Salmon, Wine and Chocolate

Pretty much my 3 favorite thingsโ€ฆ oh, and goat cheese was in there, too, so it was a very good night ๐Ÿ™‚ We got the casa all sparkly and the table set- LURVE these place settings that my stepmom and dadoo got for us. I set out all of the usual Gina dinner party appetizers:…

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Ahoy, Mateys

Heyyyyyy ๐Ÿ˜€ How are ya? So glad youโ€™re enjoying the Raw Cacao Cookie giveaway! No joke, those beauties came out SCARILY similar to the chewy chips ahoy cookies. Blows my mind!!! Just to make things more fun, Iโ€™m also throwing a jar of my favorite almond butter, a pack of Vega smoothie infusion and a…

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WSU Week 3 and a Thank-you Giveaway

Hey everyone!! Hope youโ€™re having a happy Monday so far ๐Ÿ˜€ Weโ€™re back in Valdosta and getting back to the grind over here. Even though I have a boatload of laundry and cleaning to do, it always feels nice to come back to the casa after sleeping in a hotel for a couple of nights.…

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Road trippin’

Hey everyone! Hope youโ€™re having a wonderful Friday! I LOVED your insightful comments on the Whole Foods discount policy- leave it to yaโ€™ll to be such a wonderful group of intelligent and classy ladies <3 Weโ€™re road-trippinโ€™ it to Orlando: (Pilot = seksi, me = pale) Earlier this morning, I munched a glorious Fitnessista bfast…

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Feelin’ feastly

Hey everyone! Happy Sunday ๐Ÿ™‚ Hope youโ€™re having a good morning afternoon. The pilot and I slept in quite a bit today, but last nightโ€™s dinner party was a success. While I was prepping everything, I wore my POM apron. Set out the appetizer plates: And the row of appetizers Hummus, smashed up in the…

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Late night snackin’

Hey everyone! Hope youโ€™re having a wonderful weekend ๐Ÿ™‚ I had to work pretty late last night, so by the time we got all of the ingredients for tonightโ€™s dinner party, it was late. So I got to work on both of the lasagnas and made some midnight gluten-free vegan cookie dough for the pizookies,…

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Keep it up all year

Boo for taking Christmas decorations down! (U of A! U of A!) I love our tree so much! Since the pilot is pretty much gone every other Christmas, I only get a tree every other year. Iโ€™ve done a pretty good job savoring itโ€™s beauteousness for the season, but Iโ€™m going to miss it so.…

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Vegan Power Cookies

Hey everyone! Thanks so much for your good vibes and wonderful tips on the blood work <3 Too bad THIS got in the way:   A breakfast cookie? Yup. I made one with vegan chocolate chips to bribe myself to be brave when I got to flight medicine, only to find out that you canโ€™t…

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Gatlinburrrrrg Part Dos

Hi everyone! Hope your Saturday night is going wellโ€ฆand that youโ€™re not spending it in a car, like yours truly ๐Ÿ˜‰ At least I have a puppy and some eye candy. Christmas in Gatlinburg was lovely <3 We chilled on the deck for a little while, waiting for our little nephew to wake up and…

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Gatlinburrrrrg Part 1

Hi everyone! Thank you so much for the fun comments on our goofy Christmas pictures. Hope yaโ€™ll had a Merry Christmas and are spending this weekend with those you love <3 I guess I like this guy enough ๐Ÿ˜‰ We had an awesome Christmas Eve walking around Gatlinburg with the in-laws. Gatlinburg is a supercute…

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Season’s Eatings

Hey lovely bloggies ๐Ÿ˜€ How are ya?? Good news: ITโ€™S FRIDAY (unless youโ€™re an Aussie reader, from the future!) ๐Ÿ˜€ Thanks so much for your sweet comments on the Raw Gingerbread Bites– if anyone makes them, please let me know what you think! Sorry for disappearing on ya yesterdayโ€ฆ between working, prepping stuff for dinner…

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Not from the blue box

Heyyyy ๐Ÿ˜€ Hope your night is going well! Mine has been a little more chill than originally intended. My glasses have given me the worst headache โ€“Iโ€™m just not used to them at all- and I ended up skipping Pilates and canceling Zumba. I feel badly for canceling my class but there was no way…

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