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I was supposed to be on a flight ✈️ to Baltimore today to speak and spread some lunch lady love 👩‍🍳❤️ @westonaprice Conference - instead - day 6 of evacuation 🤪 9 kids, 4 adults and 4 dogs in a 3 bedroom - 1 bath 😆 Well, this morning I packed up our bags, deflated a blow up bed, stripped sheets, swept floors and headed to the @smfms to gather food for school lunch on Friday @manzanitaedu only to turn around 1/2 way, due to extreme traffic, and come back to the news that the mandatory evacuation of Topanga has been extended 😫 Paper plates, #lunchlady sourdough smeared with raw butter @organicpasturesdairy and cheese with scrambled eggs, salad and 🍅 mozzarella and basil fed us all just fine 💯❤️👍 I am overcome with #gratitude as we are all safe and we are continuously welcomed by our dear friends @amazingkidco to stay yet another night ❤️ Another time I’ll tell you about my near death experience @duffscakemix with 9 children 👩‍🍳 #nightmare 😱🤪😆🤣 #friends #woolseyfire #helpingothers #evacuation #malibu #fire #lunchladyapproved #californiafires #hilaryboynton #liveyumyum #yummy #organic #healthy #healthyfood #healthychoices #healthylifestyle #lifestyle #mom #chef #foodie #supportlocal #nutrition #homemade #farmtotable #momlife #farmersmarket
I start many a speech with my grandfather’s words “You don’t gotta have anything, but you gotta have heart.” When one of the nicest “guys,” and quiet possibly one of the best bread bakers in the 🌎@ceorbread , knows you have been displaced, due to the #woolseyfire 🔥, and pings you saying come get bread... It’s not a 🤔 it’s a 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🍞❤️ It’s written all over his shirt - “good bread takes time - great bread takes ❤️ ” As I get older, and perhaps a bit wiser, I feel drawn to heart centered people. Guy @ceorbread is one of the most heart centered people I know - creating true works of art for the love of creation, curiosity, life (also as in live cultures) and an innate sense of giving to give - for no other reason than to share his gifts with others. He not only creates pure magic from the heart - he does it with local ingredients supporting those mindful farmers doing things right @kandarianorganicfarms @smfms I did have to get back to a house full of teenagers 🤪 @manzanitaedu so Guy sent me off with two bread doughs ready to pop in the oven! Scroll through - eating tonight with raw butter @organicpasturesdairy and a slow roasted pot roast that I’ve been cooking all day. This = happy/healthy teenagers who will undoubtedly hear from me the importance of giving - from the heart. Thank you Guy from the bottom of our 💜 ♥️ ❤️ AND bellies 😋💯👍👩‍🍳❤️ Thank you Welch family for opening your hearts, your home and your dinner table to our not so tiny family in our time of need😍 #lunchladyapproved #community #helpingothers #bread #sourdough #live #fire #malibu #topangabread #friends #heart #hilaryboynton #liveyumyum #organic #healthy #healthyfood #healthychoices #healthylifestyle #lifestyle #mom #chef #foodie #supportlocal #nutrition #homemade #farmtotable #momlife #farmersmarket
Yesterday morning the kids and I evacuated and made it to the PCH to get reception. Looking out at the ocean I couldn’t resist taking the kids down to the beach for a little sunshine and gratitude for our safety. Hard to believe 15 degrees to the right (scroll through) billowing clouds of smoke were starting to creep across the skies above #Malibu We then returned to our house only to evacuate again - this time we headed the other direction and landed at the house of our beloved and gracious friends @manzanitaedu who welcomed us with open arms. Thankful I grabbed a loaf of homemade sourdough, peanut butter and toe weaving string for nourishment and hours of entertainment (11pm and still making bracelets ☺️). Sending so much ❤️and 🙏🏻to ALL in this time of crisis. Holding my babes tight and deeply grateful for friends and community. We will get through this! #malibufires #community #prayers #topanga #friends #sourdough #hilaryboynton #liveyumyum #yummy #yum #organic #healthy #healthyfood #healthychoices #healthylifestyle #lifestyle #mom #chef #instafood #foodie #supportlocal #nutrition #homemade #farmtotable #momlife #farmersmarket
