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Now that weddings have come and gone and my apartment is finally in order, it’s time for life to return to normal. A normal life for me means cooking well-rounded meals – no more takeout. When I found huge, gorgeous shrimp on sale, I decided the recipe to mark the return to normalcy would be…
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I’ve started noticing restaurants using kale instead of lettuce for salads. I had assumed kale was too tough to eat raw but it doesn’t just work, it’s freakin awesome. It’s not all watery like other lettuce types (yea you, iceberg). It’s thick so you’ll be crunching all over the place (which I think makes you…
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The other day I really wanted some cheesy bread. It was crave central. I wasn’t in the mood to do anything serious because that would take time and effort, which would only postpone cheesy bread eating time. I started with some refrigerated crescent roll dough from Trader Joe’s, but you could use Pillsbury’s version. If…
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Since my pear/sunbutter/granola snack worked out so well, I tested out another variation for breakfast the other day. This time, I smeared sunbutter on a rice cake (made with brown rice because a regular rice cake just didn’t seem healthy enough) and topped with blueberries. The creaminess of the sunbutter and juiciness of the berries…
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Lindsay and I had planned an evening in to drink wine and watch Modern Family (she needed to catch up on last season’s finale before this week’s season premiere). I knew there wouldn’t be much time to cook a full dinner, but we didn’t want to settle for takeout and Linds needed to use up…
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I have a couple weekends coming up where I need to look G-O-O-D. With that as motivation, I am trying my darnedest to eat healthy and exercise for the next few weeks. I was inspired by some healthy snack suggestions I saw in my latest Real Simple and picked up a jar of sunflower butter (aka sunbutter)…
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I don’t like fruit, nuts, or celery in my chicken salad so I’m pretty limited. Don’t get me wrong, I’m totally happy just mixing my rotisserie chicken (with it’s crispy skin and spices) with mayo and calling it a day; however, sometimes you want something a little more exciting. I had to get creative since…
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There is a reason we keep coming back to those ultra simple, tried and true recipes – they’re good. One of those recipes for me is lemon pasta. All it takes is some lemon juice and zest, some sort of green veggie (like broccoli or peas), maybe a touch of cream, and some parmesan. It…
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I was planning on taking something out of the freezer for dinner one night last week, but after seeing this recipe show up on my blog roll, I took a new approach. Everyone keeps talking about how Summer is ending! Summer is ending! First of all, let’s live in the present, shall we? Stop worrying…
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While I’m still dealing with a small, pre-renovated kitchen, easy 1-pan recipes are essential. By using a lot of store-bought ingredients, I was able to assemble a full meal without dirtying a single pan. Seriously. I rolled out some puff pastry and put it on top of a foil lined cookie sheet. When the meal…
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Peaches to Apples 