Instead of a Wordless Wednesday this week, we’re going with a different W that I don’t talk about on here a lot. Water. I don’t know about you, but I drink a TON of water. I mean, about 100 oz or more per day. It started as a habit when I first started Weight Watchers [...]
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**Giveaway winner announced at the end of this post!** Let’s add “taking it slow” to the list of things I’ve learned as of late. It’s beyond freezing outside, making the roads not exactly easy to drive on. Which made me take the slightly slower, more safe (read: wider road, more salt) route home. Which, in [...]
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About 3 weeks ago, the lovely people at Kikkoman sent me a HUGE box of goodies with one intent: create a “practice” Thanksgiving meal using their products, and share my ideas with you, my readers! I jumped at the chance because, believe it or not, I’d never made a turkey. Once our Thanksgiving plans were [...]
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I’m on my video! (Anyone know the song? Anyone?) Voting has officially begun for Project Food Blog round #7! If you haven’t seen my very first video post, please watch it here on my Project Food Blog Challenge #7 post. After you’re done, please help me advance to round #8 by voting for my post [...]
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Picture this: a twelve-year-old Mara. Wait, you can’t do that. Here’s a point of reference: Now, imagine that it’s Saturday morning. My sleep schedule was such that I could easily wake up at 5:30 a.m. to meet my dad downstairs to enjoy episodes of Rocky & Bullwinkle while my younger sister and mom slept. Around [...]
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There are very few things that shout “SPRING” quite as loudly as fresh produce. After months and months and months (and months?) of eating cruciferous veggies, root veggies, and frozen veggies that are out of season, there’s nothing quite like those first asparagus, those beautiful berries, and the fresh smell of produce that grows ABOVE [...]
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On Wednesday night, I got a phone call from my friend Mary (which was odd, because I was JUST thinking about how we hadn’t talked in a while) and after a short chat as I made my healthy brownies we figured out that we would both be “husbandless” the following night. Her husband was away [...]
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One of my recipes, Gnocchi with Pesto Chavrie and Grape Tomatoes has been selected as a finalist in the Chavrie recipe contest!!! Please go to the Chavrie Facebook Fan Page and vote for my recipe! Voting closes on TUESDAY, so vote early and vote often! Thanks SO much all!
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