The kitchen is one of my favorite places to be. It is a relaxing and creative place for me where I can forget about whatever else is going on at that moment. Life has been so crazy lately that I haven’t spent much time in my happy place. Since I’ve been on this break from [...]
Food + Nutrition Topics
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Obsessions and a Tempo Run
September 15, 2010 { 12 comments }Some news (nothing life changing, don’t get excited)… I am officially obsessed with The Rachel Zoe Project. How have I never watched this show before last night? It has been constantly playing on On Demand since I found it. I love Rachel, I love her husband and I love her “gaggle of gays.” (I’m just [...]
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Deficient
September 14, 2010 { 3 comments }I mentioned last week that I had blood work done just as a check. It had been years since I’d been thoroughly tested and given my recent activity level and diet I thought it was a good idea. I received a call from the nurse today that everything looked great but I am vitamin D [...]
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Dragon Fruit
August 16, 2010 { 9 comments }Sunday was a day full of adventure. (Catch up on what happened Saturday night – including my car break in – here.) The adventure started when my mom announced that she picked up a funny looking fruit at the Dekalb Farmer’s Market. Enter dragon fruit. We Googled it and found that it’s native to Mexico [...]
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Three Square Meals
July 21, 2010 { 5 comments }I am a three square meals a day kind of girl. I wasn’t always like this and I won’t even share with you some of the things I considered to be breakfast and lunch in my younger days! ;) I am also a very scheduled eater. I don’t like to eat breakfast too late for [...]
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Menu Plan – Week of 7/12
July 12, 2010 { 3 comments }There’s not much to this week’s menu plan due to busy schedules but still wanted to share with you guys since I missed last week. Things should calm down here in the next couple weeks and I’ll be cooking more. I’m really missing my evenings in the kitchen. No matter how stressful life is, cooking [...]
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Menu Planning Monday
June 7, 2010 { 6 comments }After posting about how to menu plan and shop for the week a couple of weeks ago, I thought it might be beneficial for me to share my weekly menu plans with you. I usually menu plan and shop on Sundays but as I discussed yesterday, Sunday was a random one for us this week. [...]
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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 [...]
