Cheesy Cauliflower Pasta Sauce Recipe & Second Trimester Updates

My loves! My lights! Hiiii!! May an individual be extra MIA from her weblog?! 😂 I’m so sorry. This has been such a season of introspection, and on daily basis whereas I’ve had intentions to write down a weblog publish, all of my power finally ends up going to this rising babe, day by day musings on Insta, the podcast, a brand new undertaking I’m engaged on (any guesses?) and effectively… principally this rising child & my rising physique!

Since my final publish, we introduced the gender of our child on Instagram, and you may watch that video here! My dad and mom deliberate an unbelievable shock scavenger hunt as a gender reveal and it was arms down one of the crucial particular days of my life. That was over two months in the past now (WOW how the time is flying) and a lot of my mind area is being taken up by dreaming of changing into this child boy’s mama, and the way a lot our lives are about to vary and shift in 5 quick months.

Different highlights are, we deliberate a child moon in Kauai for September! I’m so excited to be again in certainly one of my favourite locations on the earth. The final time we have been there may be once we received engaged three years in the past… discuss how shortly time is transferring. Time is an phantasm anyway haha, however nonetheless!! I’m very excited in regards to the new undertaking I’m engaged on. It’ll embody a lot of what I’ve been by way of in these final 4 or so years of therapeutic, and signifies to me that it’s formally time for a brand new chapter of life. I’m prepared for it, and I’m so glad it’s right here. Apart from that, greater than 5 of my closest associates are getting married this fall, so you possibly can catch me & my rising bump in lots of bridesmaids attire at stunning places all around the nation. 😉

Earlier than I share with you my tremendous tacky, creamy, nostalgic, scrumptious & MUCH requested cauliflower tacky sauce recipe, I wish to inform you some second trimester updates! This publish might be adopted up by a full second trimester replace publish quickly sufficient, however listed below are the principle happenings.

Second Trimester Updates:

– I’m nonetheless guffawing that I assumed I might have a full child bump early on in my being pregnant, as a result of I’m now at nearly 19 weeks and nonetheless barely any signal of a visual bump. The second I discovered I used to be pregnant again in April I checked day by day for that rising bump that in my view is arguably one of many cutest issues on the earth. Now I’m simply laughing that I assumed I might pop again then, once I haven’t even popped but to this present day! You probably have seen any pictures of my child bump on IG it’s principally as a result of we’ve caught it on the finish of the day, after simply the correct quantity of meals. 🤪 But it surely doesn’t imply this child isn’t rising!! He has a full, wholesome, rising physique in there and by this weekend he would be the measurement of a mango!! I’ve a sense within the subsequent week or two, the stomach might be popping. 🙂

– That stated, it has been such an attention-grabbing and exquisite journey with my physique up to now. I’ve stated this many occasions, however after dwelling with late stage neurological Lyme illness the entire “self-importance” factor just about went out the window. I discovered to understand my physique based mostly off of my sheer survival, and on daily basis grew to like my physique even deeper for the energy it had given me in the course of the rockiest occasions of my life. I’ve been in a extremely good area with completely loving my physique, genuinely, for a few years now. Then, insert being pregnant. It has made my love and awe for my physique even deeper, but it surely has additionally introduced again some outdated emotions. I imply, my boobs have principally quadrupled, lol. Not essentially snug! After which there may be the entire sciatica factor that has made it actually exhausting for me to even stroll most days. It has examined me, and it has been a problem of a model new type to like my physique whereas it’s quickly altering. I didn’t get the lovable child bump in a single day, however as a substitute I received lots of different issues (oh the thrill of being pregnant lol) and I’m studying to embrace them and take all of it day-to-day!

