Tag Archive: quinoa

Jan 18

Strange But Good Mornings

Strange doesn’t wait for 5 o’clock!   Neither does my mother… she’s in Mexico!   Remember Kat’s “Amazing Kitchen Mistakes” post?  We’ve been on the same wave-length eating similarly, so I apparently am also making happy accidents. Have you ever under estimated how much is left in a bottle?  I thought there was just a …

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Jun 28

Cherry-Balsamic Chickpea Salad

Those who eat a (mostly) plant-based diet are often asked about protein. Those who eat a Whole Foods-based diet are no strangers to $100+ weekly grocery bills.   As someone who is into lifting weights, I am especially conscious of how much protein I get on a daily basis (click here for more).   While I …

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Feb 03

Avocado Quinoa

Two important items in today’s news: Apparently we are getting SNOW tonight in the South (boooo hiss) I finally got a new camera!!! Good-bye fuzzy cell phone pictures.  Don’t let the door hit you in the butt on the way out. The new addition is a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3. I have NO idea how to …

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Oct 23

How ’bout them apples?

Last night I took a rest.  I went on a walk and that was all I could muster fitness-wise.  Between getting over being sick and Thursday’s workout craziness… I just couldn’t do it, Captain! My abs are really hard to make sore.  I have done every ab workout under the sun, but they just won’t …

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Oct 20

Morocco, anyone?

Inspired by other bloggers, I decided to try something new.  A sweet potato.  I’ve never cooked one before.  Never really eaten one that didn’t come in the form of a french fry. You just wrap it and stick it in the microwave on the “potato” setting, right?  Notsomuch.   I supposed my microwave’s potato setting …

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