Local Honey and Walnut Baklava

Local honey and walnut Baklava Phyllo Dough: -Meat of 2 young Thai coconuts -3/4 C. soaked cashews -2 T. Flax meal -Pinch salt -1/4 C. honey -1/2 C. water -1 T. vanilla Blend all ingredients until smooth. Spread onto Teflex sheets and dehydrate until dry but still pliable. Filling: -2 C. walnuts -2 t. cinnamon…

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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.…

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All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go

Hey everyone! Whew! What a day. It was frantic and full of packing (blechhhh.. the only thing worse is UNpacking!) but I got a lot done and ate some delicious food 😀 I met Jeni at the gym and we did some legs—plie squats, Bosu calf raises, walt squats, leg extension, reverse lunges and leg…

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BYOP and comfy carob drink

Hey hey heyyyyy 😀 How are ya? Hope your night’s going well! Today has been bueno, but I feel a little behind on everything I need to do before we leave! I haven’t made my packing list or anything :/ Time’s creeping up on me—we leave on Thursday! Ay ay ay. This afternoon, after the…

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Shrimp with diced tomatoes, basil and feta

Hey everyone! Hope you’re having a good night 😀 I just had to ask myself what day it is, since my belly is not full of Indian food- it is full of shrimpies though, which is of course the next best thing! I’ll get my Indian fix in the next 48 hours so no need…

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Where’s the meat?

Hey everyone! Hope you had a fabulous day 😀 I spent most of the afternoon getting ready for my classes, reading Time Traveler’s Wife, and working on some blog stuff to get it switched over to self-hosted.. it will probably be done by tomorrow night and I’m wayyy excited about it! The plan is to…

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Chocolate cinnamon alarm clock

Hey guys! Hope your day is going well and I’m loving your feedback on my encouragement to eat post 😀 Lets all raise our forks and feast on the good stuff 😉 I woke up this morning to a delicious aroma that filled the downstairs area with a chocolaty cinnamon scent… Waiting in the Excalibur,…

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Two secrets

Hey everyone! Happy (?) Monday 😀 Hope you had a lovely weekend! Yesterday morning (afternoon, rather since we were bums) I made the pilot another Tucson-style meal: Chorizo, eggs and handmade tortillas. I didn’t make the tortillas- they’re from Anita St. Bakery in Tucson (I have WHEAT for me!!!) and they’re made fresh every day………

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Drown it out with green beans

Hey everyone! HAPPY FRIDAY!!!! 😀 If you haven’t had the chance to enter yet, be sure to check out the Dick’s Sporting Goods giveaway! Just to clarify, the Larabar I ate yesterday wasn’t rancid! A lovely commented pointed out that the health food stores label bars according to when they bought/received them. Just to make…

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A beast of a flavor disaster

Hey! Hope your day is going well! Mine has been a little slow moving… guess I still have some remnant zombie going on 😉 I did have a lovely sludge for bfast: It had frozen nanner, hemp milk, Vega smoothie infusion, vanilla brown rice protein and spinach. Delicioso. Then the puppers and I went on…

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Shrouded in a cheese blanket

Hey guys! Hope your Monday is treating you well 😀 Thanks so much for the suggestions and tips with the IT band stuff. I’ve been spending some time with the foam roller and am also getting a massage on Thursday before we leave. That, combined with the fact that I don’t have to teach 3…

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