I’ve been sick for like two weeks now and haven’t been able to exercise. I think I’ll try this. It seems like it would help with flushing out the bad stuff and help with my upset tummy!
jillian michaels recipe for losing five pounds in seven days
get 60 ounces of distilled or pure water
add a tablespoon [...]

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YUM! I was getting together with a girlfriend last night for dinner and to catch up. She was going to make dinner at her house and asked me to bring the dessert.
THIS is what I made!!! Grapefruit Sorbet!!!
AND… Peanut Butter Banana Sorbet
They complimented each other really perfectly! And was a good ending to [...]

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I found this recipe the other day and made it last night. Stir-Fry Sweet Potatoes! It’s such a sweet and simple recipe, I was worried it would be bland and boring… But it SO was not! The way the ginger and jalapeno and garlic mixed together made a special kind of simple deliciousness…
(I added a [...]

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ya know, just a coupla guys, sittin’ around, watching the football game and making homemade lasagna… from scratch… !

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Quinoa with Moroccan Winter Squash and Carrot Stew
(photo by: Pornchai Mittongtare)
I just made this for dinner tonight and it turned out so good that I have to share it! I changed it up a little because I didn’t have all the same ingredients. I substituted a pumpkin I got in Half Moon Bay at a [...]

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I’m bad at making a meal for just two people. We usually have tons of left overs. And we’re not big on left overs, so the food usually goes to waste. So, I’m trying super hard to make really small portions. Here’s one of my first attempts, Carrot Cake for Two! YUM! I took my [...]

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I made this blueberry yogurt cake this morning and am seriously freaking out. It’s so delicious and light and lemony and moist, I’m about to eat the whole thing. I found the recipe in my latest issue of Vegetarian Times (thanks Shannon for the best birthday present ever.)
I also found the recipe online! Check it [...]

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We got a hand-me-down bread machine! After spending a few days in the forest where we had an unlimited supply of fresh homemade bread, we wanted fresh bread daily. The day after we uttered the words “bread machine”, my mom called me up and asked if I wanted her old one. Weird, huh. I went [...]

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Last night I made a real white trash delicatessen! I found it on Bakerella’s cupcake blog (man, I love this blog! she has the best photos and sweetest ideas). She calls this one Peach Crunch Cake. YUM! I ended up baking it for almost forty minutes, rather than the twenty that she said. But, check [...]

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Ever since I found this one really good chili recipe, I’ve been obcessed with chili! I love how heart and wholesome it is. I love eating the left overs in the morning and for lunch the next day, and usually the day after that too. Tonight, I found a new recipe(!!) in my new issue [...]

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I took the basic bran muffin recipe that I shared with you the other week (check it out here) and added one over ripe banana, half a cup of raisins, half a cup of walnuts and a cup of cherries! YUM! The original recipe is a little dry and heavy, but when I added all [...]

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we made the best dinner we’ve made in a long long time tonight. “peanut curry with with sweet potato and collard greens” from The Essential Vegetarian Cookbook. instead of rice, we made a mixture of red quinoa and baby garbanzo beans i got from trader joe’s a few days ago.

shh, don’t tell anyone, but here’s [...]

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