Italian Grill-Out

April 24, 2012

The weather people lied today. They said “upper 40s and some sun”. We got mid 60s and LOTS of sun, which called for a delicious dinner, cooked primarily outside! I long for grilling out through most of the winter, and the first one is kind of like coming home. Italian marinated flank steak, grilled asparagus, [...]

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Healthy Cauliflower Crust Pizza

April 23, 2012

Many many moons ago, I saw a recipe on Janetha’s blog for a cauliflower crust pizza, and I remember thinking that it sounded delicious. Then that whole bronchitis/asthma/hospital thing happened, and then the whole “being mindful about what I eat” thing went to crap. I recommitted to a healthy eating plan, and what better way [...]

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Brussels Sprouts Afelia

April 20, 2012

Anyone who’s ever dined at a restaurant with my family and I has experienced the fine art that is “ingredient and recipe figuring outing”. My mom and I are particularly intense at this, and have been able to successfully identify some of the most obscure ingredients in some of the most delicious foods. Think the [...]

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Wordless Wednesday

April 18, 2012

A dinner date with Biz! It amazes me that we don’t get together more often… calamari fries, shared Biz’s chicken and seafood yakisoba spicy tuna and jalapeño and white tuna roll Philly roll Lava cake and green tea ice cream, shared   

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Whole Wheat Monkey Muffins

April 17, 2012

To call anything in this post “healthy” is a stretch. A pet peeve of mine is when I’m reading a recipe and it’s called “lower fat” something or “guiltless” something else. Lower than what? What exactly would “light” mean in the context of a Paula Deen recipe? It’s all about context. My grandma used to [...]

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Artisan Pesto Pizza

April 15, 2012

I’m going to ask you to take a ride in my wayback machine today. Think back to 2002, if you can. You probably had never heard the word “chipotle” before. Then, out of nowhere, a delightful chain of burrito restaurants from Denver popped up all over the country, and next thing we know, everything is [...]

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