recipes

Big Night Timpano

April 12, 2012

I have been wanting to make this masterpiece for years. When I first discovered Food ‘n Flix, it was like a tumble of dominoes – I decided to participate, I signed up to host a month, I knew I would pick one of my very favorites – Big Night, and there was no doubt I [...]

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cardamom citrus cookie and NuNaturals giveaway

April 11, 2012

Whew. It’s April, isn’t it? Q1 was bull-shirt. Stressful, exhausting, trying. I told Jason Second Quarter Owes Us. I am keeping my fingers crossed that things will be looking up. I already know of two things that are… more on that later. In good news, spring is most definitely here – we have been having [...]

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apple crunch protein bites

April 10, 2012

I was recently asked to create recipes with products from the online sports nutrition and fitness store, NutritionFix. Pretty sure my love of trying new products is fairly apparent, and when I find products I like, I love to pass them along. NutritionFix offers great brands and many products I already use, and I spend [...]

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chocolate peanut butter banana bread

April 9, 2012

Oops. Looks like I forgot the baking soda, yes? It may have been the excitement of a long Easter weekend, or it could have just been that Portland had a gorgeously sunny weekend. All I know is, I like listening to Rory McIlroy talk. Wait, what? I meant it is a good thing I like dense [...]

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Spring Recipe Roundup

April 7, 2012

orange cardamom rice crispies The beautiful sunny day in Portland prompted this post. That, and the increased number of searches for this green wonder from my childhood: lime jello salad Yes, it seems that wonder from our childhood is also an Easter staple – people have come to spabettie from that search a lot this [...]

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perfect mashed potatoes

April 6, 2012

  I have taken advantage of my recent wisdom tooth surgery to eat mashed potatoes. A whole bunch of them. It’s been like Thanksgiving and Christmas over here. You know, napping on the couch all afternoon. I have been cooking for my dad lately, in my attempt to have him eating healthy and fairly low [...]

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triple chocolate truffles

April 5, 2012

Quite a few people have asked for this recipe after I posted a photo the other day. Not generally a fan of the teaser post, I figured I better get on the stick. So here I am, on a Wednesday night in front of Modern Family, in my post op haze of Vicodin, mashed potatoes [...]

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black bean and plantain fritters

April 3, 2012

Ashley from The Unintentional Vegan has some of the best round up posts, which she calls Crowdsource Recipe Testing. She posts fabulous recipes from around the web. Remember the amazing caramelized onion bacon dip I raved about a while back? I discovered that through a Crowdsource post. Ashley recently asked me to participate in Crowdsource by making [...]

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chipotle, pineapple and brie sandwich

April 2, 2012

Today’s lunch was conjured in the Whole Foods aisles this morning. I found out some horrifying news today – I have to have my wisdom teeth pulled! (What, am I in middle school? Is chicken pox next?) Horrifying because I have an irrational fear of the dentist. Just put me out and clamp headphones over [...]

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indulgence

March 29, 2012

I don’t want to keep talking about how busy my schedule is lately. For the past week, my focus has been on relaxation, getting back on track and prioritizing my schedule. I have not included down time recently, and that realization was made, loud and clear. I have been unwinding and rejuvenating lately, and indulging [...]

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