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The Oatmeal Project

July 5, 2009

My Gazelle loves him some oatmeal. He prefers the processed, apple-cinnamon variety. It’s expensive. It’s horrible for him. I love him too much to feed him that crap. The solution? An oatmeal project!

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Grocery Therapy 101

July 1, 2009

When I have a bad day at work, I shop. Not for shoes. Not for clothes or handbags. I grocery shop. I think I need an intervention.

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Vegan Cuppycakes…How I Love Thee.

June 28, 2009

I’ll admit that vegan cupcakes had me skeptical. Cupcakes without eggs? Pfffttt! It’ll never work! I was so wrong.

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(What the Heck are in) THOSE Cookies?

June 25, 2009

My boss pissed me off again today. I coped in the best way that I know how. I baked cookies and watched Bridget Jones’ Diary. I feel better now.

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Fun Food & FITNESS Friday + A GIVEAWAY!

June 19, 2009

Since I feel it is my worldly duty to spread the love which is healthy eating and a balanced lifestyle, I have decided that FUN FOOD Friday will become FUN FOOD & FITNESS Friday. Because really, where is FOOD without FUN & FITNESS? And FITNESS would be lonely without FOOD AND FUN. And FUN just isn’t FUN without FOOD and FITNESS. Ok, that’s enough.

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The Mandolin Chronicles

June 5, 2009

In an effort to cram even more stuff into my kitchen, I bought a mandolin slicer. I tried it, nearly chopped off my finger, returned it, and bought another. All in less than 24 hours.

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Redeemed

June 2, 2009

Just in case anyone was concerned about my Chef Boyardee “meat” stint, I have redeemed myself.

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Rutabaga Gone Wild!

May 30, 2009

Prior to today, I had no idea what a rutabaga was. As part of Katie’s new food challenge, I went […]

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Costume Change: From Breakfast Puff to Breakfast Cake!

May 21, 2009

Unfortunately, Sunday’s Brunch Bunch Breakfast Puffs got stale after a few days. Rather than being wasteful, I remixed the breakfast puffs into delicious breakfast cakes! The benefit is that the new and improved cakes are much more nutritionally sound than the original puffs, while still maintaining their original yum-factor.

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Rewind: Sunday Brunch Bunch

May 20, 2009

I was sad on Sunday when I woke up to yucky rain. This fact meant that all original plans to spectate the Columbia Triathlon with my girls were thwarted. Rained out. There was only one thing that we could do. Proceed on with our Brunch Bunch. No spectating, just eating.

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