TGIF – this week was a bit of a doozy but I’m still standing and it’s the weekend so all is good. Last weekend I pulled a few food items out of the fridge/freezer/pantry to share with y’all. These are products that I’ve been enjoying recently and they run gamut from snacks to soups to [...]
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All The Grocery Shopping
April 23, 2023 { 12 comments }Let’s talk about one of my favorite things to do – grocery shopping! My love for food shopping goes back to tagging along with my dad on his weekly grocery trips. I can close my eyes and picture the small Kroger in my hometown and how I would stand on the back of the cart [...]
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Week End + Inside My Fridge
February 3, 2023 { 9 comments }Happy Friday friends. I have to admit that I hit the wall yesterday afternoon – hard. I was coming off of 11 days straight of teaching yoga and training clients without a day off – with the travel to Harrisburg thrown in there. I trained my final clients of the week and taught one last [...]
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What I Bought at ALDI: Fall Edition
October 6, 2022 { 3 comments }I think one of the best partnerships that I’ve done in my 12 years of blogging here on Peanut Butter Runner has been with ALDI. I first worked with ALDI back in 2014 on a short-term ambassadorship and truly enjoyed being introduced to the brand. I have become a regular ALDI shopper and it’s been [...]
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5 Foods I’ve Been Loving Lately + What I Bought at Whole Foods
February 22, 2022 { 7 comments }Hi and happy Twosday! Today’s palindrome date of 2/22/22 is a fun one, especially since it’s falling on a Tuesday. The teachers at preschool carpool this morning were all dressed in tie-dye shirts and colorful tutus (get it?). I thought it was super cute. I subbed a CY26 class at Charlotte Yoga after dropping Finn [...]
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I went to Trader Joe’s for peanut butter…
December 15, 2021 { 6 comments }…and left with a $150 receipt. I got a little carried away at Trader Joe’s last Saturday but it’s so hard not to! I don’t make it to Trader Joe’s often because it’s not geographically convenient like Whole Foods, ALDI, Harris Teeter, Food Lion and The Fresh Market are. These stores are easy for me [...]
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Weekend + What I Bought At Whole Foods
February 8, 2021 { 4 comments }Happy Monday friends. I hope that you all had a nice weekend. My weekend was overall pretty low-key but I got to spend lots of QT with my boy so it was perfect. Here are some highlights! WEEKEND WITH FINN We have had so much rain lately (with more to come later this week) so [...]
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Eats + Trader Joe’s Trip
May 13, 2019 { 6 comments }Happy new week! I’m here to talk food as I am overdue a recent eats round up and I’ve had Trader Joe’s shopping trip photos edited for over a week now. So hopefully this post can serve as inspiration to to make this a great week on the eating front. :) RECENT EATS Cottage cheese [...]
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Grocery Store Diaries
October 9, 2018 { 33 comments }Friends, I have a grocery store problem. I love them! This dates back to growing up in Georgia where I loved to accompany my dad on his weekly shopping trips to the Kroger in our small town. And man, when I think about the difference in what was available with small town grocery shopping 25 [...]
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15 Weeks Pregnancy Update + What I Bought at Whole Foods at 9 Weeks Pregnant
November 14, 2017 { 39 comments }Hey, hey! Tuesdays are fun for me these days because they’re the day I move to the next week pregnancy. I’m alway so excited to read about all of the developments going on with the baby week-to-week. I’m not sure if I’ll do these updates weekly or bi-weekly but I thought I’d do one today [...]
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What I Bought at Trader Joe’s After a Three-Month Hiatus
June 4, 2017 { 18 comments }I just wrapped up my prenatal yoga teacher training weekend and it was such a lovely and enlightening experience. I can’t wait to write all about it in more detail in a post later this week! I’m currently parked in front of the computer with a glass of wine catching up on the internet and [...]
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Workshop Weekend + What I Bought at Whole Foods
April 14, 2017 { 5 comments }We made it to Friday! While work on the back end has been really busy for the studio and my blog, Charlotte has been really quiet this week. The public schools are on spring break and it seems like half the city is gone on vacation. Before I dive into a peek into my Whole [...]
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Feel Good Food on the Go {With an ALDI Giveaway!}
January 21, 2016 { 234 comments }This post is sponsored by ALDI. Be sure to read to the end for a gift certificate giveaway! I think I can safely say that most of us around here are living an “on-the-go” lifestyle. Whether you’re a student facing long days on campus, a busy mom with little time to make meals for yourself, [...]
