s precious!
Seriously- cutest baby ever.
omg so adorable!!! Some how I’ve never held a baby in my life…sad
i do like gazpacho – but only in the summer!
I’m a certified lactation educator! I did my program at UCSD and if mom/babe have any questions that i could answer via email you are more than welcome to pass my email along to them.
Skylar just weaned at age 3 yrs. I love nursing, and love to help women nurse. It’s the best thing in the world. Ever. Reach out day or night if they need help. This time is critical in maintaining and establishing supply for the long haul of the nursing relationship
Thanks, Averie!!! I will definitely pass your e-mail along to her. It sounds like things are going much better now, but I’m sure she’ll still have more questions!
Oh wow, lucky you getting free POM! That stuff is so exspensive over here, it’s like £2 for a tiny bottle – so I’ve never tried it
I’ve heard great things though….
Glad your sister is getting on better after time with her boob instructor!? Lol that sentence made me laugh
I love, love, love the onesie…and the baby is pretty darn cute, too!
That meal looks good. I love Pomegranate juice too. Do you have Kroger in your area? They have a generic Pomegranate juice for much cheaper!
The photo of you and Sophie is SO adorable! You are glowing and Sophie is simply the cutest baby on earth!
Love the onesie too.
She is just absolutely precious! You’re such a lucky aunt! And I’m WAY jealous of all your POM- I love that stuff but it’s so $$!
Oh wow, dinner looks great. I have never had gazpacho to be honest. But yours seriously looks worth trying. Such a proud aunt you are!!
The baby is so beautiful! And so is your food! The gazpacho looks awesome, perfect summer treat
I’ve never tried tabouli, gazpacho, or POM. Where have I been?
I love her onsie! too cute
What did you put in your POM wonderful cocktail? They just sent me a case, and I need some ideas
lol– I put Diet Sprite in it…don’t tell anyone
I know how demonized diet soda is in the blog world 
This reminds me of The Office baby episode — “Wrong baby! Wrong baby!” I love the onsie — how much fun for you to have a girl to spoil!
lol– I LOVED that moment! Very funny.
I still can not get over all that hair!!!
Adorable!
What a cute picture of you and Sophie! I love her shirt and yours too!
What an adorable onesie! That picture of you two is worth framing
I used to hate gazpacho, too, but tried the WF kind one day and was hooked! I love it now! Have a great day!
She is so small! She looks a lot like I did when I was born… with a full head of hair! Enjoy the last of your time together.
Avocado is the best mix-in for gazpacho!
Wonderful pics and dinner just looks fabulous!
I love that little outfit! Awww!
When you get back we must get together!
Definitely!
The gazpacho looks mouth-watering!! And congrats on being an aunt! So exciting!
Love the pics! They are so cute that they are (almost, haha) giving me baby fever! I still have at least a few years yet
I love the little onesie. She is so precious!
YUM! That is my kind of meal!
That bright pink color looks so beautiful on Sophie.
Sophie is such a cutie pie!! Your dinner looks so good, as always