Food is medicine for sure, but family feeds my soul❤️ With Thanksgiving 🦃 , 4 birthdays 🎉 and Christmas 🎄 in less than a month, this time of year gets nutty for us🤪 My cravings to slow down, get crafty with my kids and nest always return. The lunch ladies👩‍🍳 did a check in yesterday (a sit down together listening from the ❤️ to each other’s joys and concerns), and we are all feeling the burn 🔥Feeding an army #realschoolfood every day can be a constant, fast paced job. Those of you in food service know it is a relentless weight on the mind 🤯as things are always shifting with seasonality and have a shelf life that sways daily decisions. It doesn’t disappear on the weekends either. Life can be a whirlwind of emotions, stress and burnout - IF YOU LET IT‼️ I climbed into bed at 8:30 last night with three kiddos and got crafty. It’s important to find time to check out of the grind and check in with what’s most important💯❤️ #reboot #feedyoursoul #soulfood #family #laughter #nourish #replenish #cherish #simplicity #lunchladyapproved #hilaryboynton #liveyumyum #yummy #organic #healthy #healthyfood #healthychoices #healthylifestyle #lifestyle #mom #chef #instafood #foodie #supportlocal #nutrition #homemade #farmtotable #momlife
How cool is this⁉️ #saffron growing right here in our #biodynamic #garden @manzanitaedu Next Indian Day (See previous posts with @pureindianfoods ) we will be able to harvest our own saffron for saffron rice @koda_farms @smfms 👏👍👩‍🍳❤️💯 #realschoolfood #indian #spices #farmtoschool #flowers #hilaryboynton #liveyumyum #yummy #yum #organic #healthy #healthyfood #healthychoices #healthylifestyle #lifestyle #mom #chef #instafood #foodie #supportlocal #nutrition #homemade #farmtotable #momlife #farmersmarket
SCROLL THROUGH 🙏🏻 A MAGICAL 💫 night under the twinkle lights at my home last night. A Lunch Lady 👩‍🍳@manzanitaedu @slowfoodventuracounty 🐌@pureindianfoods 🇮🇳 collaboration. An opportunity to spread the good word of food is medicine and the work we are all doing to build a healthier next generation and disrupt the trend of chronic illness. My vision of this young generation of kiddos never entering the medical system - living a life free of disease and thriving - was buoyed up as I looked out at the sea of like minded farmers, foodies and friends smiling in agreement that together we can do this 👍👩‍🍳❤️ I truly feel called to inspire and train a new wave of lunch ladies/lads - sending them out to sweep across the nation with confidence and understanding of deep nutrition, ancient wisdom and nature connection. In my eyes it is essential, and who better to reach our children than THE LUNCH LADY 👩‍🍳💯❤️ So incredibly #grateful to all who pitched in and supported - if I forgot you please know you are deeply appreciated #gratitude @apricotlanefarms @wildlyfermented @primalkitchenfoods @flyingembersbrew @ritarossart @fermentopia @brandofarr @manzanitaedu @arielabt @organicpasturesdairy @soup_sorceress @ritarossart @iampamajama @@luvandsunshineshop @venturaspirits @venturacoffeeco @blinkingowl @revivedkitchen The lamb stew was off the hook!!! #thankyou #realschoolfood #lunchladyapproved #indian #indianfood #ghee #friends #hilaryboynton #liveyumyum #yummy #yum #organic #healthy #healthyfood #healthychoices #healthylifestyle #lifestyle #mom #chef #instafood #foodie #supportlocal #nutrition #homemade #farmtotable #momlife #farmersmarket #sunday
And.... it actually happened 🙌👍👩‍🍳❤️ PAL DAY (Parents at Lunch) @manzanitaedu with special guest Sandeep Agarwal @pureindianfoods 👍I can’t even give enough thanks to my staff for busting it out in the kitchen across the week 💯❤️ and the farmers who contributed 👩‍🌾❤️A committed group -dedicated to the vision of building a strong foundation of health for this next generation of kiddos 💪Sandeep admitted, after lunch, that when I shouted out “one hour to go” he thought we will never make it 😬but somehow we did! He remained cool as a cucumber coaching me on the stoves as we all turned out Aloo Gobi, Saag Paneer @organicpasturesdairy sweet potato hawla, chapatis with locally grown and freshly milled flour, kitcheri, tandoori chicken and kraut @wildlyfermented It was a beautiful day all around and Sandeep @pureindianfoods is a beautiful man whose quiet, calm and humble soul graced our little school @manzanitaedu in a giant life changing way. Tonight we get to do it all over again at our Indian Slow Food event at my house (see previous post for invite if you are in the hood)! Beyond #grateful #lovemystaff #lunchladyapproved #indianfood #indian #ghee #realschoolfood #spreadthelove #childrenshealth #hilaryboynton #liveyumyum #yummy #yum #organic #healthy #healthyfood #healthychoices #healthylifestyle #lifestyle #mom #chef #instafood #foodie #supportlocal #nutrition #homemade #farmtotable #momlife #farmersmarket
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