– I discussed this above, however SCIATICA. Holy mom of God. I do know everybody will get totally different being pregnant signs, and my being pregnant general has been fairly chill so I’m deeply grateful, however I additionally know that my sciatica ache have to be within the 1% or one thing as a result of it’s searing, intense, by no means ending, inconceivable to alleviate, and has been a continuing day by day factor since week 9 of being pregnant! So it’s not associated to a rising being pregnant stomach or the rest like many different girls’s sciatica ache, however as an alternative it’s associated to the hormone relaxin. I’ve discovered to take the ache as a present (I imply, if I can try this with Lyme I can try this with something, proper?) and it has undoubtedly taught me so much. I’m working with all of my very own instruments to maneuver by way of the feelings and concern that I’ve discovered within the ache. I’ve additionally discovered unbelievable prenatal chiropractors and physique employees who’ve been a complete godsend!

– Cravings. Nonetheless FRUIT! Inexperienced juice day by day, açaí bowls, tons of nut butter, bananas & PB, and at evening… cauliflower Mac n cheese. 🙂 My urge for food can also be slowing down. Within the first trimester & starting of the second, I used to be consuming principally double the quantity of meals that I normally do. Hormones have been wacky and I used to be all the time hungry. These days not less than, my urge for food is all however gone. I’m discovering methods to pack within the vitamins each time I eat (loaded up smoothies have been useful, I’ll share my favourite recipe quickly!) and likewise supplementing with nice pre-natals and dietary supplements from my TCM physician.

– REST! I’ve been so, so immensely drained. To offer you an instance, it’s Thursday afternoon and I haven’t left my home since Monday morning for a Chiro appointment! I believe I could be combating one thing off this week, however regardless my physique is screaming out for relaxation so I’m listening. I learn a complete fiction ebook this week (Malibu Rising, it’s SO GOOD), and I’m beginning to really feel like that’s what my physique needs extra of throughout this being pregnant. Relaxation, hydration, books, and being straightforward on myself. Taking the strain off.

– Introspection & spirituality. I discovered it a bit exhausting to comply with my regular religious day by day way of life at first of my being pregnant. A lot newness simply had my head spinning, and whereas I needed to meditate and join with the infant, my thoughts was ALL over the place and I went into a unique mode there for some time. A mode the place I felt the fixed have to distract myself and simply not get overwhelmed with a lot change taking place. Now, I lastly really feel like I’m actually, actually in tune and aligned with this child’s soul and my spirituality once more. I’ve my a hundred and twentieth day of being pregnant developing, which is the day we’ll name on this spirit’s increased SOUL into my physique. That’s this Saturday. I’m so excited to do a wonderful ceremony with my kundalini trainer Tej. Do you guys need me to do a publish on this after we do it?!

Tacky Cauliflower Creamy AF SAUCE:

Components:

1 head of steamed cauliflower (or about 3 cups)
1 cup low sodium vegetable inventory
1/4 cup + 2 tbsp dietary yeast
2-3 tbsp tahini
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
Juice of 1 lemon (2 lemons if you’d like it tremendous zesty!)
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp crimson pepper flake

Methodology:

Mix in a excessive pace blender, and pour over rice pasta (or any gluten free pasta you’d like), combine in some steamed spinach, too with extra crimson pepper flake, and revel in! Voila!!

Will you do this?! You’ll LOVE. It’s so decadent and zesty and creamy, and undoubtedly hits the spot for that old-fashioned Mac & cheese deliciousness. If you’d like it to look extra like Mac & cheese (for instance when you have a kiddo within the combine!!) you could possibly additionally add a number of child carrots, or a number of sprinkles of turmeric… or each! You could possibly additionally attempt utilizing rainbow cauliflower, which my buddy Cait did when she tried this recipe and hers seemed improbable!

Okay, I hope you guys loved this replace! I promise to get again on right here extra often! Do me a favor & let me know under that you’re a BLOG READER, as a result of generally with the quick paced social media world now it’s exhausting for me to inform who legit reads the weblog vs. all the social content material. In case you are right here, and also you need extra, then I’ll ship. That is my favourite place to be, anyway. 🙂 XO