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Recipe Recycle: Curry Chicken Salad

Posted in: Entrees, Recipes ♦ Tuesday, April 17th, 2012, 9:00 am ♦ No Comments

You know what sounds good for lunch? This chicken salad. I love me some chicken salad, but most of the time its laden with mayo, making it also chock full of calories. (more...) [...]

My favorite dessert of all time.

Posted in: Dessert, Indulgences ♦ Tuesday, January 10th, 2012, 11:02 am ♦ 1 Comment

Warning! This recipe is not paleo, nor low carb, nor low in sugar. It is, however, the best dessert I've ever had. (more...) [...]

Its hot.

Posted in: Sides, Snacks ♦ Tuesday, June 14th, 2011, 11:38 am ♦ No Comments

Its hot outside. I don't know if I somehow just forget each year how hot Florida is capable of getting, or what, but somehow I am surprised EVERY summer how hot it gets!...and its only June. (more...) [...]

Two Weeks?

Posted in: Entrees, Recipes ♦ Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010, 8:02 pm ♦ 1 Comment

Normally I am amazed at how time flies, but last week and this week? The end of September? The past few weeks have been like a whirlwind. This may be because we are leaving in two weeks! agh! (more...) [...]

Quick & Simple Cucumber Salad

Posted in: Recipes, Sides, Snacks ♦ Thursday, September 9th, 2010, 9:50 am ♦ 2 Comments

I am literally on the road as I write this (no, not driving and typing). So, so busy between packing for Washington... and now, heading to Orlando for a few days for work. Because of all this, we've still been eating leftovers from our Labor day party..and thrown together salads. [...]

Can’t get enough

Posted in: Entrees, Recipes ♦ Wednesday, August 4th, 2010, 10:07 am ♦ 4 Comments

I came up with this recipe about a year ago, after having Panko crusted chicken at one of our favorite restaraunts- BJ's. If you haven't tried this restaraunt, get yourself there TODAY. I try to order something different each time I go, and have yet to be disap [...]

Feta Chicken with Roasted Asparagus

Posted in: Entrees ♦ Tuesday, July 20th, 2010, 6:14 pm ♦ 5 Comments

I’ve been cooking for a long time, but my earliest memory of cooking on my own is sometime around age 8. I had always helped in the kitchen, but a friend of my mom’s gave me a kids cookbook, and I set out to make curried chicken. From there, I continued helping my mom in the kitchen, and grew to [...]

Post-run Pancakes

Posted in: Breakfast ♦ Sunday, July 18th, 2010, 3:21 pm ♦ 21 Comments

This morning towards the end of my long Sunday morning run, I started thinking about what I wanted for breakfast (which leads me to wonder whether I run to eat, or eat to run?) I started thinking through some of the usuals: protein shake, eggs, yogurt and granola, but nothing seemed too exciting. Th [...]

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