I almost never buy eggplant, but the other day I picked up some pizza sauce and too much pepperoni, so I thought I'd slice one up and try to use it as the crust for some mini Paleo pizzas. It was easy and quick and really quite delicious! Here's how you do it:

Ingredients: 

• One medium eggplant
• Pizza sauce (make sure there's no sugar or canola oil in it if you're trying to go Paleo)
• Pepperoni (mini ones would be better)
• Parmesan cheese (optional)
• Several tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. Wash the eggplant and then slice it into rounds (about 1/4 inch in thickness). Place them on a baking sheet and brush the side facing up with olive oil. Bake for 10 minutes, flip them, brush that side, and bake for another 10 minutes.
3. Spoon pizza sauce onto each eggplant round, then sprinkle Parmesan cheese (or skip it), then layer pepperoni on top. If you didn't buy mini pepperoni (like me) then you could use an apple corer to turn regular slices into a few mini ones.
4. Top with a little more Parmesan and bake for about five minutes, or until the cheese starts to melt a little. Serve hot and enjoy!

Watching season three of House of Cards! I think Parenthood is going to have to wait until we finish--Rob and I only watched the first episode last night but binge-watching the seasons when they come out is one of my favorite things.

Reading As Always, Julia. I picked it up in a really cool used bookstore/coffee shop that my friend Joan and I visited for the first time last week. I love all things Julia Child, so I couldn't resist. I'm excited to jump into it!

Loving getting to know this sweet puppy of ours. Ender is really awesome and I love him so much already. He has such a cute personality and he makes me laugh all the time. I'm so glad we took so much time before getting a dog to really prepare for how much work it is--I haven't been able to sleep in for weeks, but I think it's totally worth it.

Sometimes I think about Rocky and have some conflicted feelings--like maybe I'm not supposed to let another dog make me happy, but I like to think that he is so not even concerned about that wherever he is now. It's been odd, letting my heart grow in this way--getting a new dog without trying to replace my old one. But it's so good, too. And I think Rocky would be proud of me. I don't miss him any less.

Trying to get more done with my time. Ender takes up a lot of my day and I still haven't managed to make time to go running or to the gym regularly. He loves his crate but I always feel guilty leaving him in there more than a couple times a day. I love how little he is but I also can't wait for him to be bigger so we can go running together and I can work out with him! Last week I only posted three times, but I'm hoping to finally get a new work/exercise/puppy schedule figured out soon.

Looking forward to spring! I'm so excited for warm weather and outdoor dining. We have a couple great places in our neighborhood that we love to walk to and it's just so much better when you can have a drink on a patio. March is going to be an exciting month for me because Rob and I get to model in a photography workshop in Richmond, and then I was asked to speak at Longwood University at the end of the month. So much to look forward to (and so much to prepare for--I haven't written a speech in a while)!

What does life look like in your world lately? (PS Happy March!)

While I was at Alt Summit last month, Emily from The Freckled Fox and I got together to do a little hair tutorial collaboration! She's an amazing (self-taught!) stylist and it was so fun having her do this beautiful half-up braided style on me! Feel free to scroll through the photos (taken by another lovely Alt Summit friend, also named Emily) below, but make sure you catch the full tutorial over here!

Photos by Emily Reiter of Anna Delores Photograpy.