The best kale chips

Mystery #1: Our lime/orange/grapefruit tree. When we first moved in, I was convinced that they were limes. Then they turned orange and are now splitting open. A fruit mystery, fo sho. Mystery #2: Our dehydrator is broken. You see, things go inโ€ฆ but they never come out. They just disappear. The most recent disappearing act:…

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Pumpkin Cheesecake for 1

It was a โ€œdessert firstโ€ kind of night. It was a long and awesome day of teaching, capped off by team-taught Zumba class and a tubing class, and all I wanted when I got home was some sweatpants.. and pumpkin cheesecake. Iโ€™ve been scheming of this recipe for a couple of days, because I wanted…

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Stuffed bell peppers

I got to see the sunrise this morning.   While Iโ€™m not a morning person in the least โ€“I usually wake up around 6:45 or 7, but donโ€™t turn into a human until at least 8- it was surprising to discover that I actually liked waking up so early today. Iโ€™m not going to make…

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Chili Lime Pumpkin Seeds

Last night was pumpkin carving at our house, fabulous company and quite possibly the most random and festive snacks. Grilled corn on the cob, from the farmerโ€™s market and prepared by the Grillmaster himself hot apple cider (also from the farmerโ€™s market, spiced up with cinnamon and nutmeg) and pie. Told you it was random…

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Easy and delicious gluten-free crepes

Itโ€™s been wayyyyy too longโ€ฆ. The return of crepes! I got a link back yesterday from a friend who made these, and I canโ€™t believe I forgot about them for so long. Iโ€™m definitely a creature of habit when it comes to breakfast, and go through phases where I rotate between 3 or so things.…

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Black Bean Quinoa Burgers

Hey friends <3 Howโ€™s your day going? So glad you enjoyed the step video and Iโ€™m happy to hear I wasnโ€™t alone in the leotard over shorts craze. If your mom/aunt/friend still has any hanging around, theyโ€™d be perfect components for a fitness-inspired Halloween costume. Itโ€™s been a pretty great humpday over here- work and…

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Perfectly grilled salad beast

Good morning! How are you? Hope your day is going well so far <3 Thank you so much for all of the baby bump Halloween ideasโ€ฆ Iโ€™m excited. So, last night I asked the grillmaster if he would mind grilling up some goods for our dinner salad beasts. Iโ€™m so glad he loves grilling, because…

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Nori Nachos

I could pretend that we did SO much today. But really: we didnโ€™t. Itโ€™s funny because we werenโ€™t lazy at all, but still didnโ€™t manage to get a ton of stuff done. NBD, since I got to enjoy the day with the Pilot, instead of frantically running around like I usually do on Mondays ๐Ÿ™‚…

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Reader’s Request: Fave Quinoa Uses

Morning! Itโ€™s almost the weekend! Kind of stoked ๐Ÿ™‚ The chipotle black bean soup was actually a success, even though I went a little cray cray with the chiles. [Recipe is in the Canyon Ranch Nourish cookbook. I added 2 chipotle chiles instead of 1/2 t, and also a whole head of garlic.. because if…

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Salad beast

Hi friends! How was your night? Ours was pretty bueno- it was nice having the Pilot around for 4 days in a row! We actually got to hang out. I kinda liked it ๐Ÿ˜‰ I was ready to post about our adventures in baby registry, but it was pretty uneventful. Iโ€™m more of an online…

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Butterfinger banana smoothie

Hi friends! How was your day? Hope itโ€™s been lovely <3 I guess college football started today? This is what I came home to on my lunch break: A game on the TV, a game on the laptop, and stats on the iPhone. Someone is happy to not be deployed during football this year ๐Ÿ˜‰…

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Spicy Shrimp Noodle Bowls

Hey! Happy Indian Food Wednesday! Whoโ€™s celebrating? ๐Ÿ™‚ The Pilot had a long day yesterday, so when I called him asking if he wanted pizza or noodle bowls for dinner, I was expecting kind of โ€œwhateverโ€ it. โ€œWhatever you want to make.โ€ Notsomuchโ€”he definitely said yes to the noodle bowls. And they were GOOD. The…

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