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Apricot Mint and Cauliflower Rice Dolmas
Dolmas: For the filling: -1 C. dried apricots, plumped in water and finely chopped -1/2 head of cauliflower, processed in the food processor so that it resembles rice -juice of 1 lemon -heaping T. of fresh mint -2 T. chopped Italian parsely -1 clove garlic, finely minced -1/2 t. salt -pepper to taste -pinch of…
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Mediterranean Appetizer Trio
Yellow Almond-Flax Crackers -2 C. soaked almonds – ¾ C. water -1/2 t. sea salt -1 T. nutritional yeast -1/2 t. turmeric -1 t. chopped fresh oregano -1 T. ground flax seeds -2 T. lemon juice -1 T. cumin seed -salt and pepper to taste Blend all ingredients on high in the Vita-Mix until smooth.…
Read More →The menu, revealed
Hey everyone! HAPPY FRIDAY! Wahoooo! Hooray for the weekend and double hooray that I get to see that pilot guy tonight 😀 My last night at work was great –I was greeted with a ticket for a Four Shot and an ice cream- but it got even better because I got to join the twins…
Read More →The Day the Taste buds Died
Hey guys! How’s it going?? I loved reading your guesses for whom our celebrity taster is going to be. You may have just hit the nail on the head. That’s all I’m saying 😀 SO EXCITED! Today was an off-day from the gym, so I slept in a little made a fun bfast. Chia pudding!…
Read More →A granted wish
Hey guys! Happy almost weekend! Got anything exciting going on?? I get to see my husband. I’m kinda nervous, I hope he still likes me 😉 I’m way excited to take him on a date tomorrow night after our class final. Before work last night, I busted open a new type of smoothie since I’m…
Read More →I scream for autumn
Heyyyyyy 😀 How are ya, bloggies?? Did you have your Indian food yet today?? I wish I could say I have a belly full of baigan bhartha, but alas, that is not the case. We actually got out of class super early and I was thinking of hitting up the Indian buffet but I’m trying…
Read More →Nerd Alert
Hello!! Happy Wednesday aka Indian Food Day. I can’t believe I haven’t had Indian food in a month!!! Please have some in my honor and I’ll be happily feasting on Baigan Bhartha when I get back to Valdizzy next week 😀 Yesterday morning, Michelle and I hit up the gym per usual and I had…
Read More →Veggie-versary
Hi everyone! How’s your morning treating ya?? I can’t believe I forgot to recognize my actual veggie-versary, so why not celebrate it today?? On September 7th last year, the day before the pilot left on a 6-month deployment, I made the decision to become quasitarian. It was pretty random and spontaneous and I just decided…
Read More →Recipe testing is no joke
Hey everyone! Hope your day’s been going well 😀 Recipe testing is seriously biznass. I thought it was going to be a breezy task, since the only brush with recipe testing I’ve had is the many episodes of Barefoot Contessa I’ve watched. In a couple of episodes, the lovely Ina Garden “tries out” new recipes…
Read More →Put it in chip form
Hey hey hey 😀 Happy (?) Monday! 😀 How was the rest of your weekend?? After hitting up the gym with Michelle, I came back to the hotel-casa to get ready for work. I snacked on some grapes: (Which I ate about half of because I only like the hard ones. TWSS. Terrible, haha) And…
Read More →Smoothie Bacon Lovin’
Heyyyyyy 😀 Happy Sunday! Hope yours has been restful and glorious thus far. Work last night was a blasty as usual. I love doing desserts and being surrounded with decadent treats all night 😉 As you guys probably know, it’s nearly impossible to take pics while I’m working –usually my hands are covered in dough…
Read More →Wake me up with yoga
Helloooooo 😀 Lack of technology isn’t going to keep me away! 😉 I’ve been bumming WiFi from school—I’m writing this from the internet-less hotel and will post it when I get to work. Still no word on when we’ll have internet again and no one seems to be in a hurry to fix it. Fun…
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