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My Yoga Dogs + What I Bought at Whole Foods
May 27, 2015 { 19 comments }The girls and I had a little photo shoot today. They were feeling super playful and sharing toys in the living room this afternoon. I was cracking up over their open hips. Check them both out in frog pose here! :) I definitely have little yoga dogs on my hands! Can you believe how big [...]
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Lumi Lunch + National Puppy Day + What I Bought at Whole Foods
March 24, 2015 { 13 comments }Good morning! Thanks for two things. First, all of your interest in the KIND bar giveaway. Second, your amazing responses. I know I ask y’all to tell me what you’re grateful for regularly when it comes to giveaways but it’s only because I think it’s such a good “stop, pause, think” activity + I ADORE [...]
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An Impressive $85 ALDI Haul
January 19, 2015 { 26 comments }I have been regularly shopping at ALDI for almost a year now and I remain amazed by the savings there are to be had by shopping there. Last weekend I went to Whole Foods for my weekly grocery shopping and my bill was $185. This week I went to ALDI and my bill was $85. [...]
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Major Trader Joe’s Restock
June 30, 2014 { 25 comments }I thought that the week of July 4th would slow down but I was so wrong. It’s nuts! I originally planned to spend the week in Florida with my family but thank god I decided to postpone that until later this summer because I am booked solid this week with clients and classes. I have [...]
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What I Bought at the Grocery This Week {Restock Trip}
March 27, 2014 { 35 comments }I went a little crazy at the grocery store this morning restocking on a lot of items that I like to keep on hand. I like to share these kinds of shopping trips with you so that you get an idea of how I stock my pantry and fridge to be able to consistently cook [...]
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Learning the ALDI Secrets
March 17, 2014 { 21 comments }I’m back with one last ALDI post to wrap up this series. I have learned SO much through this short term ambassadorship with ALDI. I’ve gone from being fairly unfamiliar with the brand and the benefits of being an ALDI shopper to understanding their unique operating procedures and the method behind their customer service experience [...]
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An Afternoon in the ALDI Test Kitchen {Giveaway!}
March 10, 2014 { 205 comments }I’ve spent the last month serving as a short-term blog ambassador for ALDI to bring awareness to not only their brand and the unique shopping and saving experience they provide but also their new focus on providing customers with nutritious and affordable food. ALDI recently launched a new organics line, Simply Nature, and introduced organic [...]
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ALDI Shopping Haul + Cost Comparison
February 20, 2014 { 36 comments }This is a follow up from yesterday’s post about my first ALDI shopping experience. Yesterday was all about the actual experience of visiting the store and today is a break down of what I bought, what I paid and how much I saved. I went to Harris Teeter and priced out the same items I [...]
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Shopping (And Saving) At ALDI
February 19, 2014 { 60 comments }Several weeks ago I shared what a week of food shopping at Trader Joe’s looks like for me and received some good feedback and thoughtful discussion. I want to keep that going in the next two posts and share my experience shopping at a different budget store. I grew up in a small town in [...]
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Creamy Shrimp, Prosciutto and Mushroom Pasta
October 30, 2012 { 21 comments }The cooking streak continues thanks to a great Whole Foods restock on Sunday. For those of you who like to see the goods… Here you have it. Spinach penne pasta (coupon), sour cream, nutritional yeast (bulk), oat bran (bulk), eggs, gluten-free bread, tortilla chips (staple!), coffee, canned corn, canned pumpkin, cilantro, parsley, grapes, wild caught [...]
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The Best Traditional Super Market (An Ode To Publix)
October 8, 2012 { 61 comments }Let’s take a quick break from vacation posting (although I edited like 50 more beautiful photos to share with you last night) and talk about super markets. Wow, how they have changed since my childhood. I remember growing up and going to the grocery with my dad to do the weekly shopping (it was called [...]
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A Look Into My Grocery Bags
September 10, 2012 { 27 comments }Happy Monday! I have received many requests for a look at my grocery staples/a typical grocery trip. I hit up our new Whole Foods on Sunday morning for a pretty big restock so I thought it would be the perfect time to photograph what I purchased and share it with you. I actually really enjoy [...]
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Impulse Buys
July 15, 2012 { 38 comments }I have been pretty worthless today. I slept really late, ate a lot of sweets and blew off working out. It was perfect…and needed! I had a really low-key weekend, highlights being subbing some yoga classes, cleaning and moving furniture and restocking on the food front. I showed you my farmers market finds yesterday. Today [...]
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How to Menu Plan and Grocery Shop for the Week
May 24, 2010 { 5 comments }I received an email today from one of our law school friends asking for advice on how to avoid eating out and finding the motivation to cook at home on the weeknights. If you read my food blog then you know how much a believe in the power of menu planning. When someone asks for [...]